Season 3, Episode 59: Interludes and Examinations

YIKES!!!!!!! I can’t believe it: Kosh is dead, Franklin has quit, and Londo’s back with Morden. And here I thought that things couldn’t possibly get darker…

Morden’s back! He’s not smiling nearly as much as before, though.

I’m glad that Franklin finally acknowledges that he has a problem; I knew it would catch up with him sooner or later. But I didn’t expect him to RESIGN! What’s going to happen to him now? Are we going to see him again? Who’s going to replace him? That woman doctor?

And whoa, how on earth did he get so BUFF? It’s not like he has time to work out in the gym.

(pause while Debbie examines the still below yet again, purely in scholarly interest, of course…)

Don’t tell me.

Hey, what are those squiggly things inside Kosh’s mask? We haven’t seen them before, have we? Don’t tell me.

I’ve been trying harder to check out Morden’s expression when he’s around those spider things to see if he looks scared or nervous or smug, but he doesn’t seem to show any reaction.

Morden: Anything I can do to help?
Vir: Hmmmm. Short of dying, no, can’t think of a thing.

Vir rocks.

As soon as Londo got Morden mad and ESPECIALLY when he told Morden that he had nothing left to lose, I got a terrible feeling about Idira.

Londo: There is nothing you can do to me, Mr. Morden, that has not already been done.

Sheridan has trouble convincing the other races to join the alliance, so approaches Kosh.

Good for Sheridan, confronting Kosh! Especially since he was asking a lot of questions that I was starting to wonder about. Though yelling “Up yours!” to a Vorlon may not have been the most politically correct. Or even anatomically correct.

Holy cow, and he even got Kosh MAD. Wow…so much for Kosh being the peaceful, benevolent angel figure.

But Sheridan got what he wanted — the Vorlons to finally take action, thus helping to convince the other races to join the alliance.

Kosh agrees to do what Sheridan asks, but warns him that there is a price. Sheridan doesn’t realize that this means that Kosh will die.

I was much more upset by Kosh’s death than I expected to be. Kosh confesses to Sheridan, in the form of his father, that Sheridan was right and that Kosh was wrong. And that it was fear that prompted Kosh to last out at Sheridan.

Meanwhile, Londo is about to have his heart broken…

Londo (while waiting for Adira to arrive): Strange, I can barely catch my breath. I have been waiting for this for so long that…gods, Vir. I feel happy. I’d almost forgotten what it was like.

Not realizing that it was Morden who arranged to have Adira killed, Londo blames Rifa and enlists Morden’s help to get revenge.

Oh, Londo.

This is getting darker and darker. What’s going to happen now? Is Franklin really gone? What’s Londo going to do? What will happen when people realize (in a few week’s time) that Kosh is dead? Will the Vorlons seek revenge? Will they continue to fight the Shadow ships, or was that a one-time deal?

AND WHAT ABOUT KOSH’S PREDICTION THAT SHERIDAN WILL DIE IF HE GOES TO Z’HA’DUM?!?? I can’t help but notice that the last episode in this season is called “Z’ha’dum.” (!!!)

Don’t tell me.

Next episode: War Without End (1).

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