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<!-- TITLE War Without End, Part One -->
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<h2><a name="OV">Overview</a></h2>
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<blockquote><cite>
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Ambassador Sinclair returns to pull Babylon 4 through time
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(<a href="020.html">"Babylon Squared."</a>) Part 1 of 2.
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</cite>
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<a href="/lurk/universe/actors.html#ohare">Michael O'Hare</a> as Ambassador Sinclair.
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<a href="http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Choate,+Tim">Tim Choate</a> as Zathras.
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<a href="http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Broadhurst,+Kent">Kent Broadhurst</a> as Major Krantz.
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</blockquote>
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<pre>Production number: 316
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Original air week: May 13, 1996
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Written by J. Michael Straczynski
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Directed by Mike Vejar
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</pre>
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<p>
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<hr size=3>
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<em>Note: Please don't send me any spoiler information for this episode while
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this note is present -- I know there's detailed information out there and I'd
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rather watch it cold. Thanks.</em>
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For spoilers, try the
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<a href="http://pages.prodigy.com/wildfoto/spoilers.html">B5 Spoilers Page.</a>
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<h2><a name="BP">Backplot</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="UQ">Unanswered Questions</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="AN">Analysis</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="NO">Notes</a></h2>
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<h2><a name="JS">jms speaks</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li> <em>November 30, 1995</em> -
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As I write this, I've just started
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writing "War Without End, Part One," #316, the first part of the two
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episodes that bring Sinclair to Babylon 5, which we'll shoot sometime
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after the first of the year. It's been touch and go, but we've finally
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been able to schedule all of the guest cast members from "Babylon
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Squared" for this one, which is the flip side of that episode. It's
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probably going to be the most expensive show we've done yet, due to
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the hideous production requirements for this one. It's also the one
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I'm most nervous about writing, even more than "Fall of Night,"
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because an awful lot happens here, and it has to be done just right.
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It's going to be probably the toughest writing job of the series to
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date.
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<p>
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I'll be putting Sinclair and Sheridan together a lot, which is
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shaping up to be an interesting combination. We're also going to see
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Minbar for the first time.
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<p>
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<li> Actually, Mike Vejar is directing the two-parter, and I'm
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absolutely thrilled about it; Mike's been our mainstay for
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some time, and he's just terrific. (He directed "Convictions,"
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and "Inquisitor.")
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<p>
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<li> Well, reactions have been coming in on the two parter, and so far
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everyone's wog-boggled. Peter Jurasik called to say he didn't know
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what I'm smoking these days, but to please send ten pounds of it to
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his house at *once*. Mumy went nuts over it, everyone's very
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excited...including and especially Michael O'Hare, who got his copy
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of the script today, read it straight through, and is *extremely*
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excited by the story, and what happens with his character, and is
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VERY much looking forward to the shoot.
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<p>
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<li> (Oh, and lest I forget, yes, Zathras does return in "War," as does
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Sinclair, who has a lot of great scenes with Marcus, Sheridan, Delenn,
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Zathras and others. It also has some real surprises in store, including
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some flash-forwards from WAY down the line.)
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<p>
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<li> <em>January 22, 1996</em><br>
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Today was a very interesting day; today Michael O'Hare returned to the
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Babylon 5 stages in preparation for shooting the two-parter, which
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begins tomorrow. Today he came by for his wardrobe fitting and to get
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his hair trimmed, say hi to folks, and hang out...lunch was me, John
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Copeland, Michael and Bruce Boxleitner eating together at one of the
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tables in the lunch area behind the stage, lots of laughing and kidding,
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and the two get on great. (Turns out they'd worked on other projects
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before, including the short-lived A Rumor of War series by Sterling
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Siliphant.)
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<p>
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Anyway, it's a great atmosphere, and everybody's psyched for the
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two-parter. It's like he never went away.
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<p>
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<li> <em>January 23, 1996</em><br>
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[...] today is Michael O'Hare's first day of shooting here on
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the B5 stages for the two-parter, featuring his return to the station
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from Minbar, and propels him into the center of attention for most of
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the two parts. Everyone's having a great time so far, he and Bruce have
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been hanging out a lot, and the episode should be a real toad-strangler
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when it's finished.
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<p>
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<li> A toad-strangler, a barn-burner, a doozy...it's a good thing.
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<p>
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<li> <em>Won't Sheridan and Sinclair both be standing around giving orders?
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</em><br>
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The similarity is only if
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you choose to define them by their narrow roles. Their personalities
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are vastly different. Also, Sinclair's been through a lot in the
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intervening couple of years, he's grown, he and Marcus would definitely
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have something of a relationship since he would've been there while
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Marcus was being trained, and so on. And their roles in the story are
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very different.
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<p>
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<li> <em>Will the relationship between Delenn and Sheridan cause problems
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with Sinclair?</em><br>
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Well, remember that we never defined what those feelings were between
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Sinclair and Delenn; she had a great deal of respect and admiration
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for him, yes. And she had a fair measure of faith in him as well.
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Question is, what's the root of that? We'll learn some of that in
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the two-parter. As for Sinclair, he was mainly involved with Sakai.
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<p>
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<li> My guess is that "War Without End" may well pass by
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<a href="031.html">"CoS"</a>
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as all time favorite...until the next one comes along.
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<p>
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<li> <em>Did you reuse footage from
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<a href="020.html">"Babylon Squared?"</a></em><br>
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We did both; we reshot some scenes from B2, and used some footage
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directly from that episode. Some pretty elegant matches, too, I think.
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<p>
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<li> As Sinclair notes when he arrives at B5, his status as ambassador is
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pretty much gone after the coup.
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</ul>
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