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Babylon 5 - 1x8 "And the Sky Full of Stars" - Full watch-along (Patreon)

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2026-06-09 18:00:02
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2026-10

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Babylon 5 - 1x8 "And the Sky Full of Stars" - Full watch-along

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Squeesher

Oooo, what a sweet refresh pull for me! I'm a starry night kind of person. I grew up on and still live on a smaller island (PEI in Canada) and even then we were out in the boonies, away from the capital. So my skies were light pollution-free, thankfully

fargoboyle .

"There is a hole in your mind" nice callback to the pilot ep

StuArtist Studio

Now you know what the scene in his quarters (from "The Gathering") with Carolyn was all about. The Battle of the Line is the defining moment in Commander Sinclair's life.

Emma

In the remastered version of The Gathering, they inserted some of the dialogue from this episode.

Greg

Interesting episode. They tease us with what we want to know, give JUST enough info to wet our whistle, and then yank it back. It feels like another one that will make more sense later on down the road. Well acted and portrayed though.

Harry S

And the Sky Full of Stars, and each Star was one of our Ships exploding. From The Gathering.

Harry S

The old saying, keep your friends close and your enemies closer, comes to mind.

Emma

"It's just there's a 24-hour period in my life that I can't account for. It happened during the war with your people. You wouldn't be holding anything out on me, would you, old friend?" "Commander, I would never tell you anything that was not in your best interest." "Well, we'll talk about this again, one of these days."

Emma

Macbeth Act V, Scene 5, after he learns that Lady Macbeth is dead: Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. Knight Two "We're locked together, here in your mind. It's a shadow play, without form or substance." There is a Twilight Zone episode called Shadow Play where a man (Grant) is convicted of murder and sentenced to the electric chair. Grant tries to convince others that everything that is happening and every person that stands there is part of a horrible dream that visits him night after night. In addition to his uncanny ability to point out the massive gaps in logic that surround his situation, there are just too many instances of him having knowledge he couldn’t possibly be in possession of. And of course, there’s also the question that’s of particular concern to two of the characters: if they truly only exist in Adam’s mind, then what happens to them when the man finally wakes up?

apoc9

I get chills always when Sinclair is saying "Because we were outnumbered and outgunned. We never had a chance." He had the first hand experience of the war. I love the episode it answers everything and nothing at same time.

Emma

Sinclair's line to Garibaldi is telling: everyone lies! At the end of the episode, we know that Delenn is holding out information on Sinclair, and Sinclair is holding out information on Delenn, outright lying that he does not remember what happened to him.

William Terry

The opening credits of Babylon 5 reminds me of the song "Stonehenge" by Spinal Tap. In ancient times, Lived a rayce of people, The Druids! Nobody knows, U' they were, or, What they were doin' But their legacy remains, 'ewn Into the living rock, Of Stone'enge! In satellite images the night sky over South Korea is completely lit and North Korea is clear, which always seemed preferable to me, except for the bread lines and dictatorship. Besides Wrath of Khan, Judson Scott played the drug addict-along with Merritt Butrick, who was Kirk's son in Star Trek 2 and 3 the Search for Spock-in the TNG episode "Symbiosis"

Emma

After Patrick McGoohan turned down the role of Knight Two, the role was offered to Walter Koenig. Unfortunately, he suffered a heart attack and was unavailable. JMS then wrote the character of Bester for Mind War, and Walter was able to take that role. I am not sure of the pre-production lead times, but And the Sky Full of Stars was produced 4 episodes earlier than Mind War, but Mind War aired earlier.

Paul Hess

McGoohan would have been great for this! And as far as Walter I really loved him in Mind War so I’m sort of glad he didn’t guest star here instead. It’s hard to predict what ifs but I’m pretty sure about this one.

bakamitai

I'm really enjoying your commentary after each episode. This show is great for fan speculation on a first watch, I remember hours of time yakking with my friends, contextualizing whatever had been revealed that week and guessing what would happen next. Your discussions remind me of those fun times. 😄

George N

Weekly Star Trek-B5 cross-DNA: YES! Judson Scott was *Joakim*, Khan's 2nd in command from Wrath of Khan! We've come full circle Bunny!!! BTW The asian lady security officer he murders is also a future Trek character... I'll call it out when we get to her in TNG ;) Limits on Gambling? That might be the least believable part of this episode projecting out from 2026... Delenn: "A topic for a another time..." Me: "Wait, do you also know something about Luke Skywalkers blue lightsaber?!?" There were a couple nice continuity notes in Garibaldis newspaper headlines: "Homeguard leader convicted" That might be Biggs from the previous episode "Psi-corps involved in election tangle" hmmm... Sinclairs first 3 questions to the Gray council: "What do you want?" "Why are you doing this?" "Who are you?" What I like about this episode and B5 in general is that we are already addressing major mysteries from the pilot. JMS is fine with using the Mystery Box as a device, but he actually opens the box from time to time while introducing new ones to keep us interested...

