JMS on CompuServe (May 21, 1997) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*

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 [ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
    Sb: #670475-production schedule?
    Sb: #670545-<Moments> question
    Sb: #670705-#How will this play out
    Sb: #670776-production schedule?
    Sb: #670789-How will this play out


 [ Summary: Thinks "Rumors, Bargains, and Lies" is the most subversive
   episode of B5. ]

 #: 670513 S5/Babylon 5: General
    20-May-97  12:29:12
Sb: #670475-production schedule?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

       Oh, heck, we can get a LOT more subversive than that...and we intend to.

                                                                       jms


 [ Summary: Asks if some of the new members of the Council were on the old
   one.  Also asks how JMS came up with the name "Bester." ]

 #: 670564 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
    20-May-97  16:10:29
Sb: #670545-<Moments> question
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

       Yeah, some of the new council would've been on the old one.

       And Bester was named for a well-known SF writer, now gone.

                                                                       jms


 [ Summary: Asks for clarification on season 4/5 scheduling. ]

 #: 670744 S5/Babylon 5: General
    21-May-97  10:57:36
Sb: #670705-#How will this play out
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

       It's an easy answer.

       The final 4 would get aired in October.  If there's no season 5, then
the fourth one aired is 422, "Sleeping in Light."

       If there is a season 5, 422 is yanked out of the mix and moved down to
occupy 522's slot, and we shoot 501 and get it done in time to air in place of
422 in October.

                                                                       jms



 #: 670776 S5/Babylon 5: General
    21-May-97  15:00:42
Sb: #670513-#production schedule?
Fm: BILL HIRST

 >>        Oh, heck, we can get a LOT more subversive than that...and we intend
to.  <<

It's a good thing you're working for our side and not.... uh, ARE you working
for our side?

-Bill


 #: 670786 S5/Babylon 5: General
    21-May-97  15:52:33
Sb: #670776-production schedule?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

       Maybe...maybe not....

                                                                       jms



 #: 670789 S5/Babylon 5: General
    21-May-97  16:18:43
Sb: #670744-#How will this play out
Fm: BURHAAN  AHMAD

>> If there is a season 5, 422 is yanked out of the mix and moved down to
occupy 522's slot, and we shoot 501 and get it done in time to air in place of
422 in October. <<

So the final ep will still make sense in the flow of the story, regardless of
whether all the events of season 5 transpire before it or not?

I think this is what is confusing people--at least me.


 #: 670806 S5/Babylon 5: General
    21-May-97  17:13:46
Sb: #670789-How will this play out
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

       There's no need for confusion.  Season 4, as you know, takes place in
2261.  Season 5 would take place in 2262.

       422, or 522, depending on the breaks, takes place in 2281.  So it plays
just fine either way.

                                                                       jms



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