Grey Sector: A Babylon 5 Podcast
by Zathras Unlimited
Welcome to Grey Sector, a Babylon 5 podcast by three friends who just have a lot of feelings. We're rewatching, appreciating, and snarking about the 1990s sci-fi classic, with occasional detours into bonus content. And so it begins. . .
Episodes
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Advanced Intergalactic Vitreology (Babylon 5, "Objects at Rest")
Send us Fan Mail This week we review Babylon 5's season five episode Objects at Rest. Sarah is offended at the perfunctory murder plot, Joe posits reverse-PSYkick theory to explain Garibaldi's continuing popularity among people who know him, and Mike wants to know when the Witch King is going to...
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Turtles all the Way Down [Babylon 5, Objects in Motion]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode Objects in Motion. Sarah explains which John Carpenter movie is actually the worst, Mike explains the mechanics of how to stab people without letting them make any noise, and Joe is instructed on the difference between a teleplay and a...
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Here Comes a Pspecial Boy (Babylon 5 Season 5 Episode 19, "The Wheel of Fire")
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode The Wheel of Fire. Joe plans ahead, Sarah daydreams about the Predator Trifecta political AU, and Mike's dreams of finishing this podcast are brutally crushed. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:57:52 Spoiler Zone: 0:57:52 - 0:59:12...
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Black Market Xenomorph Easter [Babylon 5, The Fall of Centauri Prime]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode The Fall of Centauri Prime. Mike wonders what the Miss Manners etiquette is for how long you're supposed to leave a head on a spike, Sarah is quite frustrated that the egg doesn't hatch, and Joe lays out the only two strategies that...
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DEFCON Wrench (Babylon 5, Movements of Fire and Shadow)
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode Movements of Fire and Shadow. Mike asks the question 'boobs, how do they work?', Sarah reminds us that the Minbari are Jewish Space Elves, and Joe explains the potential station alert levels. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:02:11...
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Special Topics in Molecular Physdicks (Babylon 5, "And All My Dreams Torn Asunder")
Send us Fan Mail This week, we ask the important questions about B5 season 5, episode 16, "And All My Dreams Torn Asunder". Mike is a bitch when the edible finally hits, Joe's got rants in his pants, and Sarah goes on a button hunt. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 52:50 Spoiler Zone: 52:50 -...
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Welcome to the Gun Show (Babylon 5, "Darkness Ascending")
Send us Fan Mail Mike admits he's a barrel size queen, Sarah invents the Scoff-o-meter, and Joe tries to make sense of the Centauri government. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:09:28 Spoiler Zone: 1:09:29 - 1:14:22 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:14:23 Music from this episode: “Surf…
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McBari's Plot Mystery Meat [Babylon 5, Meditations on the Abyss]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode Meditations on the Abyss. Mike may have taken an edible, Sarah now needs to update The List, and Joe is sad that Findell lived... Music from this episode: “Surf Punk Rock” By absentrealities is licensed under CC-BY 3.0 “Please Define…
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The Corps is Zaddy [Babylon 5, The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father. Joe notes that Bester's success rate in keeping recruits alive is pretty low, Sarah explains what the hump on a Pak'ma'ra is, and Mike thinks our Psi-Cadets gives off real George and Lenny…
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Spoo York Times Bestseller List (Babylon 5, "The Ragged Edge")
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode The Ragged Edge. Joe reads from the Book of JMS, Sarah loves to see a smuggler enjoying his work, and Mike reminds us that safety comes first. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:00:18 Spoiler Zone: 1:00:19 - 1:03:53 Next Episode and...
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The Revolution Will Not Be Telepathed (Babylon 5, "Phoenix Rising")
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode Phoenix Rising. Mike celebrates an event he has long desired, Joe wonders why Bester didn't also adapt the third law of robotics, Sarah admires Byron's amazingly flippable hair. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:15:41 Spoiler Zone:...
