Ready?
Not yet. I got 2 dozen more copies
of this treaty to sign
before the meeting.
Who knew that the presidency
was 50% panic and 50% paperwork?
Give me 5 more minutes.
We're already late.
I know, I know.
Can you stall them a bit?
Not a problem.
I'll tell them we're declaring war on Earth.
That will give them
something positive to think about.
Good. Good.
Give me the paperwork
and I'll sign it.
Done.
Phew! Sorry I'm late.
They're not here.
The members of the alliance voted to boycott
all future meetings of the council
until we can guarantee
the safety of their shipping lines
against the recent series of attacks.
Why the hell are we getting
the sole rap for this?
Shouldn't their own governments
be pitching in?
Each government can only operate its military
within its own borders without causing an incident.
It's the spaces in between
where their ships are being attacked.
They say that if we are not strong enough
to protect our own members,
or at least find out who's responsible,
what point is there in belonging to the alliance?
[Sighs]
Well, as much as I hate to admit it,
they've got a point.
Yes, they do.
We need a break...
A witness... Something.
Yes, we do...Badly.
Repeat, this is redstar 9.
Is there anyone in the sector?
We are under attack. We are under attack.
Whoa! Jimmy, you still down there?
Jimmy: Yeah.
Oh, they're jamming the signal.
You gotta give me more power.
Maybe we can outrun them.
I'm doing the best I can.
Jimmy?
Computer, set the life-pod to eject
as soon as I'm inside.
Computer: Confirmed.
And so it begins...
There is a hole in your mind.
What do you want?
No one here is exactly what he appears.
Nothing's the same anymore.
Commander Sinclair is being reassigned.
Why don't you eliminate
the entire Narn homeworld?
I see a great hand reaching out of a star.
President Clark has signed a decree today declaring...
These orders have forced us to declare independence.
Weapons, surprise...
...get off their encounter-suited butts
and do something.
You're the one who was.
Why are you here?
I think of my beautiful city in flames.
Now, get the hell out of our galaxy!
We are here to place President Clark under arrest.
You know, G'Kar, it's a strange thing.
In the past, it was a great relief
to leave Babylon 5,
and a great joy to return home.
Now it is a relief
to leave Centauri Prime and be anywhere else.
I don't know what to call home anymore.
Well, have you considered the possibility
that you're simply not meant to be happy
no matter where you are?
No, I hadn't. Not until you mentioned it.
I thought you were supposed to be protecting me,
looking out for my best interests.
I am. The warrior in me is watching out for your life.
But the Narn is me
has decided that it's your spirit
that's in the greatest need of protection.
Now, wait, is it me,
or are people looking at us?
Well, at me, actually.
Why?
I don't know.
I'm honored, sir.
He seems very glad to see you.
Yes, but we weren't gone that long.
Less than a month.
Well, there you have
a key to your popularity.
Your absence.
Go away for a month, and they bow.
Go away for 6 months,
they will tear the place apart
when you come back.
Perhaps you should go away
and never come back again.
Then, your popularity will be so overwhelming,
it would blacken the stars.
Mollari--
I have always said this about you.
Nothing so improves your company
like the lack of it.
The less they see of you,
the more they like you.
No, no, wait, wait, wait.
Perhaps you can make some money from this.
10 credits for you not to be there for an hour
100 credits for you not to be there for the day.
And for you not to be there
for the rest of your life...
Well, they could never afford it.
[Muttering]
[Beeping]
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Just a second to receive.
Hey, Michael, where you been?
Did I wake you?
Yeah. Yeah, what time is it?
10:00.
10:00. Oh.
Oh, man, I must have forgot to set the alarm.
You ok? You look like crap.
Why, thank you, Zack.
I think you look pretty cute, too.
Uh, it's just I didn't sleep very well.
I must be coming down with a cold or something.
What's up?
Well, we had an appointment this morning
to go over some reports, which you missed.
And Delenn just called to set up a meeting
in a half an hour in the President's office.
I'll be there.
You sure? Because
if you're not feeling well...
I'll be fine.
Tell him I'll be there with bells on.
Well, at least that way,
we'll know how to find you.
Security out.
[Beep]
Oh, man.
I think we have some good news.
A flight of Rangers sent to investigate an attack
on several Drazi ships
found a life pod missing from one of the transports.
Then we've got a survivor.
Somebody who can finally tell us
who's behind these attacks.
We think so.
What kind of transport?
That's where it gets dicey.
It was a human transport.
We think he may have been
smuggling illegal goods and cargo into Drazi space
on orders from their government.
That's great.
Wait a minute, the Drazi government?
What kind of illegal goods?
Well, every race that joins the alliance
agrees to boycott items on the prohibited list.
Dust. Certain other drugs
used to control and violate people.
An assortment of really nasty
biological weapons. That sort of thing.
Officially, they agree to keep the stuff out.
But unofficially,
they buy and sell it all the time.
