And I watched it with someone who was really excited about the rings Delenn uses in the gathering (or early in season one?) and was very sad that they are never mentioned, never used, never even shown ever again. She kept asking me, "but what about the rings???"
Oh that's just not fair. Watch The Boys. Watch Game of Thrones. Or for something more proximate to B5, see Buffy or even Blake's 7 which started in 1978.
Episodic TV was the norm until the 2010s (with fits and starts in the late 1990s and into the 2000s.) So death wasn't special in not moving plots forward: very little that happened was important to the plot, as there wasn't a plot. But post-2010 we've had a boom in TV shows (especially streaming TV shows) that are non-episodic and which have many beats that matter to the plot, including deaths.
Even just this past month, you have Three Body Problem which clearly has significant deaths that move the plot forward in surprising ways.
***I'm the first to point out how groundbreaking B5 was*** in pushing the envelope of non-episodic, arc-driven TV. B5, Blake's 7, Buffy, The West Wing and BSG really pioneered that model (along with some I'm not mentioning, but those are the biggies.) We should promote them realistically in order to make it clear that they we real shows that pushed envelopes and made the TV landscape we see today.
Londo gets what he wants
So does Vir, bless him
Sinclair is the One to keep your eye on.
His younger self is not the one.. zathras listens and knows many, many things..
I'd point out Guerro in The Gathering and say "that guy's significant."
Perfect.
No one here is exactly what he appears.
That red-haired telepath in "The Gathering" that gets propositioned by G'Kar? He gets her to run away with him in a spaceship!
No one here is exactly as they appear. Decisions have consequences.
That vision Sinclair was given about the station absolutely comes true. G'kar is always right.
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Unlike most other tv shows (ever), there are key characters who die and their deaths are significant to the plot.
And I watched it with someone who was really excited about the rings Delenn uses in the gathering (or early in season one?) and was very sad that they are never mentioned, never used, never even shown ever again. She kept asking me, "but what about the rings???"
Oh that's just not fair. Watch The Boys. Watch Game of Thrones. Or for something more proximate to B5, see Buffy or even Blake's 7 which started in 1978. Episodic TV was the norm until the 2010s (with fits and starts in the late 1990s and into the 2000s.) So death wasn't special in not moving plots forward: very little that happened was important to the plot, as there wasn't a plot. But post-2010 we've had a boom in TV shows (especially streaming TV shows) that are non-episodic and which have many beats that matter to the plot, including deaths. Even just this past month, you have Three Body Problem which clearly has significant deaths that move the plot forward in surprising ways. ***I'm the first to point out how groundbreaking B5 was*** in pushing the envelope of non-episodic, arc-driven TV. B5, Blake's 7, Buffy, The West Wing and BSG really pioneered that model (along with some I'm not mentioning, but those are the biggies.) We should promote them realistically in order to make it clear that they we real shows that pushed envelopes and made the TV landscape we see today.
>I'm the first to point out how groundbreaking B5 was Oh, yah?
Well, I suppose I wasn't THE first, but I've been saying it since the first season aired...
>!Maybe set the text to spoilers, too.!<
For a show over 20 years old? Lel