Babylon 5: S05E12: The Ragged Edge

Babylon 5: S05E12: The Ragged Edge

Garibaldi is sent to retrieve a witness to the shipping line attacks but his relapse into alcoholism jeopardises this covert mission to the Drazi home-world.

Babylon 5: S05E11: Phoenix Rising

Babylon 5: S05E11: Phoenix Rising

When JMS indicated to the B5 newsgroups that we should be patient, this was the episode he was talking about. This is the Babylon 5 we have all come to know and love.

Babylon 5: S05E09: In the Kingdom of the Blind

Babylon 5: S05E09: In the Kingdom of the Blind

This was actually quite a good episode. It had a complicated story line but the acting was good and it was well produced and directed. Londo starts to suspect that all is not right with Centauri Prime.

Babylon 5: S05E08: Day of the Dead

Babylon 5: S05E08: Day of the Dead

This show was both irritating and magnificent!  Aside from the stoopid stand-up gags, this is actually legendary episode in B5 fandom – it’s an excellent concept and very memorable a long, long, time after it was originally shown.

Babylon 5: S05E07: Secrets of the Soul

Babylon 5: S05E07: Secrets of the Soul

This episode opens with Franklin expressing concern over the possibility of cross species infection. He is looking forward to the cataloguing of medical information. He begins work conducting experiments on aliens visiting or resident on Babylon 5. 

Zack is also concerned. His dislike for telepaths is heightened with the steady influx of teeps on Babylon 5.  one of these is a rather pathetic character called Peter who is pleased to see Byron again when they meet in Customs. He demonstrates with pleasure his heightened telekinetic ability by raising an object using only the power of his mind. 

Babylon 5: S05E19: Wheel of Fire

Babylon 5: S05E19: Wheel of Fire

he depressing inevitability of Londo’s situation, the scary effects of Lyta’s involvement with the Vorlons and that twit Byron, gives the impression of a saga REALLY hotting up. However, the feeling that this great saga was drawing to a close was overwhelming.

Red Dwarf: Cultures: Skutters

Red Dwarf: Cultures: Skutters

Skutters are the Red Dwarf maintenance robots. They look like hover-mowers with long necks and a beak!   They have some intelligence and it seems that they also have feelings.  

Red Dwarf: Cultures: GELFs

Red Dwarf: Cultures: GELFs

The only nice GELF is a Pleasure GELF which looks like a big green blob. The rest are all baddies.

Red Dwarf: Cultures: Simulants

Red Dwarf: Cultures: Simulants

Simulants are Biomechanical killers created for a war that never took place.  Some of them escaped the dismantling process and now they prowl around deep space searching for a foe worthy of their attention!  They despise humans and all forms of humanoid life, believing them to be the vermin of the universe.

Red Dwarf: Cultures: Mechanoids

Red Dwarf: Cultures: Mechanoids

Mechanoids were created to do all the menial tasks that humans find so disagreeable. They are programmed to perform such duties as the ironing, cooking and cleaning.

Red Dwarf: Cultures: Holograms

Red Dwarf: Cultures: Holograms

The concept of the Hologram is not a new one. The technology enables a member of the ships crew can remain a member of the crew despite the normally debilitating effects of death.

Red Dwarf: Cultures: Cats

Red Dwarf: Cultures: Cats

Three million years ago, Lister smuggled a pregnant cat on board Red Dwarf against the ship’s most stringent regulations. He rather stupidly took a picture of it and when the knowledge of the cats existence came to the attention of the Captain (Hollister) who put him in Holo-sleep for the rest of the voyage.

Red Dwarf: Characters: Kryten

Red Dwarf: Characters: Kryten

Kryten is one of the best loved characters of the whole saga! He is a Series 4000 Mechanoid model 2X4B-523P played wonderfully by the excellent actor from Nottingham, Robert Llewellyn.

Red Dwarf: Characters: Arnold Judas Rimmer

Red Dwarf: Characters: Arnold Judas Rimmer

Rimmer is a Hologram played marvellously by Chris Barrie and is the character in the series that everyone loves to hate.  He is a cowardly, snivelling, back-stabbing, weaselly scumbag and we all love him dearly. 

Babylon 5: S05E22: Sleeping in Light

Babylon 5: S05E22: Sleeping in Light

This is the only episode I can’t re-watch.  It was, after all, the end of an epic story that gripped from the very first episode.  Watching ‘Sleeping in Light’ was, for most of us I think, like saying goodbye to people we had grown to like (and dislike) over the last 5 years. 

Babylon 5: S05E21: Objects at Rest

Babylon 5: S05E21: Objects at Rest

Babylon 5 is left in the hands of a new crew. The main characters are dispersed throughout the Galaxy and Sheridan and Delenn have moved the Alliance headquarters from Babylon 5 to Minbar. Everything seems to be tied up nicely – Except for Londo that is.

Babylon 5: S05E20: Objects in Motion

Babylon 5: S05E20: Objects in Motion

We all breathed a sigh. This episode is another long and soppy end to the saga. I reckon JMS wants to extract as many tears form his devoted fans as possible – and he’s doing a good job!

Red Dwarf: Characters: Cat

Red Dwarf: Characters: Cat

Cat is played miraculously by Danny John-Jules.
He is the coolest guy of the series; his devotion to all things shallow makes him eminently watchable and, like all the characters in Red Dwarf, never takes himself seriously.

Babylon 5: S05E05: Learning Curve

Babylon 5: S05E05: Learning Curve

This was a relatively good episode, the storyline was a lot tighter and although it suffered yet again from the introduction of another poor character, on the whole, sci fi SadGeezers should enjoy this one.