Grey Sector: A Babylon 5 Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Now that our wandering co-host is back from vacation, we finally discuss Murderbot episodes 1 and 2, "FreeCommerce" and "Eye Contact". Anna checks herself before she wrecks herself, Mike's not allowed near Akshay Khanna, Joe likes himself a slow burn, and Sarah wants to solve problems with invisibility. Music from this episode: "Space Desert Blues&quo...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Between the Darkness and the Light. Mike is pretty sure JMS was very very tired, Joe really doesn't want to call this a heist, and Sarah tries to figure our what the resistance does with all of their time. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:57:05 Spoiler Zone: 0:57:05 - 1:01:08 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:01:08 Music fro...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Intersections in Real Time. Sarah recites Child's Play fun facts, Joe reads inspirational quotes from Andor, and Mike is disturbed because the "My Buddy" song still lives rent free in his head. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:47:29 Spoiler Zone: 0:47:29 - 0:49:39 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 0:49:39 Music from...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Face of the Enemy. Joe has a degree in fictional military history, Mike verifies gay bar brawl etiquette, and Sarah wishes she was watching Roadhouse. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00 - 1:05:15 Spoiler Zone: 1:05:15 - 1:08:45 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:08:45-1:11:13 Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By absentrea...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Between the Darkness and the Light. Mike really thinks JMS should read more Rawls, Sarah articulates the difference between women and moths, and Joe waxes rhapsodic about really old TV shows. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:01:03 Spoiler Zone: 1:01:03 - 1:03:47 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:03:47 Music from this episode: &qu...

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Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode No Surrender, No retreat. Sarah thinks the internet on B5 is just a series of goths, Joe calculates all the people Londo murdered on his way to redemption, and Mike points out that C&C definitely doesn't have gravity. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:01:25 Spoiler Zone: 1:01:25 - 1:04:25 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Moments of Transition. Joe has concerns about putting the Worker Caste in charge given their last renovation project was to put the Starfire Wheel in that temple, Mike theorizes that JMS may have secretly kept Larry D on the payroll for IRS tax purposes, and Sarah covets Shakiri's Warhammer table. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 -...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Rumors, Bargains, and Lies. Sarah learns all of her history from novels, Joe is only interested in wars that have naval battles, and Mike is pretty sure Stephen keeps Centauri blood under his desk for obvious reasons. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:52:45 Spoiler Zone: 0:52:45 - 0:54:09 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 0:54:09 Mu...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Conflicts of Interest. Mike wonders why they needed that secret passageway, Joe reveals that he does a pretty good Zathras, and Sarah uses advanced literary analysis on a Looney Toons episode. Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By absentrealities is licensed under CC-BY 3.0 "Please Define The Error" By Delta Ce...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Lines of Communication. Joe confirms that the French did do that, if by the French you mean the British, Sarah thinks #1 might be starting to develop a kink, and Mike argues it's time to go back and re-read Kant's First Critique. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:02:49 Spoiler Zone: 1:02:49 - 1:06:09 Next Episode and other S...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Racing Mars. Mike considers the knife sommelier's demand forecasts, Sarah points out that that's not what the word quarantine means, and Joe reminds us all about the detailed specifics of WWI-related English patent law. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:00:28 Spoiler Zone: 1:00:28 - 1:03:43 Next Episode and other Shenanigans...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Atonement. Sarah wonders if the warrior caste has been playing pickle ball for the last thousand years, Joe thinks G'Kar's eye is the new Checkov's gun, and Mike notes that what happens at the Drazi party stays at the Drazi party.  Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By absentrealities is licensed under CC-...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode The Illusion of Truth. Mike watches lots of gay porn for...reasons, Sarah thinks Bester is likely making a fortune at insider trading, and Joe thinks it might all be a warning about Fox "News." Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:02:39 Spoiler Zone: 1:02:39 - 1:04:02 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:04:02 Music from this...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Epiphanies. Joe questions whether fascists are actually good at fashion design, Sarah thinks Elvis was a techomage, and Mike obsesses over Zack's army tent. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:13:07 Spoiler Zone: 1:13:07 - 1:15:32 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:15:32 Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By abs...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Into the Fire. Sarah thinks it's quite possible Oprah is a First One (which seems self evident now that we say it), Mike wonders what brunch at the Four Seasons with Ivanova and Marcus would be like, while Joe is disappointed that under automated gay space Communism the meetings are not actually all automated. Spoiler-free discussio...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode The Long Night. Mike thinks that fortune teller might have been full of shit, Joe would prefer if everything just took longer, and Sarah is relieved that Centauri murder weapons come in childproof packaging. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:04:14 Spoiler Zone: 1:04:14 - 1:09:49 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:09:49 Music from t...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Falling Toward Apotheosis. Sarah is amused that they decided to name the slow lumbering and boring ship the Asimov, Joe does math on the Vorlon fleet's travel time, and Mike spouts Egyptian Zen koans. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:56:05 Spoiler Zone: 0:56:05 - 1:00:45 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:00:45 Music from thi...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode The Summoning. Joe explains the finer details of Admiral Nelson's strategy, Sarah wants to know what kinds of pets Cartagia has, while Mike wonders if Vorlon ships are mostly self-powered. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:04:32 Spoiler Zone: 1:04:32 - 1:09:32 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:09:32 Music from this episode: &...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi. Mike needs to trademark Shitr(TM), Joe thinks all B5 dive bars are connected via a wormhole network, and Sarah thinks Marcus might be having certain feelings for G'Kar, which completely checks out. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:58:19 Spoiler Zone: 0:58:19 - 1:03:42 Next Episode and other Sh...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four premier The Hour of the Wolf. Sarah wonders if G'Kar and Londo might actually share the same intelligence network on a time share, Mike philosophizes on the greater meanings of Londo's various coats, and Joe notes that the Trilumanari might actually be Shadow tech.  Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:07:45 Spoiler Zone: 1:07:45 - 1:1...

Send us Fan Mail This week we watch JMS' first live action show ever, Captain Power! Sarah wants to be a commodore, Joe teaches us all about Sven Thorsen, Mike thinks the plinth is a little gay, and Davey explains why the strobe lights are actually designed to sell you more toys, not to give you seizures.   What were we thinking: 0:00:00 - 1:13:39 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:13:39 M...

Send us Fan Mail This week we have a special interview with none other than Jason Carter, aka Marcus Cole! Jason tells us what his final scene with Claudia Christian was like, how good Richard Biggs looked with his shirt off, and what it was like to watch Adreas Katsulas and Peter Jurasik film the elevator of death scene. Did we mention he played James Bond that one time? Jason tells great stories...

Send us Fan Mail This week we do the season 3 wrap up awards, the Anna Sheridan Awards. Joe, Sarah, and Mike discuss the best capes, best fisticuffs, and the most evil mega-corporation. We discuss the velvet painting in the bar, what the Shadows and Vorlons did as room mates a million years ago, the WTF-iest moment of Season 3, and give out the ever coveted Human J Crewmember award. Spoiler-free d...

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season three finale Zha'Ha'Dum. Sarah thinks the Shadow's capital city might have bad feng Shui, Mike thinks the Sheridans are in a polycule, and Joe thinks the Shadows are very anti-labor. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:01:31 Spoiler Zone: 1:01:31 - 1:05:39 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:05:39 Music from this episode: "Surf...