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Psi Hard [Babylon 5, A Tragedy of Telepaths]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode A Tragedy of Telepaths. Mike wonders if JMS had all the fight choreographers killed, Sarah reads us Byron's dog's epitath, and Joe elucidates the Minbari Management System. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:55:27 Spoiler Zone…
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Psinority Report (Babylon 5, "In the Kingdom of the Blind")
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Gross Encounters of the Third Kind [Babylon 5, "Day of the Dead"]
Send us Fan Mail This week, we lured poor Anna away from Murderpod to argue about season 5's "Secrets of the Soul". Mike demands SCIENCE, Joe suspects Sheridan was a bad boyfriend, Sarah preemptively announces the winner of Season 5 bingo, and Anna just cannot with Sheridan's goatee. Spoiler-free...
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BONUS: The Murderpod Diaries: The Navbot Awards
Send us Fan Mail Far too many months later, we return to talk about the greatest surprises and mysterious mysteries of season one of Apple TV's Murderbot. What makes this show unlike any other? What's coming next? And who will top the misgendering leaderboard. . . and pay the price? Music from…
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#FreeThePakmara [Babylon 5, "Secrets of the Soul"]
Send us Fan Mail We continue our Babylon 5 rewatch with season 5's "Secrets of the Soul". Mike wants to be clear that JMS was very tired, Joe calculates Zack's caseload, and Sarah tries her hardest to look on the bright side. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 00:54:46 Spoiler Zone: 00:54:58 -...
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Isn't It Byronic [Babylon 5, Strange Relations]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode Strange Relations. Mike (mostly) refuses to buy Gucci, Joe explains line of sight rules in telepathery, and Sarah calculates the "Ivanova was always right" quotient. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:56:54 Spoiler Zone: 0:56:54 -...
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TEST YOUR MIGHT [Babylon 5, "Learning Curve"]
Send us Fan Mail This week we discuss the Babylon 5 fifth season episode "Learning Curve". Sarah loves her wacky horror movie tropes, Mike assumes Statler and Waldorf are married, and Joe is bummed that we didn't get to increment the Ranger Bodycount. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:58:14...
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Spaced [Babylon 5, A View from the Gallery]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode A View from the Gallery. Sarah is ready to sign up for the Gaim newsletter, Mike wonders if the head was still inside the helmet that Byron's polycult was passing around, and Joe explains the minute differences between various kinds of...
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Helm's Deep Space [Babylon 5, The Paragon of Animals]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode The Paragon of Animals. Joe thinks Patrick Stewart is great, but still not as good as the Hamlet from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Sarah isn't sure what the Pak'ma'ra agricultural colony does, and Mike gives suggestions about...
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Automated External Dickfibrillation [Babylon 5, The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari. Sarah once again points out to JMS that that's not what that word means, Joe inaugurates the Ranger Body Count, and Mike gives us an elucidated wine history of the word fiasco. Music from this...
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Psimon Psays [Babylon 5, No Compromises]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five premier episode No Compromises. Mike wants to know where the PPG alarms went, Joe wonders why JMS seems to hate music boxes, and Sarah figures out the real reason for Garibaldi's hiring decisions. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:57:47...
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Season 4 Wrap Up: The Lise Edgars Awards
Send us Fan Mail This week we do the Season 4 wrap up awards, The Lise Edgars Awards. This week we give away awards for Season 4 in an episode we're calling the Lise Edgars Awards. Sarah thinks the other races are still pissed about Zima, Mike can't tell who the top is, and Joe wants words with…
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Reverse Correct Info Spoo [Babylon 5, The Deconstruction of Falling Stars]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four finale The Deconstruction of Falling Stars. Mike annoys everyone by reminding them that he was right four years ago, Joe hates terrible 90s TV panels, and Sarah argues that the Great Ivanova theory of history is most accurate. Spoiler-free...
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Spoo-th and Reconciliation Commission [Babylon 5, Rising Star]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Rising Star. Joe doesn’t know why the thing with the blinky red lights is on that desk, Sarah predicts what will happen to Lise in season 5, Gaby considers a second career in writing lady smut, and Mike gets distracted by Richard Biggs’...
