Evening everyone, and happy new year.
I was replying to a post regarding the worst episodes of B5 and got away from the subject somewhat by discussing the episode 'The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father'. It led me to wonder why the telepath arc in Season 5 didn't really resonate with me. I've just watched Ship of Tears again and that really allows you to see the layers to Bester. Like him or loathe him, like all the other characters, he's complex. You peel away one layer to discover another. With Byron I never really felt that, and whilst I sympathised with their plight I couldn't feel for him.
For me, I think it would have been nice to have fleshed out a couple of his colleagues a bit more so they weren't all background characters. I know it would have been hard to fit yet more characters in, but I think it would have helped.
I'm working my way through the whole series again so I'll be getting to S5 and I'll get a chance to review it again, but I'm curious to see what other people felt about this arc is Season 5 and to see what all your thoughts are, in a non-telepathic way!!
I was replying to a post regarding the worst episodes of B5 and got away from the subject somewhat by discussing the episode 'The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father'. It led me to wonder why the telepath arc in Season 5 didn't really resonate with me. I've just watched Ship of Tears again and that really allows you to see the layers to Bester. Like him or loathe him, like all the other characters, he's complex. You peel away one layer to discover another. With Byron I never really felt that, and whilst I sympathised with their plight I couldn't feel for him.
For me, I think it would have been nice to have fleshed out a couple of his colleagues a bit more so they weren't all background characters. I know it would have been hard to fit yet more characters in, but I think it would have helped.
I'm working my way through the whole series again so I'll be getting to S5 and I'll get a chance to review it again, but I'm curious to see what other people felt about this arc is Season 5 and to see what all your thoughts are, in a non-telepathic way!!
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