They use it to control colonies,
trade for resources, whatever.
They sub-contract with smugglers
to bring the stuff in.
That way, if anything goes wrong,
the government can deny any knowledge of it.
Which means we can pretty much forget
about any cooperation from the Drazi government.
So that leaves 2 questions
in front of us.
One: Did he survive
and make it back to the Drazi homeworld?
2: Can we find him
and get him to testify about what he saw?
Well, there's only one way to know for sure
and that's to go in and take a look.
I know a guy--
he's a security consultant in the Drazi capital.
I worked with him back when we were stationed
on the mining colony on europa.
He had the good sense
to get the hell out before I did.
If anybody can find this guy, it's him.
That's assuming the pilot's still alive.
Good. If he is,
I want him brought back here
as fast as possible
so we can get him to testify
before the council.
Stephen, I want you
to go along with Garibaldi.
Watch his back--
and I'd, uh, I'd rather he not.
Look, this is a delicate situation.
And my guy is not going to trust
anybody except me.
So what you're saying is you don't want me along.
No, that's not what I'm saying.
What I'm saying is
you're going to be spending
all your time at the Drazi Hilton
because he's not going to want to talk to you.
You might as well just stay here.
Now you want me to do this, I gotta do it my way.
I know what I'm getting into. I'll be all right.
All right, pack your bags.
The next shuttle that leaves
through Drazi space is in one hour.
[Narns muttering]
Ta'lon! Ta'lon, is it you?
It's me most days.
Except for those days
when I don't feel quite like myself.
And I suppose that I am someone else,
but for now, yes, it's me.
But this is wonderful. Where have you been?
Well, I go where the sword is needed.
Most recently, guarding cargo
to and from the homeworld to help with the rebuilding.
Food, supplies, small weapons.
Whatever the alliance will allow.
And some other important items.
Big ones, small ones,
some you may even recognize.
What else did you take home
from here, Ta'Lon?
[Beeping]
Where is my book, Ta'Lon?
The book I have been writing for the last 2 years.
That's what I wanted to see you about.
You must understand, G'Kar,
that all we knew
is that you went with Mollari
to Centauri Prime.
Many of us felt
that you had been taken prisoner
or were going to be executed.
Where is my book? It is my only copy.
Yes, that is precisely the point.
The kha'ri felt
if anything happened to you,
the book of G'Kar
would never see the light of day,
so he liberated it.
Liberated it?
We took it home.
Those that read it were very moved by it.
And they made some copies.
Copies! Just a few.
For their friends.
Then a few more made a few more copies.
How many?
It's hard to say, exactly.
There was some confusion
when it went to the printers.
Printers!
I've only been gone for a month, Ta'Lon.
There can't be that many copies
floating around this quickly. How many?
500 or 600.
Thousand. What?!
I have been told
that you will outsell the book of G'Quan.
Congratulations, citizen G'Kar.
You are now a religious icon.
And remember to check in with Delenn
twice a day while I'm gone.
Keep up with the latest from the Rangers.
Michael, I know the routine.
I got it covered.
You just worry about
getting yourself back in one piece
and let me take care of the rest.
Michael, can I talk to you for a minute?
I was just, uh,
yeah, sure.
Yeah, I'll tell them you're coming.
Look, I wanted to talk to you before you left.
Just to find out if you and I are ok.
What are you talking about?
Of course we're ok.
Well, then, why didn't you want me on this mission?
I told you.
No, no, you gave me reasons, yes.
All very logical, very sensible reasons.
But look, I'm not talking about what you said,
I'm talking about the way you said it.
No, no, wait, now, look.
I'm getting the definite impression
you don't want me around on a personal level,
so now I got to ask. You and I ok?
Yeah, of course we're ok.
Come on, Stephen, this is me.
I'm just looking out
for a friend, that's all.
If you weren't a friend,
I'd have you along in a second,
but you are.
And this could get really bad.
And like I said, my contact's
not going to trust anybody but me.
That's all? That's all.
Man on speaker: Drazi transport...
Look, I got a transport
fueling up and waiting for me.
Is there anything else?
No. All right.
I'll see you in a couple weeks.
Michael!
You know, if you ever got a problem,
anything at all you want to talk about...
You know where to find me, don't you?
I hear you. See ya.
Good morning, G'Kar. Well, this is a delight.
I didn't know you had children.
Neither did I.
Yes, most unsettling when that happens.
And in your case, most amusing.
Now, is this the book of G'Kar
that I have been hearing so much about
since I got back?
Apparently, they are finding it useful
in learning how to get along with other races.
Even yours.
Hmm, yes, and am I in here?
Not by name. By description.
Na'tak burella. It's a colloquialism.
Which means?
Prideful wind catcher.
Well, as Mr. Garibaldi says,
"I think I'll wait for the movie."
So?
Well, actually, I was looking for Delenn.
I just heard our next council meeting
has been postponed.
