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(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:48:22) Grey Council Severed Dreams, Delenn doing the absolute most, EarthForce chaos, Mars telling Clark to get bent, and one of the biggest Babylon 5 episodes yet, this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Gus, and Ali break down Babylon 5 Season 3 Episode 10, “Severed Dreams.” It’s an action-heavy, emotionally charged episode full of impossible choices, political collapse, and t...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (01:00:53) Grey Council Martial law, Night Watch nonsense, Lady Morella prophecy, and Majel Barrett bringing full sci-fi royalty energy, this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Gus, and Ali break down Babylon 5 Season 3 Episode 9, “Point of No Return.” It’s an episode full of EarthGov escalation, Zack Allan stress, Garibaldi betrayal trauma, and the kind of political storyline that...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:56:06) Grey Council Shadow ships, EarthGov lies, a very suspicious mission to Jupiter, and the official arrival of Babble On merch, this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Gus, and Ali break down Babylon 5 Season 3 Episode 8, “Messages from Earth.” It’s an episode full of Shadow War setup, Night Watch anxiety, Sheridan and Delenn being extremely not subtle, and the kind of polit...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:58:58) Grey Council A creepy Downbelow mystery, Marcus being extremely Marcus, and spine worms that should absolutely not be shortened into a portmanteau, this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Gus, and Ali break down Babylon 5 Season 3 Episode 7, “Exogenesis.” It’s an episode full of unsettling alien biology, awkward flirting, Ranger secrets, and one very memorable reminder th...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:46:04) Grey Council A dangerous new drug, Bester being Bester, and G’Kar having the kind of vision that can change a whole life, this week on Babble On, Jenny, Gus, Ali, and guest Andrew Rappo break down Babylon 5 Season 3 Episode 6, “Dust to Dust.” It’s an episode full of Psi Corps menace, Narn pain, Centauri guilt, and one of G’Kar’s most important turning points so far. We...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:46:30) Grey Council A political officer, a very alarming Ministry of Peace, and Ivanova taking a trip through the Great Machine, this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Gus, and Ali break down Babylon 5 Season 3 Episode 5, “Voices of Authority.” It’s an episode full of propaganda, power plays, and warning signs that Earth is getting scarier by the minute. We discuss Julie Musant...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:58:25) Grey Council A haunted monk, a returning Lyta Alexander, and some deeply unsettling questions about memory, punishment, faith, and forgiveness, this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Gus, and Ali break down Babylon 5 Season 3 Episode 4, “Passing Through Gethsemane.” It’s a quiet episode on the surface, but emotionally, it hits like a freight train. We discuss Brother Edw...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (01:11:18) Grey Council So many plots, one very annoying probe, and a Londo who is very much reaping what he sows - this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Gus, and Ali break down Babylon 5 Season 3, Episode 3, "A Day in the Strife."  We debate whether the alien probe plotline earned its place in an already packed episode, dig into what the crew actually wanted more of (G'Kar's situ...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:39:06) Grey Council A bomber on the loose, monks in the corridors, and Londo and G'Kar trapped in an elevator with nowhere to go — this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Gus, and Ali break down Babylon 5 Season 3 Episode 2, "Convictions." It's a standalone episode that somehow still manages to be essential viewing, and the crew gets into why. We discuss the real-world shadow of...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:57:28) Grey Council New season, new ship, new Ranger, and a whole lot of trouble, this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Ali, and Gus break down the Babylon 5 Season 3 premiere, "Matters of Honor." As Sheridan takes a risky mission beyond the station, Londo tries to manage dangerous alliances, and the shadows grow bolder, the next phase of Babylon 5 begins. We discuss the arriv...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (01:06:29) Grey Council Angels, exits, and the end of Season 2 - this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Ali, Gus, and special guest Ean break down the Babylon 5 Season 2 finale, "The Fall of Night". As the Centauri-Narn conflict reaches a breaking point, the crew witnesses a massive revelation in the docking bay that changes everything for the station. We discuss the "malicious com...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (01:10:33) Grey Council Jack the Ripper has arrived on Babylon 5, and the Vorlons sent him - this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Ali, and Gus dive into Babylon 5 Season 2, Episode 21, "Comes the Inquisitor." The crew unpacks one of B5's most philosophically dense hours: ego death, the "Who are you?" vs. "What do you want?" dialectic, and what it means to act in service of someth...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:53:21) Grey Council War crimes, velvet crimes, and the fall of an empire  - this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Ali, and Gus break down Babylon 5 Season 2, Episode 20, "The Long Twilight Struggle."  