"Sleeping in Light" - Babylon 5 - Season 5 Episode 22 - Reaction

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@1amazeme 4 дня назад

In case it wasn’t brought to your attention, JMS was the maintenance man shutting off B5’s lights.

@martintoggweiler2343 3 дня назад

It’s been remarked to JMS that his character didn’t seem to have enough time to get off the station before it blew, to which he replied, “I’m still there.”

@bryanfoster362 4 дня назад

Just hearing the first few notes at the beginning gets me even now. That was JMS who turned the lights off at the end 😊

@k001daddy 4 дня назад

The circle is now complete. He has returned to the beginning.

@gehrehmee 4 дня назад

The end of the beginning.

@Petrosman 4 дня назад

The elevator scene and the music and then B5 being blown up will always make me wanna cry. But what's absolutely horrible, is that from all those people in the elevator, only Claudia Christian is still with us. Absolutely sad.

@this.is.a.username 3 дня назад

was just going to say then when i saw your post. B5 has had the worst luck with losing it's actors. I miss them all.

@ChristianEwald 2 дня назад

And goddamn Claudia has been through rough patches as well. We are lucky that she ist still around.

@jokerz7936 4 дня назад

The elevator scene at the end hits harder now because Claudia is the only one left.

@Markus117d День назад

Bruce is also

@nbartlett6538 4 дня назад

I think it's Christopher Franke's music that always brings a tear to my eye with this episode. I don't understand why he doesn't get the recognition of other great cinematic composers like John Williams or Hans Zimmer.

@neilbiggs1353 4 дня назад

I understand not getting the recognition - TV composers weren't thought of that highly back then and I'm still not sure that has changed. What I'm more curious about is why didn't he get opportunities in the movie industry following on from this?

@simongiles9749 4 дня назад

@@neilbiggs1353As part of Tamgerine Dream he'd already scored quite a few films, including Risky Business.

@Nikioko 4 дня назад

And I don't know why Ennio Morricone had to become more than 80 years old to finally receive the recognition he deserved all since the 60s.

@edwardhuggins84 3 дня назад

JMS told him, "Break my heart"

@EvieDoesYouTube 2 дня назад

@@simongiles9749 Love on a Real Train was a great piece in Risky Business

@madyak6669 4 дня назад

I love jms' instructions to Christopher Franke for the soundtrack to the episode. 'Break my heart'. Think he succeeded.

@David_M395 4 дня назад

To this day I personally think this is the best series finale ever written. It still gets me every time I watch it.

@SuperParadox42 4 дня назад

For me, The Good Place had a better one- but this is still #2. Both of them leave me in a puddle of tears.

@chrism7395 4 дня назад

Personally,, I think the only one that comes close is Blackadder Goes Forth

@7WhitePhoenix7 4 дня назад

The Good Place and Breaking Bad are good rivals for best ending.

@SSPerfectChaosRCT 3 дня назад

I love this finale so much because unlike many other finales that wrap everything up, there was still questions left and a sense of life is going to go on, just not with the focus on our favorites.

@alvincura 3 дня назад

I have this as first and The Good Place as second. But still a great pair.

@tjtenser7828 4 дня назад

I still wish they had had Michael O'Hare in the final credits sequence.

@alecbrinker7268 2 дня назад

Sinclair on the left, Valen on the right.

@john_amend_all 2 дня назад

I think there's an explanation from JMS in the Lurkers' Guide that it was a contractual thing -- the episode was filmed as part of season 4, so only the season 4 regulars could be included.

@ianstopher9111 День назад

That is why Marcus is there, even when from a show perspective he was only in 2 seasons.

@sharkdentures3247 4 дня назад

To this day, I am STILL annoyed that Garabaldi didn't say "Sinclair" (or "Jeff") during the TOAST scene. But other then that ONE (personal) nit-pick, i tis a GREAT series ender! A real tearjerker of an ending!

@kenmcauliffe3028 4 дня назад

I'm ticked that no one mentioned Lyta.

@TriarchVisgroup 3 дня назад

@@kenmcauliffe3028 Lyta wasn't much of a friend after the events of Season 5.

