Grey Sector: A Babylon 5 Podcast
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. . .
Episodes
72 episodes since 2021
A Suitably Small Sandwich [Babylon 5, Shadow Dancing]
This week we review the season three episode Shadow Dancing.Joe gives us fun vampire facts, Mike almost deploys Bayes' Theorem, and Sarah reads from the Babylon 5 Visitor’s Guide that she just made up.Spoiler-free discussion: 0:...
September 07, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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1:09:23
Data Crystal Product Placement [Babylon 5, And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place]
This week we review the season three episode And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place.Mike notes that the door made of bars is not a cone of silence, Joe expresses opinions on AI, and Sarah wonders if the minister thinks he's tipping the...
August 24, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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1:09:05
Crivotal Role [Babylon 5, Grey 17 is Missing]
This week we review the season three episode Grey 17 is Missing.Sarah wants to know what the Warrior Caste would look like on the picket line, Joe does a fairly convincing Clint Eastwood impression, and Mike tries to determine which gro...
August 10, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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1:16:43
Scandinavian Vormetal [Babylon 5, Walkabout]
This week we review the season three episode Walkabout.Mike points out that all warlocks and vampires look the same to him, Joe explains Vorlon existence, and Sarah ponders instruments from the Mos Eisley Overstock Catalog.Note:...
July 27, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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1:00:50
Localized Distortion of the Spoo-Time Continuum [Babylon 5, War Without End, Parts 1&2]
This week we review the season three episodes War Without End Parts 1&2.Sarah tries to carefully track the time pancakes, but then gives up, Joe figures out why all the Fusion™ reactors are melting down when that should be impossibl...
June 29, 2024
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1:51:18
A Dialectic on addiction, a stripper, and a very fine lady [Babylon 5, Interludes and Examinations]
This week we review the season three episode Interludes and Examinations.Mike gets distracted by Stephen's pecs and completely forgets what's going on, Sarah really doesn't want to discuss Garibaldi's Kuato, and Joe gets nostalgia for B...
June 15, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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1:03:20
Little Ship of Horrors [Babylon 5, Ship of Tears]
This week we review the season three episode Ship of Tears.Sarah wants to discuss the psychology of the male chair, Joe is pretty sure Mike Vejar was really into Kubrick, and Mike still thinks Kosh is an asshole.Spoiler-free dis...
June 01, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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1:06:58
The Postman Always Rings Twice [Babylon 5, A Late Delivery from Avalon]
This week we review the season three episode A Late Delivery from Avalon.Joe is impressed by the historical accuracy of Our Flag Means Death, Sarah gives us a lesson on German compound nouns, and Mike gets distracted by Franklin's hot t...
May 18, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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1:13:41
Tinder Live, Hyrule Edition [Babylon 5, Sic Transit Vir]
This week we review the season three episode Sic Transit Vir.Mike finds the Platonic Form of WTF is That, Joe thinks JMS is using the costume department to torture Jeff Conway, and Sarah runs a census on the different production departm...
May 04, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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1:06:23
Sniper, No Sniping! [Babylon 5, Ceremonies of Light and Dark]
This week we review the season three episode Ceremonies of Light and Dark.Joe points out how stupid certain Donald Rumsfeld quotes are, Sarah wonders how long it will take for those coffins to get to the sun, and Mike explains the missi...
April 20, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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1:17:16
Saving Major Ryan [Babylon 5, Severed Dreams]
This week we review the season three episode Severed Dreams.Sarah is pretty sure Zathras is involved, Joe waxes rhapsodic about pirates and Churchill, and Mike is pretty sure you're a red shirt if you're assigned to the Nimrod.S...
April 06, 2024
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1:15:55
Fist of the Space Men [Babylon 5, Point of No Return]
This week we review the season three episode Point of no Return.Joe practices his 40s newscaster voice; Sarah makes fun of fans who recite minute details from episodes seasons ago, while Mike recites minute details from episodes seasons...
