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Day 20 - My favorite episode
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alexcatMy favorite episode and why
I guess my very favorite was “Sleeping in Light” because it was a bittersweet end to a wonderful ride.
I came to Babylon 5 in the late 90s or early 2000s, after the show was done and Crusade was cancelled as well. Hubby and I watched the show on the Syfy Channel every night at 7pm until it was done and I lost my heart to Earth’s Last Best Hope.
I have rewatched several times and been active in the fandom ever since. I mod groups still, have a tiny B5 Facebook page and still write a little fanfiction.
This episode is the one that gets to me… the end. Many of you know one reason. My daughter went out for a Sunday drive 13 years ago and never returned either. I always think of her when John tells Delenn about the tradition of the Sunday drive when he was growing up. I normally have to leave the room during that scene.
The beauty of the 5 year arc is there is an ending and sometimes we all crave a little closure in our lives. And as Susan Ivanova said, "It gave up hope that there can always be new beginnings, even for people like us."
It was even a little like reading Tolkien - an epic story that you never wanted to end though you knew it would.
You also gotta love JMS turning out the lights on the station for the last time, too.
I guess my very favorite was “Sleeping in Light” because it was a bittersweet end to a wonderful ride.
I came to Babylon 5 in the late 90s or early 2000s, after the show was done and Crusade was cancelled as well. Hubby and I watched the show on the Syfy Channel every night at 7pm until it was done and I lost my heart to Earth’s Last Best Hope.
I have rewatched several times and been active in the fandom ever since. I mod groups still, have a tiny B5 Facebook page and still write a little fanfiction.
This episode is the one that gets to me… the end. Many of you know one reason. My daughter went out for a Sunday drive 13 years ago and never returned either. I always think of her when John tells Delenn about the tradition of the Sunday drive when he was growing up. I normally have to leave the room during that scene.
The beauty of the 5 year arc is there is an ending and sometimes we all crave a little closure in our lives. And as Susan Ivanova said, "It gave up hope that there can always be new beginnings, even for people like us."
It was even a little like reading Tolkien - an epic story that you never wanted to end though you knew it would.
You also gotta love JMS turning out the lights on the station for the last time, too.
