A Voice in the Wilderness part 1
The crew discover that the planet the station orbits is not as empty as previously thought, but has ancient advanced technology.
The secondary plot involving the fighting on Mars and Garibaldi's quest to find Lise is in some ways more dramatic. We see how helpless our main characters feel, since they are so far away from the actual situation. While it's a little contrived for Garibaldi to suddenly realize he made a mistake in leaving Lise, it's also pretty realistic for him to have figured he could fix that mistake anytime - but now maybe he's run out of time.
Earthgov is moving quickly to put down the rebellion, and we get reports that hundreds, if not thousands, of people have been injured in the fighting. How many Mars citizens do want independence from Earth? Will Earthgov manage to quash the rebellion?
Things that don't make Sense
*Starfury towing-Odd that B5 does not have a ''Tow Ship'' or a ''Rescue Recovery Ship''. You would think that would be very basic.
*Missile Damage-So the missile hits the survey shuttle, does not explode and like bends a tail fin? That's it? Not very good missiles.....
*Missile Command-Er the ''defense'' of the planet is to just shoot ''dumb'' missiles up into the atmosphere?
*Command Crew Away Team-So Sinclair and Invonava head down to check out the planet...alone. You'd think this would be a job for just about anyone else.
*Oddly, you'd think B5 would have a couple atmosphere starfries.
A Voice in the Wilderness part 2
*The interaction between Sinclair and Pierce was interesting. Despite them being fellow Earth Force officers, Sinclair was furious at Pierce's presence - not Pierce himself, but the military force he represented. This is interesting coming from a soldier, and I think it shows how much Sinclair has taken to his role as a diplomat, trying to think of peaceful resolutions first. He's starting to see Earth Force as a possible impediment to diplomatic goals.
*Garibaldi finally gets in touch with Lise on Mars. She was injured in the fighting, but will recover. Garibaldi starts pouring out his feelings, telling her it was a mistake for him to leave her - he even seems willing to go back to Mars from her. Lise seems to know what he's going to say, but can't stop him at first. She says that she's married and is expecting a child. Garibaldi is crushed
*Earth Hours-The aliens give the humans ''ten of your Earth hours'' to leave....lol.
*The Hyperion-Is a carrier? It does not look that big? Where does it store a wing of starfuries? Also the ship puts on a very poor showing for a war ship...but then it is just a heavy cruiser. And it is an older ship too.
*Chicken or the Egg-So was Babylon 5 built in orbit around Epeslion 3 because the Great Machine was there? Or was the Great Machine put there as they knew Babylon 5 would be there someday?
Spoiler: Well..
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We know Valen is Sinclair, so he'd know all about what happens in 2258. The question is that did he set all or some of this up? If he knew, the Vorlons know, or Valen could have told them. So was it all a set up to make sure in 2258 Epsilon 3 is in neutral space and gets chosen as the spot to build the Babylon stations?
Things that don't make Sense
*Centari Shuttle?-Odd the Centari ship looks a lot like the Earth shuttle. Or did Earth buy them from Centari Ford or something?
*Ace Londo-Londo is a combat fighter pilot? Londo?
*Missing in Action-Where is G'kar?
Final-A, It's as good as season one gets.