Grey Sector: A Babylon 5 Podcast

Mar 08 2025 85 ep. 65 mins 62

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Welcome to Grey Sector, a Babylon 5 podcast by three friends who just have a lot of feelings. We're rewatching, appreciating, and snarking about the 1990s sci-fi classic, with occasional detours into bonus content. And so it begins. . .

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Comparative Incelology [Babylon 5, Atonement]

Mar 08 2025 57 mins

This week we review the season four episode Atonement. Sarah wonders if the warrior caste has been playing pickle ball for the last thousand years, Joe thinks G'Kar's eye is the new Checkov's gun, and Mike notes that what happens at the Drazi party stays at the Drazi party. Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By absentrealities is licensed under CC-BY 3.0"Please Define The Er

That's not a Golf Movie [Babylon 5, The Illusion of Truth]

Feb 22 2025 68 mins

This week we review the season four episode The Illusion of Truth. Mike watches lots of gay porn for...reasons, Sarah thinks Bester is likely making a fortune at insider trading, and Joe thinks it might all be a warning about Fox "News." Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:02:39 Spoiler Zone: 1:02:39 - 1:04:02 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:04:02 Music from this episode: "S

Pastels! [Babylon 5, Epiphanies]

Feb 08 2025 77 mins

This week we review the season four episode Epiphanies. Joe questions whether fascists are actually good at fashion design, Sarah thinks Elvis was a techomage, and Mike obsesses over Zack's army tent. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:13:07 Spoiler Zone: 1:13:07 - 1:15:32 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:15:32 Music from this episode: "Surf Punk Rock" By absentrealities is

Crivotal Warfare [Babylon 5, Into the Fire]

Jan 25 2025 68 mins

This week we review the season four episode Into the Fire. Sarah thinks it's quite possible Oprah is a First One (which seems self evident now that we say it), Mike wonders what brunch at the Four Seasons with Ivanova and Marcus would be like, while Joe is disappointed that under automated gay space Communism the meetings are not actually all automated. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:0

Bryan Cranston's Last Hurrah [Babylon 5, The Long Night]

Jan 11 2025 71 mins

This week we review the season four episode The Long Night. Mike thinks that fortune teller might have been full of shit, Joe would prefer if everything just took longer, and Sarah is relieved that Centauri murder weapons come in childproof packaging. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:04:14 Spoiler Zone: 1:04:14 - 1:09:49 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:09:49 Music from th

Who Welds the Welders [Babylon 5, Falling Toward Apotheosis]

Dec 28 2024 63 mins

This week we review the season four episode Falling Toward Apotheosis. Sarah is amused that they decided to name the slow lumbering and boring ship the Asimov, Joe does math on the Vorlon fleet's travel time, and Mike spouts Egyptian Zen koans. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:56:05 Spoiler Zone: 0:56:05 - 1:00:45 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:00:45 Music from this epis

Torturer's Local 359 [Babylon 5, The Summoning]

Dec 14 2024 71 mins

This week we review the season four episode The Summoning. Joe explains the finer details of Admiral Nelson's strategy, Sarah wants to know what kinds of pets Cartagia has, while Mike wonders if Vorlon ships are mostly self-powered. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:04:32 Spoiler Zone: 1:04:32 - 1:09:32 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:09:32 Music from this episode: "Surf P

The Crivotal No Chill Episode [Babylon 5, Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi]

Nov 30 2024 68 mins

This week we review the season four episode Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi. Mike needs to trademark Shitr(TM), Joe thinks all B5 dive bars are connected via a wormhole network, and Sarah thinks Marcus might be having certain feelings for G'Kar, which completely checks out. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 0:58:19 Spoiler Zone: 0:58:19 - 1:03:42 Next Episode and other Shenanig

Spooce Girls [Babylon 5, The Hour of the Wolf]

Nov 16 2024 78 mins

This week we review the season four premier The Hour of the Wolf. Sarah wonders if G'Kar and Londo might actually share the same intelligence network on a time share, Mike philosophizes on the greater meanings of Londo's various coats, and Joe notes that the Trilumanari might actually be Shadow tech. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:07:45 Spoiler Zone: 1:07:45 - 1:14:55 Next Ep

Captain Power!

Nov 02 2024 75 mins

This week we watch JMS' first live action show ever, Captain Power! Sarah wants to be a commodore, Joe teaches us all about Sven Thorsen, Mike thinks the plinth is a little gay, and Davey explains why the strobe lights are actually designed to sell you more toys, not to give you seizures. What were we thinking: 0:00:00 - 1:13:39 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:13:39 Music fro