This week we review the season three episodes War Without End Parts 1&2. Sarah tries to carefully track the time pancakes, but then gives up, Joe figures out why all the Fusion™ reactors are melting down when that should be impossible, and Mike rants about Lost and shitty storytelling generally. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:34:45 Spoiler Zo…

This week we review the season three episode Interludes and Examinations. Mike gets distracted by Stephen's pecs and completely forgets what's going on, Sarah really doesn't want to discuss Garibaldi's Kuato, and Joe gets nostalgia for Born to the Purple. Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By absentrealities is licensed under CC-BY 3.0 "Plea…

This week we review the season three episode Ship of Tears. Sarah wants to discuss the psychology of the male chair, Joe is pretty sure Mike Vejar was really into Kubrick, and Mike still thinks Kosh is an asshole. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:58:14 Spoiler Zone: 0:58:14 - 1:03:21 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:03:21 Music from this e…

This week we review the season three episode A Late Delivery from Avalon. Joe is impressed by the historical accuracy of Our Flag Means Death, Sarah gives us a lesson on German compound nouns, and Mike gets distracted by Franklin's hot thrall. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:08:30 Spoiler Zone: 1:08:30 - 1:11:39 Next Episode and other Shenanig…

This week we review the season three episode Sic Transit Vir. Mike finds the Platonic Form of WTF is That, Joe thinks JMS is using the costume department to torture Jeff Conway, and Sarah runs a census on the different production departments of Babylon 5. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:59:12 Spoiler Zone: 0:59:12 - 1:02:25 Next Episode and ot…

This week we review the season three episode Ceremonies of Light and Dark. Joe points out how stupid certain Donald Rumsfeld quotes are, Sarah wonders how long it will take for those coffins to get to the sun, and Mike explains the missing man formation. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:12:49 Spoiler Zone: 1:12:49 - 1:15:05 Next Episode and oth…

This week we review the season three episode Severed Dreams. Sarah is pretty sure Zathras is involved, Joe waxes rhapsodic about pirates and Churchill, and Mike is pretty sure you're a red shirt if you're assigned to the Nimrod. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:05:01 Spoiler Zone: 1:05:01 - 1:10:58 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:10:58 Mu…

This week we review the season three episode Point of no Return. Joe practices his 40s newscaster voice; Sarah makes fun of fans who recite minute details from episodes seasons ago, while Mike recites minute details from episodes seasons ago. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:07:57 Spoiler Zone: 1:07:57 - 1:11:11 Next Episode and other Shenaniga…

This week we review the season three episode Messages From Earth. Mike spoils The Fugitive, Joe notes that the jewelry cart may have leveled up, and Sarah is sad because she really wanted her Jupiter fire. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:54:54 Spoiler Zone: 0:54:54 - 0:59:33 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 0:59:33 Music from this episode: …

This week we review the season three episode Exogenesis. Mike doesn't know why there's a jail in that room, Joe is pretty sure this is a crossover episode, and Sarah needs to update the Season 3 bingo card. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:03:02 Spoiler Zone: 1:03:02 - 1:04:42 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:04:42 Music from this episode:…

This week we review the season three episode Dust to Dust. Joes thinks JMS is keeping the set designers in cages inside the hot tub factory, Sarah collects Yiddish insults, and Mike tries to figure out the difference between a bandolier and a sash. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:59:17 Spoiler Zone: 0:59:17 - 1:03:59 Next Episode and other She…

This week we review the season three episode Voices of Authority. Sarah is tired of hearing about the Shadow War without seeing any war, Mike just realized how many candy wind chimes are on sale in the zocolo, and Joe is pretty sure in 250 years the French will definitely still be French. Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By absentrealities…

This week we review the season three episode Passing Through Gethsemane. Mike is pretty sure the seven deadly sins were just made up, Joe reveals his tremendous acting crush on Brad Dourif, and Sarah conflates the atheists in her life with the lazy agnostics in her life. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:04:38 Spoiler Zone: 1:04:38 - 1:07:44 Nex…

