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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Boris: [QB] If you must do so, at least don't use "arc" episodes to introduce the viewer to a twist ending. If anything, use standalone shows that the viewer can understand from beginning to the end, that she can be surprised by on their own merits. Watching "Chrysalis" alone is nothing like watching it after the first 21 shows. The viewer doesn't know that this is the first time Londo did something as awful and cannot feel for him, or that it's the first time G'Kar really becomes a victim. You need time to establish the Londo=good and G'Kar=bad perception, so that "Chrysalis" can properly shock you. I'd rather you don't spoil that kind of fun for anybody. If you really have to start with a few random shows, pick the ones from season 1 that have very little or no connection to the overall story ("Believers", "Survivors", "By Any Means Necessary", "The Quality of Mercy"). Even so, standalone shows are not what B5 is about. The original "Twilight Zone" is a lot better in that kind of thing. An example: Aliens come from outer space and start helping humanity, solving all of its problems. Earth is becoming a paradise. One of them accidentally leaves a book entitled "To Serve Man", whose contents are written in the alien language. Just before the humans are about to leave for the alien planet, where a greater paradise is being promised, the woman examining the book comes screaming and yelling at the spaceport: "I managed to translate the book. To Serve Man...It's a...It's a COOKBOOK!" Boris [/QB][/QUOTE]
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