@ianstopher9111 День назад

I like that they did not mention Lyta: her path was a different one, and the characters again failing to acknowledge her contributions is perfect.

@neilbiggs1353 4 дня назад

One thing that makes the elevator scene so tough is that only Claudia Christian and JMS are still alive

@Markus117d 4 дня назад

Bruce William Boxleitner is still with us..

@neilbiggs1353 4 дня назад

@@Markus117d He wasn't in the Elevator scene, he had gone beyond the rim by then

@Nikioko 4 дня назад

@@Markus117d It's about the people on the lift. Peter Jurasik is also still alive. But like Bruce Boxleitner not part of this scene.

@mirawenya 4 дня назад

Delenn’s grief always gets me. Losing someone you love that much… ouf, makes me sob every time

@this.is.a.username 3 дня назад

rip Mira, until we meet again where no shadows fall.

@gerstelb 4 дня назад

When you think about it, this series, and this finale in particular, is the ultimate test of JMS’s comment that “The King died, and the Queen died,” is not a story, but “The King died, and the Queen died of sorrow,” is a story. Through timeslips and flash-forwards, you knew all this would happen. You even saw, thanks to Lady Ladria’s vision of the future in S1, what would happen to Babylon 5. The story was *always* going to end with the station being destroyed. The only difference was how and why.

@halvpoe 4 дня назад

Just like Londo’s vision of dying with G’kar’s hand around his throat. When first seen it is assumed they are enemies that kill each other. When it is shown during Sheridan’s time jump, it is a mercy kill from one old friend to another, only turning into a mutual kill because of londo’s keeper waking up. The times we saw the station blowing up, and even Kosh’s words to the dying Centauri emperor were all true. Just not in the way we (the viewer) thought.

@exile220ify 4 дня назад

The "rocket ship" trophy on Ivanova's desk (visible for a second or two) is one of the Hugo Award trophies the series won (IIRC, the one they won for "The Coming Of Shadows")

@SirMarshalHaig 4 дня назад

A moment of perfect beauty. If there is a god that god sings with this voice.

@hornorsilk2901 4 дня назад

I do think this is a superb ending for the series, even as the series did set itself up for more stories to be told (some which had to be told in book form).

@simongiles9749 3 дня назад

Now you know why, if you come across in memorium videos for the lost B5 actors, they usually mention "in memory still bright".

@shanesouter3604 4 дня назад

Been a pleasure Mega. Hopefully your brother decides to give it a watch. You know we'll be here for it...

@ianstopher9111 День назад

When Sheridan is looking in the mirror on his way to his death, you can see a large cross leaning towards him over his shoulder. Space Jesus.

@tulinfirenze1990 4 дня назад

JRR Tolkien once said the most common criticism he received of "The Lord of The Rings" was people got to the end and said, "It was too short." This is how I feel whenever I come to the end of another rewatch of B5.

@1amazeme 4 дня назад

Sheridan’s last moments reminded me of Bilbo’s last moments getting on to the white ships.

@Nikioko 4 дня назад

Yes. Peter Jackson took a lot from this episode for his own ending of The Return of the King. You can see that.

@1amazeme 4 дня назад

The whole series can be an homage to LOTR.

@lollol35 3 дня назад

JMS was heavily inspired by LOTRs.. Legend of the Rangers, anyone? And of course, Babylonian mythology about the fight between order and chaos. :)

@mayra3277 2 дня назад

100%. There's a nice music video somewhere on RU-vid with Sleeping in Light set to Into the West! The lyrics of that fit incredibly well... 'sleep now, and dream of the ones that came before... they are calling', 'the ships have come to carry you home'.

@Nikioko 4 дня назад

Everyone who has dry eyes in the end, has no heart.

@andrewproctor3922 2 дня назад

This is how a show should end. I watched it when it first aired here in the UK, and even now, so many years later, I still have to hold back the tears.

@timbmusician День назад

The last five minutes of this show will never not wreck me. Damn.

@1amazeme 4 дня назад

In case it wasn’t brought to your attention, JMS was the maintenance man shutting of B5’s lights.

