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Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 22, Sleeping in Light – In the final episode of the show proper, we get a 20 year jump to see where characters have ended up on the eve of Sheridan's final day as foretold by Lorien.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 21, Objects at Rest - Most of the remaining original crew prepare to leave Babylon 5 for the last time, but not before Lennier does something stupid.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 20, Objects in Motion - Garibaldi and Lyse prepare to leave but first have to figure out how to survive an assassination plan against them, meanwhile G'Karr deals with an unpleasant worshipper and Zach is actually kind of useful for once.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 19, The Wheel of Fire - Garibaldi has to face consequences for falling off the wagon while Lochley and Zack are tasked with arresting Lyta for funding terrorism.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 18, The Fall of Centauri Prime - Londo ascends to power as the world around him burns, meanwhile Delenn and Lennier are running out of time to be rescued from Hyperspace.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 17, Movements of Fire and Shadow - The Alliance and the Centauri continue to skirmish as Londo rushes to Centauri Prime with G'Karr in tow to try and get the attacks to stop.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 16, And All My Dreams Torn Asunder - Sheridan and Delenn present the evidence of the Centauri attacks to the council while Londo tries to figure out how to prevent the seemingly inevitable march to war.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 15, Darkness Ascending - Lennier makes a dangerous discovery while back on Babylon 5 Lyta tries to find a new path forward for telepaths and Garibaldi's absentee girlfriend shows up.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 14, Meditations on the Abyss - Lennier is deployed onto a White Star ship with a new captain who intends to put him through some particularly intense training, while Franklin checks in on G'Karr's religious teachings.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 13, The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father - We get to see Bester in his home element as he investigates a rogue telepath on behalf of the Psy-corps, with two interns in tow.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 12, The Ragged Edge - Sheridan and his cabinet get desperate trying to find out who is attacking the alliance shipping lanes while G'karr returns to find himself in a position he never wanted to be in.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 11, Phoenix Rising - THE BYRON PLOT IS OVER! Bust out the champagne as we try to celebrate the closing of this misterable chapter.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 10, In the Kingdom of the Blind - The true tragedy is that Byron and his freaking cult are still taking up screen time. Yeah, let's be honest this entire plotline has been an anchor on the show's neck.

Episode Description Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 9, In the Kingdom of the Blind - Byron issues and ultimatum to the alliance while Londo returns to Centauri Prime, with G'Kar as his body guard.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 8, Day of the Dead - Comedy legends Reebo and Zooty arrive on the station as a species called the Berkiri begin their "day of the dead" celebration. And we're sure nothing strange will come of either of these events.

Episode Description Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 7, Secrets of the Soul - More telepaths arrive on Babylon 5 to find Byron as Lyta is drawn in ever closer to him. Meanwhile Franklin tries to deal with some butthead aliens. Like literally, The back of their heads look like butts.

Episode Description Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 6, Strange Relations - Bester arrives on the station with trackers to find the rogue telepaths and take them back to Earth, and there may not be anything that Sheridan or Lochley can do about it.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 5, Learning Curve - Some Rangers in training arrive on Babylon 5 and find themselves clashing with an up and coming new head of organized crime on the station.

Episode Description Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 4, A View from the Gallery - The station is under assault, but this time we get a look at things through the eyes of a couple of maintenance men.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 3, The Paragon of Animals - President Sheridan and his allies try to arrive at a statement of princples for the newly formed Alliance, Garibaldi employs Lyta to try and convince the recently arrived telepaths to help with covert operations.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 5, Episode 2, The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari - Londo collapses and fights for his life, and he may have to comfront some uncomfortable truths in order to do it.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. No Compromises - The new alliance formalizes its structure and principles while a newcomer arrives to run Babylon 5, since Sheridan now has bigger fish to fry, while in the background a sinister plot unfolds.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Thirdspace - One more movie before we get into Season 5, and this time to recapture some of that cosmic horror we've been missing since the Shadows left.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. In the Beginning - Time to break from the episodes proper for a B5 movie. This one is a prequel covering the start and end of the Minbari war, and mostly exists to bring viewers on the new network (TNT) up to speed.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 22, The Deconstruction of Falling Stars - The show takes a leap forward, and then another, and then another, and then another, to show how the future will look upon what Sheridan and the crew of Babylon 5 has accomplished.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 21, Rising Star - Sheridan faces the authorities of earth while... ok there's like 6 subplots in this because it was written when they thought the show was ending and it tries to wrap everything up, I'm not going through all of it.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 20, Endgame - You saw the title, what did you think was going to happen? That the conflict between Babylon 5 and Earth would be resolved with a bake-off?