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Tenebrious Tentaclepaths [Babylon 5, Endgame]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Endgame. Mike is confused about where the fleet went, Sarah tells us stories from general Leftcourt’s academy days, and Joe notes that JMS was definitely not inspired by Kubrick. Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By...
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[Bonus] The Buckaroo Way (Murderbot season 1 episodes 9 & 10)
Send us Fan Mail We all stay up way too late to talk about the final two episodes of Murderbot season one, "All Systems Red" and "The Perimeter". Joe corrects his correction, Mike notices that something very important is missing, Anna schools us on the laws of Habeas Fakeus Corpus, and Sarah has…
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[Bonus] Bridge Over Throupled Water (Murderbot season 1 episodes 7 & 8)
Send us Fan Mail We dig into episodes seven and eight of Apple TV's Murderbot, "Complementary Species" and "Foreign Object". Mike suggests that the team really should have gone to Olive Garden, Joe taunts us with his whistling skills, Anna discovers the real tomato daddy, and Sarah gets testy...
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[Bonus] A Comedy of Manors (Murderbot season one episodes 5 & 6)
Send us Fan Mail We cover episodes 5 and 6 of season one of Murderbot, "Rogue War Tracker: Infinite" and "Command Feed". Anna serenades us all, Joe describes the genealogy of Sanctuary Moon, Sarah has kung fu flashbacks, and Mike can't stop calling Ratthi a fuckboi. Spoiler free discussion: 0 -...
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[Bonus] Space Subaru Smasharoo (Murderbot season 1 episodes 3 & 4)
Send us Fan Mail We cover episodes 3 and 4 of season one of Murderbot, "Risk Assessment" and "Escape Velocity Protocol". Mike is a gun-totin' gay, Joe demands respect for Wonder Woman, Anna discusses the effect of Ratthi on insurance premiums, and Sarah hatches vegetarian conspiracies. Spoiler…
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[Bonus] New Dork Stalk Exchange (Murderbot season 1 episodes 1 & 2)
Send us Fan Mail Now that our wandering co-host is back from vacation, we finally discuss Murderbot episodes 1 and 2, "FreeCommerce" and "Eye Contact". Anna checks herself before she wrecks herself, Mike's not allowed near Akshay Khanna, Joe likes himself a slow burn, and Sarah wants to solve...
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The Beams of Damocles [Babylon 5, Between the Darkness and the Light]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Between the Darkness and the Light. Mike is pretty sure JMS was very very tired, Joe really doesn't want to call this a heist, and Sarah tries to figure our what the resistance does with all of their time. Spoiler-free discussion…
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Ask Not for Whom the Cell Tolls [Babylon 5, Intersections in Real Time]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Intersections in Real Time.Sarah recites Child's Play fun facts, Joe reads inspirational quotes from Andor, and Mike is disturbed because the "My Buddy" song still lives rent free in his head. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:47:29...
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Z'Ha'Dum Home Furnishings Catalog
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Face of the Enemy. Joe has a degree in fictional military history, Mike verifies gay bar brawl etiquette, and Sarah wishes she was watching Roadhouse. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00 - 1:05:15 Spoiler Zone: 1:05:15 - 1:08:45 Next Episode...
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Bring me the Dad of John the Baptist [Babylon 5, The Exercise of Vital Powers]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Between the Darkness and the Light. Mike really thinks JMS should read more Rawls, Sarah articulates the difference between women and moths, and Joe waxes rhapsodic about really old TV shows. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:01:03...
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Bonus: The Murderpod Diaries Trailer (Apple TV's Murderbot)
Send us Fan Mail Do you want even more of our nonsense in your ears? Try out our new side project, The Murderpod Diaries, where we talk about the Murderbot books and Apple TV series with our listener Anna!
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Proxima for Proximen [Babylon 5, No Surrender, No Retreat]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode No Surrender, No retreat. Sarah thinks the internet on B5 is just a series of goths, Joe calculates all the people Londo murdered on his way to redemption, and Mike points out that C&C definitely doesn't have gravity. Spoiler-free...