This week we review the season three episode A Day in the Strife. Joe still thinks it's all about Carn Mollari, Sarah is annoyed because that's not what the word berserker means, and Mike is pretty sure that's a two foot long dildo. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:59:49 Spoiler Zone: 0:59:49 - 1:04:31 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:04:3…

This week we review the season two episode Convictions. Sarah starts collecting Centauri lightbulb jokes, Joe names Garibaldi's telepathic gut, and Mike rants about the sizes of the different kinds of sportsball fields. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:56:50 Spoiler Zone: 0:56:50 - 0:58:36 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 0:58:36 Music from …

This week we review first episode of Season 3, Matters of Honor. Mike does a full inventory of Londo's quarters, Joe weaves a tale about our new season 3 character and his similarities to a rancor, while Sarah makes a pie chart about her complicated feelings for Marcus Cole. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:56:30 Spoiler Zone: 0:56:30 - 1:04:38…

This week we have a spacial torture-Mike-themed episode, enjoy! Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By absentrealities is licensed under CC-BY 3.0 "Please Define The Error" By Delta Centauri is licensed under CC-BY 3.0 "The Haunted McMansion" By Megabit Melodies is licensed under CC-BY 3.0By Zathras Unlimited

This week we do our season 2 wrap up: The Warren Keffer Awards! Sarah is still mad that they forgot to put in the monster, Mike rants random spoilers and has to be put in a corner, while Joe just screams into the void. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:38:03 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 0:38:03 Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By…

Season two ends with a bomb, I mean bang, as we discuss "The Fall of Night"! Joe expresses his true feelings about Wil Wheaton, Sarah holds a focus group for t-shirts, and Mike manifests the perfect Hallmark movie. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:04:00 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:04:00 - 1:14:30 Music from this episode: “Surf Punk Ro…

This week we review the season two episode Comes the Inquisitor. Mike recalls Kant's hierarchy of sin, Sarah wonders how many Bothan rangers died in the making of this episode, while Joe recounts the conflicting questions on the 1960's TV show The Prisoner. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:53:07 Spoiler Zone: 0:53:07 - 1:03:36 Next Episode and …

This week we review the season two episode The Long, Twilight Struggle. Sarah wonders how many Zathrases there truly are, Joe wants to kill all the royals, and Mike is being forced to watch The Prisoner. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:59:42 Spoiler Zone: 0:59:42 - 1:06:37 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:06:37 Music from this episode: "S…

This week we review the season two episode Divided Loyalties. Joe is impressed with the 23rd Century version of an RSS feed, Mike thinks that Vordor is beautiful in the Fall, and Sarah notes that Stephen's vampirism makes him resistant to non-magical attacks. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:52:21 Spoiler Zone: 0:52:21 - 0:57:48 Next Episode an…

This week we review the season two episode Confessions and Lamentations. Sarah wonders whether or not the blood bong in Medlab is required for new vampire creation, Joe tries to recall if the docking bay always had a portcullis, while Mike notes that when having Minbari Passover you should always leave the front door open. Spoiler-free discussion: …

This week we review the season two episode In the Shadow of Zha'Ha'Dum. Joe notes which Biblical character Mr. Morden reminds him of, Sarah opines on how Centauri teapot guns might work, and Mike asks "where are the giant Q-Tips?" Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:59:03 Spoiler Zone: 0:59:03 - 1:02:25 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:02:25 …

This week we review the season two episode Knives. Mike starts to suspect that his sommelier notes on Brivari were written by Larry DeTillio, Sarah ponders the fine gradations of gladiator sub-classes, and Joe notes that everyone needs to watch Robert Picardo's La Donna È Mobile on Youtube . Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:00:21 Spoiler Zone: …

