Babylon 5 rewatch : The Long Dark

After a few weeks break we continue our B5 rewatch, with this season 2 episode. Which we have seen before, but skipped in some rewatches. It is not great. I’m not entirely sure why. Dwight Schultz’s character is a bit overwhelming, but he acts it well. Anne-Marie Johnson is less successful in her role. And Franklin’s behaviour is downright uncomfortable, from the start. I think the pacing is too slow, and the direction needed to be tighter. But ultimately it’s down to the writing. So not great, but glad we’ve reseen it. And we’re just a few weeks away from my absolute favourite episode. And the core B5 cast is still great, including Sheridan, who has settled down now.

Very little reading at the mo

I’ve two fiction books well on the go that I’m hugely enjoying - The House in the Cerulean Sea and the first Redwall book - but I’ve been unable to read them for a couple of weeks now. Just totally exhausted at bed time. And during the day I’m generally asleep too. And a 3 month long neurological illness flare likely starting in a week. So I’m not sure if I’ll finish any more books by the end of this calendar year. Fortunately I reached my 50 books reading challenge goal a month ago (and haven’t finished a book since). It’s amazing I can still read at all for fun, given how much I struggle with print now, and how much I sleep. Thank goodness for eBooks with gargantuan font options! But even that’s not helping enough right now.