SHADOW DANCING (spoilers)

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Subject: SHADOW DANCING (spoilers)
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s  1: Oct 24, 1996: cortese at netcom.com (Janis Maria C. C. Cortese)
+  4: Oct 25, 1996: Ray <razel at worldnet.att.net>
*  5: Oct 25, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: cortese at netcom.com (Janis Maria C. C. Cortese)
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In article <54ogu6$ccd at raven.cc.ukans.edu> mbovee at ukans.edu writes:
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>...and the BIGGEST bitch of all about the episode (and JMS - pay
>attention) was the "miraculous" recovery of Marcus. I like him as a
>character, and enjoyed the further development of his unrequited love
>for Ivanova (along the Lancelot/Gueniviere parallel). But, two
>episodes ago, he had the freaking SHIT beat out of him (remember the
>bloody Minbari staff anyone???). He was in sick bay with three broken
>ribs, could barely speak, and looked like he might be on the brink of
>death. But, in "Dancing" he shows up looking like he's just come back
>from a holiday! Sheesh!!

Yes, this was really a sore thumb, particularly when compared to the way
we've seen injuries follow other characters around.  It did strike me
that he was a bit "normal" looking -- no bruises or gimps at all, and
two eps before, he was nearly at death's door.

Take care,
Janis
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From: Ray <razel at worldnet.att.net>
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mbovee at ukans.edu wrote:
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> ...and the BIGGEST bitch of all about the episode (and JMS - pay
> attention) was the "miraculous" recovery of Marcus. I like him as a
> character, and enjoyed the further development of his unrequited love
> for Ivanova (along the Lancelot/Gueniviere parallel). But, two
> episodes ago, he had the freaking SHIT beat out of him (remember the
> bloody Minbari staff anyone???). He was in sick bay with three broken
> ribs, could barely speak, and looked like he might be on the brink of
> death. But, in "Dancing" he shows up looking like he's just come back
> from a holiday! Sheesh!! Even in the fracus with EA, Garabaldi sports
> a couple of injuries for a while (yeah, yeah, I know - they were real
> and got incorporated into the plot line...). The point is, JMS and the
> show are well-respected and liked for gritty realism...for not backing
> away from the unpleasant truth of the consequence of
> actions/choices/decision/etc. Yet, here Marcus is recovered w/o a
> blemish... Really, JMS. You should have considered either a throwaway
> line in there to compensate, or should have had Marcus bravely going
> out w/Ivanova to bait the trap while still injured (even wincing from
> the sore ribs would have been an easy convincer, JMS).

Uh, we are talking 2 weeks here, aren't we?  He's in pretty good physical
shape to begin with, bruises don't last forever, medical science is sure
to have improved.  Maybe the broken ribs...those are 4 weeks, right?
Nothing in Medlab speeds bone-knitting, I suppose.  It doesn't seem to be 
too far fetched that Marcus is up and about.

Ray
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"Do not try the patience of Wizards, for they are subtle and
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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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>...and the BIGGEST bitch of all about the episode (and JMS - pay
>attention) was the "miraculous" recovery of Marcus. I like him as a
>character, and enjoyed the further development of his unrequited love
>for Ivanova (along the Lancelot/Gueniviere parallel). But, two
>episodes ago, he had the freaking SHIT beat out of him (remember the
>bloody Minbari staff anyone???).

Yes, I do remember.  But for starters, we're talking about more than two
weeks of story time.  Between Grey 17 and Rock was several weeks, then
you've got about 2 weeks from Rock to Shadow Dancing.  That's five weeks,
and now you've got the issue of medicine 250 years from now...and you can
be sure that these kinds of injuries will be fixed much more quickly.  It
isn't like he showed up the very next day like this, we *did* allow for
proper amounts of time.


 jms

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