This reminds me of Harry Mudd on Star Trek: "You see, gentlemen, behind every great man there is a woman urging him on. And so it was with my Stella. She urged me on into outer space. Not that she meant to, but with her continual, eternal, confounded nagging. Well, I think of her constantly, and every time I do, I go further out into space."
Although it has been mentioned before, Londo's nicknames for his wives ("Pestilence, Famaine, and Death") are the names of three of the Four Riders of the Apocalypse, which implies Londo himself is the Fourth Horseman - War.
OpenMawProductions Well, officially he had three wives at the time of the shadow war. The dancer he spoke once might have been one of those three. Could have been Timov! :))
+brav0wing Actually, he revealed in one episode that he fell in love with a Centauri dancer when he was young, and eloped with her, but his family forced him to annul the marriage, one of his many regrets.
Dr. Stephen Franklin: Ambassador Mollari do you mind if I make one personal observation. Londo Mollari: No, not at all. Dr. Stephen Franklin: Stick it. Londo Mollari: How odd, and I didn't even know *we* were married.
I'm reminded of Harry Mudd, and his wife Stella. As he puts it, 'She is the reason I am out in space. Every time I think of her, I go further..and further..out into space.'
I recently had a roommate like that. I've always been too much of a homebody, but with him there, I put off going home for as long as possible. Too bad it only lasted 9 days before he went completely crazy and I had to flee in the middle of the night. I miss that guy!
Okay, people keep saying this, and it's got to stop: Londo is not war. Londo is the Apocalypse. War is his mistress. War is the being he has romanced but never committed to. The one he flirts with but fears exposing as related to him. When War comes, he is destroyed as much as all others, and all because he couldn't resist the urge for one more circuit.
Whether or not it is the proper literary reference is not the point. The foreshadowing is for Londo to be War by process of elimination. From the Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5 "Soul Mates" page with Peter David's comments as he wrote the episode. "Daggair is Pestilence, Timov is Famine, and Mariel is Death. At first I was going to have all their names be reflections of the titles "assigned" them by Londo, but I decided that would be too cutesy. The only holdover from that idea is Timov, whose name backwards is, of course, Vomit. (I'll never forget Jane Carr coming over to me the fifth day of shooting and saying in that accented voice of hers, "Peter...did you *know* that my character's name is vomit spelled backwards?" Uhhhh...well, yeah...) You all realize, of course, that Londo is--by process of elimination-- War."
Notice that Londo names his wives Pestilence, Famine and Death, in reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. That means Londo would be 'War' which turns out to be quite prophetic in the course of the story.
LOL.. Famine, Pestilence, and Death. I guess that makes Londo the fourth Horseman...WAR. Poor Narn, they never had a chance. JMS was a genius at writing this stuff. BEST SCI-FI show ever! ( And I'm a HUGE STNG fan....)
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Wanna know what's hilarious? One of his wives is played by the delightful actress, Jane Carr, who appears on Gilmore girls and is equally delightful there!
You can’t live with ‘em, you can’t live without ‘em There’s something irresistible-ish about ‘em We grin and bear it ‘cause the nights are long I hope that something better comes along...😜
Hmm, Babylon 5 is 75 light years away from Centauri Prime. It is supposed to be, "Deep in neutral territory." Knowing that the Centauri were the first alien civilization earth encountered, and assuming Centauri Prime is fairly centrally located with the Centauri empire, that statement could allow one to look at some astronomical charts and begin building a map of that part of the galaxy in which B5 took place.
Babylon 5 has kinda a weird map. The few published maps available contradict eachother and the writers were never particularly good about keeping things consistent.
The Centauri empire imploded in a civil war during the 21st Century and Earth and a bunch of minor powers from the League of Nonaligned Worlds occupy most of what used to be their territory. So Centauri Prime could indeed be surprisingly close to what Earth considers "deep space".
