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Top Five Favorite Episodes of "BABYLON 5" (Season Three: "Point of No Return")

Below is a list of my top five (5) favorite episodes from Season Three (1995-1996) of "BABYLON 5". Created by J. Michael Straczynski, the series starred Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle and Mira Furlan:

TOP FIVE FAVORITE EPISODES OF "BABYLON 5" (SEASON THREE: "POINT OF NO RETURN")

1. (3.10) "Severed Dreams" - In this outstanding episode, President Clark of Earth Alliance tries to seize control of Babylon 5 by force, forcing station commander Captain John J. Sheridan and the command crew to take arms against their own government and initiating the Earth Civil War. The episode won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 1997.

2. (3.15) "Interludes and Examinations" - Captain Sheridan struggles to gather a force against the Shadows, when the Shadow War begins in earnest. Ambassador Londo Mollari looks forward to a reunion with a past lover, and Dr. Franklin falls further into his stims addiction.

3. (3.09) "Point of No Return" - When President Clark declares martial law throughout Earth Alliance, the command crew tries to stop Nightwatch from taking control of the station. Meanwhile, Ambassador Londo Mollari receives a prophecy from Emperor Turhan's widow when she visits the station.

4. (3.16-3.17) "War Without End" - This is a two-part episode in which the station's former commander, Jeffrey Sinclair, returns to participate in a mission vital to the future survival of Babylon 5 - traveling back in time to steal Babylon 4 and send it to the past.

5. (3.05) "Voices of Authority" - Commander Susan Ivanova and Ranger Marcus Cole search for more of the First Ones with the help of Draal, while Sheridan comes under the scrutiny of the Nightwatch and Babylon 5's new "political officer".

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Severance — Season 2 Official Teaser

Season 2 of Severance will premiere on Apple TV+ on January 17, 2025.

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Refiners Must Report Back to the Office When 'Severance' Returns in January

The teaser for the long awaited second season of Severance is here, announcing the award-winning phenomenon finally returns this January. Continue reading Refiners Must Report Back to the Office When ‘Severance’ Returns in January

[vitriolo]

“Our job is to taste free air. Your so-called boss may own the clock that taunts you from the wall, but, my friends, the hour is yours.”

Severance, season 1 (2022).

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Severance x Television / SEE NO EVIL - Milchick & Cobel

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Severance

Season 1, “The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design”

Director: Aoife McArdle

DoP: Jessica Lee Gagné

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Severance (Season 1)

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2023

Severance (Season 1, USA, 2022)

Creator: Dan Erickson

Directors: Ben Stiller & Aoife McArdle

Mini-review:

I'm still reeling from that mind-blowing season finale (which might just be one of the best TV episodes I've ever seen), but one thing I can say for certain is that this show is my new obsession. It got me hooked right from the first episode. There's something so unsettling and hypnotizing about the setting, the locations, the cinematography, all of it. I couldn't tear my eyes away from the screen. And, on top of that, the story is just so original. I have never seen anything like this. I could never guess where the story was going, and all the plot twists caught me by surprise. Especially those in the final episode, which were absolutely insane.

The production design is also spectacular. All those endless, winding white corridors are a great way to express how madness-inducing the situation is. And I also loved all the little lighting and camera tricks they used to distinguish the inside and outside (this won't make sense until you watch it). The performances also helped a lot, cause the whole cast is absolutely perfect. I honestly think Severance is one of the best science-fiction TV shows I've ever seen, and I won't be able to stop thinking about it until the second season begins. Specially after that crazy cliffhanger. I guess now I'll start watching videos analyzing every little detail.

P.S. The title credits video is also brilliant and spine-chilling. Just as unforgettable as the rest of the show. It definitely sets the tone for the show.

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Severance 2 teaser trailer arrives

Severance 2 teaser trailer arrives

Apple TV+ has released a teaser trailer for upcoming Severance season 2. I know it’s been edited, but from this I will be watching on release day, given the chance. Directed and executive produced by Ben Stiller and created, written and executive produced by Dan Erickson, the 10-episode second season of Severance will debut globally on Apple TV+ with the first episode on Friday, January 17, 2025…

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Like you never left.

Severance season 2 premieres January 17, 2025

In Severance, Mark Scout (Adam Scott) leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in “work-life balance” is called into question as Mark finds himself at the center of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work… and of himself. In season two, Mark and his friends learn the dire consequences of trifling with the severance barrier, leading them further down a path of woe.

Season 2 reunites its ensemble cast of stars including Emmy Award nominee Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Zach Cherry, Jen Tullock, Michael Chernus, Dichen Lachman, Emmy Award winner John Turturro, Academy Award winner Christopher Walken and Academy and Emmy Award winner Patricia Arquette, and welcomes new series regular Sarah Bock.

