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Understanding is a three-edged sword!
The Babble On Project is now enhanced with chapter listings, easily skippable spoilers and more! GeekPlanetOnline presents an epic and detailed rewatch of the greatest space opera ever televised - J.M. Straczynski's Babylon 5! Join Captain Gillian Coyle and drunken Ambassador Matt Dillon as they delve into each episode in turn - with fully skippable spoilers for newbies! Old hands, however, can wander DOWN BELOW, where episodes are discussed in hindsight, including pointers for clues that you may have missed! So what are you waiting for? Hitch yourselves to our White Star and prepare to hit that jump gate!
Episodes Archive
BOP Enhanced 039 - Epiphanies/The Illusion of Truth
- Matt and Gillian have "Epiphanies" over the best name for a frozen telepath before witnessing "The Illusion of Truth" as ISN conduct a hatchet job on their beloved crew. PLUS! Tuneless singing! Crazy Centauri! Harsh language! PASTELS! Whaddya waiting for?
BOP Enhanced 038 - The Long Night/Into The Fire
- Matt & Gillian fail to avoid Captain's Log jokes and Duran Duran references as they reach the end of the Shadow War and the arrival of a new age. Meanwhile! The murder of a Whedon classic! Children's jokes! Sulky poetry! Did you miss us?
BOP Enhanced 037 - The Summoning/Falling Towards Apotheosis
- There's heartbreak aplenty as Babylon 5 serves up a double bill of anguish with The Summoning and Falling Towards Apotheosis. Meanwhile, Gillian can't stop sniggering, Matt can't stop singing and they invent ANOTHER spinoff! What more could you want?!
BOP Enhanced 036 - The Hour of the Wolf/Whatever Happened to Mr Garibaldi
- Season 4 baby! Matt and Gillian stay up until The Hour of the Wolf and wonder Whatever Happened to Mr Garibaldi? Plus! Is G'kar a nice guy? What's Franklin's electronic secret? Whose calls is Ivanova screening? Have you seen Zack's pants?
BOP Enhanced 035 - Shadow Dancing/Z'ha'dum
- It's season finale time on The Babble On Project! Matt and Gillian discuss the divine duo that is Shadow Dancing and Z'ha'dum. There may be tears. Plus! The climax of the Socky War, unexpected endings and a meme is born.
BOP Enhanced 034 - Grey 17 Is Missing/And The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place
- In the first cast of 2013 our crew venture into B5's smelly depths with Grey 17 Is Missing before joyfully singing "And The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place!" PLUS! Dodgy Cher gets a nemesis, Gillian goes supersonic and MOAR silly voices! Did you miss us?
BOP Enhanced Holiday Special 2012
- It's the Babble On Project Holiday Special! Matt and Gillian celebrate the grand tradition of Holiday Specials that are light on content and heavy on self-indulgence. Happy Holidays to all our listeners xxx
BOP Enhanced 033 - War Without End
- The cursed episode is finally here! Matt and Gillian tackle the two part epic War Without End. Plus! Minbari Yoda, Yorkshire Zathras and our most ambitious musical parody yet. We couldn't have done it without you!
BOP Enhanced 032 - Michael O'Hare Tribute/Claudia Christian Interview
- We're back. Back. BACK! Grey Sector is a tribute to Michael O'Hare, featuring listener messages. It's safe for anyone who's watched both parts of War Without End. In Down Below we interview Claudia Christian! It does contain at least one MAJOR spoiler.
BOP Enhanced 031 - Interludes and Examinations/Walkabout
- Matt and Gillian get the tissues ready as three characters reach a turning point in Interludes and Examinations, then brace for the return of Mr Boombastic in Walkabout. Also! Socky screws the pooch, a new drabble, Orgs, Crusade and spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!
The Babble On Project - A Very Fly Interlude
- The baddest motherlover in the B5 universe fills you in on which episodes are being covered in BOP31!
BOP Enhanced 030 - A Late Delivery From Avalon/Ship of Tears
- Could this be the last show? Matt and Gillian's opinions are divided like never before! Alcohol helps A Late Delivery From Avalon, and there's sober discussion of Ship of Tears. Plus! Marcus gets a theme tune, and Woman in the Zocalo stories. Drabble on?
BOP Enhanced 029 - Ceremonies of Light and Dark/Sic Transit Vir
- After the intensity of episode 28 the Babblers are in need of some relief, and what's better than the 'ship-tatsic Ceremonies of Light and Dark and the Vir-mazing Sic Transit Vir? Meanwhile: Crazy Eyes! Emo Lennier! Fanfics! And the best song parody EVER!
BOP Enhanced 028 - Point of No Return/Severed Dreams
- Matt and Gillian talk srs bsns at tensions build on Babylon 5. In Point of No Return, what can Senator Hidoshi order you to do? With Severed Dreams comes EPIC space battle and badass Delenn. Plus, which Scottish Superhero has taken over the podcast?
