Episodes

  • Frak this Podcast! #1 - Battlestar Galactica Miniseries Part 1
    Feb 24 2025

    Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender venture out on the Battlestar Galactica and take in the entire voyage one episode at a time.

    Miniseries Part 1 - Before it was a full show, the Battlestar Galactica reboot was a miniseries. And while rebroadcasts aired it as one complete piece, it originally aired as two. So let's take a look at the first half and get a sense for what we're in for as the human created Cylons launch a deadly attack on their makers.

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    2 hrs and 6 mins
  • Jumpgate #133 - Final Thoughts
    Feb 17 2025

    Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

    We've finished all there is to see and now it's time to give our thoughts on the show as a whole before we move onto a new one.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Jumpgate #132 – The Road Home
    Feb 10 2025

    Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

    We've arrived at the (currently) final piece of Babylon 5 visual media, an animated time-hopping adventure that can't seem to decide if it's meant to be accessible to newcomers or just a greatest hits mix tape for the fans.

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    1 hr and 42 mins
  • Jumpgate #131 – The Lost Tales
    Feb 3 2025

    Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

    When given the opportunity to make a Babylon 5 film for DVD, creator J. Michael Strazinski opted instead for a collection of two shorter stories. Fans appear not to have taken to them. Are these some overlooked gems? Let’s find out.

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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Jumpgate #130 – The Legend of the Rangers
    Jan 27 2025

    Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

    Even with Crusade behind us, we have the pilot movie for another pitched spin-off. This one wasn’t picked up but we can still see what the set up was and get a sense of what the show might have been, for better or worse.

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    1 hr and 53 mins
  • Jumpgate #129 – Crusade planned episodes & series overview
    Jan 20 2025

    Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

    Crusade is over, and now it’s time to take a look at the plans that never came to be and arrive at an overall assessment of this short-lived spin-off.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Jumpgate #128 – Crusade: The Rules of the Game
    Jan 13 2025

    Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

    Crusade: The Rules of the Game – Gideon tries to get Lochley’s help in getting permission to land on a planet with a potential cure lead, and the two flirt up a storm in the process. Meanwhile Max bumps into his ex and makes a bad situation worse, despite the failure of the episode to acknowledge that’s what he’s done.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Jumpgate #127 – Crusade: The Well of Forever
    Jan 6 2025

    Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

    Crusade: The Well of Forever – The Excalibur is diverted from its species saving mission, because it’s a day that ends in “y,” but this time it’s because of their resident technomage. What a change of pace.

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    1 hr and 25 mins