@philmarston9078 4 дня назад

The scene in the corridor of Sheridan saying goodbye to Delenn gets me every time.

@kurtjk01 4 дня назад

And thus ends the story of the little space station that could . . .

@evenmoor 4 дня назад

Thus was fulfilled the vision of the destruction of Babylon 5, experienced the Centauri seer Lady Ladira in the Season 1 episode "Signs and Portents." And in classic JMS fashion, not the way that we the viewers expected at all! It's been one amazing journey, to be sure. And while it's sad that it's over, we can rejoice that we experienced it. I highly recommend rewatching the series from the beginning on your own time now that you've seen the whole thing - it really allows you to appreciate all the setup and payoff that went on from start to finish.

@cb361 4 дня назад

How will it end? In Fire. But not in darkness.

@eric201 3 дня назад

His parts are brief unfortunately, but you can see the difference in Vir in the finale, from the meek assistant in season 1 to the confident leader of the Centari Republic, he plays this difference so well.

@gallendugall8913 4 дня назад

The biggest twist in sci fi TV history It was a documentary the entire time Now when you rewatch it you'll have a massive perspective shift. It's like watching a different show.

@martintoggweiler2343 3 дня назад

The perspective of the presentation being a historical docu-drama makes the change of actor for Draal sort of make sense.

@sdfried4877 3 дня назад

The Sleeping in Light suite of music was created just for this episode, completely original from start to finish. I feel they diminished it a little bit by using some of it in Objects at Rest. It’s a gorgeous celebration of joy and sadness. I don’t cry easy so I tell you, this one gave me a helluva headache. Even allowing for Zack’s inexplicable Midwest accent, it’s a perfect finale. I should note that in the original airing order, by the time we got to this episode, we had already seen three of the four TNT movies. A Call to Arms followed very soon after to kick in the start of Crusade.

@ArgentLost 4 дня назад

When I first saw her blowing up, it made me cry. I had such a investment in that station.

@aleczrike9647 2 дня назад

"I have so many unanswered questions..." As it should be.

@ianstopher9111 День назад

I came to say the same thing.

@themisspultone 2 дня назад

this episode always gets me, darn that music I cant hear it without tearing up, still. even after all this time, that hallway scene rips my heart out

@GuardianOwl 4 дня назад

If you really don't want it to end, there are like 11 out of print, canon novels to hunt down to read, these 3 are probably my favorite: "To Dream in the City of Sorrows" is a little more about Sinclair's time in-between the end of S1 and his later appearance in the show. "Shadow Within" A bit more backstory for the Sheridans set prior to the Babylon 5 pilot. "Casting Shadows" the first book in the Techno-mage trilogy, I like it by far the best of the 3 techno-mage books as has a lot of world building on the nature of the techno-mages.

@stuartwald2395 3 дня назад

My favorite single scene out of the novels is Vir's vision of Londo finally (in the afterlife) getting to walk on a beach, along with the two most emotionally significant women to him (Adira and Timov).

@chrism7395 4 дня назад

The banquet scene where they toast the fallen gets me *every* *damn* *time*. I hate goodbyes. 12:12 i like to think that the singing pak'ma'ra are the same ones that Kosh introduced to Sheridan during one of his lessons

@nefethrul 3 дня назад

"Beauty! In the dark"

@themisspultone 2 дня назад

Maybe Londo and Vir were just around the corner from Kosh, who knows?

@tulinfirenze1990 4 дня назад

I've seen SiL COUNTLESS times and the station blowing and that music swelling gets me EVERY time.

@lakephillip 4 дня назад

When I watched this episode on Broadcast TV Channel 44 San Francisco, November 25, 1998, I was wrecked. I've watched the series about 30 times, but this episode I've only watched 4 times. This time with you was no different. The tears came freely. You still have, Movies/The Lost Tales/Crusade, can't wait.

