First half horrible, second half great!
I read some bad reviews of this DVD and approached it prepared for something disappointing. The first half bore that out for two reasons:
1) The dialogue was so artificial it was unbelievable. The priest launches into a speech on the history of religion the second he sits down, and the whole thing sounds like some student essay. When they confront the possessed man, he lays the entire conflict of the story out in the plainest language possible. People don't talk like that!
2) The whole conflict and resolution of the story was ridiculous. Lochley is responsible for saving the universe from Satan? WTF?!!! Satan didn't try to escape until now, and his plan for escape is ridiculous. And she solves it, exploiting some until-now unheard of technicality of possession which states that demons who possess people are put to sleep by sleeping drugs administered to the person they inhabit. Sigh. And they will pass word on to stop demons from escaping earth from now on. It's so friggin' forced, unbelievable, and in the end so neatly resolved of a story. ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!
The second story started out feeling the same way... The banter between President Sheridan and the reporter was stilted in a similar way as that of the first story. Why would Sheridan open up to this reporter about his personal feelings regarding Londo and how he doesn't laugh anymore? Not very statesmanlike or prudent for a President to speak that way about the leader of another power in the universe, particularly a troubled one who has publicly expressed hatred of Earth at the end of B5.
But then, as soon as Galen and Sheridan started arguing about how Sheridan didn't like Galen showing him these visions of destruction... That was fantastic and unexpected -- a great twist on a scene that could have been cliche. From that point on the episode had me, and I enjoyed it to the end, with the minor caveat that the wide shot digital matte painting of B5's landing bay was ridiculously static. There were small people painted on it who didn't move a millimeter while Sheridan was walking around and talking above them.
So, in the end, it was a refreshing achievement after the disappointment I felt on watching "Legend of the Rangers." My personal hunch is that JMS is a workaholic who takes on so many scriptwriting projects in comics, TV, and movies at once that sometimes he rushes through stuff too fast and turns out things that could use another couple drafts to come out right.