Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! How did we ever hate this episode?? For the First Time Episode This show is produced in association with the Akin Collective, Mul...
Jul 14, 2025•1 hr 18 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! Brent's big question in this one: do they or don't they mention Z'ha'dum? For the First Time Episode This show is produced in ass...
Jul 07, 2025•59 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! Diving into the background on this episode had a ton of great stuff! For the First Time Episode This show is produced in associat...
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Send us a text We're doing something totally different this week. We're talking about the writeup that can be found in Babylon 5 - The Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski, Volume 15, of the original overview of the 5-year arc...BOTH 5-year arcs. Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First On...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 55 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! Nothing's the same anymore. Plus, we finalize the objectively correct, definitive ranking of all of the episodes of Season 1. Thi...
Jun 16, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! Spoiler alert - we still totally crack up at full frontal Londo! This show is produced in association with the Akin Collective, M...
Jun 09, 2025•51 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! Be there or B Squared.......... This show is produced in association with the Akin Collective, Mulberry Entertainment, and Framed...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! The third principle of sentient life is the capacity for self-sacrifice and we dive deep into this! This show is produced in asso...
May 26, 2025•1 hr 23 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! We have a NEW candidate for worst guest actor in the series! This show is produced in association with the Akin Collective, Mulbe...
May 19, 2025•1 hr
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! It takes a single word to describe this episode: PAIN!! This show is produced in association with the Akin Collective, Mulberry E...
May 12, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! We discover the "David Warner Effect" and see just how much of an impact it has on this episode. This show is produced in associa...
May 05, 2025•49 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! Jeff loved this one the first time around - maybe a little too much... What will he think this time around? Will he finally convi...
Apr 28, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! Jeff and Brent kinda liked this one the first time around. They knew it was big, but just thought it was ok. This time, they have...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! This is an episode that really changes on a second viewing for Jeff and Brent. In an ongoing trend, they really dig how Sinclair ...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! Liana Kemmer. We meet again. You were considered the worst guest star in our first time watch through. What will we think of you ...
Apr 07, 2025•40 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! And so it begins. The first of far too many kids not getting a happily ever after. Oh yeah, and we have thoughts on Dr. Franklin!...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! So much exposition in this one, and we LOVED every second of it!!! This show is produced in association with the Akin Collective,...
Mar 24, 2025•54 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! Did Jeff and Brent change their minds on this one? I can tell you, at least one of them did not... This show is produced in assoc...
Mar 17, 2025•50 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! The first time we watched this we loved DC Fontana's involvement. Do we feel any differently this time? Join us as we reflect on ...
Mar 10, 2025•58 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! Now that we know who - and what - Bester is, this episode comes across a lot differently. Jeff makes the controversial decision t...
Mar 03, 2025•57 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! We were absolutely right about one thing in our first watch: Na'Toth is amazing! Parliament of Dreams For the First Time: https:/...
Feb 24, 2025•45 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! Marshall Teague! We had no idea the greatness that was being thrust upon us the first time we watched this. Infection For the Fir...
Feb 17, 2025•52 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! Londo, Londo, Londo. The episode that showed us who you could have been and who you wanted to be. Born to the Purple For the Firs...
Feb 10, 2025•47 min
Send us a text Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connection to the world of Babylon 5! Jeff absolutely hated this one the first time around. Will it be different the second time?? Soul Hunter For the First Time: http...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Send us a text Tomorrow, we watch Soul Hunter for the SECOND time. Here's our First Time conversation. Check it out and get ready to experience our Second Time with us! Find out how you can support the show and get great bonus content like access to notes, a Discord server, unedited reaction videos, and more: https://www.patreon.com/babylon5first Special Thanks to all who support our show through Patreon, including: Executive Producers: Andrew Becky Sparks Calinicus ClubPro70 Colin 3of5 Colin Bl...
Feb 02, 2025•39 min
Send us a text **We apologize for the "crackle" sound. We found it in editing and decided we didn't want to fake a second viewing. We wanted to keep this authentic for you.** Join veteran Star Trek, and now Babylon 5 podcasters, Brent Allen and Jeff Akin as they dive into Babylon 5 for a second time! They revisit each episode with fresh insights and deeper analysis, reflecting on their first-time reactions. Perfect for First Ones and people new to the series, this journey offers a deeper connect...
Jan 27, 2025•43 min
Send us a text Tomorrow, we watch Midnight on the Firing Line for the SECOND time. Here's our First Time conversation. Check it out and get ready to experience our Second Time with us! Find out how you can support the show and get great bonus content like access to notes, a Discord server, unedited reaction videos, and more: https://www.patreon.com/babylon5first Special Thanks to all who support our show through Patreon, including: Executive Producers: Andrew Becky Sparks Calinicus ClubPro70 Col...
Jan 26, 2025•53 min
Send us a text After watching Babylon 5 For the First Time, Brent and Jeff, two former Star Trek podcasters are watching this incredible show for the second time, picking up all the pieces they missed on their first time. In their second viewing of The Gathering, will Jeff and Brent enjoy it as much as they did the first time?? This show is produced in association with the Akin Collective, Mulberry Entertainment, and Framed Games. Find out how you can support the show and get great bonus content...
Jan 20, 2025•11 min
Send us a text Two veteran Star Trek podcasters watch Babylon 5 for the first time. Brent Allen and Jeff Akin search for Star Trek like messages in this series, deciding if they should have watched it sooner. We read J. Michael Straczynski's autobiography, Becoming Superman. We explore what experiences made it into Babylon 5, the messages from the book, and we answer what might be the biggest question in all of Babylon 5. This show is produced in association with the Akin Collective, Mulberry En...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 21 min
Send us a text Two veteran Star Trek podcasters watch Babylon 5 for the first time. Brent Allen and Jeff Akin search for Star Trek like messages in this series, deciding if they should have watched it sooner. Jeff and Brent look at the entirety of Babylon 5. They rank the seasons, opening themes, episodes, and more! They talk favorite characters and unpopular opinions. This is it! The pinnacle of Babylon 5 For the First Time! This show is produced in association with the Akin Collective, Mulberr...
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 50 min
