#011 - B5 1.10 - "Believers"

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Discerning Lurkers Portal: A Babylon 5 Podcast

Discerning Lurkers Portal

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4 days ago

The Discerning Lurkers Portal endeavors to review every episode of Babylon 5, one of the greatest sci-fi TV shows ever and a favorite for hosts, Dave and Todd. We'll examine the plot, world-building, characters, performances, dialogue, behind-the-scenes info, and general good stuff and bad stuff of every episode. Near the end, we score each episode using the Psi-Corp P-rating scale from P1 to P12, saving spoilers for future episodes until the very end. We hope you'll also check out our other podcast, Discerning Geeks Portal, where we discuss more geeky topics, with a focus on movie reviews.

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#011 - B5 1.10 - "Believers"

Discerning Lurkers Portal: A Babylon 5 Podcast

1 hour 12 minutes 16 seconds

3 years ago

#011 - B5 1.10 - "Believers"

We are back! After an unintended hiatus, we return to review one of the most divisive episodes of Babylon 5, season 1 episode #010, "Believers."

- Which other Babylon 5 podcast got a mention at the beginning & end of this episode?

- What years did Dave & Todd graduate high school? How is that relevant? (Hint: It's not.)

- What was one co-host's biggest issue with the A-plot, and did he wish there was more to the B-plot?

- Does this episode give a fair shot to religion? Does it make religion look bad? Or, is it a little of both?

- What were some of the best quotes in this episode?

- Which other dialogue was clunky & downright maddening?

- Who was most right or most wrong in this episode? Franklin? Sinclair? The kid's parents?

- Did Sinclair handle the situation well?

- Did Franklin learn a lesson?

- Did this episode hurt one co-host's opinion of one of the characters?

- What information did one co-host feel was most lacking from the episode?

- So... Gloppit egg... Any strong opinions? (Hint: Be prepared to adjust your volume almost 2/3 of the way through. Sorry; it's actually adjusted in editing but probably not enough.)

- What were some of this episode's best & worst moments?

- And, is this episode too much like a Star Trek episode, very different from a Star Trek episode, somewhere in between, or is there just no comparison?

Do we address these & many more controversial questions? I...*believe*...we do. Listen now if you want to be..."Believers"...too. (See what I did there?)

If you'd like to contact us, our e-mail is discerninglurkers@gmail.com.

We might have separate Facebook & Twitter accounts "soon" (okay, *eventually*), but for now, you can also check us out at the sites for our "parent" podcast, The Discerning Geeks Portal, where we take a discerning look into other geeky topics with an additional co-host and with a frequent focus on movie reviews.

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Public domain music used in this episode...

- Intro / Transition Into Spoiler Zone / Outro: "P----'s Lullaby" by Alexander Nakarada via FreePD.com (Note: This song sounds perfect for the intro to season 1 of the podcast, but it has an unfortunate name that includes the last name of a war-loving leader of a certain Eurasian country that has recently attacked & invaded another country in 2022. From now on, I'm just going to sensor the P-word in the name of the song.)