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Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 8, Dance of the Dead - #2 works toward getting #6 to participate in an upcoming event, while #6 grows close to a fellow villager who's entire job is watching him.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 7, Many Happy Returns - Number 6 wakes up to find the village empty and abandoned. Can he finally escape when there's nobody around to stop him?

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 6, The General - All of the Village is abuzz with excitement at the new method of "speed learning" pioneered by the Professor, working from the the General's office. And #6 may not have a choice when it comes to partaking in this educational miracle.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 5, The Schizoid Man - The newly arrived #12 has been brought in to help break the stubborn #6 by perfectly mimicking him and causing a break in mental stability and identity. Except... #12 is absolutely certain that he IS #6. Jessie and I have a heck of a time trying to explain this one.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 4, Free for All - It's election time in the Village and #2 proposes that #6 should run for office... the office of #2. Will #6 play along? Will he even have a choice?

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 3, A. B. and C. - The new #2 brings in #14 with an experimental plan to try and find out why #6 resigned: to invade his dreams and force a confrontation with three potential people that might bring the truth out.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 2, The Chimes of Big Ben - The Village is holding a competition of art projects and #6 is encouraged to participate by the new #2 as a way to settle in. Things are complicated by another new arrival to the Village.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence in the Village wherein can be found "The Prisoner." Episode 1, Arrival - A mysterious man resigns from a high level position for unclear reasons, only to then find himself in "the village." He doesn't know how he got there, he doesn't know who is running it, he only knows that they want to know why he resigned and they will only refer to him as "Number 6." So begins the story of The Prisoner.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 7, Epiphanies - With the Shadow War seemingly over, the crew of Babylon 5 try to assess where the pieces are landing and how best to move forward. A spanner is thrown into the works with the arrival of Bester onto the station, because there's no time for quiet moments.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 6, Into the Fire - Sheridan leads an armada into what might be the final confrontation with the Vorlons and the Shadows, will any survive?

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 5, The Long Night - Sheridan prepares a ship to make a great sacrifice for the cause while Londo sets about executing his plan to be rid of the Centauri Emperor for good.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 4, Falling Toward Apotheosis - Sheridan prepares to move against the Vorlons, but first he has to figure out what to do about Diet Kosh. Meanwhile Londo continues to move forward with his plans to dethrone the current emperor.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 3, The Summoning - Ivonova and Marcus go and search for more help as what little is left of the League continues to crumble. Meanwhile Londo tries to ensure he doesn't lose an ally on Centauri Prime, and there's an unexpected arrival on the station.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 2, Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi? - G'Karr sets out to discover the fate of Mr. Garibaldi, while Londo tries to figure out what to do about the emperor, Sheridan makes a new... friend?

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 4, Episode 1, The Hour of the Wolf - The command crew of Babylon 5 try to figure out how to move forward without Sheridan, meanwhile Londo returns to the Centauri homeworld and finds things much worse that he was prepared for.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 22, Z'ha'dum - With the return of someone from his past long thought dead, Sinclair prepares to meet his fate at the very place Kosh told him that he would die, and future Delenn told him not to go: the Shadow's home on Z'ha'dum.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 21, Shadow Dancing - Sheridan and Delenn plan for their first proper offensive against the Shadows, while in the down-below Franklin has a violent encounter leaving him on the verge of both death and self discovery.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 20, And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place - A mix of religious figures arrive on Babylon 5 with news from Earth, at the same time as Londo moves forward with a plan to remove a thorn in his side that he's been dealing with for too long.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 19, Grey 17 is Missing - Decisions are made as to who will lead the Rangers that sets up a potentially violent conflict. Meanwhile Garibaldi finds himself in an unfinished section of Babylon 5 that isn't supposed to exist... and there's a dummy for some reason.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 18, Walkabout - Sheridan brings Lyta out to test the theory that the Shadows may be weak against telepaths. Meanwhile Franklin goes on a bit of soul searching, encounters someone he quickly bonds with, and co-host Vera constructs some serious head canon for you all to enjoy.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 17, War Without End Part 2 - Time travel, prophecies, and Zathras, OH MY! Long lingering plot threads are pulled tight in this story as Sinclair and the Babylon 5 crew struggle to ensure that what already happened is what still happens. Yeah it's a little complicated, we'll get through this together.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 16, War Without End Part 1 - Sinclair returns to Babylon 5 as the threads of fate are pulled ever tighter around him and those around him. This is a big one folks! Or at least the first half of a big one.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 15, Interludes and Examinations - The Babylon 5 crew need a win against the shadows, and Sheridan turns to somebody annoyingly enigmatic to try and get it. Meanwhile Londo awaits the return of his love to the station, and Franklin is confronted about his use of stims.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 14, Ship of Fears - As the Shadows begin to attack in the open Bester returns offering to help the Babylon 5 crew by uncovering secret weapons of the seemingly unstoppable force. But of course, he has his own agenda as well.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 13, A Late Delivery from Avalon - A man believing himself to be the fabled King Arthur arrives on Babylon 5. Meanwhile Sheridan tries to secure support of more worlds so the station is not totally dependant on the Minbari.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 12, Sic Transit Vir - Vir returns to Babylon 5 to find himself confronted with a woman now promised to be his wife. Also there's some stuff with Delenn and Sheridan, and Ivonova gets embarassed repeatedly for no good reason, and look let's just be honest this one is really bad.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 11, Ceremonies of Light and Dark - The fallout from Babylon 5 breaking away from Earth begins, starting with the limited remnants of the Night Watch still on board the station.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 10, Severed Dreams - The last cruiser of the forces trying to resist the power grab of President Clark arrives at Babylon 5 and things reach a breaking point for... everything.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 9, Point of No Return - As Londo brings on board someone he hopes can offer him guidance, martial law comes to Babylon 5.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 8, Messages from Earth - Marcus brings on board someone bearing dark news: a shadow ship has been uncovered and the Earth forces plan to try to use it for themselves. Sheridan must act quickly to prevent this even as the station must content with the recent declaration of martial law.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 7, Exogenesis - A mysterious parasite has invaded Babylon 5 with unclear motives. Meanwhile there's some deeply painful rom-com style nonsense going on.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 6, Dust to Dust - Bester arrives on the station claiming that he's in search of a dealer of an illicit substance known as "dust." And with dust on the ship things are going to get very dicey very fast, especially once G'Karr comes into posession of some of it.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 5, Voices of Authority - Sheridan has to contend with a newly appointed political officer on the station sent to keep him in line with current Earth Dome political views. Meanwhile Ivonova and Marcus venture out to try and make contact with some of the First Ones to aid in the battle against the Shadows.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 4, Passing Through Gethsemane - A member of Brother Theo's order, Brother Edward, starts having strange visions while on board Babylon 5, which may tie into some nasty events from the past. Yeah... that's kind of it, this one doesn't really have a B-plot. Unless you count Jessie trying and failing to correctly pronounce Gethsemane.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 3, A Day in the Strife - A mix of smaller plots all happen at onces: Garibaldi confronts Franklin about his use of stimulants to work, Londo prepares to send Vir away, a new Narn arrives to bring G'Kar back to the homeworld with a familiar face in tow, and a probe shows up and... does a thing. Let's try to unpack all this, shall we?

