Delenn ships Londo/G'Kar, I'm telling you. The whole representatives of enemy races thing worked for her and Sheridan!
Lochley turning out to be Sheridan's ex: at the time, I rolled my eyes, but when cahn watched the show for the first time two years ago, she requested Sheridan/Lochley backstory for Candyhearts, and I wrote it for her, and since then I've come around.
Day of the Dead is another favourite episode of mine, and the one where Lochley's characterisation really kicks in. It's also the first non-JMS written episode of Babylon 5 since mind season 2, and yet, he freely admitted the author did a better job with fleshing out Lochley than he'd done so far. You may or may not have noticed in the credits: the author is Neil Gaiman. Yes, he turned out to be a crappy human being. But also yes, he's a superb writer, and Day of the Dead highlights this, not just with the Lochley and Zoe scenes (which fit very much with some Sandman characters), but also with everything else, up to and including the encounter with the Dead (except for Lennier/Morden) turning out to be a positive experience JMS gave Gaiman carte blanche in who he could bring back, and Gaiman picked who he thought would make the most interesting combinations, hence Garibaldi/Dodger. (BTW, I agree about the chemistry vs Garibaldi/Lise.)
andraste did a wonderful vid about (some of) the women of B5 which has spoilers only up to this episode, which it uses as a framing device, and you can watch it here.
ETA: And speaking of fanfic using this episode's concept: hobsonphile wrote a Day of the Dead story for Vir, in which he gets visited by.... drumroll...Cartagia. (Because life has it in for Vir, and also he's prophecied to become Emperor after Londo, after all.)
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Lochley turning out to be Sheridan's ex: at the time, I rolled my eyes, but when
Day of the Dead is another favourite episode of mine, and the one where Lochley's characterisation really kicks in. It's also the first non-JMS written episode of Babylon 5 since mind season 2, and yet, he freely admitted the author did a better job with fleshing out Lochley than he'd done so far. You may or may not have noticed in the credits: the author is Neil Gaiman. Yes, he turned out to be a crappy human being. But also yes, he's a superb writer, and Day of the Dead highlights this, not just with the Lochley and Zoe scenes (which fit very much with some Sandman characters), but also with everything else, up to and including the encounter with the Dead (except for Lennier/Morden) turning out to be a positive experience JMS gave Gaiman carte blanche in who he could bring back, and Gaiman picked who he thought would make the most interesting combinations, hence Garibaldi/Dodger. (BTW, I agree about the chemistry vs Garibaldi/Lise.)
ETA: And speaking of fanfic using this episode's concept: