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Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by chasil on Saturday February 14, 2026 @03:51AM (#47012864)
The primary thing to know is that the actor who played Sinclair in season one, Michael O'Hare, suffered from mental illness.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O%27Hare

His treatments were only partially successful. He reappeared in a cameo appearance early in season two ("The Coming of Shadows") and returned in season three for a two-part episode ("War Without End") which closed his character's story arc. At that time, Straczynski promised O'Hare to keep his condition secret "to my grave". O'Hare told him to instead "keep the secret to my grave", arguing that fans deserved to eventually learn the real reason for his departure, and that his experience could raise awareness and understanding for people with mental illness. He made no further appearances on Babylon 5 but continued to support the show and appeared at conventions and signing events until his retirement from public appearances in 2000.

On September 28, 2012, Straczynski posted that O'Hare had had a heart attack in New York City five days earlier and had remained in a coma until his death that day.[48] Eight months later, Straczynski revealed the circumstances of O'Hare's departure from Babylon 5 at a presentation about the series at the Phoenix Comicon.

Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by chasil on Saturday February 14, 2026 @03:54AM (#47012883)
Claudia Christian, who played Susan Ivanova, is also well known for her documentary on alcohol addiction.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=crYU4xT1aRI

Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by TiredOfLife on Saturday February 14, 2026 @04:04AM (#47012932)
It would be easier to list b5 actors without drug or alcohol issues.
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by chasil on Saturday February 14, 2026 @04:18AM (#47013000)
Look at what she has to say.

It is of profound significance.

Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by normie3000 on Saturday February 14, 2026 @05:16AM (#47013333)
You've linked to a 50+ minute video. Is it recommending naltrexone for alcoholism?
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by chasil on Saturday February 14, 2026 @05:28AM (#47013386)
It is, after the well-known book by Roy Eskapa.

https://www.amazon.com/Cure-Alcoholism-Willpower-Abstinence-...

Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by jostylr on Saturday February 14, 2026 @12:51PM (#47016605)
There is also Katie Herzog's recent memoir/guidebook on it: https://www.amazon.com/Drink-Your-Way-Sober-Science-Based/dp...
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by danaris on Saturday February 14, 2026 @04:44AM (#47013147)
And sadly, so many of the main cast are no longer with us—far more than one would expect from their ages.

I know that some of them, indeed, died due to substance abuse issues; I don't know the circumstances of all of them. They will all be greatly missed.

Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by RobotToaster on Saturday February 14, 2026 @07:56AM (#47014192)
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by danaris on Saturday February 14, 2026 @09:51AM (#47014943)
Indeed—and Mira Furlan died just a few years ago, at 65.
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by chasil on Saturday February 14, 2026 @04:57AM (#47013233)
In the lingo of the show, they have "gone beyond the rim" (of our galaxy).
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by danaris on Saturday February 14, 2026 @06:21AM (#47013626)
And we will see them again in the place where no shadows fall.
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by Findecanor on Saturday February 14, 2026 @09:02AM (#47014606)
Being a B5 fan, I found it heart-breaking to see Jeff Conaway on the reality show Celebrity Rehab a decade later. (the fact that there even existed a TV show called "Celebrity Rehab" ...)

Too many others of the main cast had died relatively young, of "natural causes" though. Richard Biggs, Mira Furlan and Stephen Furst stand out.

Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by sandworm101 on Saturday February 14, 2026 @10:07AM (#47015059)
They are actors, young people paid to display exaggerated emotion while living in a world that values youth and appearance over everything. Then we ask them to constantly adopt new characters and shower them with on-again off-again false praise based on whether or not they are working on a given day. Frankly, i am impressed that any of them manage to walk away without profound mental health issues.
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by thaumasiotes on Saturday February 14, 2026 @10:15AM (#47015120)
> Frankly, i am impressed that any of them manage to walk away without profound mental health issues.

My impression is that there's not much causation from being an actor to mental fragility. It's the other way around; the pool of people who make good actors is already prone to mental fragility before they become actors.

Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by TiredOfLife on Saturday February 14, 2026 @04:05AM (#47012938)
Could you list more spoilers!?
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by chasil on Saturday February 14, 2026 @04:36AM (#47013108)
If you want to know something about the series, then ask.

I will upvote you now.

Edit: Vir waves.

Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by largbae on Saturday February 14, 2026 @01:03PM (#47016718)
The Vorlons are really a_____!
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by nobody9999 on Saturday February 14, 2026 @10:10PM (#47020691)
>The Vorlons are really a_____!

If you believe the actors on the DVD alternate commentary tracks, a Wurlitzer!

Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by account42 on Monday February 16, 2026 @04:51AM (#47033045)
A bunch of cunts, yes.
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by YinglingHeavy on Saturday February 14, 2026 @06:04AM (#47013541)
* 02/22/1993 Jeffrey Epstein obtains Zorro Ranch from King

* 02/22/1993 Jeffrey SINclair: Babylon 5 debut

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"Something as big as Epstein’s operation starting up will usually have comms sent marking it.

This show explains a likely “intent” of why Epstein was allowed to meet and interact in suspect ways with so many important political and business people.

It clarifies the affiliation of Epstein. Note his (O'Hare) date of birth being as the world signed agreement to cooperate at CERN.

So let’s go through the show and we may just gleam a heck of a lot about intent. Note the pilot being about clearing Jeffrey Sinclairs name of suspicion of murder.

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He was removed after the first season due to mental health issues. Meaning he went off the rails for at least some of the people who agreed to back him. Therefore we cannot assume anything Jeffrey Epstein did after 1994 with children was approved by all sides. On the contrary, this disagreement suggests at least some of the parties initially on board had strongly changed their mind about him once they saw what he was doing.

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The way MK ops work is hidden, like a submarine that surfaces only when it’s time to attack. If one person dies there isn’t necessarily clearly understood of who pulled the string, and even when it is the way it works is specifically designed to be unpunishable. This seems to be the point of what Epstein was greenlit to do.

Finding who is tied to past murders. Create Leverage to prevent more murders of those participating in truce."

Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by 2muchcoffeeman on Saturday February 14, 2026 @06:41AM (#47013745)
This is the first loony conspiracy theory I’ve seen posted on HN
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by YinglingHeavy on Saturday February 14, 2026 @07:07AM (#47013923)
You never forget your first.
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by tiberious726 on Saturday February 14, 2026 @05:14PM (#47018941)
Still trying to figure out how it's related to B5
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by gspetr on Saturday February 14, 2026 @10:44AM (#47015360)
You should delete the spoilers. O'Hare's personal history is important, but the part of the comment about his chronological appearances in the show is not.
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by jghn on Saturday February 14, 2026 @01:18PM (#47016885)
Talking about a show that aired 30 years ago isn't "spoilers". Anyone who wanted to not be spoiled has had plenty of time to go rectify that situation by now.
Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by pavel_lishin on Saturday February 14, 2026 @09:12PM (#47020435)
> Anyone who wanted to not be spoiled has had plenty of time to go rectify that situation by now.

Unless they're a young person hearing about this show for the first time, here.

It's wildly unkind to suggest that just because you know the big plot twists, everyone else should as well.

Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by jghn on Saturday February 14, 2026 @10:58PM (#47020917)
At some point there needs to be a statute of limitations on this stuff. In general I find spoiler fanatics kind of silly anyways: if I don't want something spoiled I don't read online discourse about that thing. It's my responsibility. But whatever.

But let's suppose I *did* care about spoilers. I shouldn't be expecting everyone to walk on eggshells when they're discussing Gunsmoke or Happy Days.

Re:Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube by account42 on Monday February 16, 2026 @04:49AM (#47033030)
Eh, being mentally prepared for his sudden departure in Season 2 is not the worst thing. This isn't something he writers intended as a plot twist after all.