When it comes to Babylon 5, you tend to fall into one of two camps: you are a Londo fan or a G’kar fan. Both have excellent storylines over the course of the series, but they are so dramatically different (spiritual transcendence vs a fall from grace) that people only tend to really connect with one of them. You can appreciate both, but the themes behind the characters are so diverse, people tend... 

One of the things that continually drew me to Babylon 5 over the years it ran was its take on spiritual matters. I’m not a very religious person, but there was something about the way spirituality was touched upon by the various characters that struck a cord with me: Delenn’s idea that we are all star stuff, G’kar’s transcendence. The fact that the show communicated spirituality so well is... 

Bam! “Midnight on the Firing Line” fires off with the opening that a series like Babylon 5 deserves. In a one-hour format, the episode manages to capture most of the elements of “The Gathering,” only with a heightened tension that makes things interesting to watch. It’s also fascinating to see how much foreshadowing is present right from the start. Instead of an assassination attempt on the... 

I went years before I originally saw “The Gathering”. In fact, the series may have been in its last season, if not completely over with before I saw the pilot episode. I consider myself lucky. I’ve always said that, had I been introduced to the series through “The Gathering,” I might not have gotten into the show as deeply as I did. Bogged down by a horrific pace, centered around a plot that... 

Throughout the ‘90s, one of my big joys was Babylon 5. It was practically an addiction. I tuned in weekly for episodes, waging war against an often-challenging late night schedule for the syndicated series. I was a part of the official Pathfinder Babylon 5 forums (under the same moniker I use on our own forums). I picked up just about every piece of merchandise I could find: action figures, books,...