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Taking a Beam for the Team [Babylon 5, Moments of Transition]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Moments of Transition. Joe has concerns about putting the Worker Caste in charge given their last renovation project was to put the Starfire Wheel in that temple, Mike theorizes that JMS may have secretly kept Larry D on the payroll for...
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Vickery Dickery Dock [Babylon 5, Rumors, Bargains, and Lies]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Rumors, Bargains, and Lies. Sarah learns all of her history from novels, Joe is only interested in wars that have naval battles, and Mike is pretty sure Stephen keeps Centauri blood under his desk for obvious reasons. Spoiler-free...
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The Jeagles are Coming [Babylon 5, Conflicts of Interest]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Conflicts of Interest. Mike wonders why they needed that secret passageway, Joe reveals that he does a pretty good Zathras, and Sarah uses advanced literary analysis on a Looney Toons episode. Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock"…
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Spoomero Uno [Babylon 5, Lines of Communication]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Lines of Communication. Joe confirms that the French did do that, if by the French you mean the British, Sarah thinks #1 might be starting to develop a kink, and Mike argues it's time to go back and re-read Kant's First Critique....
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Team Marlin's Big Gay Vacation [Babylon 5, Racing Mars]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Racing Mars. Mike considers the knife sommelier's demand forecasts, Sarah points out that that's not what the word quarantine means, and Joe reminds us all about the detailed specifics of WWI-related English patent law. Spoiler-free...
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Comparative Incelology [Babylon 5, Atonement]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Atonement. Sarah wonders if the warrior caste has been playing pickle ball for the last thousand years, Joe thinks G'Kar's eye is the new Checkov's gun, and Mike notes that what happens at the Drazi party stays at the Drazi party. Music...
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That's not a Golf Movie [Babylon 5, The Illusion of Truth]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode The Illusion of Truth. Mike watches lots of gay porn for...reasons, Sarah thinks Bester is likely making a fortune at insider trading, and Joe thinks it might all be a warning about Fox "News." Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:02:39...
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Pastels! [Babylon 5, Epiphanies]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Epiphanies. Joe questions whether fascists are actually good at fashion design, Sarah thinks Elvis was a techomage, and Mike obsesses over Zack's army tent. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:13:07 Spoiler Zone: 1:13:07 - 1:15:32 Next...
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Crivotal Warfare [Babylon 5, Into the Fire]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Into the Fire. Sarah thinks it's quite possible Oprah is a First One (which seems self evident now that we say it), Mike wonders what brunch at the Four Seasons with Ivanova and Marcus would be like, while Joe is disappointed that under...
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Bryan Cranston's Last Hurrah [Babylon 5, The Long Night]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode The Long Night. Mike thinks that fortune teller might have been full of shit, Joe would prefer if everything just took longer, and Sarah is relieved that Centauri murder weapons come in childproof packaging. Spoiler-free discussion:...
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Who Welds the Welders [Babylon 5, Falling Toward Apotheosis]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Falling Toward Apotheosis. Sarah is amused that they decided to name the slow lumbering and boring ship the Asimov, Joe does math on the Vorlon fleet's travel time, and Mike spouts Egyptian Zen koans. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 -...
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Torturer's Local 359 [Babylon 5, The Summoning]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode The Summoning. Joe explains the finer details of Admiral Nelson's strategy, Sarah wants to know what kinds of pets Cartagia has, while Mike wonders if Vorlon ships are mostly self-powered. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:04:32...
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The Crivotal No Chill Episode [Babylon 5, Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi]
Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season four episode Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi. Mike needs to trademark Shitr(TM), Joe thinks all B5 dive bars are connected via a wormhole network, and Sarah thinks Marcus might be having certain feelings for G'Kar, which completely checks out....
About this show
Welcome to Grey Sector, a Babylon 5 podcast by three friends who just have a lot of feelings. We're rewatching, appreciating, and snarking about the 1990s sci-fi classic, with occasional detours into bonus content. And so it begins. . .
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