Babylon 5/Recap/Film/03 The River of Souls

This symbol. This is a death symbol. And the other side, a symbol of life. Not life or death or life and death but life in death. Life eternal.

—Dr. Bryson

This movie contains examples of:

• A Form You Are Comfortable With: The Ralgans who speaks to Lochley takes the form of Dr. Franklin.
• Amoral Attorney: Riley.
• And I Must Scream: The Ralgans regard their containment as this.
• Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: The Ralgans were about to do this. The Soul Hunters sensed their impending separation from their bodies and mistook it for dying.
• The Cameo: Richard Biggs appears as Dr. Franklin for one scene.
• Continuity Nod: At one point Lochley asks Garibaldi, "Still sober?"

Garibaldi: As a judge.

• Hey, It's That Guy!: What's The Illusive Man doing as an alien?
  • That's President Soul Hunter to you!
• Near-Death Clairvoyance: As Lochley lies in a coma, she watches as efforts are made to save her life, then, just as she seems to die, she is drawn into the soul sphere where one of the Ralgans explains that they were really evolving.
• Red Light District: Mayhew's holobrothel.
• Taking the Bullet: Lochley pushes Soul Hunter out of the way of a Ralgans attack and is struck instead.