{"id":40979,"date":"2014-02-02T22:34:38","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T05:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/02\/b5-rewatch-s2e02-revelations.html"},"modified":"2014-05-30T08:56:18","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T14:56:18","slug":"b5-rewatch-s2e02-revelations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/02\/b5-rewatch-s2e02-revelations.html","title":{"rendered":"B5 Rewatch: 2×02 "Revelations""},"content":{"rendered":"
The third episode of the season transition, wrapping up the last of the (surface) mysteries raised in "Chrysalis"<\/p>\n

There are four main plots in this one. \u00a0The most overtly arc-ish A-plot is G'kar, who's gone hallooing off to find out who destroyed the big Narn outpost, and comes back convinced it's an Ancient Enemy who was defeated a thousand years ago, but is now back, bigger and badder than ever.<\/p>\n

(Um … a thousand years is pretty recent stuff for humans, let alone interstellar races. Why do G'kar's revelations fall on such incredulous ears?)<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, every time he tries to collect evidence, the Shadows (let's call them) manage to steal it away — with the help of Londo, who returns one of Morden's favors by spilling the beans about a Narn warship going to Z'ha'dum. \u00a0Oops (http:\/\/goo.gl\/ezKPzC<\/a>). \u00a0Londo at least has the good grace to look a bit uncomfortable when G'kar starts wondering how the Shadows found out about the expedition. It's another step into darkness for everyone's favorite drink-cadger.<\/p>\n

Sinclair gets the B-plot, with a visit from his sister stirring up memories of his dead wife, who was killed on a science expedition investigating the ruins of an ancient civilization out on the Rim (warning klaxons going off in the heads of those who have noticed a sudden uptick of cosmic shenanigans involving the Rim). \u00a0The scenes really give Bruce Boxleitner a chance to emote over the whole thing, which he does quite nicely, played off well by Beverly Leech as his sister. \u00a0Those who know the series will realize how this will all come back to haunt Sheridan in a season or two. The dialog here gets in places a bit trite, but it's a truly personal moment in a way that the big epic or monsters of the week often push out.<\/p>\n

On the C-Plot we have Garibaldi, who gets brought back from the brink with a shot from "Quality of Mercy"'s alien healing machine. \u00a0Yeah, we'll see that again, too. That lets him get mindprobed (willingly) and put the finger on his assistant as the backshooter (thanks to an improbable mirrored surface). That then churns up a whole bunch of paranoid plotting, especially when the new president personally orders Sheridan to ship the attempted murderer back to Earth, and he vanishes en route — though not before flashing a "Be seeing you" farewell to Garibaldi. Lots of fodder for the future there, if heavy-handedly applied, including the beginnings of Garibaldi's not-unjustified descent into paranoia. ("I don't know you," are his first, narrow-eyed words to Sheridan; he'll continue that motif in years to come.)<\/p>\n

The equally important but somewhat less time-intensive D-plot is Delenn's hatching from a cocoon — which gets two false reveals in both her initial state and the ruse used to draw Garibaldi's traitorous aide from his office, before she shows up in the council chamber sporting human ears and a nice head of hair around the remaining bone. \u00a0Needless to say the implications of this change will be all over the rest of the series, not least of which will be her lying about how she did it with the blessings of the Minbari government.<\/p>\n

Overall, it's a remarkable balancing act, fitting four pretty large stories into a single episode, and it's generally handled pretty well. All of the cast get some solid moments (except Vir, who's absent; Keffer, who nobody cares about; and Na'toth, who's on screen but now played by the far less acerbic Mary Kay Adams). There's some clunky acting and line-smithing in places, but it's a strong second episode for the season.<\/p>\n

Most Dramatic Moment:<\/b> Sheridan talks about how he still misses his late wife, Anna.
Most Amusing Moment:<\/b> Londo criticizing the absence of Delenn and G'kar from the council. \u00a0"The one deserts his post without any explanation, the other takes the most breathtakingly inconvenient moment possible to explore new career options — like becoming a butterfly!"\u00a0
Most Arc-ish Moment:* The whole episode is riddled with them, but I'll go with Londo's laughingly offhand comment, when Morden suggests his associates would be willing to take out a Narn outpost or colony, "Why don't you eliminate the entire Narn homeworld while you're at it?" (Morden replies, deadpan, "One thing at a time, Ambassador. One thing at a time.")
Overall Rating: \u00a04.7 \/ 5<\/p>\n

Lurker\u2019s Guide: http:\/\/www.midwinter.com\/lurk\/countries\/us\/guide\/024.html<\/a>
Babylon Project: http:\/\/babylon5.wikia.com\/wiki\/Revelations<\/a>
IMDB: http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0517682\/<\/a>
AV Club: http:\/\/www.avclub.com\/review\/babylon-5-points-of-departurerevelations-93241<\/a>\u00a0
Noise2Signal: http:\/\/noise2sig.nl\/2011\/06\/19\/babylon-5-revelations\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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