{"id":39724,"date":"2013-11-14T21:47:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T04:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/14\/b5-rewatch-s1ep11-survivors.html"},"modified":"2014-05-30T08:56:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T14:56:56","slug":"b5-rewatch-s1ep11-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/14\/b5-rewatch-s1ep11-survivors.html","title":{"rendered":"B5 Rewatch: 1×11 "Survivors""},"content":{"rendered":"
Garibaldi gets framed for sabotage, as his sketchy past catches up with him …<\/p>\n

This is a big Garibaldi episode, as we learn about his past problems, not least of which is with the bottle. \u00a0This gets all tangled up with his old family friend niece still blaming him for her father's, and being in a (dubiously acted) position to do something about it, a Home Guard conspiracy against the EarthGov President who's coming to B5 for a visit, and Sinclair and Ivanova doing what they can (to what limits they are able) to help Garibaldi survive. \u00a0Plus, we get some enjoyable Londo and G'kar moments, as each offers to help Garibaldi in their own way and for their own reasons.<\/p>\n

It's not a great episode, hampered by uneven acting among the main players (Sinclair, Garibaldi, and particularly Kemmer). We get some nice time Downbelow, some decent bits from Londo and G'kar, and a sense of politics beyond just B5, so that's all good. But aside from telling us some Garibaldi backstory, this is an episode you could skip with minimal effect.<\/p>\n

Most Dramatic Moment:<\/b> Garibaldi "wins" but realizes how he's lost in the process.
Most Amusing Moment:<\/b> Ivanova being snarkily uncooperative.
Most Arc-ish Moment:<\/b> A plot against the president, who "loves Babylon 5". \u00a0Heh heh heh. Or maybe Londo's bonding with Garibaldi as both being outsiders and perceived losers.
Overall Rating:<\/b> 2.0\/5 – A few moments that make it some degree of fun, but mostly a plot that could be ripped from the pages of a 70s cop show.<\/p>\n

Midwinter Guide:\u00a0http:\/\/www.midwinter.com\/lurk\/guide\/011.html<\/a>
Babylon Project:\u00a0http:\/\/babylon5.wikia.com\/wiki\/Survivors<\/a><\/div>\n

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Guide page: “Survivors”<\/a>
\n Garibaldi’s past catches up to him, with some disastrous consequences. He’s blamed by some for an accident aboard B5, which leads to hitting the bottle again after a prolonged abstinence. Elaine Thomas as Lianna Kemmer. Tom Donaldson as Cutter. Originally titled “A Knife in the Shadows” …\n <\/p>\n

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Garibaldi gets framed for sabotage, as his sketchy past catches up with him … This is a big Garibaldi episode, as we learn about his past problems, not least of which is with the bottle. \u00a0This gets all tangled up with his old family friend niece still blaming him for her father's, and being in … Continue reading “B5 Rewatch: 1×11 "Survivors"”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,362],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-tv-babylon-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40786,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/b5-rewatch-s1e20-babylon-squared.html","url_meta":{"origin":39724,"position":0},"title":"B5 Rewatch: 1×20 "Babylon Squared"","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 12-Jan-14 10:53pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The second-from-last episode of the season, written by JMS, is one of the big WHAM eps, wherein we learn (more) of the fate of Babylon 4, and get metric tons of foreshadowing as to the future in the series -- and the past ...Some spoilers probably follow.The A Plot here\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38650,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/05\/b5-rewatch-s1e01-midnight-on-the-firing-line.html","url_meta":{"origin":39724,"position":1},"title":"B5 Rewatch: 1×01 "Midnight on the Firing Line"","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 5-Sep-13 10:08pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The first broadcast episode of B5 after the pilot episode, it came out a year and a half after the pilot -- unexpectedly. \u00a0In the interim, two cast members changed (a change which JMS managed to actually fit into the story over time), and everyone had forgotten what was going\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":40312,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/06\/b5-rewatch-s1e18-19-a-voice-in-the-wilderness-part-1-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":39724,"position":2},"title":"B5 Rewatch: 1×18 1×19 "A Voice in the Wilderness" (Part 1 & 2)","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 6-Jan-14 10:21pm","format":false,"excerpt":"B5 Rewatch: S1E18-19 \"A Voice in the Wilderness\" (Part 1 & 2)Babylon 5 gets its first two-part episode. \u00a0It's appropriately epic, even if occasional pacing problems keep it from being too fantastic.In the A Plot, we learn the planet below is not a barren rock as everyone (including the viewership)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51215,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/21\/b5-rewatch-4x10-racing-mars.html","url_meta":{"origin":39724,"position":3},"title":"B5 Rewatch: 4\u00d710 “Racing Mars”","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 21-May-15 1:43pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Life's been busy. 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