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 19, Between the Darkness and the Light - Franklin, Garibaldi, and Lyta attempt to rescue Sheridan while Ivanova leads the fleet against Earth's latest war machines. And if you didn't already know this: do not mess with Susan Ivanova.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 18, Intersections in Real Time - Following his capture, Sheridan faces interogation and pressure to publicly confess his "crimes." That's actually it, that's the whole episode. And it's glorious.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 17, The Face of the Enemy - Sheridan continues to recruit members of Earth Force while the trap is laid to lure him to Mars to be handed over to President Clark.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 16, The Exercise of Vital Powers - Garbaldi gets in deeper with his employer on Mars while Lyta may hold the key to helping Franklin bring the telepaths held by the Shadows safely out of cryosleep.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 15, No Surrender, No Retreat - Sheridan leads a squadron in an attempt to liberate Proxima 3, while Londo makes a desperate plea to G'Karr.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 14, Moments of Transition - Delenn faces what may be a no-win situation in trying to resolve the Minbari civil war, while Lyta tries desperately to keep her head above water only for Bester to show up to try and talk her into a deal she doesn't want.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 13, Rumors, Bargains and Lies - Delenn attempts to resolve the ongoing conflict between the Warrior and Religious caste on Minbar, while Sheridan hatches a plan to get permission to patrol the unaligned worlds.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 12, Conflicts of Interest - Garibaldi takes a job that means he'll have to sneak around his own former security team. But enough things have rubbed him the wrong way that he's willing to do it, even though it may be deadly.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 11, Lines of Communication - Delenn makes contact with a new species that could be an ally or an enemy, while Franklin and Marcus try to build relationships with the mars resistance.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 10, Racing Mars - Franklin and Marcus attempt to contact the resistance on Mars, while back on Babylon 5 things between Sheridan and Garibaldi escalate despite the former being on forced vacation.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 9, Atonement - Delenn returns to Minbar for a ritual that will reveal her past and may alter her future.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 8, The Illusion of Truth - In an attempt to earn some good will back on earth, Babylon 5 gives an investigative news team access to the station. But the end result may not be what they were hoping for.

Before we jump back into Babylon 5, Jessie and Vera are going to drink a bit and ramble on about how the year went.

Jessie Gender and Vera Wylde welcome special guest Dominic Noble (best know for the "Lost in Adaptation" series on YouTube), to talk through their thoughts on "The Prisoner" as a whole.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 17, Fall Out - We've reached the end of The Prisoner and... oh jeez this is going to be such a pain in the butt to try and explain.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 16, Once Upon a Time - A familiar #2 returns to take interrogations methods to the furthest extreme. At the end of this only one will remain standing.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 15, The Girl Who was Death - #6 gets his latest assignment to stop the mad scientist Dr. Schnipps before he completes his rocket that will destroy all of London, but there's a mysterious woman on his tail unleashing increasingly elaborate death traps.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 14, Living in Harmony - The sherif turns in his badge and finds himself in the town of Harmony, ruled by an iron fisted judge who wants him to explain why he turned in his badge. Yes, this is still The Prisoner.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 13, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling - A person known as The Colonel arrives at the Village to help #2 test the theory of a Prof. Seltzman... a theory that would allow two people to swap minds.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 12, A Change of Mind - #6 is condemned by a village community that claims to be separate from #2, and #2 says he can't protect #6 from them.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 11, It's Your Funeral - #6 is pulled into an assassination plot that may or may not be real, as a particularly meticulous #2 schemes in the background.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 10, Hammer into Anvil - The new #2 crosses a line and #6 sets out on a mission of unclear purpose with unclear colaborators, as #2 pushes to uncover the conspiracy.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 9, Checkmate - #6 finds himself being made a pawn in #2's game. But if the chess pieces were to band together, what might they accomplish?