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We noted with great sadness the passing of Mira Furlan on January 20, 2021. She brightened so many lives with her extraordinary work. Obituary from BBC. Obituary from The A.V. Club. Obituary from USA Today. Obituary from CinemaBlend. Remarks from Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cruse, from Lost ..read more

Episode 114 - Series Finale Chris’s Bottom 3 3) By Any Means Necessary 2) Voices of Authority 1) Phoenix Rising Jon’s Bottom 3  3) Eyes 2) Soul Hunter 1) Grail Chris’s Top 5 5) Passing Through Gethsemane 4) Severed Dreams 3) In the Shadow of Z’ha’Dum 2) The Long Night 1) The Coming of Shadows Jon’s Top 5 5) Chrysalis 4) In the Shadow of Z’ha’Dum 3) War Without End 2) Z’ha’Dum 1) The Coming of Shadows ..read more

Episode 113 - The Lost Tales Synopsis: In which Colonel Lochley encounters an ancient evil, and President Sheridan meets one from the future. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0871427/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/118.html “When the quacking has begun it is too late for the ducks to swim” is the new “I shall go into the West and remain Garibaldi.” The Wandering Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lsOwtKNsAA&vl=en-US ..read more

Episode 112 - The River of Souls Synopsis: In which the sins and arrogance of the Soul Hunters catch up to them https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146247/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/114.html Martin Sheen: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000640/?ref_=tt_cl_t6 His 90s oeuvre was fairly dire. Including a role in Jon’s least favorite comic book related movie of all time, 1997’s Spawn. Ian McShane: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574534/?ref_=tt_cl_t5 In Space: 1999 ..read more

Episode 111 - Thirdspace Synopsis: in which an ancient Vorlon artifact nearly unleashes terrors from beyond space https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121804/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/guide/112.html Jon is correct on the pronunciation of “squamous.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b-tLBZJKCw We spend a lot of time dithering about when this film takes place, sounding like complete idiots. The Lurker’s Guide says it pretty puch has to take place *during* Atonement due to who was on the station at the time and Zack’s new uniform. David Sedaris “Barrel Fever” htt ..read more

Episode 110 - In the Beginning Synopsis: In which we learn the history of the Earth-Minabari War. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120711/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/111.html Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Meridian Station Eleven: https://ew.com/books/quarantine-book-club-station-eleven-helped-my-reading-slump/ T H E  L A M P ! ! ! ! Ahsokan Farewell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmxZThb084 “Divorced, Beheaded, Died. Divorced, Beheaded, Survived” - https://www.britain-magazine.com ..read more

Episode 109: Sleeping in Light (Season 5, Episode 22) Synopsis: In which old friends reunite to say farewell to John Sheridan and Babylon 5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517691/?ref_=ttep_ep22 http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/110.html “Arthur Treacher’s Fish and Chips” was, of course, founded in Columbus Ohio. The titular Treacher was an actor who was known for playing Jeeves against David Niven’s Wooster. Facebook page has not been updated since February 2017. https://youtu.be/J45NQOrDq58 Chris is remembering the last episode of Justice League Unlimited “Destroyer.” h ..read more

Episode 108: Objects in Motion/Objects at Rest (Season 5, Episodes 20 & 21) Synopsis: In which we say goodbye. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517676/?ref_=ttep_ep20 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517675/?ref_=ttep_ep21 http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/108.html http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/109.html Half this campus wasn’t even there when Jon did his farewell exploration, back in the Pleistocene https://www.umass.edu/visitorsctr/sites/default/files/maps/campusmap.pdf ..read more

Episode 107: The Wheel of Fire (Season 5, Episode 19) Synopsis: In which Garibaldi and Lyta find themselves in hot water, and G’Kar ponders his untenable situation.  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517717/?ref_=ttep_ep19 http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/107.html I think I (Chris) went a little too deep on how strange it was to me that Lise had taken over as owner of Edgars Industries. She was acting as a corporate representative when she came to the station to get some telepath research data.  Liquorice Allsorts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquorice_allsorts&n ..read more