Post by B5Erik on Aug 23, 2015 14:50:43 GMT
And so it begins...
The series proper started with one of the better episodes of the first season. It was more satisfying than the pilot movie, The Gathering, and set the tone for the series quite nicely.
The Centauri colony on Ragesh 3 is destroyed by alien attackers, but before the communications officer on the outpost can identify their attackers the base is destroyed. This leaves the Centauri extremely alarmed. They have their suspcions, but they need proof. Of course, Narn ambassador G'Kar denies knowledge of the attack, and the strange relationship between he and Londo Mollari, the ambassador for the Centauri Republic, begins.
Mollari is still something of a windbag at this point, but there are a few moments of darkness that show where his character is ultimately headed despite his occasional appearance to be a buffoon who is all bark and no bite. G'Kar is an angry warrior, bitter over the still recent Centauri occupation and enslavement of his world. The paths these two would take over the next five years are hinted at in this episode, but more little hints would be seen throughout the first season.
Both Ivanova and Talia Winters make their first appearances here, and the routine of the station, as well as the conflicts with the Raiders (space pirates, more or less) are all shown here for the first time. Because the pilot was aired about a year earlier there is a little less set-up and introduction in this episode than in most first episodes of TV series. That's a good thing. There is also a fair amount of action, so the episode has both the drama and the excitement. There are a ton of plot points going on here, but not so much as to shortchange any of them. We get a good sense of the character of Sinclair in this episode, but Ivanova's quirky sense of humor hasn't yet been developed and her character is pretty dark at this point.
This was a great way to start the series, and the viewer is plunged right into many of the events that the series would focus on with a minimum of explanation as to the backstory.
The series proper started with one of the better episodes of the first season. It was more satisfying than the pilot movie, The Gathering, and set the tone for the series quite nicely.
The Centauri colony on Ragesh 3 is destroyed by alien attackers, but before the communications officer on the outpost can identify their attackers the base is destroyed. This leaves the Centauri extremely alarmed. They have their suspcions, but they need proof. Of course, Narn ambassador G'Kar denies knowledge of the attack, and the strange relationship between he and Londo Mollari, the ambassador for the Centauri Republic, begins.
Mollari is still something of a windbag at this point, but there are a few moments of darkness that show where his character is ultimately headed despite his occasional appearance to be a buffoon who is all bark and no bite. G'Kar is an angry warrior, bitter over the still recent Centauri occupation and enslavement of his world. The paths these two would take over the next five years are hinted at in this episode, but more little hints would be seen throughout the first season.
Both Ivanova and Talia Winters make their first appearances here, and the routine of the station, as well as the conflicts with the Raiders (space pirates, more or less) are all shown here for the first time. Because the pilot was aired about a year earlier there is a little less set-up and introduction in this episode than in most first episodes of TV series. That's a good thing. There is also a fair amount of action, so the episode has both the drama and the excitement. There are a ton of plot points going on here, but not so much as to shortchange any of them. We get a good sense of the character of Sinclair in this episode, but Ivanova's quirky sense of humor hasn't yet been developed and her character is pretty dark at this point.
This was a great way to start the series, and the viewer is plunged right into many of the events that the series would focus on with a minimum of explanation as to the backstory.
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