Emma

This episode is great for that. I cannot remember what Usenet was like for most B5 episodes, but there was much speculation when another breadcrumb was presented. Watercooler TV.

Mark Gosine

Give me a Starry night. Never forget when I was 10 in a remote area of the UP. The amazing glory of a crowed, bright Milky Way that stunned me and the whole family. My dad had stopped the car and we all got out and gazed. "And sky full of stars". Incredible. I missed this episode when it premiered, and I had a hole in my mind.

Emma

Are you referring to Delenn's blue and green light sabres?

Squeesher

Just a gentle reminder George, she asks at the very start of each of her vids that we not spoil who will be future characters

Philip

Bunny, I'm sure I wasn't the only one who couldn't wait for your review of this episode. Michael O'Hare was superb. The last couple episodes not only highlighted Sinclair's strong moral compass but also his bravery and now the reason for clearly some PTSD that he has suffered from. We also get a hint of just how bad the war was going for Earth before the Minbari, for reasons to this point unknown, surrendered.. (And I, too, wondered what the heck was Garabaldi doing when Delenn's life was in danger near the end of the episode). This isn't a spoiler since you've already seen it: Judson Scott was also in a first season TNG episode, "Symbiosis." I forgot about him being in Wrath of Khan until you mentioned it. I recall him being one of Diana's officers in "V" (the series).

Philip

Bunny, here's a story about starry nights. The late John Mosley was the longtime program director of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles and one of the live narrators for the planetarium shows, many of which he wrote including the popular annual Christmas Star show, as well as recording a weekly Sky Report that people could call in and listen to hear what was happening in the night time sky. Some here might remember the devastating Northridge earthquake of January 17, 1994. Mosley said after the quake people were calling the observatory and asking what were all those strange lights in the sky, as if it had something to do with the quake. Mosley said he had to break the news to them: "well, those are stars." The 6.7 earthquake, which occurred at 4:31 in the morning had instantly knocked out power to the entire city of Los Angeles. The moon was not visible at that time in the morning so until power was gradually restored millions of residents saw a night time sky that one would only see in the desert far from city light pollution.

Alexandre Santos

Judson Scott was also Sobi the drug dealer from Star Trek TNG Season 1 Episode Symbiosis. Maybe recognized him from there.

Ron K

Considering your new found love and appreciation of Peter Jerasik you should go back and rewatch the original Tron. You might recognize a young Peter Jerasik.

Matthew Graves (Graviton)

"Who do you think you are? Deanna Troi?" LOL! Pretty good one. I have only the very vaguest recollection of this storyline (I saw some B5 when it originally aired but never got that into it). So, I'm nearly as intrigued and puzzled as you, Bunny, though I do remember a couple thing that are relevant. Other thoughts: Lotta cool lighting effects in this one to set a spooky atmosphere. I liked that. One thing I just noticed about Sinclair, he loves to give people "side-eye". Seriously, it's like his go to thing. Also, I get why Winters couldn't just scan for the missing Sinclair, but surely afterwards they should have called her in to scan the brainfried guy? Maybe they did but they really should have at least mentioned it, or addressed that point somehow. Still, pretty good episode

Philip

Congratulations to Bunny! That's great having her channel featured like that! (Too bad she can't watch it - yet - given all the spoilers! And I don't blame her. I don't like to see spoilers of a show or movie I intend to watch either)

Squeesher

The channel page, yes, would contain clips and thumbnails that would show spoilers. I figured she'd know that. But the post I link by itself has NO spoilers, Bunny. It's just a little write up, and a free plug with a direct link to the S1E5 reaction on your YT channel. It appears you have some official support :)

Philip

In the pilot, "The Gathering," it was already established to Lyta Alexander (the resident telepath at tat time) by Commander Sinclair that there was to be "no unauthorized mind scans." And in "Mind War," when the Psi Cop Bester tries to initially talk to Sinclair telepathically, the Commander reacts angrily ("Get out of my head!" and "I don't like people rummaging around in my head.") and reminds Bester that the Psi Corps has "rules against that sort of thing." So, while it wasn't explicitly brought up in "And the Sky Full of Stars," we can probably assume that's why Knight Two wasn't brain-scanned.

Matthew Graves (Graviton)

Apples and oranges. I wouldn’t compare rummaging around in the head of Sinclair for no good reason to a situation where you have a conspirator who violently assaulted multiple people and committed crimes specifically related to a mental invasion. If you are even gonna have psi-cops isn’t this exactly their jurisdiction? Sure, presumably our have procedures and safeguards, but it’s a flaw not to address it at all in this case.

bunnytails

It was a very emotional performance

Philip

""When I looked at those ships I didn't just see my death, I saw the death of the whole damned human race." - Cmdr. Jeffrey SInclair

Philip

It was apparently Michael O'Hare's idea to turn his head in the cockpit to look at each Starfury exploding ("And the Sky Full of Stars").