@chrisfraser5088 4 дня назад

What an ending! That music as B5 blows up…gets me every time! 😢 I remember watching this episode with a bunch of my friends in high school. We absolutely balled our eyes out. My mom walked into the room at one point, saw a bunch of teenage boys crying, and had absolutely no idea what was going on 😂

@Nergalsama01 3 дня назад

This has to be one of the best series finales I have ever seen. And that's doubly remarkable, because Andreas and Peter weren't even in it. Looking back, I am happy that we got a fifth season, despite all of its problems, especially in the first half. It provided both Andreas and Peter the opportunity to give endings to their characters, beyond what we had seen in "War Without End."

@IvarChoiEspedalen 4 дня назад

Glad to see your reaction to the final episode of Babylon 5. This is a beautiful and sad episode. After all those years, Babylon 5 is still my favourite TV-series. I'm looking forward to see if your brother will discover how great tv series this is. The #Babylon5 universe is the only tv series which is exhibited in my bookshelf in my living room.

@louiswillhauck5572 4 дня назад

The “song” that many thought was the Vorlon actually wasn’t. It was sung by the Pac’mara that was in down below during Sheridan and Kosh teachings… 😉

@SirMarshalHaig 4 дня назад

Yes, funny when you watched this and then rewatch and it hits you.

@martintoggweiler2343 3 дня назад

AFAIK there’s been no official confirmation on that, just a popular fan belief that might be so.

@louiswillhauck5572 3 дня назад

Vir just confirmed that the angelic song from down below was from the Pac’mara. Or are you in that much denial? 🤣🤣😉👍

@martintoggweiler2343 3 дня назад

@@louiswillhauck5572 Vir remarks that he and Londo were walking by the Pak’ma’ra’s quarters, there was no indication in “There All Honor Lies” that the odd cave-like space would be their quarters. No denial, I think it’s a fine theory, and the musical connection is certainly suggestive. That Pak’ma’ra would sing with human-sounding voices though is somewhat problematic. Another theory is that the experience was all Kosh-induced. Kosh brings Sheridan to this isolated area to avoid any distraction. From his ship which sings we know that Vorlons sometimes utilize “music” on humans/younger races.

@davidblauyoutube 4 дня назад

That music kills me every time. Thanks for letting us come along with you on your journey. You may find that knowing where the plot is going will let you enjoy a rewatch even more.

@raz1980. 3 дня назад

I was 19 when i watched 5-22 and i cried like a baby.

@mayra3277 2 дня назад

I was 18 and damn, absolutely same.

@meropetied 2 дня назад

You cut it in your edit, but the line that really gets me at the end of that is "even people like us". These characters are all so flawed. So futuristic, but so human. We the flawed build and have built the world. And anyone who has been a hero has been flawed. This series saw real humans in the future. It saw me. It sees us.

@alecbrinker7268 2 дня назад

One of the best series enders of all time. I just wish they had an image of Sinclair on one side and Valen on the other in the closing credits with the rest of the cast as they appeared first/last scene.

@ianstopher9111 День назад

It is worth pausing and reading what is on the Medlab freezer for Marcus in the end credits.

@fatalynn7 3 дня назад

I was absolutely going to wait until B5FTFT caught up to watch these last few episodes, but I just couldn’t stop. This was my first revisit of E22 since I watched the show for the first time by myself about two years ago, and I was full on crying half way thru it until the end. On my first watch thru, I was same as you. Just a bit choked up but nothing major. It hits way harder on a second watch thru. Excited to see more of the content to come :)

@KayeSedgwick 2 дня назад

The ending of this show is burnt into my mind. I saw it when originally aired in the UK, and it stayed with me ever since. The score is a big part of it, but every performance here is bang on. No show has ever come close to ending so pitch perfect as this one for me. On a personal note, now you have reached the end, I always thought it was only right Susan become Ranger One, not only for the growth of her character, but in a small way, Marcus kept his oath, he lived and died for the One. A bit of a reach maybe, but it makes me happier about his end.

@Colin4763 4 дня назад

When you rewatch B5, and you will. It will be a different show.😊

@miller-joel 4 дня назад

And yet, familiar.