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I wanna start reading Arthurian…..where should I begin

*rubs hands* oh excellent

I'd say one way would be to pick characters or events you'd like to read about the most and start with the texts focusing on them. @fuckyeaharthuriana has a lot of lists of different works, including those sorted by character (links in the blog description). Then, if you decide you enjoy Arthuriana in general, you can move to other texts. Another way would be to start with something well-known and short. I believe Sir Gawain and the Green Knight fits the bill well. The translation linked is more like an example, because there's a lot of them, and I frankly don't know which to suggest best; the one I read is by Bernard O’Donoghue, but I can't find it online. I've also heard very good things about Tolkien's translation - understandable, because duh, Tolkien - but haven't read it (yet). The works of Chrétien de Troyes are also very good and readable and imo very well represent what a medieval romance is. My favourite is Yvain: Knight of the Lion, and I haven't read his Perceval yet, but I liked all the other of his romances too. (Ok, maybe not Erec and Enide, but that's because I found the main character very annoying)

I've compiled a small list of Arthurian texts I recommend before when answering a similar ask, and I still stand by it, except, taking into account what I've read since then, I'd also add La Tavola Ritonda - an Italian Arthurian romance mostly focused on Tristan and Isolde, weird and violent but also very enjoyable, in my opinion, Parzival (vol. 1, vol. 2) by Wolfram Von Eschenbach - a German romance and my favourite version of the Grail story so far, and Lancelot-Grail aka the Vulgate Cycle + the Post-Vulgate. I'm not sure starting with the latter is a good idea, though, because it's five huge volumes, very readable (except for The History of the Holy Grail. You can skip that, if you ask me) and with a great impact on the later Arthurian texts, including Le Morte d'Arthur, but HUGE, it took me half a year, lol. (Le Morte is also long and often drier in style, but still not THAT long). But I simply had to mention it because it's such a foundational work. A part of the Vulgate Cycle has been adapted by Patricia Terry and Samuel N. Rosenberg as Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles or, The Book of Galehaut Retold. It's short and beautiful, and you don't need to be familiar with the rest of the Vulgate to read it.

Oh, and if you're interested in more modern retellings, Idylls of the Queen by Phyllis Ann Karr is an episode from Le Morte d'Arthur retold as a murder mystery solved by Kay and Mordred, and it's amazing. Also The Squire's Tales series by Gerald Morris is a lot of fun, kind of for a younger reader but very well-written and funny, even though some of his choices regarding certain characters drive me up the wall a little bit.

Also, here's a great site by @tillman with a lot of links to various Arthurian texts!

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Severance — Season 2 Official Trailer

Season 2 of Severance will premiere on Apple TV+ on January 17, 2025.

Posters

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'...Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series

Baby Reindeer (Netflix) Fargo (FX) Lessons in Chemistry (Apple TV+) Ripley (Netflix) True Detective: Night Country (HBO)

Who should win: Ripley

Here’s what TV can do that film can’t. Anthony Minghella’s 1999 film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s first Tom Ripley novel was a ripsnorting, sun-dappled breeze, zipping us through the gory story in a couple of hours. Steven Zaillian turned off the colour and turned down the pace, laconically wafting us through eight leisurely but enthralling episodes. Watching Andrew Scott’s seedy conman gradually edge his way to murder was as gripping as it was nauseating.

Who will win: Ripley

The Emmys has a soft spot for populist dramas and maudlin sitcoms, but it tends to view the Limited and Anthology awards as the preserve of high art. Previous recent winners include the superlative Beef, The White Lotus, Watchmen and Chernobyl. As such, I back them to reward Ripley. Could the voters be seduced by a superb fifth series of Fargo, a return-to-form True Detective or that British curio Baby Reindeer? Of course. If Lessons in Chemistry wins, we take to the streets...

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Matt Bomer – Fellow Travelers as Hawkins “Hawk” Fuller (Showtime) Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer as Donny Dunn (Netflix) Jon Hamm – Fargo as Sheriff Roy Tillman (FX) Tom Hollander – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans as Truman Capote (FX) Andrew Scott – Ripley as Tom Ripley (Netflix)

Who should win: Tom Hollander

Of the three Brits up for this award, I’d give Hollander the nod. Gadd is compelling, but his performance never really managed to escape its stage origins. Scott, as I have said above, is superb as Tom Ripley, and would be a worthy winner. But Hollander became the latest in recent years - following Toby Jones and Philip Seymour Hoffmann - to so wholly inhabit Truman Capote. One of those performances that leaves you talking in their cadence for days afterwards.

Who will win: Jon Hamm

I suspect the Brits won’t win this one, and it will be between Hamm and Bomer. Series five of Fargo was such a brilliant return to form that the actors involved have been swept along with it. Hamm, as Sheriff Roy Tillman, reminded us of his magnetism – and his gift for comedy – as a character of delightfully vile proportions...'

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Severance (2022– ) dir. Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle

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Severance season 1 episode 1 “Good News About Hell” (2022) dir. Ben Stiller

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Severance | 1x02 "Half Loop"

If you're really unhappy, you can submit a resignation request with your outside self for review. And good luck getting that approved. Well, they do tend to be rejected. Plus, you know... What? Well, since this perceptual version of you only exists at Lumon, I mean, quitting would effectively end your life. In so much as you've come to know it.