The Revolution Will Not Be Telepathed (Babylon 5, "Phoenix Rising")

About this episode

The episode reviews the Babylon 5 season five episode 'Phoenix Rising' with discussions on character events and themes.

Send us Fan Mail This week we review the season five episode Phoenix Rising. Mike celebrates an event he has long desired, Joe wonders why Bester didn't also adapt the third law of robotics, Sarah admires Byron's amazingly flippable hair. Spoiler-free discussion: 0:00:00 - 1:15:41 Spoiler Zone: 1:15:42 - 1:17:18 Next Episode and other Shenanigans: 1:17:21 Music from this episode: “Surf Punk Rock” By absentrealities is licensed under CC-BY 3.0“Please Define The Error” By Delta Centauri is li...

Topics covered

• Babylon 5
• telepathy
• robotics
• season five
• fan mail
• character analysis

Keywords

• Babylon 5
• Phoenix Rising
• Bester
• Byron
• telepathy
• robotics
• fan mail

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Phoenix Rising

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