This is G'Kar's Discussion Post - 0x5 "The Parliament Of Dreams."

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It's Saturday afternoon, BLUEFALL.

This week's offering:

1x05: The Parliament of Dreams



G'Kar is hunted by a hired political assassin. Sinclair and Catherine (Guest star Julia Nickson) reconcile their past differences and renew their romance.

Vital Stats
Production number: 108

Written by J. Michael Straczynski

Directed by Jim Johnston

Original air date: February 23, 1994


Arc Notes / Story Points of Interest

- G'Kar is a totes rad baller.

- Londo is a drunken buffoon.

- It doesn't take an ace detective to figure who might have got married in that Minbari ceremony.


Trivia

- So rad, you guys.

- So drunk, you guys.

- This episode won an Emmy for Best Makeup Design.

- A Catholic priest is one of the first five to be introduced in the big earth religion lineup, but during the pan shot a nun is clearly visible.

If they are seriously setting up a love triangle between the Minbari Ambassador / Grey Councilor and Sinclair's suddenly wealthy old flame, I will cry.

A reminder: not everyone playing along has seen the series before, so please be considerate about major spoilers. Vagueness, warnings and/or spoiler tags are appreciated.

Comments

[julian]

Via the Lurker's Guide--

Production number: 108
Original air date: February 23, 1994

(It also got an Emmy for Best Makeup Design.)

This thing's /way/ more like it.

(Oh, I should finish the episode, whups. *zoom*)

Things I love: Lennier. Also, the assasin. (Especially his glasses & attitude once he's out as the assasin.) Also, Na'Toth.

Also! This is the episode that I originally learned how to deal with O'Hare's acting, which is to say, I can't actually do two things at once while he's onscreen, because if I just listen, his voice puts me to friggin' sleep. But his body language and facials are actually pretty good. (It's amazing how much time I don't actually /watch/ TV, most of the time.)

Also, as per usual, I heart Londo. ( "Did I ever tell you that you are very cute for a Minbari? Even you are cute, in an annoying sort of way. Everybody's cute! Everybody's cute! Even me. But in purple... I'm stunning!" *thud* )

Also times three, G'Kar, Na'Toth, and the assasin in their last scene, and the last bit of the torture scene. "And you didn't enjoy it in the least." "I didn't say that." That there involved actual actor interplay which they enjoyed, that did.

Things I liked less: Enh, well, I know it's important and all, but the Minbari ceremony was Portentous and Overwrought.

Things I really /really/ didn't like: Sinclair & Sakai's Tennyson scene. It really felt like Nickson kept going, "Do I /actually/ have to read this line? Guess I do..."

And although JMS kept going, "No, humans aren't the only ones with diverse religions!" the scene at the end sure made it SEEM that way. Bleh.

[aulayan]

I do wish they did more with Narn religion, because apparently there are older religions than G'Quon. (Though I could see G'kar, being such a G'Quon devotee, only really showing that off.)

[julian]

Yah. G'Lan, among others.

Not sure how canon this is, but it looks like it'd have more Stuff than the episodes.

By Any Means Necessary, IIRC, has some Narn religious foo.

But. Me too.

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Did we even get to see G'Quon this episode? All I remember of G'kar is the assassin thing.

It's beginning to look like the Naarn "hat" is a love of vengance.

mildly spoilery for upcoming 1st season eps, I guess.

[julian]

*tears herself away from your link by main stregnth and violence* Ahem.

Anyway, re: G'Qoun -- Nope! JMS sticks most of the Narn religious stuff (pre-spoilery G'Kar stuff, anyway) in By Any Means Necessary. Which is ever-so logical -- put the Narn religious stuff not in the actual RELIGION-FOCUSED episode, but rather the union one. What-ever.

(He also insists that the Narn don't have a monolithic religion, except they kind of do, it's just a bunch of different prophets. if it were /actually/ not monolithic, there'd be, well, differences in culture, you know?)