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 2, Convictions - As bombs begin to detonate on board the station with no clear motive, Lennier is left in critical condition after saving Londo, Londo is trapped in an elevator with G'Karr, and more explosions are threatened. Just another day on Babylon 5.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 3, Episode 1, Matters of Honor - It's time to kick of season 3 of Babylon 5 with a new cast member, a fancy ship, and some twists!

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 22, The Fall of Night - The second season of Babylon 5 comes to a close as representatives of Earth Dome arrive to assess how best to move forward with the Centauir and Narn situation, while tensions continue to mount.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 21, Comes the Inquisitor - Kosh brings on board an "inquisitor" to test Delenn's devotion to the cause they are all fighting for. Meanwhile G'Kar tries desperately to hold the Narn on board the station together and unified.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 20, The Long Twilight Struggle - The Narn make a daring move that may put them in a position to hold off the Centauri or it might bring an end to their ability to fight back at all. Meanwhile some old friends return (some with new faces) as the shape of everything changes before the eyes of those on board Babylon 5.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 19, Divided Loyalties - A character not seen on the station in quite some time returns, and brings word of a dangerous sleeper agent on board Babylon 5... an agent who doesn't even know that they're a sleeper agent.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 18, Confessions and Lamentations - A disease outbreak among the population of one of the alien races on the Babylon 5 station creates a panicked situation that threatens to boil over before it can be treated or contained.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 17, Knives - An old friend of Londo's comes seeking help in the new Centauri political environment, while Sheridan suffers badly rendered halucinations.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 16, In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum - Mr. Morden returns to Babylon 5 and this time he catches the attention of Sheridan, for personal reasons. This sets off a chain of reactions from the ambassadors that leads the commander of the station to demand answers. That's right, it's a lore dump episode! But don't worry, that's not all it is.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 15, And Now for a Word - An Earth based news program goes to Babylon 5 to report on the running of the station just as hostilities between the Narn and Centauri escalate further. How will those on the station react when there's a camera watching?

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 14, There All the Honor Lies - After Sheridan acts in self defense he finds himself at the center of an inquiry and questions must be asked about whether or not he was set up to reignite hostilities between the Minbari and humanity. Meanwhile there's now a gift shop on Babylon 5... and for some reason that warrants an entire B plot.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 13, Hunter,Prey - The personal doctor to the president has gone on the run and is hiding on Babylon 5, and an agent of Earth Dome has arrived to find him. Sheridan and his crew must do what they can to help the fleeing doctor without giving away that they're doing it.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 12, Acts of Sacrifice - As the G'Kar seeks help for his people, the Narn on board Babylon 5 grow restless and aggitated. Meanwhile Ivonova has to deal with a new arrival with... unpleasant ideas.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 11, All Alone in the Night - Sheridan goes out for a simple flight mission only to find himself snagged onto a mysterious ship that appears to have ill intent. Meanwhile Delenn is summoned back to the Minbari homeworld to determine her future.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5, taking in one episode at a time. Season 2, Episode 10, GROPOS - A miliatry batalion sets up temporarily on Babylon 5, under the command of Dr. Franklin's father, as tensions rise across the surrounding space.