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BABYLON 5 (1993–1998) ⤷ Midnight on the Firing Line

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Talia Winters in BABYLON 5 (1993–1998) ⤷ Midnight on the Firing Line

Talia Winters in every episode: The Quality of Mercy

In the past five years I have scanned minds that were so alien, so different, that at times I was afraid I would never find my way back out again. But at least those minds held more humanity than what I saw a few hours ago.

(almost) every babylon 5 character, pt. 2: talia winters

im normal about talia winters.

Babylon 5 1.01 - Midnight on the Firing Line

some thoughts about Deathwalker:

my favorite thing about babylon 5 has always been the conversations between the ambassadors and their aides. the show is not always a story from the perspective of the human characters - sometimes you get a window into how the aliens interact with each other when humans aren't around. I really liked the scene between Na'Toth and G'Kar about why she attacked Jha'dur. if it had been her explaining herself to a human like Sinclair or Garibaldi, the cultural practice underlying her desire for revenge would have been portrayed as "alien" and less legitimate. but instead she tells it to G'Kar, who understands her completely and tells her that her behavior was right (he says that she wouldn't be narn if she felt differently, and that he's proud of her!) and therefore we the audience are reassured that her motivations are not to be dismissed. it was refreshing to see G'Kar take her side and only tell her to wait because it was necessary for political maneuvering

the plotline with Talia was kind of upsetting - I don't think I appreciated when I watched the show for the first time in college how violating that experience would be, and Sinclair and Garibaldi were so nonchalant about it at the end. Talia was like "Kosh hired me under dubious circumstances, exposed me to terrifying stimuli, and recorded my thoughts without consent presumably with the intention of using them later to hurt me" and Sinclair and Garibaldi were like "lol yeah he's a wild one". I guess there's nothing they can do about it but still yikes

why was Garibaldi allowed to go through Jha'dur's stuff when she was unconscious, seems ethically questionable

my opinion of G'Kar is so heavily influenced by how he is in the later seasons, I forgot how slimy he is in season 1. I think he experiences the most character growth of any of the cast.

Lennier is the guy we all know who's way too into military history

Babylon 5 I 'Divided Loyalties'

My mother was like you, a telepath. ⤷ BABYLON 5 (1993–1998) "Midnight on the Firing Line"

I think my favorite of the many B5 “the actor left the show so we had to replace them” stories (it’s really amazing how well the ultimate story came together considering the show was clearly cursed) is how in the pilot movie they had the character of Lyta Alexander, a telepath who would have a very important role in the story in later seasons. But they couldn’t get the actress back for the show proper, so they replaced her with a new telepath, Talia Winters. Except then her actress started kicking up a fuss about demanding more screen time right now, so they had to write her out as well. But who was going to play this important telepath then? Lyta Alexander, we just brought her back.

So. Babylon 5.

So Talia reevaluated her beliefs and went through a journey of learning the truth about the Psi Corps and decided to work against them, and went from receiving hostility from Susan to growing close with her, only to have her personality erased by an artificial personality and her life ripped away from her.