We noted with great sadness the passing of Mira Furlan on January 20, 2021. She brightened so many lives with her extraordinary work. Obituary from BBC. Obituary from The A.V. Club.Obituary from USA Today.Obituary from CinemaBlend. Remarks from Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cruse, from Lost.
Episode 114 - Series FinaleChris’s Bottom 33) By Any Means Necessary2) Voices of Authority1) Phoenix RisingJon’s Bottom 33) Eyes2) Soul Hunter1) GrailChris’s Top 55) Passing Through Gethsemane4) Severed Dreams3) In the Shadow of Z’ha’Dum2) The Long Night1) The Coming of ShadowsJon’s Top 55) Chrysalis4) In the Shadow of Z’ha’Dum3) War Without End2) Z’ha’Dum1) The Coming of Shadows
Episode 113 - The Lost TalesSynopsis: In which Colonel Lochley encounters an ancient evil, and President Sheridan meets one from the future.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0871427/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/118.html “When the quacking has begun it is too late for the ducks to swim” is the new “I shall go into the West and remain Garibaldi.”The Wandering Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lsOwtKNsAA&vl=en-US
Episode 112 - The River of SoulsSynopsis: In which the sins and arrogance of the Soul Hunters catch up to themhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146247/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/114.htmlMartin Sheen: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000640/?ref_=tt_cl_t6His 90s oeuvre was fairly dire. Including a role in Jon’s least favorite comic book related movie of all time, 1997’s Spawn.Ian McShane: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574534/?ref_=tt_cl_t5In Space: 1999
Episode 111 - ThirdspaceSynopsis: in which an ancient Vorlon artifact nearly unleashes terrors from beyond spacehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121804/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/112.htmlJon is correct on the pronunciation of “squamous.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b-tLBZJKCwWe spend a lot of time dithering about when this film takes place, sounding like complete idiots. The Lurker’s Guide says it pretty puch has to take place *during* Atonement due to who was on the station at the time and Zack’s new uniform.David Sedaris “Barrel Fever” https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0026IUOHI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1The Babylon 5 Wiki has some really nice screenshots of the Artifact https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Thirdspace_artifact An “Old One” from the 3rd edition Call of Cthulhu rulebook. Something about this drawing gave Chris nightmares for years. “It’s so beautiful!” Iain Banks’ Excession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex...
Episode 110 - In the BeginningSynopsis: In which we learn the history of the Earth-Minabari War.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120711/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tthttp://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/111.htmlBlood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_MeridianStation Eleven: https://ew.com/books/quarantine-book-club-station-eleven-helped-my-reading-slump/T H E L A M P ! ! ! ! Ahsokan Farewell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmxZThb084“Divorced, Beheaded, Died. Divorced, Beheaded, Survived” - https://www.britain-magazine.com/features/history/tudors/divorced-beheaded-survived-the-wives-of-henry-viii/The film “Pufnstuf” (1970): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pufnstuf_(film)Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Sower_(novel)Katherine Kurtz’ Camber trilogy (Jon was right, this came out in 1976): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/537107.Camber_of_CuldiThe Once-ler:
Episode 109: Sleeping in Light (Season 5, Episode 22)Synopsis: In which old friends reunite to say farewell to John Sheridan and Babylon 5.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517691/?ref_=ttep_ep22http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/110.html“Arthur Treacher’s Fish and Chips” was, of course, founded in Columbus Ohio. The titular Treacher was an actor who was known for playing Jeeves against David Niven’s Wooster. Facebook page has not been updated since February 2017.https://youtu.be/J45NQOrDq58Chris is remembering the last episode of Justice League Unlimited “Destroyer.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGbUb-ttL9gThe ending scene of the Mary Tyler Moore show: https://youtu.be/ttC_J66WF5A?t=1028The ending of the Newhart: https://youtu.be/McVWkGWMHKI?t=419The others we mention are a little too spoilery to link here, but you can find them easily.Chris’s Bottom Three/Top Five3) Learning Curve2) Phoenix Rising1) Secrets of the Soul5) The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Fa...
Episode 108: Objects in Motion/Objects at Rest (Season 5, Episodes 20 & 21)Synopsis: In which we say goodbye.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517676/?ref_=ttep_ep20https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517675/?ref_=ttep_ep21http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/108.htmlhttp://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/109.htmlHalf this campus wasn’t even there when Jon did his farewell exploration, back in the Pleistocene https://www.umass.edu/visitorsctr/sites/default/files/maps/campusmap.pdf
Episode 107: The Wheel of Fire (Season 5, Episode 19)Synopsis: In which Garibaldi and Lyta find themselves in hot water, and G’Kar ponders his untenable situation.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517717/?ref_=ttep_ep19http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/107.htmlI think I (Chris) went a little too deep on how strange it was to me that Lise had taken over as owner of Edgars Industries. She was acting as a corporate representative when she came to the station to get some telepath research data.Liquorice Allsorts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquorice_allsorts Now that I see them I’m fairly certain my grandmother had a bowl of these on her buffet for 30-40 years. David Dickinson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dickinson