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If JMS didn't beat us over the head with foreshadowing that Sheridan was going to go there around this time...I don't know what he beat us over the head with. Probably orange juice. What's his obsession with orange juice anyway? It's mentioned in more than 10 episodes...I lost count. I digress.
Anyway, Anna's back, it freaks out Delenn, Anna plants seeds of doubt (or so we think) to Sheridan about Delenn. Sheridan looks like he's just going to head over to the world of Shadows unsuspectingly. They tell him their side of the story. The vorlons aren't really good guys. Neither are the Shadows though, and Sheridan had a plan all along, we find out. Probably made it easier when it was found out his wife's real personality isn't there (by the way..all this personality erasing and then the Minbari soul thing seems contradictory. I mean, if that person's gone...and it's a new constructed person...confusing. However it seems generally accepted that both exist in this universe. I digress again. I need footnotes.).
Very epic episode. There was no way my girlfriend or I could stop watching for these past three. It was getting very late, and we just kept going. Into the fourth season even. Action packed. The story of the vorlons and shadows completely pays off. It's just gorgeously written all the way around. I remember watching this for the first time on tv, and having to wait a week in between episodes. I don't know if I could do that now lol. You miss so much story just in the week that transpires because of forgetting small "throw away lines" and such.
Poor Sheridan though. Imagine your old wife you thought was dead showing up years later, and *then* giving you information about your current lover that she'd been pretty much holding back on a lot of information.
The novel The Shadow Within does wonders to give backstory to the Anna incident. I'm glad I read that before this run through the show, and would suggest picking it up.
And buh bye Garibaldi.
From this point on...nothing's going to be the same.
Just like every season finale lol.
Anyway, Anna's back, it freaks out Delenn, Anna plants seeds of doubt (or so we think) to Sheridan about Delenn. Sheridan looks like he's just going to head over to the world of Shadows unsuspectingly. They tell him their side of the story. The vorlons aren't really good guys. Neither are the Shadows though, and Sheridan had a plan all along, we find out. Probably made it easier when it was found out his wife's real personality isn't there (by the way..all this personality erasing and then the Minbari soul thing seems contradictory. I mean, if that person's gone...and it's a new constructed person...confusing. However it seems generally accepted that both exist in this universe. I digress again. I need footnotes.).
Very epic episode. There was no way my girlfriend or I could stop watching for these past three. It was getting very late, and we just kept going. Into the fourth season even. Action packed. The story of the vorlons and shadows completely pays off. It's just gorgeously written all the way around. I remember watching this for the first time on tv, and having to wait a week in between episodes. I don't know if I could do that now lol. You miss so much story just in the week that transpires because of forgetting small "throw away lines" and such.
Poor Sheridan though. Imagine your old wife you thought was dead showing up years later, and *then* giving you information about your current lover that she'd been pretty much holding back on a lot of information.
The novel The Shadow Within does wonders to give backstory to the Anna incident. I'm glad I read that before this run through the show, and would suggest picking it up.
And buh bye Garibaldi.
From this point on...nothing's going to be the same.
Just like every season finale lol.
), a fantastic season finale and a chilling cliffhanger - one of my all-time-favorites!
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