@Colin4763 4 дня назад

Indeed

@exile220ify 4 дня назад

The beauty of this series, and this episode, is that JMS wrote THIS episode first. He knew what he wanted to do as the series progressed but he envisioned THIS ENDING before the first frame of the show was ever committed to film. And as others have commented, it was so, so fitting that JMS himself has a cameo as the technician who shuts down the power on B5 at the very end.

@Matej_Sojka 4 дня назад

The technician who turned off the power on B5 was played by JMS.

@BryanWicks 4 дня назад

Textbook ending for an awesome series. Thanks for all of your reactions! 👍🏾👍🏾

@darthphayde508 4 дня назад

There are so many scifi shows that I love but B5 will always be number 1. Despite watching the finale countless times, it never fails to make me rather teary eyed. Its one hell of a journey.

@Gazer75 День назад

What's even more sad is that so many of the cast are gone at this point. At the table only two remains... Claudia Christian and Bruce Boxleitner.

@martintoggweiler2343 3 дня назад

I’ll keep an eye out for the movie and Crusade reactions. Don’t forget there are eleven canon B5 novels to be read which provide more on Sinclair, Sakai, Marcus, Anna, Morden, Psi Corps, Technomages, and yes Centauri Prime; along with some canon short stories and comics.

@popmonika 4 дня назад

This show doesn't need a reboot... Just a continuation that honours what came before.

@kemperor 4 дня назад

Every time I see this one it just hits me again. Great way to end a series, thanks for letting us take this journey with you.

@kenmcauliffe3028 4 дня назад

If you can find them, there are tie-in novels that describe what happened to Bester, Londo, and John and Delenn on Centauri Prime.

@martintoggweiler2343 3 дня назад

I understand the burning desire to begin a rewatch before too long. You can be your big brother’s guide through Babylon 5, as he introduced you to Star Trek. So is his handle going to be Giga? 😉

@EvieDoesYouTube 2 дня назад

I'd love to hear Christopher Franke's music with a full orchestra instead of synths, especially that last piece

@LOTRFAN33 4 дня назад

That ending gets me every time. Beautiful

@joeysingingchannel 4 дня назад

Delenn watching the sun come up guts me, absolutely.

@TheDanEdwards 4 дня назад

So Sheridan does an Enoch. He walked with the Ancient of Days, and then he wasn't. This is just one in a long string of Biblical imagery that JMS, an atheist, wove into B5.

@simongiles9749 3 дня назад

Also Arthurian myth, Sheridan being taken to "Avalon".

@FluppyBagoo4016 4 дня назад

Every year..I make it mandatory to Watch the whole series ..but sleeping in starlight breaks me every time

@joeychicago6436 4 дня назад

There was a series called Blakes7 from 1979. The Drazi ship design in B5, was a nod the Liberator , the ship from Blakes 7. Blakes 7 was possibly the 1st sci-fi program to have a continuous story line that B5 was ultimately to use. The story line is STRONG in Blakes 7, the special effects are horrible.

@jimcook1161 3 дня назад

Blakes 7 also had an iconic series finale to!

@joeychicago6436 3 дня назад

@@jimcook1161 BIG TIME!

@Orieni 4 дня назад

It was a sublime moment. The episode did precisely what it was supposed to do.

@Nikioko 4 дня назад

And now watch Rising Star again and this one immediately after. Then you have how Babylon 5 should've ended after four seasons. And it fits nicely.

@lollol35 3 дня назад

This^^ It would have ended the show perfectly after Season 4. There were gems in S5, and we got to see Londo become emperor/going to hell. But overall, it could have ended here in S4.

@lizstratton9689 3 дня назад

Thank you Maga for going on this journey and talking us with you. It's a sad moment when you come to the end. Love that your final reaction was I want to do it all again, that's how we all feel. What a wonderful time we have all had.

@Carl_Gustav_Häyhä 3 дня назад

One mystery still stayed unsolved: Why did Centaurs spoke English even when they were totally by themselves at Centauri Prime? 😎

@simongiles9749 3 дня назад

That's explained behind the scenes, and is one used in a million war films - when we see the Centauri, Minbari, Germans etc. talking between themselves, they're actually talking their own language but for audience convenience it is portrayed as English. In fact, the final scene that shows that this whole thing was in fact a docu-drama in-universe makes it even more explicit!