March 23, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:14:11
Business Casual Ninjas [Babylon 5, Messages From Earth]
This week we review the season three episode Messages From Earth.Mike spoils The Fugitive, Joe notes that the jewelry cart may have leveled up, and Sarah is sad because she really wanted her Jupiter fire.Spoiler-free discussion:...
March 09, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:04:34
Stargate B5-1 [Babylon 5, Exogenesis]
This week we review the season three episode Exogenesis.Mike doesn't know why there's a jail in that room, Joe is pretty sure this is a crossover episode, and Sarah needs to update the Season 3 bingo card.Spoiler-free discussion...
February 24, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:07:44
Psi Hard with a Vengeance [Babylon 5, Dust to Dust]
This week we review the season three episode Dust to Dust.Joes thinks JMS is keeping the set designers in cages inside the hot tub factory, Sarah collects Yiddish insults, and Mike tries to figure out the difference between a bandolier ...
February 10, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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1:06:44
Anarchy in the Spoo K [Babylon 5, Voices of Authority]
This week we review the season three episode Voices of Authority.Sarah is tired of hearing about the Shadow War without seeing any war, Mike just realized how many candy wind chimes are on sale in the zocolo, and Joe is pretty sure in 2...
January 27, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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58:05
Stranger in Town, I mean down, I mean downbelow [Babylon 5, Passing Through Gethsemane]
This week we review the season three episode Passing Through Gethsemane.Mike is pretty sure the seven deadly sins were just made up, Joe reveals his tremendous acting crush on Brad Dourif, and Sarah conflates the atheists in her life wi...
January 13, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:10:08
N'Farious Purposes [Babylon 5, A Day in the Strife]
This week we review the season three episode A Day in the Strife.Joe still thinks it's all about Carn Mollari, Sarah is annoyed because that's not what the word berserker means, and Mike is pretty sure that's a two foot long dildo.<...
December 30, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:05:58
Waiting for Londot [Babylon 5, Convictions]
This week we review the season two episode Convictions.Sarah starts collecting Centauri lightbulb jokes, Joe names Garibaldi's telepathic gut, and Mike rants about the sizes of the different kinds of sportsball fields.Spoiler-fr...
December 16, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:02:48
Ranger Danger [Babylon 5, Matters of Honor]
This week we review first episode of Season 3, Matters of Honor.Mike does a full inventory of Londo's quarters, Joe weaves a tale about our new season 3 character and his similarities to a rancor, while Sarah makes a pie chart about her...
December 02, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:08:09
The Prisoner
This week we have a spacial torture-Mike-themed episode, enjoy!Music from this episode:"Surf Punk Rock" By absentrealities is licensed under CC-BY 3.0"Ple...
November 18, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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1:04:41
Season 2 Wrap Up: The Warren Keffer Awards!
This week we do our season 2 wrap up: The Warren Keffer Awards!Sarah is still mad that they forgot to put in the monster, Mike rants random spoilers and has to be put in a corner, while Joe just screams into the void. Spoil...
November 04, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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40:17
Ceremonial Loungewear (Babylon 5, The Fall of Night)
Season two ends with a bomb, I mean bang, as we discuss "The Fall of Night"!Joe expresses his true feelings about Wil Wheaton, Sarah holds a focus group for t-shirts, and Mike manifests the perfect Hallmark movie. Spoiler-f...
October 21, 2023
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1:14:25
Spoo Are You? [Babylon 5, "Comes the Inquisitor"]
This week we review the season two episode Comes the Inquisitor.Mike recalls Kant's hierarchy of sin, Sarah wonders how many Bothan rangers died in the making of this episode, while Joe recounts the conflicting questions on the 1960's T...
October 07, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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1:07:58
Heavy Energy Situation [Babylon 5, The Long Twilight Struggle]
This week we review the season two episode The Long, Twilight Struggle.Sarah wonders how many Zathrases there truly are, Joe wants to kill all the royals, and Mike is being forced to watch The Prisoner.Spoiler-free discussion: 0...
September 23, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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1:10:11