BOP Enhanced 027 - Exogenesis/Messages From Earth
- Our crew deals with an invasion of icky Godless invertebrates - and after Matt stops ranting about spiders he and Gillian get around to discussing Exogenesis and Messages From Earth! Plus! Smut, Marcus love and a special musical interlude from a listener!
BOP Enhanced 026 - Voices of Authority/Dust to Dust
- Guest startastic! Matt and Gillian rejoice at the return of Draal in Voices of Authority, and rejoice guiltily at the return of Bester in Dust to Dust. Plus! Ivanova causes a scrap between Kosh and The First Ones, and Delenn may need her magic rings...
BOP Enhanced 025 - A Day in the Strife/Passing Through Gethsemane
- You want epic? You GET epic! It's feedbackpalooza as Matt & Gillian tackle A Day in the Strife and the awesome Passing Through Gethsemane. Also! A new job for Socky! Mouthy Zardoz! And Avelera's Tumblr inspires a groundbreaking creative work!
BOP Enhanced 024 - Matters of Honor/Convictions
- Matt and Gillian try to hold onto their brains as season 3 opens with epic revelations! There's much squeeing at new arrivals in Matters of Honor, and Convictions features hot Narn on Centauri action. Plus! Gillian's nemesis holds the show to ransom!
BOP Enhanced - Special II - Patricia Tallman
- Squeeeeeee! Matt & Gillian are joined by the exceptionally lovely Patricia Tallman (Lyta Alexander) for a funny, charming and at times downright filthy chat about B5, her career, and her new memoirs book Pleasure Thresholds (available from www.b5pat.com)!
BOP Enhanced 023 - Comes the Inquisitor/The Fall of Night
- It's the season 2 FNARR-le of The Babble On Project! Matt & Gillian have their first disagreement about Comes The Inquisitor, but harmony returns with The Fall Of Night. Plus! What Londo saw, season 2 feedback and another special guest announcement!
BOP Enhanced 022 - Divided Loyalties/The Long Twilight Struggle
- Tears aplenty as one regular turns to the dark side in Divided Loyalties, and one sells his soul in The Long Twilight Struggle. Also! Where Sheridan got that gold B5 model, the acceptable way to share a bed, and how Lennier finally became a man!
BOP Enhanced 021 - Knives/Confessions and Lamentations
- It's Coutari at dawn as Matt and Gillian sharpen their appetite with Knives, before the tragic Confessions and Lamentations leaves them in need of a hug. Plus! Minbari food rituals, improbable baseball and a special message from an honoured guest.
BOP Enhanced 020 - And Now For a Word/In the Shadow of Za'Ha'Dum
- Matt & Gillian squee at the eerily prescient format-breaker And Now For a Word, and the utter game-changer In The Shadow Of Za'Ha'Dum. Also! A special guest spoiler announcer, inadvertant racism, frozen eyeballs and the detailed fate of Ko D'Ath!
BOP Enhanced 019 - Hunter, Prey/There All The Honor Lies
- Matt and Gillian discuss Hunter, Prey. They would like mayo with that, but hold the Cranston, please. Transparent Minbari plots are less significant than the return of a much missed friend in There All the Honor Lies.
BOP Enhanced 18a - PAL Christmas Special
- (PAL Version) Your Xmas gift from the Babble On crew is a drunken episode commentary chosen by YOU - but have you been naughty or nice? Knock back some Brivari, much some Bagna Cauda, and brace yourself for the results...!
BOP Enhanced 18b - NTSC Christmas Special
- (NTSC Version) Your Xmas gift from the Babble On crew is a drunken episode commentary chosen by YOU - but have you been naughty or nice? Knock back some Brivari, much some Bagna Cauda, and brace yourself for the results...!
BOP Enhanced 018 - All Alone in the Night/Acts of Sacrifice
- Our crew are a captive audience as Sheridan is tortured in "(H)All Alone in the Night", before getting down to some weepies in "Acts of Sacrifice". Plus! A new jingle, and more Blackadder references than are probably comfortable! IT NEVER GETS ANY EASIER!
BOP Enhanced 017 - The Coming of Shadows/GROPOS
- Captain Gillian and Ambassador Matt get teary-eyed over The Coming of Shadows. But what's making Gillian rant in GROPOS? Plus, Yellow-eyed Demons, Cigar-chomping Zombie killers and GODDAM ASCOTS!
BOP Enhanced 016 - Soul Mates/A Race Through Dark Places
- Matt n' JJ duck the wrath of the fearsome Timov Mollari to enjoy the Londo-centric "Soul Mates" and fear the return of Bester in "A Race Through Dark Places". But ARE all telephaths really ginger? And what's wrong with the chicken nuggets?