In this episode, the crew unpacks the sci-fi Hiroshima of it all and why Rifa's rhetoric sounds uncomfortably familiar, dissects Londo's intentional cough mid-speech and what it...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:54:26) Grey Council Monkey's paw episode, anyone? This week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Ali, and Gus dive into Babylon 5 Season 2 Episode 19, "Divided Loyalties." Lyta Alexander is back, a major character is gone (kind of), and it turns out the silk pajama sleepover was never just a sleepover. Jenn breaks down what JMS was building from the very beginning, Ali is furious and i...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (01:05:30) Grey Council Plagues, politics, and the price of silence - this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Ali, and Gus dive into Babylon 5 Season 2 Episode 18, "Confessions and Lamentations." As a devastating disease threatens to annihilate the Markab people, the crew breaks down one of the most emotional and haunting episodes of the series. Jenn explores the episode's "Inside B...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:43:11) Grey Council Centauri honor, political consequences, and one very inconvenient trauma ghost - this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Ali, and Gus break down Babylon 5 Season 2, Episode 17, “Knives.” What looks like a contained character episode quickly reveals deeper themes about loyalty, identity, and the cost of power. The crew dives into Londo’s complicated choices, S...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (01:10:45) Grey Council Shadows, secrets, and suspicious diplomacy - this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Ali, and Gus dive into Babylon 5 Season 2 Episode 16, "In the Shadow of Z'Ha'Dum." As Morden resurfaces and the Shadow War edges closer to the spotlight, the crew breaks down the episode’s major lore drops and rising political tension. Jenn digs into the structure behind the...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:55:19) Grey Council ISN has arrived on the station, and the "truth" is looking a little bit like a hatchet job – this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Ali, and Gus dive into Babylon 5 Season 2, Episode 15, “And Now For a Word”. The crew breaks down the groundbreaking documentary-style episode that gave us our first look at the station from the outside. We discuss the terrifyin...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:56:29) Grey Council Industry secrets, "Deep Space" shade, and the return of Peter David—this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Ali, and Gus dive into Babylon 5 Season 2, Episode 14, “There All the Honor Lies.” In this episode, we explore the "Pink Elephant" writing trick and the hilariously pointed dig at a certain other deep space franchise. The crew debates if Sheridan's "Bla...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:55:25) Grey Council Psychology, 90s noir vibes, and a space station manhunt for a "Space Snowden" - this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Ali, and Gus discuss Babylon 5 Season 2, Episode 13, "Hunter, Prey". It’s a race against EarthForce to find a fugitive doctor, but between Kosh’s singing ship and a "creepy" lesson in Vorlon philosophy, things get weirdly existential. Ali an...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:49:57) Grey Council Delenn gets kicked out of the Grey Council, Londo spirals deeper into war criminal territory, and Ivanova engages in the most uncomfortable diplomatic mission in Babylon 5 history - this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Ali, and Gus discuss one of the most tonally whiplash episodes of the series. The crew dissects the episode's jarring duality: 90% is devas...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (01:03:22) Grey Council Prophetic dreams, biblical symbolism, and Warren Kefrer's continued absence – this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Ali, and Gus dive into Babylon 5 Season 2, Episode 11, "All Alone in the Night." The crew breaks down Sheridan's bizarre grey alien abduction, Delenn getting kicked off the Grey Council, and the conspiracy reveal that changes everything. Ali g...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:40:25) Grey Council War comes to Babylon 5 this week as Jenny, Jenn, Ali, and Gus dive into Season 2, Episode 10, “Gropos.” What starts as a familiar ground-pounder story quickly turns into one of the show’s most devastating episodes. The crew breaks down how Gropos uses classic war tropes to lull the audience into a false sense of security, why the guest characters work so w...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:54:00) Grey Council The Emperor is dying, the Shadows are moving, and Londo is making choices he can't take back – this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Ali, and Gus dive into Babylon 5 Season 2, Episode 9, “The Coming of Shadows.” The crew breaks down the episode that beat Apollo 13 and Toy Story for a Hugo Award. We discuss the arrival of the "Jefflings" (Rangers) , the trag...

(00:00:00) Zocalo (00:52:50) Grey Council Psi Corps is here, consent is optional, and suddenly everyone is VERY uncomfortable - this week on Babble On, Jenny, Jenn, Ali, and Gus dive into Babylon 5 Season 2, Episode 8, “A Race Through Dark Places.” The crew breaks down Bester’s deeply unsettling debut, the moral horror of telepath control, and why this episode quietly reframes everything we though...