This week we review the season two episode And Now for a Word. Sarah notes that Narn fighters are always blown up, while Centauri fighters always get the chance to surrender, Joe comes out as having D-Dar, the ability to sense when an episode of B5 is directed by Larry Ditillio, while Mike wants everyone to visit Root Down at the Denver Internation…

This week, we review the season two episode “There All the Honor Lies.” Mike notes that B5's budget is ridiculously small for its size, Joe recounts how many CDs of Gregorian Chants he bought in high school, while Sarah posits that gift shops might have been the location of the last battle between the lawyers and the therapists. Spoiler-free discus…

This week we review the season two episode Hunter, Prey. Joe really wants JMS to come up with a new character flaw for doctors, Sarah asks if someone can please untie that Paq'ma'ra, and Mike wonders if Dr. Jacobs is like Steve Jobs, but in vampire form. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:58:25 Spoiler Zone: 0:58:25 - 1:05:50 Next Episode and oth…

This week we review the season two episode Acts of Sacrifice. Sarah wants to talk about the knife sommelier, Joe realizes that star fighters are actually ineffectual death boxes, while Mike wonders how all the iguanas ended up in down below. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:14:45 Spoiler Zone: 1:14:45 - 1:17:10 Next Episode and other Shenanigan…

This week, we review the season two episode “All Alone in the Night.” Mike is annoyed because fusion reactors don't work that way, Sarah pines for the Wesley Crusher Resort-Wear Collection™, and Joe asks why any species bothers to have fighter ships in the first place. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:55:34 Spoiler Zone: 0:55:34 - 1:00:24 Next …

This week we review the season two episode Gropos. Joe notes that no matter how bad it is, it's nowhere near as bad as Cathryn and Jeff at dinner, Sarah thinks Larry DeTillio is definitely a butt man, and Mike can't understand why casting didn't talk to R. Lee Ermey. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:11:00 Spoiler Zone: 1:11:00 - 1:13:31 Next Ep…

This week, we review the Hugo Award winning season two episode, "The Coming of Shadows." Mike wonders if security has precognition, Sarah is disappointed in the lack naval battles depicted in the Imperial Wig, while Joe confirms he was definitely expecting a much bigger knife. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:29:47 Spoiler Zone: 1:29:47 - 1:35:…

This week we review the season two episode "A Race Through Dark Places." Sarah realizes that Sheridan may actually just be a Libertarian, Mike starts coining new words that will totally be in the dictionary soon, and Joe finally confirms the true name of the Narn home world. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:58:33 Spoiler Zone: 0:58:33 - 1:04:22…

This week, we review the season two episode “Soul Mates.” Mike wants to forget that this episode has both a B and a C plot, Joe comes around to the idea that Stephen might actually be a vampire, while Sarah notes that a man definitely wrote this. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:54:54 Spoiler Zone: 0:54:54 - 0:56:11 Next Episode and other Shena…

This week, we review the season two episode “A Spider in the Web.” Mike argues that Dark Shadows is definitely a legitimate soap opera, Sarah tracks the cast usage of the Apple Newton throughout the episode, and Joe articulates the fine distinction between various hand-based weapons in Larry DiTillio scripts. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:57…

This week, we review the season two episode “The Long Dark.” Sarah thinks someone from the League of Non-Aligned Prosthetics might have started a True Crime podcast, Joe notes the obvious lack of a chief engineer on the station, while Mike tries to quantify the exact amount of grapa it takes Joe to use the word contretemps. Spoiler-free discussion:…

This week we review the season two episode A Distant Star. Joe has trouble remembering a certain character exists, Mike prepares Bagna Cauda, and Sarah has a startlingly plausible new theory about Dr Franklin. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:01:06 Spoiler Zone: 1:01:06 - 1:03:00 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:03:00 Music from this episo…

