Thought I'd try starting a thread..
One of the things that impresses me most about the B5 universe is that prophecies always seem to come true unless averted in War Without End. Usually there's plenty of fanfare and a flashback or two to remind casual viewers who may not have seen earlier episodes.
But on repeat viewing I've noticed a few lines of dialogue that I missed the first time round that seem like very subtle nods to events in other episodes, but that would probably be completely lost on the casual viewer. I've listed 4 below, and was wondering if anyone had any more..
1. 'Next time this happens, I'm going and Garibaldi's staying here.' Ivanova says this right at the end of Babylon Squared. Seems she's almost as good as Kosh (she is God, I suppose).
2. 'How will this end?' 'In fire'. Turhan's line to Kosh in the Coming of Shadows, and his reply. In Falling Towards Apotheosis, Cartagia echoes it: 'Let it burn, Londo. Let it all end in fire'.
It seems Kosh was foreseeing the destruction of Centauri Prime by the Vorlon planet killer, but did not know that it would be averted by Sheridan's fleet.
3. 'Zathras warn, but no one listen to poor Zathras.' Zathras says this in Babylon Squared, but the line seems to make little sense after War Without End. How could Zathras warn anyone about a war that took place 1,000 years earlier? But in Conflicts of Interest, the second Zathras repeats the line in reference to the first Zathras. It seems that he (Zathras mark 2) had warned Zathras (mark 1) what would happen to him, and that Zathras 1 was actually referring to his brother in Babylon Squared, and not (for once) to himself in the third person.
4. This one isn't really very subtle, but in Day of the Dead Lochley passes on a message from Kosh: 'When the long night comes, return to the end of the beginning.' This would explain why Sheridan makes a beeline for Corianis 6 in Sleeping in Light - it's the place where the Third Age ended.
Can anyone think of any others?
One of the things that impresses me most about the B5 universe is that prophecies always seem to come true unless averted in War Without End. Usually there's plenty of fanfare and a flashback or two to remind casual viewers who may not have seen earlier episodes.
But on repeat viewing I've noticed a few lines of dialogue that I missed the first time round that seem like very subtle nods to events in other episodes, but that would probably be completely lost on the casual viewer. I've listed 4 below, and was wondering if anyone had any more..
1. 'Next time this happens, I'm going and Garibaldi's staying here.' Ivanova says this right at the end of Babylon Squared. Seems she's almost as good as Kosh (she is God, I suppose).
2. 'How will this end?' 'In fire'. Turhan's line to Kosh in the Coming of Shadows, and his reply. In Falling Towards Apotheosis, Cartagia echoes it: 'Let it burn, Londo. Let it all end in fire'.
It seems Kosh was foreseeing the destruction of Centauri Prime by the Vorlon planet killer, but did not know that it would be averted by Sheridan's fleet.
3. 'Zathras warn, but no one listen to poor Zathras.' Zathras says this in Babylon Squared, but the line seems to make little sense after War Without End. How could Zathras warn anyone about a war that took place 1,000 years earlier? But in Conflicts of Interest, the second Zathras repeats the line in reference to the first Zathras. It seems that he (Zathras mark 2) had warned Zathras (mark 1) what would happen to him, and that Zathras 1 was actually referring to his brother in Babylon Squared, and not (for once) to himself in the third person.
4. This one isn't really very subtle, but in Day of the Dead Lochley passes on a message from Kosh: 'When the long night comes, return to the end of the beginning.' This would explain why Sheridan makes a beeline for Corianis 6 in Sleeping in Light - it's the place where the Third Age ended.
Can anyone think of any others?
