“If burnout is of concern, it is it because it represents a “challenge to dominant values: it generates new atheists in relation to techno-capitalism”.” — I’ve rarely seen some of the crises of contemporary industrial subjectivity so succinctly rendered.

I’ll be sharing this on my social media spaces!

I did watch the series and I thought the dream actually played out quite well in terms of solutions to it in future episodes. My piece was written with the assumption that people had seen these further episodes and could put two and two together themselves. There was a certain degree of tongue in cheek play in this piece as well.

I don’t think we are in disagreement on very much here actually. It is indeed a pity that the plot about Ivanova being a latent telepath never really went anywhere – it could have been quite good.

I didn’t know about the ‘man in between’ however. Thanks for that, but I still think my interpretation is valid. I think the ‘you’re the hand’ indicates that Sheridan is an instrument of destiny…

Your interpretation seems rather complicated and out of subject “the plot of Babylon 5″. Some parts of the mysterious dream have been releaved in the further development of the series:

1. Ivanovas “Do you know, who i am?”: In episode 41 “divided loyalities”, Ivanova reveals to Sheridan her biggest secret, hidden for a long time from everyone except her mother. She’s a latent telepath! Then she says Sheridan, that she sometimes doesn’t know who she is. Following a flashback of the dream question “do you know, who i am”. A pity, the plot of Ivanovas secret never really got any further development.

2. “The Man In-Between”, as called by Garibaldy in the dream, appears in the final episode of Season 3 “Z’ha’dum”. His name is Justin and he’s a human agent of the shadow, similar to Morden. Joe Michael Stratzinsky, creator of the series himself confirms, that Justin is this “Man in-between”, mentioned in the dream. His job seemed to be, to convince Sheridan to take side for the Shadows. Babylon 5′s involvement in the Shadow War drew the Attention of the Shadows to Sheridan, so Justin, the Man in between, so he sended Anna to drag John Sheridan to Z’ha’dum.

I still don’t understand, what is meant with “you’re the hand”, maybe Sheridan’s supposed to be Kosh’s Instrument to fight the Shadows.
And the second Sheridan in Psi-Corps-uniform? That one is a real mindfuck for me up to today. Has it something to do with Sheridans alliance with Bester against the Abuse of Telepaths by the Shadows for the war? This alliance was only temporary, it feels like there is more in in it…

Just my two pence…

Best regards
Aineko