Me too. It's the look on Sebastian's face as he says it. We get a glimpse into his own private Hell.And I don't know why, I know it's coming every time, but that last ".....known only as Jack." makes me go cold to my soles every time. Astounding.
IIRC, he was Jack, Lorien, the Drakh in s5 (Shiv'k'la or something), the Drazi in Intersections in real time, and various other bits requiring a decent actor behind an alien mask.
Good old Wayne Alexander! He played lots of parts on B5, and IMO, played them all quite well.![]()
Unspeakably great.Mira blows me away every time. Witness:
"Am I close, Mr Sebastian?" Strong, defiant.
"This body is only a shell. You cannot touch me. You cannot harm me. I am not afraid." Serene, victorious.
Magnificent. And I don't know why, I know it's coming every time, but that last ".....known only as Jack." makes me go cold to my soles every time. Astounding.
The Next Generation did a Jack the Ripper episode? That one escapes me. Do you recall what its title/season is?
According to his website, he was G'Dan in "And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place."IIRC, he was Jack, Lorien, the Drakh in s5 (Shiv'k'la or something), the Drazi in Intersections in real time, and various other bits requiring a decent actor behind an alien mask.
jms said, "...the test was in some ways (most, actually) more for Delenn's benefit than Kosh's...."I found the plot incredible that the virtually omniscient, and certainly telepathic, Vorlons should have "doubts" or even need confirmation after all they had done to set up Sinclair, Delenn and Sheridan to maintain the order of the universe as they saw it.
Whether or not he's right about this, the idea that Sebastian was a clergyman gone mad makes perfect sense.From: jmsatb5@aol.com (Jms at B5)
Subject: Re: ATTN JMS: Who Was Jack The Ripper Really???
To: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Date: 7/25/1998 7:20:00 PM
Who was the one person whose wife actually wrote a letter to the London Times suggesting that the ripper maybe was trying to tell them something, and that maybe he'd stop if they listened? Who was the last person to see at least two of the victims alive on missions of mercy to the jail? Who was reported to have become unhinged by the filth in the area around the murders when he found a rat in his breakfast? Who had medical experience? Who left England suddenly after being questioned, with the murders stopping soon afterward? Whose transcripts of interviews with church officials and British police are *still* kept under lock and key? Who is the sort of person who might say -- as the only witness to hear the ripper reported hearing him remark to one of his victims -- "You would do anything but pray?" Who had the same last name -- and was a likely relative -- of the man living with the very last victim, the only one killed in her room (suggesting she knew the killer)?
The Reverend Samuel Barnett. That's my choice.
jms
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