>>100331109The difference between Dead and being Dead-Dead...
If James Michael Straczynzki was asked, at the end of season 3 of Babylon 5, "is Sheridan dead?", he would likely have responded, "of course he is. He's obviously dead."
But he wasn't dead-dead, but he was dead, by being in purgatory, when Lorien met him.
Being in Soul World is being dead, but not dead-dead.
Hence the writers and directors can say they are dead, because they are dead, but not dead-dead.
