“TK Doh!” would be more accurate. Susan Ivanova gets weepy with Rabbi Koslov, who’s come to the station to admonish her for being a bad Jew, and Garibaldi catches up with his old friend Walker Smith, who is the Barry Bonds of boxing in the 23rd century (yes, I know Bonds plays baseball – I’m trying to be current in my snide comments) and has come to the station to fight in the Mutai.
But, you’ve got to say it like the aliens do: MUUUUUUUTAAAAIII!
MUUUUUUUTAAAAIII! is like a combination of Ultimate Fighting Championship and Thunderdome in a disco from 1985, complete with gold lame walls and green and yellow neon lighting around the ring, but with the added excitement of Zima.
That’s right, the drink of choice on Babylon 5 is Zima. There’s a giant Zima sign on the wall of B5′s nastiest dive bar – you’ll see it prominently three or four times during the episode.
So, humans aren’t allowed to fight in the MUUUUUUUTAAAAIII! No real reason is given – it’s just implied that the rest of the galaxy thinks we’re, well. . . jerks.
Walker Smith finds a loophole that allows him to fight in the MUUUUUUUTAAAAIII! and what follows is an extended scene of some of the fakest staged fighting to ever stain a television. That’s cut with a scene of Ivanova sobbing while sitting shiva for her dad.
The effect is very weird.
The most interesting thing about “TKO” is the appearance of Harlan Ellison’s autobiography, which Ivanova is shown reading when her rabbi calls. According to her, the life of Harlan Ellison is just a laugh riot.
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