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as a sinclair girlie “by any means necessary” is one of my favorite one-off b5 episodes. it expands the world of the station so much! labor rights!!! and guild rep neoma connelly gets her own little shrine in my fave guest character hall of fame, i fucking love her
not to mention that all this is happening while g’kar and londo have a delightfully harmless shenanigan in the background (not pictured, but well worth the price of admission).
meanwhile my man sinclair gets scruffier and scruffier by the hour god bless him
until he personally slam dunks a rare, unqualified Good Ending™️ onto both the A and B plots. undisputed king of winning by technicality.
“never hand someone a gun unless you’re sure where they’ll point it” says man who has been up for 48 hours reading the Terms and Conditions.
if you’ll go with me for a second into the Alternate Sinclair Universe, the episode becomes less of a one-off, because it’s the perfect foundation for “severed dreams.”
the “and respect the chain of command” technicality is exactly the way sinclair solves problems, but this also gives a good reason for why the civilian workforce on babylon 5 would back the secession. he has proven that he will listen to them and understands their importance, and diverting money away from the military budget is a public statement that he prioritizes civilian needs. they have a reason to trust him as a governor and believe he will take care of them after the shooting stops.
(damn, remember the lost hollywood art of packing a warehouse full of real live human extras for crowd scenes? pepperidge farm remembers)
10/10 episode, no notes except:
she should have gotten to kill him for this.
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