@@ronfleming8775 I was unaware of this civil war in our 21st century. What episode was that mentioned in? You are certainly right that most, if not all, of the members of the league must have been former Centauri colonies. I always thought that the scripts should have dealt with that more. The great majority of countries here on Earth were, within the last 250 years or so, parts of one or another of eight large empires. Every single one of them has had its economy and culture profoundly affected, for good or ill, by that experience. The League worlds should have been similarly affected by the Centauri, but the only one they ever talked about in that regard was Narn.
Babylon 5 is in neutral territory between Earth and Minbar and also between the Narn Regime and Centauri Republic , like at a crossroads. The Centauri are a shell of their former selves and once did expand further than the 75 light years away. Garibaldi calls out Londo over his claims when they first met, including how large the empire was. Space maps are not perfectly spherical and radiating from a certain point, as Star Trek and Star Wars have proven. Hence B5 is just outside everyone's territory by design.
Well, Babylon 5's location is stated to be Epsilon Eridani en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_Eridani_in_fiction The planet it orbits is entirely fictional, though, as there's only one planet in the system and it's a gas giant.
Doesn't he tell a story to Garibaldi to cheer him up where he says he married a stripper and told whatever he was worrying about couldn't he couldn't be that bad He later goes on to say that she has a voice that could shatter glass and ordered him about so I like to think that was famine the short one he decides to keep who has the restaurant invoice and clearly puts him in his place and the one he has the most affection for
The Centauri really didn't need to use Mass Drivers on the Narn - deploying just one of Londo's wives to the Narn Homeworld would have had the Kha'Ri on their knees!
But you have to hand it to Londo he has pictures openly displayed of his wives, he just lives away from them but he knows he is a married Centauri. No, if and or buts that is what made Lond so likable he honored his duties all of them never shrieking a single one no matter how awful.
I'd like to add to that last bit of yours Karen, think about a long future quote: He had four wives, and cared deeply for all of them, but he loved Centauri Prime. Most focus on the last part, but think about the first. Arranged and horrible as the marriages were, he still CARED about each wife, even when he didn't love them. Perhaps that goes into some of that motivation for still keeping the pictures openly displayed.
That is his front room of his quarters. It is where he receives private guests. Everything in that room is a prop to make everyone realize he is AMBASSADOR Mollari, husband, devoted to all that is Centauri Prime. He keeps a statue of one of his gods there. Lots of drapery, pictures of his wives, and anything he can think of to remind people of his place in society. Notice the pictures are not in his bedroom where he is private and also sleeps and relaxes. They are only out for show.
No, it seemed that Londo kinda opted of not having children, possibly because his own childhood, which was quite miserable. In the same episode, there's a scene where he tell Vir very solemn story about his own father. ruclips.net/video/k445V4XXo3o/видео.html He also later told to G'kar that he was never a child: he had not real past time, only duties which he was expected to carry out precisely. He does have a nephew Carn Mollari who at the time of the series was head researcher and project director of Centauri agriculture colony.
I'm always amused by how bad those pictures are... Like, not just the posing, they all look really amateurish. I have pictures of my grandparents and cousins that look just like those that I took with the cheap camera my dad bought me back before phones had decent ones.
ANd in another episode, he married a dancing girl with a horrible voice. Married her On the same day I think, because she gave him the advice, It can't be that bad.
@@aethertech Maybe Adira had a child or maybe he had a child with another woman or maybe he was shooting blanks! When he becomes Emperor, he would usually have a good few options except for the creature that was controlling him!
This reminds me of Harry Mudd on Star Trek:
"You see, gentlemen, behind every great man there is a woman urging him on. And so it was with my Stella. She urged me on into outer space. Not that she meant to, but with her continual, eternal, confounded nagging. Well, I think of her constantly, and every time I do, I go further out into space."
Harcourt Fenton Mudd!!! What have you been up to? Drinking _again!
Although it has been mentioned before, Londo's nicknames for his wives ("Pestilence, Famaine, and Death") are the names of three of the Four Riders of the Apocalypse, which implies Londo himself is the Fourth Horseman - War.
As a fan of B5 I've never heard this before nor realised it,... silly me!
Thank you!
A fantastic foreSHADOWing to what he will become.
Hugh S He did have a fourth wife though.
OpenMawProductions Well, officially he had three wives at the time of the shadow war. The dancer he spoke once might have been one of those three. Could have been Timov! :))
Hugh S His fourth wife is the Centauri Republic.
+brav0wing Actually, he revealed in one episode that he fell in love with a Centauri dancer when he was young, and eloped with her, but his family forced him to annul the marriage, one of his many regrets.
Peter Jurasik being the excellent actor on this series, those writers did this man justice with a lot of his lines in this show.
Dr. Stephen Franklin: Ambassador Mollari do you mind if I make one personal observation.
Londo Mollari: No, not at all.
Dr. Stephen Franklin: Stick it.
Londo Mollari: How odd, and I didn't even know *we* were married.
I'm reminded of Harry Mudd, and his wife Stella. As he puts it, 'She is the reason I am out in space. Every time I think of her, I go further..and further..out into space.'
My thoughts as well
God I adore Londo so much, he’s so relatable 😂
And this is why I love this character!
What do you want you moon faced assassin of joy!
Mollari was totally correct about relationships. The relationship games urge men onwards, to create greater space between them.
I recently had a roommate like that. I've always been too much of a homebody, but with him there, I put off going home for as long as possible. Too bad it only lasted 9 days before he went completely crazy and I had to flee in the middle of the night. I miss that guy!
Ah yes... why Londo was always my favorite character!
"If you hold his head to your ear, you will hear the sea"
The never ending wisdom of London Mollari.
Lot of brilliance in that one little scene!
I just love Londo and his view on life in general AKA his wives
Okay, people keep saying this, and it's got to stop:
Londo is not war. Londo is the Apocalypse. War is his mistress. War is the being he has romanced but never committed to. The one he flirts with but fears exposing as related to him. When War comes, he is destroyed as much as all others, and all because he couldn't resist the urge for one more circuit.
I just thought it was funny he named them pestilence, famine, and death. Had me laughing hard. lol
Whether or not it is the proper literary reference is not the point. The foreshadowing is for Londo to be War by process of elimination.
From the Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5 "Soul Mates" page with Peter David's comments as he wrote the episode.
"Daggair is Pestilence, Timov is Famine, and Mariel is Death.
At first I was going to have all their names be reflections of the titles "assigned" them by Londo, but I decided that would be too cutesy. The only holdover from that idea is Timov, whose name backwards is, of course, Vomit. (I'll never forget Jane Carr coming over to me the fifth day of shooting and saying in that accented voice of hers, "Peter...did you *know* that my character's name is vomit spelled backwards?" Uhhhh...well, yeah...)
You all realize, of course, that Londo is--by process of elimination-- War."
LoL that's why I loved Londo. He was hilarious
CLASSIC!!!
And funny as HELL!
Notice that Londo names his wives Pestilence, Famine and Death, in reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. That means Londo would be 'War' which turns out to be quite prophetic in the course of the story.
What was the nickname of the one he kept? He got rid of two of his wifes.
@@CatherinePuceThe one he kept was Timov who is nicknamed Famine. The other two were Daggair ("Pestilence"), and Mariel ("Death").
dear lord this show hit all the bases
LOL.. Famine, Pestilence, and Death. I guess that makes Londo the fourth Horseman...WAR. Poor Narn, they never had a chance. JMS was a genius at writing this stuff. BEST SCI-FI show ever! ( And I'm a HUGE STNG fan....)
Never noticed they recast his wives for the episode when he divorced 2/3 of them. Expectable, of course.
Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwings us togethew today. Mawwiage, that bwessed awwangement, that dweam within a dweam. And wove, twue wove, wiww fowwow you fowevah and evah… So tweasuwe youw wove
Peter Jurasik can give such energy into words 0:31 its amazing.
Inspiring man.
Wanna know what's hilarious? One of his wives is played by the delightful actress, Jane Carr, who appears on Gilmore girls and is equally delightful there!
Mpudi ("The Gods Must Be Crazy"): I know how to marry them. Nobody knows how to live with them.
Londo Mollari Quote,The three stages of marriage pestilence, famine and death. And I guess that makes him war.
I once knew a trucker with that same mentality.
It's a classic country cliche
I love this scene
a good husband is well fed well cared for and far away
lol the Al Bundy of B5.
"Did you miss me Al?"
"Only with every bullet so far"
me = Bwahahahahahaha
Only a lot more sophisticated.
Fortunately for Al, he had only one red-haired monster to deal with.
@@michaelweigel8253 Londo's favor from the emperor he asked was also hilarious: he wanted a divorce.
When he gets to divorce two of them, he remains married to Degair because he always knows where he stands with her.
Timor he stayed with and divorced Degair.
Timov, and the actress isn't any of three! I think?
Although it was not Degair who tried to kill him.
No it was Mariel, although Daggair probably considered it.
It was Timov, which is Vomit spelt backwards.
omg i love it!
Yup I had one of those!
Thankfully she went off and left me in peace!
what an amazing character and actor!
knowing that they're waiting for me at home is what motivates and keep me here! - LMAO. Londo really is the best!
Always the pragmatist, that Londo.
You can’t live with ‘em, you can’t live without ‘em
There’s something irresistible-ish about ‘em
We grin and bear it ‘cause the nights are long
I hope that something better comes along...😜
To quote Dan from Night Court: 'You can't live with 'em, you can't do most positions without 'em.'
Londo's wives are so terrifying that Vir even flinched at their pictures!
Hmm, Babylon 5 is 75 light years away from Centauri Prime. It is supposed to be, "Deep in neutral territory." Knowing that the Centauri were the first alien civilization earth encountered, and assuming Centauri Prime is fairly centrally located with the Centauri empire, that statement could allow one to look at some astronomical charts and begin building a map of that part of the galaxy in which B5 took place.
Babylon 5 has kinda a weird map. The few published maps available contradict eachother and the writers were never particularly good about keeping things consistent.
The Centauri empire imploded in a civil war during the 21st Century and Earth and a bunch of minor powers from the League of Nonaligned Worlds occupy most of what used to be their territory. So Centauri Prime could indeed be surprisingly close to what Earth considers "deep space".
@@ronfleming8775 I was unaware of this civil war in our 21st century. What episode was that mentioned in?
You are certainly right that most, if not all, of the members of the league must have been former Centauri colonies. I always thought that the scripts should have dealt with that more. The great majority of countries here on Earth were, within the last 250 years or so, parts of one or another of eight large empires. Every single one of them has had its economy and culture profoundly affected, for good or ill, by that experience. The League worlds should have been similarly affected by the Centauri, but the only one they ever talked about in that regard was Narn.
Babylon 5 is in neutral territory between Earth and Minbar and also between the Narn Regime and Centauri Republic , like at a crossroads. The Centauri are a shell of their former selves and once did expand further than the 75 light years away. Garibaldi calls out Londo over his claims when they first met, including how large the empire was.
Space maps are not perfectly spherical and radiating from a certain point, as Star Trek and Star Wars have proven. Hence B5 is just outside everyone's territory by design.
Well, Babylon 5's location is stated to be Epsilon Eridani en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_Eridani_in_fiction The planet it orbits is entirely fictional, though, as there's only one planet in the system and it's a gas giant.
True. Stars of BAB 5
This has got to be the funniest clip of Babylon 5.
You all are forgetting Londo’s fourth wife, the one who finally finished him. G’Kar is obviously “War.”
