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Patti

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My review of Babylon 5: War Without End: Part 1 – When the Past, Present, and Future Collide #Babylon5 #Babylon5Friday #Babylon4 #BruceBoxleitner #ClaudiaChristian #JMichaelStraczynski #JasonCarter #JerryDoyle #MichaelOHare #MiraFurlan #PeterJurasik

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Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: War Without End: Part 1 – When the Past, Present, and Future Collideopinions, ideas, thoughts, & reviews

Written by J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by Michael Vejar War Without End, Part One is the first half of the two-part third-season episode that finally begins to unravel one of Babylon 5’s biggest…

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September 25, 2026 at 1:02 PM

Patti

@pattinh.bsky.social

My review of Babylon 5: Interludes and Examinations – Truth and Consequences #babylon5 #BruceBoxleitner #ClaudiaChristian #EdWasser #JMichaelStraczynski #JerryDoyle #MiraFurlan #PeterJurasik #RichardBiggs #Shadows #StephenFurst #Vorlons #sciencefiction

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Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: Interludes and Examinations – Truth and Consequencesopinions, ideas, thoughts, & reviews

Written by J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by Jesús Salvador Treviño On the surface, it might not look like much, but Interludes and Examinations is one of the series’ most powerful and consequentia…

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September 18, 2026 at 1:37 PM

Patti

@pattinh.bsky.social

My review of Babylon 5: Ship of Tears – The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend, For Now #babylon5 #AndreasKatsulas #BillMumy #BruceBoxleitner #ClaudiaChristian #JMichaelStraczynski #JerryDoyle #MiraFurlan #PsiCorps #RichardBiggs #telepaths #WalterKoenig

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Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: Ship of Tears – The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend, For Nowopinions, ideas, thoughts, & reviews

Written by J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by Michael Vejar On first watch, there doesn’t seem to be all that much happening in Ship of Tears, other than the villain fans love to hate is back …

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September 11, 2026 at 6:50 PM

Ki-PatTao

@kipattao1.bsky.social

Happy 30th Anniversary to Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys.🐒🦍🦧🍌🚀🌕🌌👽🛸 #CaptainSimianandtheSpaceMonkeys #BKN #JerryDoyle #KarenMaruyama #MauriceLaMarche #DomIrrera #JamesAvery #JeffBennett #MichaelDorn #MalcomMcDowell #FrankWelker #DavidWarner #DavidCarradine #Anniversary #30thAnniversary

August 20, 2026 at 7:20 AM

Patti

@pattinh.bsky.social

My review of Babylon 5: A Late Delivery From Avalon–A Displaced Narn in King Arthur’s Court #Babylon5 #AndreasKatsulas #BruceBoxleitner #ClaudiaChristian #JMichaelStraczynski #JasonCarter #JerryDoyle #MichaelYork #MiraFurlan #PTSD #RichardBiggs #trauma

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Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: A Late Delivery From Avalon – A Displaced Narn in King Arthur’s Courtopinions, ideas, thoughts, & reviews

Written by J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by Michael Vejar There are a few stories taking place in A Late Delivery From Avalon. What seems to be the main story stands on its own quite well, with a …

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August 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Patti

@pattinh.bsky.social

My review of Babylon 5: Sic Transit Vir – The Courtship of Vir #Babylon5 #Babylon5Friday #BruceBoxleitner #Centauri #Centauriculture #ClaudiaChristian #JMichaelStraczynski #JerryDoyle #MiraFurlan #PeterJurasik #sciencefictiontelevision #StephenFurst

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Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: Sic Transit Vir – The Courtship of Viropinions, ideas, thoughts, & reviews

Written by J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by Jesús Salvador Treviño Sic Transit Vir is one of those episodes that doesn’t seem to be much on the surface. It’s the simple story of someon…

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July 24, 2026 at 7:24 PM

Patti

@pattinh.bsky.social

My review of Babylon 5: Ceremonies of Light and Dark – Where Do We Go From Here? #Babylon5 #AndreasKatsulas #BillMumy #BruceBoxleitner #ClaudiaChristian #JMichaelStraczynski #JasonCarter #JerryDoyle #MiraFurlan #PeterJurasik #RichardBiggs

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Babylon 5: Ceremonies of Light and Dark – Where Do We Go From Here?opinions, ideas, thoughts, & reviews

Written by J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by John C. Flinn III With so much that has happened in the past few episodes, it was time for a breather. Ceremonies of Light and Dark gives the crew some …

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July 17, 2026 at 9:30 PM

Ki-PatTao

@kipattao1.bsky.social

Happy Birthday Jerry Doyle. (RIP) #HappyBirthdayJerryDoyle #JerryDoyle #Birthday #Legends

July 17, 2026 at 3:12 AM

vault0.bsky.social

@vault0.bsky.social

Today we celebrate the birthday of Jerry Doyle, born today in 1956. Doyle was an American talk radio host, actor, and founder of the content platform EpicTimes. As an actor, Doyle was known for his role as Michael Garibaldi in the science fiction series Babylon 5. #JerryDoyle

July 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM

Today In Nerd History

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Today In Nerd History July 16

