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   From: hendrik@pooq.com   
      
   On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:15:01 -0700, atereshchenko wrote:   
      
   >   
   >> JMS: "if I had known with absolute certainty that there would be a   
   >> season 5, then season 4 would have ended with 418, 'Intersections in   
   >> Real Time.'  So you only pull 4 episodes forward, really."   
   >   
   > You are quite wrong.   
   > If everything would go as planned originally (and judging by later JMS   
   > comments), season 4 would have less events and ended at the time of 418   
   > - meaning that Shadow war would end in the middle of season 4 (5-6   
   > episodes later then in the final version), Sheridan would be freed in   
   > first episode of season 5, war with Earth would continue until win in   
   > the middle of season 5, and no telepath conflict would be present (or   
   > at least with much less screen time,   
      
   While watching Season 5, I remembered teh use of the telepaths as weapons   
   in season 4.  Had those events overlapped with Byron's presence on   
   Babylon 5 and his colony of telepaths there, I imagine that this aspect of   
   the war would have been very much more complicated.  Mayn more balls in   
   the air at one time for JMS to juggle.   
      
   > and with Ivanova involved instead   
   > of Lyta). The events of "In The Beginning" were originally planned as   
   > two episodes arc in mid-season 4 (as extended flashbacks during Delenn's   
   > visit to Minbar), and "View from the Gallery" was originally planned as   
   > part of season 4 too. The Drakh war would still be part of season 5   
   > (near the end).   
      
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