An alien family refuses surgery to save their dying child.An alien family refuses surgery to save their dying child.An alien family refuses surgery to save their dying child.
Andrea Thompson
- Talia Winters
- (credit only)
Stephen Furst
- Vir Cotto
- (credit only)
Julie Caitlin Brown
- Na'Toth
- (as Caitlin Brown)
- (credit only)
Jonathan C. Kaplan
- Shon
- (as Jonathan Charles Kaplan)
Ardwight Chamberlain
- Kosh
- (voice)
Peter Wick
- Alien worker
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis takes place in June 2258.
- GoofsIt makes no sense that the operation would require an incision. Dr. Franklin would have figured out a way to remove the growth by endoscopic surgery through Shon's mouth/throat. The religious beliefs of the parents seem to rest on not treating the humanoid body in the same manner as food animals, which are prepared by cutting the skin.
- Quotes
Kosh Naranek: The avalanche has already started; it is too late for the pebbles to vote.
- ConnectionsReferences Babylon 5: Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993)
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kind of heart-wrenching at times, but still just a filler episode
For much of the first season of Babylon 5, the series still hadn't established any sort of over-arching plot to connect the episodes like it would have in seasons 2 through 5. In some ways, it was as if the genius behind the series, Michael Staczynski was still trying to feel for a sense of direction. Because of this, so many of the season one episodes are self-contained in that they don't connect well with previous or later episodes. This is pretty much the way of sci-fi shows like Star Trek, but for B-5, this makes these earlier episodes less satisfying.
While this episode does raise an interesting moral dilemma and it relates to some current religious practices that forbid medical interventions, it is still is at heart a filler episode because it contributed nothing to the underlying themes of the show. While at times heart-wrenching, this lack of context compared to most other episodes dooms it to the category of "skip-able".
While this episode does raise an interesting moral dilemma and it relates to some current religious practices that forbid medical interventions, it is still is at heart a filler episode because it contributed nothing to the underlying themes of the show. While at times heart-wrenching, this lack of context compared to most other episodes dooms it to the category of "skip-able".
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- planktonrules
- Jan 2, 2007
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