A Late Delivery From Babble On
- Matt and Gillian co-opt one of your favourite Ambassadors to explain (and apologise for!) this week's missing episode.
BOP Enhanced 015 - The Long Dark/A Spider in the Web
- Only Dwight Schultz can save Matt and Gillian as they struggle through The Long Dark, but they're cheered by the Talia-heavy A Spider in the Web. Mr Lover-Lover returns, and another character is given his very own theme tune.
BOP Enhanced 014 - The Geometry of Shadows/A Distant Star
- Stand by for a late delivery from Babble On: Matt and Gillian chat Bunya Couda, Franklin's theme tune, Koshticles, spaceship spooge, fruit fetishes and the all-new Mitchell of the Week! All of this, and the find time to discuss two episodes too!
BOP Enhanced 013 - Points of Departure/Revelations
- New music, new credits, new captain, new... 'toth? Matt and Gillian discuss the first two episodes of season 2, Points of Departure and Revelations. Rejoice as Tech #2 is given a name. Shake your head in dismay as Sheridan is given a new nickname.
BOP Enhanced 012 - Chrysalis/JMS Interview
- It's EPIC PODCAST time! Gillian and Matt gear up for the season one FNARle with a very special Down Below - featuring a two-hour interview with Babylon 5 creator J.M. Straczynski! Meanwhile, the duo the cliffhangerific Chrysalis! See? EPIC!!!
BOP Enhanced 011 - Babylon Squared/The Quality of Mercy
- Later than planned due to a strange alien disease, Matt and Gillian tackle the intriguing Babylon Squared, then discuss future!capital punishment in The Quality of Mercy. Plus, their quest to find a name for Tech #2 continues.
BOP Enhanced 010 - A Voice in the Wilderness
- Matt and Gillian respond to a distress call from Eplison 3 and discuss both parts of "A Voice in the Wilderness". Plus! A HUGE announcement about our season one finale show, a bevy of terrible puns, and Gillian seeks to correct a SEVERE INJUSTICE!
BOP Enhanced 009 - Eyes/Legacies
- A telepathic twofer this week, along with Earth and Minbari politics, terrible child actors and hardcore motorbike action! Matt and Gillian find plenty to talk about in “Eyes” and “Legacies” and pay tribute to the late Jeff Conaway.
BOP Enhanced 008 - TKO/Grail
- L.G. DiTillio uses every 80's action cliche he can find for the painful "TKO" - can an Ivanova subplot save it? Meanwhile, we don't have Merlin, but we do have Bishop Brennan - and that's good enough for David Warner's holy quest in "Grail"!
BOP Enhanced 007 - By Any Means Necessary/Signs and Portents
- Okay you dockrats, back to work! What do we want? Our intrepid Whitestar crew have an important job for you: watching Sinclair flex is diplomatic muscles in "By Any Means Necessary" and very, VERY close attention to key episode "Signs and Portents"!
BOP Enhanced 006 - Believers/Survivors
- Set course for suckitude! Matt and Gillian suck up their bile and suffer through the arse-clenchingly naff God-bash Believers, only to get slapped with the sub-par Garibaldi exposition-a-thon Survivors. Drunk again, Uncle Mike? They wish they were...
BOP Enhanced 005 - And the Sky Full of Stars/Deathwalker
- BAP Vorlons, Calamari Commanders, G'Kar's fondness for biccies and The Surprising Adventures of Ensign Pussy and Lt Dick Player are explored, as Gillian and Matt discuss the exposition-heavy "And a Sky Full of Stars" and Godwinists' delight "Deathwalker"!
BOP Enhanced 004 - Mind War/The War Prayer
- Our intrepid White Star crew cruise through two episodes of awesomeness, as the legendary Bester arrives for "Mind War" and allegories abound in DC Fontana's "The War Prayer". Plus! Is there any such thing as POSITIVE GODWINNING? Matt aims to find out!
BOP Enhanced 003 - Infection/Parliament of Dreams
- Gillian and Matt know fear, know pain and then wish to die as they discuss the embarassing "Infection" - but relief is at hand in the guise of the delightful "Parliament of Dreams". Plus! Feedback from a very special guest!
BOP Enhanced 002 - Soul Hunter/Born to the Purple
- Join Gillian Coyle and Matt Dillon as they journey intounknown space and discuss two more episodes from Babylon 5 season one - glistening turd Soul Hunter and sublime Born to the Purple. So what are you waiting for, you moon-faced assassin of joy?
BOP Enhanced 001 - The Gathering/Midnight on the Firing Line
- Join Gillian and Matt Matt Dillon on an epic rewatch of the greatest SF opera ever made: J.M. Straczynski's Babylon 5! This first episode covers the feature-length pilot "The Gathering" and the first episode of season one, "Midnight on the Firing Line".
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