@Carl_Gustav_Häyhä 3 дня назад

@@simongiles9749 Notice the emoticon in my comment

@ale8oneale8one22 4 дня назад

It would be a good way to do a rewatch

@BabylonLurker 4 дня назад

Introducing B5 to someone else? Been there, its great. Looking forward to it if you get it going. This episode calla on the emotions like no other series finale I have seen, and it only works because we know the chracters so well. It gets to me every time And Franke's music underscores it so well! And yes, JMS was the one to turn off the lights, his only cameo in all of B5.

@hugueslepeltier8931 4 дня назад

It's the best ending we could ever wanted for this show. The perfect Sifi series. I don't know if you watched the TV specials But you should and specialy the "At the Beginning" one.

@Nikioko 4 дня назад

He already did. The other movies are coming now, as well as Crusade.

@SteveT211 3 дня назад

Not over yet, bit of a way to go. 😢. Plus do In The Beginning next, you’ll love it. That was my intro to B5.

@MegaReacts 3 дня назад

Already watched that movie. Reaction on YT.

@miller-joel 4 дня назад

Rewatching it with your brother would be great.

@Carl_Gustav_Häyhä 4 дня назад

So there wasn't always three of everything. Ivanova was fourth Number One. Thanks' for these great reactions.

@tulinfirenze1990 4 дня назад

I cannot wait to see your re-reaction.

@benediktcz День назад

btw, if you want something short (3 eps) but good, watch The Lost Room (2006)

@MegaReacts День назад

@@benediktcz I love The Lost Room.

@Notric 3 дня назад

Nice work mate

@NCC-72545A 4 дня назад

You're need to watch Babylon 5 a call to Arms before Crusade.

@geoffharper8650 4 дня назад

And so it ends .....

@robert_bbiii 4 дня назад

Now folks this is how you end a series

@andreamiller3578 4 дня назад

This episode gets me every single time. Sniff

@vorbis4860 4 дня назад

I hope you'll watch the actor commentary episodes, with or without reactions. :D

@Nikioko 4 дня назад

Did you notice that Peter Jackson took so much from this episode for his own ending of the Lord of the Rings trilogy?

@TheDanEdwards 4 дня назад

Tolkien's LOTR has exhaustive and complex endings, and Jackson just riffed on that, as did JMS.

@Nikioko 4 дня назад

@@TheDanEdwards Yes, of course. But I was talking about the execution of the endings of the screen adaptations. But also content-wise: Compare that to the ending of Voyager. They return to Earth, and then it ends. No epilogue.

@stevecollette6831 4 дня назад

Real men cry at this episode. Period. "I'm not ready for it to be done" is the sentiment we all had. So many possible spin off stories, ideas, threads..... Now you know why we all go insane with all the stupidity of studio execs choosing to NOT reboot the series. Crusade had potential, but was ultimately brought down by panels of studio execs - too many cooks in the kitchen. Worth a watch, but not quite on the level of B5. Thanks for going on this journey. One of the best television shows ever.

@OMAROMAR79 4 дня назад

I forgot to ask you when I saw this on your Patreon. Now who is your #1 captain? How would you rank them now?

@baslifico 4 дня назад

I have friends who refuse to watch this because the first few episodes look quite cheap by today's standards.... They'll never know how brilliant a story they're missing.

@michaelwebster8666 День назад

It's a great way to end the show. Hope you enjoy the TV movies & Crusade, look forward to your reviews of those 👍

@TheFireMonkey 4 дня назад

Do the movies before Crusade

@MegaReacts 4 дня назад

My watch order: Movie: The River of Souls (film, 8th Nov 1998) Movie: A Call to Arms (film, 3rd Jan 1999) Spin off tv show: Crusade: Season 1 (9th Jun 1999) Movie: The Legend of the Rangers (film, 19th Jan 2002) Two movies packaged as one: The Lost Tales: Voices in the Dark (31st Jul 2007) Movie: The Road Home (August 14, 2023)