Most excellent!
The Emphasis on DEATH got me laughing hard lol 0:22
75 light years away kills me every time.
Nice job on the chipmonk video.
Pestilence, Famine, Death.
Does that make G'kar the Horseman of War?
Good point, as JMS said that in later of the season Londo and G'kar had more a husband and wife dynamic.
Doesn't he tell a story to Garibaldi to cheer him up where he says he married a stripper and told whatever he was worrying about couldn't he couldn't be that bad
He later goes on to say that she has a voice that could shatter glass and ordered him about so I like to think that was famine the short one he decides to keep who has the restaurant invoice and clearly puts him in his place and the one he has the most affection for
If only I could get 75 Lightyears from here.
I have heard this was the main reason behind the Dutch maretime empire.
I know that’s true. I have experienced it. LOL 😂
The Centauri really didn't need to use Mass Drivers on the Narn - deploying just one of Londo's wives to the Narn Homeworld would have had the Kha'Ri on their knees!
I wonder what his wives call him?
Probably Londo to his face, and other things behind his back. (At least with Daggair and Mariel, Timov probably called him things to his face.
But you have to hand it to Londo he has pictures openly displayed of his wives, he just lives away from them but he knows he is a married Centauri.
No, if and or buts that is what made Lond so likable he honored his duties all of them never shrieking a single one no matter how awful.
I'd like to add to that last bit of yours Karen, think about a long future quote: He had four wives, and cared deeply for all of them, but he loved Centauri Prime. Most focus on the last part, but think about the first. Arranged and horrible as the marriages were, he still CARED about each wife, even when he didn't love them. Perhaps that goes into some of that motivation for still keeping the pictures openly displayed.
That is his front room of his quarters. It is where he receives private guests. Everything in that room is a prop to make everyone realize he is AMBASSADOR Mollari, husband, devoted to all that is Centauri Prime. He keeps a statue of one of his gods there. Lots of drapery, pictures of his wives, and anything he can think of to remind people of his place in society. Notice the pictures are not in his bedroom where he is private and also sleeps and relaxes. They are only out for show.
Londo.
It's getting a reboot, which is either a really good thing or a very bad thing.
Babylon 5 is only 75 lightyears away from Centauri Prime? Small neighbourhood huh.
Right, right right...
Three wives. Did Londo not have any kids? I mean, with arranged marriages, that tends to be part of the arrangement.
No, it seemed that Londo kinda opted of not having children, possibly because his own childhood, which was quite miserable. In the same episode, there's a scene where he tell Vir very solemn story about his own father. ruclips.net/video/k445V4XXo3o/видео.html He also later told to G'kar that he was never a child: he had not real past time, only duties which he was expected to carry out precisely. He does have a nephew Carn Mollari who at the time of the series was head researcher and project director of Centauri agriculture colony.
Get it right guys!
He stayed with Timov because he secretly knew that she saved his life with a blood transfusion.
0:21
Now you know why almost all mormon men don't and didn't practice polygamy.
😂
I'm always amused by how bad those pictures are... Like, not just the posing, they all look really amateurish. I have pictures of my grandparents and cousins that look just like those that I took with the cheap camera my dad bought me back before phones had decent ones.
ANd in another episode, he married a dancing girl with a horrible voice. Married her On the same day I think, because she gave him the advice, It can't be that bad.
Smart man lol.
Spoilers he kept the annoying one
Arranged? Thought he married a dancer because he's drunk?
And he was forced to divorce her before he married any of the others.
3 wives, 0 children...something's wrong here. 🤔
Yes, being 75 lightyears away from Pestilence, Famine, and Death.
@@aethertech Maybe Adira had a child or maybe he had a child with another woman or maybe he was shooting blanks! When he becomes Emperor, he would usually have a good few options except for the creature that was controlling him!
He did not want children.
"Wife Bad"
-Londo "Boomer" Mollari