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Title: 4x14 Moments Of Transition


goth willow fan - July 24, 2005 01:38 PM (GMT)
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The warrior caste has surrounded the religious caste's stand in the capital city on Minbar, and demand they surrender or be destroyed. Meanwhile Bester makes Lyta an offer for her body.

Phillip Culley - July 24, 2005 09:13 PM (GMT)
I'm of two minds with regards to this one - while on one side I love the Lyta story (and it's nice to see some reflection to the fact that she is on her own now the Vorlons have gone), and the every growing intrigue of the whole Garibaldi story (just who is this mysterious guy on Mars who despises telepaths so?), the Minbari story just doesn't cut it.

It has a lovely resolution, with Neroon sacrificing himself with a 'deathbed conversion' (and brings good closure to his story) and Delenn reforming the Grey Council - and I wonder if the talk of the worker caste being forgotten was a convenient in-joke to the fact that in one S1 story (I think it's Grail) where they talk of there being 'two castes - worker and religious :) - but I felt it took far too long to get here, and as result I watched it with more of a feeling of 'thank god that's over'.

Still, those final few minutes - wow. Suddenly it feels like this season is about to be pushed up a gear...

Number Six - August 1, 2005 11:57 AM (GMT)
I wasn't sure about the Minbari plot, which seems to have been tacked on as an afterthought to me and I thought Nreoon's sudden conversion just a little too cliched. Still, the Garibaldi plot gets more intiriguing by the episode and I loved the bit where Bester tells Lyta he wants her body.


willowroolz - June 5, 2006 09:18 AM (GMT)
Oi, Zack! get your grubby little hands off my Lyta! <_< :snooty: :lol:

Love this episode, apart from Shakira (Whenever, wherever, they're meant to be together... :lol: ) - yes, I know it's Shakiri but it doesn't amuse me as much - who comes across as incredibly dumb, weak and cliched. Neroon's self-sacrifice is really well done, imo, because his expressions throughout the storyline telegraph how he's going to react. Absolutely gutted that he's gone :(

I would've like to have seen a little more of what was going on outside in the city, but alas it was not to be.

Nice to know that the worker caste hasn't been forgotten, nice touch that :thumbsup:

And as for Bester... "I want your body" :lol: Oi, Chekov, get your hands of my Lyta :lol:

His voiceover at the end is very ominous :thumbsup:

And as for the final scene... :o

Michelle - August 1, 2006 09:46 PM (GMT)
Lots happening in this one. :thumbsup:

I knew Delenn would find some alternative to just surrendering, and nice to see Neroon's part in the plot, though unfortunate that he had to die for it. I like the fact that Delenn reformed the council with a worker caste majority, especially as I couldn't remember what the 3rd caste was until I asked. :lol: Also, a wise choice seeing as the warrior and religious castes are the ones that are always fighting.

Some nice progress made on the Garibaldi story. So, what's Bester got to do with the whole thing? Is he behind the face of William Edgars perhaps? Was Garibaldi captured by telepaths who brainwashed him at the beginning of the season? Very intriguing!

And then we have the final scene which suggests that things are going to hot up somewhat in the coming episodes. :thumbsup:

goth willow fan - August 1, 2006 09:52 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Michelle @ Aug 1 2006, 10:46 PM)
And then we have the final scene which suggests that things are going to hot up somewhat in the coming episodes. :thumbsup:

When the next episode shares it's name with the Season as a whole, you know things are going to be interesting ;)

goth willow fan - August 3, 2006 07:49 PM (GMT)
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Was Garibaldi captured by telepaths who brainwashed him at the beginning of the season?


If you watch that particular scene again you'll see quite clearly on the guard's uniform the psi-corp badge :)




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