#017 - B5 1.16 & 1.17 - "A Voice in the Wilderness, Parts 1 & 2"

This week, we cover the first of Babylon 5's only two-parters, "A Voice in the Wilderness, Parts 1 & 2."

Which co-host(s) wonder how previous survey crews somehow missed the Great Machine and deemed Epsilon 3 a dead world?

Do our co-hosts have bad memories, or are there reasons why portions of this two-parter seem easy to forget?

What did Draal mean being going "to the sea"?

How did the co-hosts feel about the further development of the background Mars subplot? Is Mars too much in the background?

What were the co-hosts' favorite moments?

Which guest actor will return later but playing a different character?

Were Sinclair & Garibaldi wrong for their protectiveness over Ivanova, who's tough enough to take care of herself?

When going through quotes in Green Sector, which co-host loved an exchange between Londo & Garibaldi, and which co-host loved a tirade by a cranky Ivanova?

Which co-host is a little worried Garibaldi might be a creeper?

Which tiny little pause by a cast member led one of the co-hosts to reading a snippet from an interview in which that actor admitted to a certain level of disbelief before doing what he did in that scene?

Which co-host made an unexpected connection between the lyrics of the "Hokey Pokey" and something more serious that was revealed in the episode?

Which character do the co-hosts really miss, and how many episodes have gone without that character in them?

Did the co-hosts have a lot of nitpicks for this episode?

What were the business-related reasons JMS was encourage to write a two-parter like this?

What led JMS to totally re-write the script for this two-parter?

Did the co-hosts have similar or different final grades for these episodes?

And, what spoilers did the co-hosts cover in the Spoiler Zone?

Listen now for the answers to these and other questions as we explore "A Voice in the Wilderness."

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Public domain music used in this episode...

Intro / Transition Into Spoiler Zone / Outro: "P----'s Lullaby" by Alexander Nakarada via FreePD.com (Note: This song sounds perfect for the intro to season 1 of the podcast, but it has an unfortunate name that includes the last name of a war-loving leader of a certain Eurasian country. From now on, I'm just going to sensor the P-word in the name of the song.)