#016 - B5 1.15

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Discerning Lurkers Portal: A Babylon 5 Podcast

Discerning Lurkers Portal

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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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#016 - B5 1.15 - "Eyes"

Discerning Lurkers Portal: A Babylon 5 Podcast

51 minutes 17 seconds

2 years ago

#016 - B5 1.15 - "Eyes"

Continuing to view episodes in the JMS-preferred order, the bottle episode "Eyes" is the next installment up for investigation.

- What level of enthusiasm did the co-hosts have for this episode?

- What were the interesting aspects of the Ivanova / Harriman Gray interactions?

- Is this the only episode in which Major Atumbe is mentioned? (This isn't a rhetorical question. I'm actually asking, because I'm not sure.)

- Which events from earlier in the season get name drops during Col. Ben Zayn's interrogations of the B5 staff?

- Harriman Gray is played by Jeffrey Combs who's probably well known for his guest roles in Star Trek shows. How many appearances? How many shows?

- What Garibaldi quote from this episode confused Todd and in what way?

- What were two of Dave's favorite character moments from the episode?

- What one thing or person encapsulates all of Todd's issues in Brown Sector?

- Where does Dave stand on Todd's main complaint?

- What is the main conundrum involving the motivation, mental status, and timing of the Ari Ben Zayn character?

- How did this episode end up being the responsibility of script supervisor Larry DiTillio, and what were his challenges?

- What circumstance led to one quick interior scene being done with computer graphics, and why was that perfectly fine with Garibaldi actor Jerry Doyle?

- Which actor got caught by JMS trying to sneak the weird name of his band's next album into some alien dialogue?

- Why is the episode called "Eyes"?

- And, what do we cover in the Spoiler Zone this week?

Listen now for the answers to these and other probing questions as we take a deep look into..."Eyes."

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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. From now on, I'm just going to sensor the P-word in the name of the song.)