When recording a Distant Star, we had a side discussion about the name of the ship, as JMS is attributed to have a... problematic... quote about it. JMS, let us know, this was the 90s after all, so time and context may change people's feelings on all sorts of things, including genocidal "explorers." Not sure there's much funny in this one, but we t…

This week, we review the season two episode “The Geometry of Shadows.” Sarah pines after Londo’s oil painting of himself that Vir probably painted, Joe wonders who grows the food during the Drazi fighting year, and Mike thinks the techno-mages were on their way to Burning Man. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:54:53 Spoiler Zone: 0:54:53 - 1:00:…

This week we review the season two episode Revelations. Joe is pretty sure Lou is a Sax man, Sarah explains the rules of jump gate usage, and Mike thinks genocide is Londo's love language. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:59:42 Spoiler Zone: 0:59:42 - 1:05:21 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:05:21 Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" …

This week, we start Season two with a bang, reviewing the first episode, "Points of Departure." Mike doesn't know why General Hague reminds him of the dad from Brady Bunch, Sarah thinks Londo might be six times as qualified to be the captain as Sheridan is, while Joe recalls the tale of the 47 Ronin, which is definitely not an inspiration for this …

This week we look back over season one and talk about the good, the bad, and the hats. Sarah uncovers the secrets of soul-powered antigravity, Mike can't figure out why duct tape is so terrible in the future, and Joe has 👏 so 👏 many 👏 questions 👏 about tentasticularite-based fraud. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 00:38:08 Next Episode: 00:38:30-…

This week we review the season one finale Chrysalis! Joe questions the coordinate system in the B5 universe because it makes no sense, Sarah desperately wants to subscribe to the Angel One Menswear Catalog, and Mike ponders the size (measured in square miles) of Down Below. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:14:56 Spoiler Zone: 1:14:56 - 1:22:46 …

This week, we review the season one episode "Legacies." Sarah finds her long lost Minbari caste generator in GDrive, Joe gets distracted cataloging the incredibly long list of random shit on Sinclair's desk, while Mike laments the lack of a heist scene in this episode that was all about a heist. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:52:41 Spoiler Zo…

This week brings us a special bonus episode, our interview with Julie Caitlin Brown, who played Na'Toth! Julie recounts her time as Sarah Douglas' stand in on Falcon Crest, reminisces about her experiences in the jungle with Jason Momoa, and reveals what JMS had planned for her character's original plot arc before she left the show. Julie awesomene…

This week, we review the season one episode "TKO." Mike tries to determine if a round is a unit of time or a level of inebriation, Joe observes that fight scenes juxtaposed with shiva are great storytelling and don't feel weird at all, while Sarah wonders if Babylon 5 credits are actually just cryptocurrency. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:54…

This week, we review the season two episode “The Quality of Mercy,” with special guest star Tulpa from the No Rangers Allowed Podcast! Joe notices that all doctors seem to have Stim addictions, Sarah wonders when murder became illegal, Mike is pretty sure Kant would not be happy, and Tulpa recounts the age old question the props department kept ask…

This week, we review the season one episode "Babylon Squared." Sarah wonders if Zathras screwed up the time heist, Joe notices that security is guarding Zathras from the wrong side of the room, and Mike appreciates how Zathras' costume is everything that Delenn's is not. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:43:06 Spoiler Zone: 0:43:06 - 0:48:32 Nex…

This week, we review the season one episode "A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 2." Mike wonders why no one ever tells Sinclair who's coming to dinner, Sarah attempts to graph all the 90s TV series police chiefs to determine how many of them were Ron Canada, and Joe confirms that Terminator definitely took place in the Babylon 5 universe. Spoiler-free…

Bonus Pod! A few days ago on Twitter, JMS sent out a call to arms, causing B5 fans to gather and promptly break Twitter. In response, Scott from @grey17podcast gathered all the B5 podcasts to have a discussion about the reboot. Here is our chat, hope you enjoy! Mike laments the current fractured nature of Scifi show's writing style, Scott marvels a…