Grey Sector: A Babylon 5 Podcast

Send us Fan Mail This week we review Babylon 5's season five episode Objects at Rest. Sarah is offended at the perfunctory murder plot, Joe posits reverse-PSYkick theory to explain Garibaldi's continuing popularity among people who know him, and Mike wants to know when the Witch King is going to show up. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 51:45 Spoiler Zone: 51:45-58:59 Next Episode and...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode Objects in Motion. Sarah explains which John Carpenter movie is actually the worst, Mike explains the mechanics of how to stab people without letting them make any noise, and Joe is instructed on the difference between a teleplay and a story. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:07:52 Spoiler Zone: 1:07:53-1:11:03 Next Episode and other...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode The Wheel of Fire. Joe plans ahead, Sarah daydreams about the Predator Trifecta political AU, and Mike's dreams of finishing this podcast are brutally crushed. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:57:52 Spoiler Zone: 0:57:52 - 0:59:12 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 0:59:13+ Music from this episode: “Surf Punk Rock” By absentrea...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode The Fall of Centauri Prime. Mike wonders what the Miss Manners etiquette is for how long you're supposed to leave a head on a spike, Sarah is quite frustrated that the egg doesn't hatch, and Joe lays out the only two strategies that Sheridan ever uses. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:53:28 Spoiler Zone: 0:53:28 - 0:57:52 N...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode Movements of Fire and Shadow. Mike asks the question 'boobs, how do they work?', Sarah reminds us that the Minbari are Jewish Space Elves, and Joe explains the potential station alert levels. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:02:11 Spoiler Zone: 1:02:12 - 1:04:34 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:04:35 Music from this ep...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we ask the important questions about B5 season 5, episode 16, "And All My Dreams Torn Asunder". Mike is a bitch when the edible finally hits, Joe's got rants in his pants, and Sarah goes on a button hunt.  Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 52:50 Spoiler Zone: 52:50 - 55:08 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 55:08+ Music from this episode: “Surf Punk Roc...

Send us Fan Mail Mike admits he's a barrel size queen, Sarah invents the Scoff-o-meter, and Joe tries to make sense of the Centauri government. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:09:28 Spoiler Zone: 1:09:29 - 1:14:22 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:14:23 Music from this episode: “Surf Punk Rock” By absentrealities is licensed under CC-BY 3.0 “Please Define The Error” By Delta Centauri...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode Meditations on the Abyss. Mike may have taken an edible, Sarah now needs to update The List, and Joe is sad that Findell lived... 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 l...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father. Joe notes that Bester's success rate in keeping recruits alive is pretty low, Sarah explains what the hump on a Pak'ma'ra is, and Mike thinks our Psi-Cadets gives off real George and Lenny vibes. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:08:26 Spoiler Zone: 1:08:26 - 1:11:27 Next Episod...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode The Ragged Edge. Joe reads from the Book of JMS, Sarah loves to see a smuggler enjoying his work, and Mike reminds us that safety comes first. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:00:18 Spoiler Zone: 1:00:19 - 1:03:53 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:03:53 Music from this episode: “Surf Punk Rock” By absentrealities is licensed unde...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode Phoenix Rising. Mike celebrates an event he has long desired, Joe wonders why Bester didn't also adapt the third law of robotics, Sarah admires Byron's amazingly flippable hair. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:15:41 Spoiler Zone: 1:15:42 - 1:17:18 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:17:21 Music from this episode: “Surf P...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode A Tragedy of Telepaths. Mike wonders if JMS had all the fight choreographers killed, Sarah reads us Byron's dog's epitath, and Joe elucidates the Minbari Management System. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:55:27 Spoiler Zone: 0:55:27 - 0:59:27 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 0:59:27 Music from this episode: "Surf P...

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Send us Fan Mail This week, we lured poor Anna away from Murderpod to argue about season 5's "Secrets of the Soul". Mike demands SCIENCE, Joe suspects Sheridan was a bad boyfriend, Sarah preemptively announces the winner of Season 5 bingo, and Anna just cannot with Sheridan's goatee. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 01:24:43 Spoiler Zone: 01:24:44 - 01:31:00 Next Episode and...

Send us Fan Mail Far too many months later, we return to talk about the greatest surprises and mysterious mysteries of season one of Apple TV's Murderbot. What makes this show unlike any other? What's coming next? And who will top the misgendering leaderboard. . .  and pay the price?  Music from this episode: "Space Desert Blues" by Wolfgang Bütow is licensed under Creative Com...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our Babylon 5 rewatch with season 5's "Secrets of the Soul". Mike wants to be clear that JMS was very tired, Joe calculates Zack's caseload, and Sarah tries her hardest to look on the bright side. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 00:54:46 Spoiler Zone: 00:54:58 - 00:58:50 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 00:59:00 Music from this episode: "...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode Strange Relations. Mike (mostly) refuses to buy Gucci, Joe explains line of sight rules in telepathery, and Sarah calculates the "Ivanova was always right" quotient. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:56:54 Spoiler Zone: 0:56:54 - 0:59:35 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 0:59:35 Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Roc...

Send us Fan Mail This week we discuss the Babylon 5 fifth season episode "Learning Curve". Sarah loves her wacky horror movie tropes, Mike assumes Statler and Waldorf are married, and Joe is bummed that we didn't get to increment the Ranger Bodycount.  Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:58:14 Spoiler Zone: 0:58:30 - 1:01:40 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:01:40 Music from th...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode A View from the Gallery. Sarah is ready to sign up for the Gaim newsletter, Mike wonders if the head was still inside the helmet that Byron's polycult was passing around, and Joe explains the minute differences between various kinds of spoo. Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By absentrealities is licensed under CC-...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode The Paragon of Animals. Joe thinks Patrick Stewart is great, but still not as good as the Hamlet from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Sarah isn't sure what the Pak'ma'ra agricultural colony does, and Mike gives suggestions about the Season 5 Bingo Card. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:03:09 Spoiler Zone: 1:03:0...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari. Sarah once again points out to JMS that that's not what that word means, Joe inaugurates the Ranger Body Count, and Mike gives us an elucidated wine history of the word fiasco. Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By absentrealities is licensed under CC-BY 3.0 "Please Define...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five premier episode No Compromises. Mike wants to know where the PPG alarms went, Joe wonders why JMS seems to hate music boxes, and Sarah figures out the real reason for Garibaldi's hiring decisions. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:57:47 Spoiler Zone: 0:57:47 - 1:02:50 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:02:50 Music from this episode: &...

Send us Fan Mail This week we do the Season 4 wrap up awards, The Lise Edgars Awards. This week we give away awards for Season 4 in an episode we're calling the Lise Edgars Awards. Sarah thinks the other races are still pissed about Zima, Mike can't tell who the top is, and Joe wants words with the person who built the UI.  Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By absentrea...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four finale The Deconstruction of Falling Stars. Mike annoys everyone by reminding them that he was right four years ago, Joe hates terrible 90s TV panels, and Sarah argues that the Great Ivanova theory of history is most accurate.  Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:53:01 Spoiler Zone: 0:53:01 - 0:59:05 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 0:59:05...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Rising Star. Joe doesn’t know why the thing with the blinky red lights is on that desk, Sarah predicts what will happen to Lise in season 5, Gaby considers a second career in writing lady smut, and Mike gets distracted by Richard Biggs’ chest again. Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By absentrealities is licensed under...