https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBhFuNzD38Y
Life Lessons From Babylon 5: Is It Worth It?
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Disagree with the viewing guide: “The Gathering” shouldn’t be watched first since it is a mix of canonical and non-canonical information that will confuse a new viewer. Midnight On the Firing Line also introduces everyone through Talia Winters’s perspective, so it is tiring to see everyone introduced in two back-to-back viewings. If you really want to watch it, probably it’s best to do so after season 1 with the knowledge that stuff that clearly seems off (most notably the existence of Lieutenant Takashima) should just be discounted. But honestly the only thing that really matters in that movie is the introduction to Lyta to make her later return more impactful; everything else is nicely developed in the series itself.
I would also move “In the Beginning” to the gap between seasons 3 and 4; there’s nothing in the movie that spoils anything that comes after that point, even though it aired after season 4. Makes a nice counterpoint to “War Without End.”
You can watch Thirdspace in the middle of Season 4 when it chronologically occurs, but I think the pacing is better if it is watched after the season is over as kind of a “bonus” story.
Thanks RH for your guide. We’re on disc 3 /12 in Season 4. What episode is the clip taken from?