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#TodayInNerdHistory #July16 #Apollo11 #WillFarrell #PhoebeCates #JerryDoyle #BarbaraStanwyck #PhillipPine #FayeGrant #CamilleSaviola #OrvilleRedenbacher #FelixLocher #RichardLeParmentier #RosaSalazar #Birthday

July 16, 2026 at 12:39 AM

Patti

@pattinh.bsky.social

My review of Babylon 5: Severed Dreams – The Outbreak of War #Babylon5 #BillMumy #BruceBoxleitner #BruceMcGill #CivilWar #fascism #JMichaelStraczynski #JerryDoyle #MiraFurlan #RichardBiggs #sciencefictiontelevision #spacebattle #specialeffects

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Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: Severed Dreams – The Outbreak of Waropinions, ideas, thoughts, & reviews

Written by J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by David J. Eagle Everything in the series so far has been leading up to this moment. The “severed dreams” are the dreams of peace in the galax…

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July 10, 2026 at 10:16 PM

Patti

@pattinh.bsky.social

My review of Babylon 5: Point of No Return – Character Arcs and Prophecies #Babylon5 #AndreasKatsulas #BruceBoxleitner #JMichaelStraczynski #JeffConaway #JerryDoyle #MajelBarrett #martiallaw #PeterJurasik #RichardBiggs #sciencefiction #StephenFurst

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Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: Point of No Return – Character Arcs and Propheciesopinions, ideas, thoughts, & reviews

Written by J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by Jim Johnston If only life imitated art a little better. Wouldn’t it be nice right now to see a whole bunch of politicians outwit the illegal occup…

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May 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM

Patti

@pattinh.bsky.social

My review of Babylon 5: Messages From Earth – Haven’t We Been Here Right Now? #Babylon5 #AndreasKatsulas #BillMumy #BruceBoxleitner #ClaudiaChristian #JMichaelStraczynski #JasonCarter #JeffConaway #JerryDoyle #MiraFurlan #Nightwatch #sciencefiction

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Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: Messages From Earth – Haven’t We Been Here Right Now?opinions, ideas, thoughts, & reviews

Written by J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by Michael Vejar Procrastination has its advantages, although my mother would likely disagree with that. For various reasons, I put off getting back to my …

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February 11, 2026 at 10:19 PM

Patti

@pattinh.bsky.social

My review of Babylon 5: Exogenesis – Alien Parasites and Character Dynamics #Babylon5 #alienparasite #BruceBoxleitner #ClaudiaChristian #JMichaelStraczynski #JasonCarter #JerryDoyle #RichardBiggs #sciencefiction #sciencefictiontelevision

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Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: Exogenesis – Alien Parasites and Character Dynamicsopinions, ideas, thoughts, & reviews

Written by J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by Kevin G. Cremin On the surface, Exogenesis seems to be one of the few stand-alone episodes of the series, albeit with a common science fiction theme: so…

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October 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM

russelguppy.bsky.social

@russelguppy.bsky.social

Films watched this year: 232 #yearofmovies #dvd #dvdcollection #dvdsnapcase #babylon5 #thegathering #michaelohare #jerrydoyle #mirafurlan #peterjurasik #andreaskatsulas #patriciatallman #tamlyntomita #johnnysekka #edwasser #ardwightchamberlain #drama #scifi #richardcompton #jmichaelstraczynski

August 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM

Eivind G Andvig

@eivindgandvig.bsky.social

"You're starting to irritate me, and I don't like being irritated. It gives me gas" Rewatcing Babylon 5 and got inspired, so will be drawing some of my favorite characters starting with Garibaldi.

#caricature #inkdrawing #babylon5 #Jerrydoyle #traditionalart #scifi #artonblusky #art

August 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM

Patti

@pattinh.bsky.social

My review of Babylon 5: Dust to Dust – G’Kar Gets High #Babylon5 #AndreasKatsulas #BillMumy #BruceBoxleitner #ClaudiaChristian #JMichaelStraczynski #JerryDoyle #MiraFurlan #PeterJurasik #RichardBiggs #sciencefiction #StephenFurst #WalterKoenig

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Series Rewatch – Babylon 5: Dust to Dust – G’Kar Gets Highopinions, ideas, thoughts, & reviews

Written by J. Michael StraczynskiDirected by David J. Eagle At first glance, Dust to Dust seems to be a standalone episode dealing with futuristic drug trafficking. However, after watching the enti…

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July 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM

Ki-PatTao

@kipattao1.bsky.social

Happy Birthday Jerry Doyle. (RIP) (Yesterday) 🌌👨‍🚀🚀🛸🌟👽☄️🐒🦍🦧 #HappyBirthdayJerryDoyle #JerryDoyle #RestInPeace #RIPJerryDoyle #Legend #Legends #Birthday #Babylon5 #CaptainSimianandtheSpaceMonkeys

July 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM

vault0.bsky.social

@vault0.bsky.social

Today we celebrate the birthday of Jerry Doyle, born today in 1956. Doyle was an American talk radio host, actor, and founder of the content platform EpicTimes. As an actor, Doyle was known for his role as Michael Garibaldi in the science fiction series Babylon 5. #JerryDoyle

July 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM