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   3cjmd@comcast.net (Jaime M. de Castellvi) writes:   
   >Got to _Sleeping in Light_, the part where the station finally goes,   
   >and damm if I wasn't getting a bit dewy in the eyes again.  Not like I   
   >haven't seen it before a few times already, but still.   
      
   _Deconstruction_ was 100 times better as a series ender. By the time   
   "Sleeping in light" rolled around, there were no surprises left.   
      
   I've said this before - as much as I respect the prep that went into making   
   the story play out over 5 years, part of the method (prophesies and time   
   travel that are nigh-immutable) resulted in a story that, by the time you   
   neared the end of season 5, you could write the episodes yourself. So, the   
   only good parts of the story (Lennier for example) were those that veered   
   off from the main storyline or were in vague enough support that you weren't   
   already in on what was going to happen. To some extent at least, B5 provided   
   its own spoilers.   
      
   >Well, OK, they're kind of lovable.  It's just, the dialogue was kinda   
   >lame for my taste.  The episode is trying to do something phenomenal,   
   >but it just doesn't quite get there.  You are rooting for it, and then   
   >you are disappointed when it falls flat.   
      
   (concering "A view from the gallery"). It fell flat right from the   
   beginning, because it was all "isn't Sheridan just the bestest ever!" from   
   the boys behind the scenes, which is mostly what we were already getting in   
   *front* of the scenes. A number of series have done this story, and   
   just about every one of them did it better. *   
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