Day 20 - My favorite episode
My favorite episode and why
I guess my very favorite was “Sleeping in Light” because it was a bittersweet end to a wonderful ride.
I came to Babylon 5 in the late 90s or early 2000s, after the show was done and Crusade was cancelled as well. Hubby and I watched the show on the Syfy Channel every night at 7pm until it was done and I lost my heart to Earth’s Last Best Hope.
I have rewatched several times and been active in the fandom ever since. I mod groups still, have a tiny B5 Facebook page and still write a little fanfiction.
This episode is the one that gets to me… the end. Many of you know one reason. My daughter went out for a Sunday drive 13 years ago and never returned either. I always think of her when John tells Delenn about the tradition of the Sunday drive when he was growing up. I normally have to leave the room during that scene.
The beauty of the 5 year arc is there is an ending and sometimes we all crave a little closure in our lives. And as Susan Ivanova said, "It gave up hope that there can always be new beginnings, even for people like us."
It was even a little like reading Tolkien - an epic story that you never wanted to end though you knew it would.
You also gotta love JMS turning out the lights on the station for the last time, too.
I guess my very favorite was “Sleeping in Light” because it was a bittersweet end to a wonderful ride.
I came to Babylon 5 in the late 90s or early 2000s, after the show was done and Crusade was cancelled as well. Hubby and I watched the show on the Syfy Channel every night at 7pm until it was done and I lost my heart to Earth’s Last Best Hope.
I have rewatched several times and been active in the fandom ever since. I mod groups still, have a tiny B5 Facebook page and still write a little fanfiction.
This episode is the one that gets to me… the end. Many of you know one reason. My daughter went out for a Sunday drive 13 years ago and never returned either. I always think of her when John tells Delenn about the tradition of the Sunday drive when he was growing up. I normally have to leave the room during that scene.
The beauty of the 5 year arc is there is an ending and sometimes we all crave a little closure in our lives. And as Susan Ivanova said, "It gave up hope that there can always be new beginnings, even for people like us."
It was even a little like reading Tolkien - an epic story that you never wanted to end though you knew it would.
Click to viewYou also gotta love JMS turning out the lights on the station for the last time, too.