2019 Summer TV Binge

Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “The Fall of Night”

By Elias Rosner | Oct 31, 2019 | Television

22 weeks ago, when the weather was warm and the days only grew longer, we set out on a journey. To create peace in a universe where it is in short supply, to be a wall against the rushing and rising tide of injustice, to be the light that drives back the shadows. 22 weeks later, we are further from our goal than ever

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Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “Comes the Inquisitor”

By Elias Rosner | Oct 24, 2019 | Television

G’Kar finds himself in a desperate and difficult situation, Shade makes an inexplicable appearance, and Kosh doubts.

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Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “The Long, Twilight Struggle”

By Elias Rosner | Oct 17, 2019 | Television

Assassination attempts are a drop in the bucket compared to war crimes, we witness loss the likes of which has only been visited upon the Markab, and the war of light and dark begins to step out from the hidden corners of space.

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Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “Divided Loyalties”

By Elias Rosner | Oct 10, 2019 | Television

There is a mole among the crew and it could be anyone, there is romance in the air and it could be wonderful, there are secrets in the shadow and they threaten everyone.

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Five Thoughts on Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles‘ “Angels in the Night”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Oct 8, 2019 | Television

We come to the end of our Gargoyles retrospective with a look at Goliath Chronicles‘ finale, “Angels in the Night,” aired February 15, 1997. The last episode sees most of the gargoyles seemingly killed after being lured into a controlled detonation, and Angela being framed and arrested for the attack by the Quarrymen – a […]

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Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “Confessions and Lamentations”

By Elias Rosner | Oct 3, 2019 | Television

Doctor Franklin is confronted with another clash of cultures, Delenn and Sheridan grow closer over a feast, and the spectre of death looms heavy over the station.

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Five Thoughts on Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles‘ “To Serve Mankind” and “Seeing Isn’t Believing”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Oct 1, 2019 | Television

On this week’s retrospective of Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles, we’re looking at “To Serve Mankind” (aired November 30, 1996), which I can only describe as Zoolander without the jokes, and the return of the New Olympians in “Seeing Isn’t Believing” (February 8, 1997). 1. EGON PAX EGON PAX EGON PAX Another truly awful episode, “To […]

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Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “Knives”

By Elias Rosner | Sep 26, 2019 | Television

Summer may be officially over but B5 keeps on chugging along! This week, Sheridan learns what true fear is, we learn about the existence of a Babylon 5 triangle, and Londo learns a painful lesson about the price of newfound power.

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Five Thoughts on Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles‘ “Generations” and “For It May Come True”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Sep 24, 2019 | Television

Today’s Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles revisit looks at Demona’s return in “Generations” (aired November 16, 1996) and “For It May Come True” (November 23, 1996), where Goliath is put in an It’s a Wonderful Life situation where he experiences life as a human instead of a gargoyle. 1. Discontinuity Hate to get off on a […]

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Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “In the Shadow of Z’Ha’Dum”

By Elias Rosner | Sep 19, 2019 | Television

Sheridan continues to cement himself as a much more divisive captain than Sinclair, Vir gets in more great lines than Sheridan and he only has like, 5, and we finally learn what the heck we can call those creatures following Morden around.

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Ten Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “Sozin’s Comet”

By Nicholas Palmieri | Sep 18, 2019 | Television

Welcome back, friends, for our final (!) review of Avatar: The Last Airbender! Since I’ll be covering the entire four-part finale, I decided to split things up into ten facts instead of the usual five. That said, we’ve no time to lose. Sozin’s Comet has arrived. 1. “I can’t just go around wiping out people […]

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Five Thoughts on Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles‘ “And Justice for All” and “Genesis Undone”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Sep 17, 2019 | Television

On today’s edition of our Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles retrospective, we’re looking at episodes 7 and 8, “And Justice for All” and “Genesis Undone.” Respectively aired November 2 and November 9, 1996, these two chapters see Goliath go on trial after being blamed for robbing a jewellery store, and Thailog and the other clones becoming […]

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