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#17 – Hello Old Friend (THE COMING OF SHADOWS)
The Centauri emperor comes to Babylon 5 hoping to make amends for a century of brutality. Instead, a fleeting opportunity for peace becomes the beginning of a devastating war.
Revisiting the Hugo Award-winning The Coming of Shadows, we discuss the echoes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Oslo peace process, the people who sabotage peace for their own ambitions, and whether power corrupts or simply attracts the corruptible. We also consider whether one act of conscience can make up for a lifetime of wrongdoing, and how even a failed attempt at reconciliation can change the course of…
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