Grey Sector: A Babylon 5 Podcast

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review the season two episode “The Quality of Mercy,” with special guest star Tulpa from the No Rangers Allowed Podcast! Joe notices that all doctors seem to have Stim addictions, Sarah wonders when murder became illegal, Mike is pretty sure Kant would not be happy, and Tulpa recounts the age old question the props department kept asking JMS: Is it veiny enough? Spoi...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review the season one episode "Babylon Squared." Sarah wonders if Zathras screwed up the time heist, Joe notices that security is guarding Zathras from the wrong side of the room, and Mike appreciates how Zathras' costume is everything that Delenn's is not. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:43:06 Spoiler Zone: 0:43:06 - 0:48:32 Next Episode and...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review the season one episode "A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 2." Mike wonders why no one ever tells Sinclair who's coming to dinner, Sarah attempts to graph all the 90s TV series police chiefs to determine how many of them were Ron Canada, and Joe confirms that Terminator definitely took place in the Babylon 5 universe. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:...

Send us Fan Mail Bonus Pod! A few days ago on Twitter, JMS sent out a call to arms, causing B5 fans to gather and promptly break Twitter. In response, Scott from @grey17podcast gathered all the B5 podcasts to have a discussion about the reboot. Here is our chat, hope you enjoy! Mike laments the current fractured nature of Scifi show's writing style, Scott marvels at how we helped bring togeth...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review a season one episode "A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 1." Joe wins the over/under bet on terrible decisions in this episode (though it's possible he might have cheated), Sarah wonders if Garibaldi's Ex is actually Schrödinger's Cat, while Mike is just really, really confused about Dr. Tasaki's dirty sensors... Spoiler-free discuss...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review the season one episode "Eyes." Sarah wonders why they bother writing down things in the Babylon 5 Charter, Joe explains how Babylon 5 is really similar to Deadwood, and Mike asks the meta question: Are there no laws on Babylon 5, or is security just really bad at its job? Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By absentrealities is licen...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review the season one episode "Grail." Mike tries to determine how many minutes are in a cycle, Sarah wonders whether the chefs on Babylon 5 are just failed molecular gastronomists from earth with extremely poor judgment around portion sizes, and Joe pops champagne to celebrate the end of the Compton Era. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:59:49 Spoiler Z...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review one of the most consequential season one episodes, "Signs and Portents." Joe thinks that Sinclair's office might be its own semi-autonomous region, Sarah appreciates a proper crime mullet, while Mike notes happily that the Raiders of the Plot Arc are done, never to return for a sequel. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:45:23 Spoiler Zone: 0:4...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review a season one episode of Babylon 5 that's so good, they forgot to include it in the series. It's the movie Tron, with Bruce Boxleitner!  Sarah wonders whether this movie might be better if you just watched it on mute, Joe asserts that nothing says Alpha Nerd better than a klaatu barada nikto poster, while Mike can't figure out why the master cont...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review the season one episode "By Any Means Necessary." Sarah analyses the station budget, Mike wonders if Londo is a Hufflepuff or a Slytherin, and Joe rejoices that Carn Molari was actually important to the plot all along... somehow... Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:50:53 Spoiler Zone: 0:50:53 - 0:52:40 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 0:52:40 Mu...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review the season one episode "Survivors." Mike explores the difference between an army captain and a navy captain, Joe delights in the fact that this episode has only one bad plot instead of two, and Sarah tries to determine which alien species is getting font-snubbed. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:54:29 Spoiler Zone: 0:54:29 - 0:56:40 Next Episode...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review the season one episode "Believers." Sarah recalls shelving Asimov shopping lists during her time working at a book store in college, Joe points out that Dr. Franklin's miracle snake oil is -in fact- not legitimate medicine, while Mike wonders if Dr. Franklin went to Harvard Upstairs Medical College. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:49:07 Spo...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review the season one episode "Deathwalker." Joe loses count of the number of times Franklin wrongly claims that facts right in front of his face are impossible, Mike wonders if Larry D knows anything about the characters he's writing about, while Sarah points out that no, that's not what that word means... Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:50:...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review the season one episode "And a Sky Full of Stars." Mike learns all about the Garibaldi Investigational Method, Sarah walks us through the difference between a cliffhanger and a game changer (credit to Lani Diane Rich ), while Joe points out that our guest villains are, in fact, assembling the internet. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:52:03 Spoile...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review the season one episode "The War Prayer." Sarah delineates the fine line between fashion train wreck and sweater criminal, Joe waxes rhapsodic about computer-based autocracy via means of benevolent AI, while Mike reminisces about his time spent with his mom on a Hawaiian coffee farm. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:55:45 Spoiler Zone: 0:55:45 - 0...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review the season one episode "Mind War." Joe parses out the difference between a war, a skirmish, and an encounter, Sarah posits the Talia Winters Narrative Length Fallacy, and Mike catalogues the extras that remind him of 23rd Century Shakespeare characters. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:51:38 Spoiler Zone: 0:51:38 - 0:55:50 Next Episode and other...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review the season one episode "The Parliament of Dreams." Mike rails against the monopoly of the Narn Assassin's Guild, Sarah posits a formula to calculate the cheesecake to beefcake ratio, and Joe reads us quotes from "In Valen's Name," a Babylon 5 novel that he definitely didn't read in its entirety. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:...

Send us Fan Mail This week brings us what might be the single worst episode of Babylon 5: Infection. Mike's whiskey lasts only 7 minutes, Joe throws Richard Compton under the bus, and Sarah invents a possibly fatal drinking game. (Note to the listener: please don't try it. We want you to live to see better episodes.) Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:54:30 Spoiler zone: 0:54:30-0:55:5...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review the season one episode "Born to the Purple." Joe wonders how to properly notarize the voiding of a Centauri Slavery contract, Mike explains how drag queen boobs work, and Sarah covets Vir's GameBoy. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:52:23 Spoiler zone: 0:52:23-0:55:52 Outtakes and other shenanigans: 0:55:52 Music from this episode: "Surf...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we review the season one episode "Soul Hunter." Mike finds himself mesmerized by fruit, Sarah wonders whether or not security actually knows how to use the elevators, and Joe posits a new theory about Dr. Franklin. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:54:04 Spoiler zone: 0:54:04-0:59:05 Next time on and other shenanigans: 0:59:06 Music from this episode: &quot...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we discuss the season one episode "Midnight on the Firing Line."  Sarah tries to measure how large HR's file on Sinclair is, Mike ponders which human bones make the best flutes, and Joe asks the age old question: Where are the Insurance Companies? Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:57:43 Spoiler zone: 0:57:43-1:03:24 Next time on and other shenanigans:...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Grey Sector! In our first episode, we discuss the B5 pilot "The Gathering", debate why coffee is a space crime, and envy G'Kar's wardrobe.  Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:28:34 Spoiler zone: 1:28:35-1:34:26 Next time on and other shenanigans: 1:34:26 Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By absentrealities is licensed under CC-BY...