Yes, indefinitely.
I'll let her fill you in with the details.
Fortunately, we appear to have had a break.
We'll know more in a few days.
[Vomiting]
It's a great way to get yourself killed.
Just checking your reactions
to see if time had slowed them down.
I think they're even better
than the last time I saw you.
Yeah, well, when you get stabbed
and shot in the back enough times,
sooner or later you learn to look behind you.
And they said you were slow.
Tafiq.
Good to see you. And you.
How've you been? Good.
The Drazi pay well for human security.
It's a status symbol among them.
Please, sit.
But since there are very few formal occasions,
there's a lot of down time.
I read, I exercise, I follow your career.
You've done well, Michael.
You should be proud.
Thank you.
Truth is sometimes I wonder what'd be like
if I had left europa when you did.
Maybe I would have had a quieter life.
Quiet is not your way, my friend.
Maybe. Maybe.
So you got my message?
My sources tell me
the pilot you are looking for
has gone into hiding.
His employers are not happy
that he lost their ship.
And the Drazi agents
awaiting his delivery of illegal supplies
plan to take their losses out on him.
They know your people found a missing life pod
at the site of the last attack.
And it would be far easier for them
to deny knowing anything about it
if he were dead.
Suffice to say,
he wants to get off planet
as soon as possible.
Well, that should make my negotiations a little easier.
That, yes, but getting him off planet,
that will be hard.
[Knock on door]
Ah, good, room service.
Ta ta ta ta ta. Sit!
So what do you think of my city?
Well, I think it's hot, crowded,
it's noisy, and it's old.
Thank you.
And, uh, what's with the streets?
They're narrow. You can hardly get by.
Tradition.
Goes back centuries.
To prevent invaders
from taking their city,
they built their streets too narrow
for armies or engines of war.
When you have to go through
2 or 3 at a time,
you are most vulnerable.
See, now, you can fly over
and drop these things called bombs.
What's the point?
What's the point of any tradition?
Look around. The Drazi were originally
an outdoor race.
They came indoors only when necessary.
So their rooms were small,
the balconies large.
Now they live indoors like the rest of us,
but the architecture remains.
Your shirt buttons from the left,
but a woman's blouse buttons from the right
because servants used to dress them.
The servants are gone, but the style remains.
No, no, I don't want to.
Don't what?
You're right, you're right.
It has been a long time since we were back on europa.
Yes.
So, when do I get to see the pilot?
First, I will leave you here
in a little while to finalize
yourtravel arrangements back to Babylon 5.
He will meet us tonight in the park
at the base of the hotel.
He has the location of this balcony
and the precision signal light.
When he's there, he will let you know.
Then you can talk. I can get you away
and get back to my life.
Good fortune. Good health. Good god.
Good god. Skold!
So, what happened to your hair?
[Beep beep]
Franklin. Go.
Man: Priority message
coming in for you from Earthdome.
Well, can it wait?
I just sat down to dinner.
Negative. They say it's important.
All right, I'll take it in my quarters.
[Humming]
Hmm?
Oh, well.
[Sighs]
I'm going to take care of your travel arrangements.
I'll see you downstairs when he arrives.
Tafiq!
Tafiq.
Tafiq?
Tafiq's voice: He will meet us
tonight in the park at the base of the hotel.
He has the location of this balcony
and the precision signal light.
Aah!
Tafiq! Tafiq, can you hear me?
I don't want your shouting to be the last thing I hear.
I'll get a doctor.
No, no time.
Too late for me.
The pilot--you have to get to him before they do.
Before the--
[Grunting]
[Gunshot] Aah!
I'm alone!
[Siren]
[Man yelling]
[Man on helicopter loudspeaker inaudible]
[Beep beep] Mr. President?
He's not here.
I've got an emergency encoded transmission
from Mr. Garibaldi on channel 4.
Put it through.
Michael, are you all right?
Not really.
The mission's completely fubar'd.
I need to get out of here a.S.A.P.
Can you take a civilian transport?
Negative. I don't think they got a picture,
but I'm pretty sure
my description's all over the place.
Spaceport, customs, everywhere.
They're after me.
Who?
Everybody.
Is there a white star in the area?
Just one.
That's all I need.
I'm going to send my coordinates up
on a sub-channel. I want you to have
the White Star come in low,
land in the field
just outside the capital,
and wait long enough for me
to just get onboard
and then get the hell out of there
before the local boys can react.
You have it. Do you need medical assistance?
No. No,
what I need is a guy with a claw hammer
to whack me in the head real hard about 9 times.
What?
It's a long story.
I'll tell you when I see you.
Thanks, Delenn.
C&c, this is Delenn.
Yes, Ambassador.
Put me through to White Star 26.
[Beep]
Go away!
It's Ta'Lon.
G'Kar.
Are they still there?
Yes. I think there are a few more than before.
They would like to speak to you.
Or more to the point,
I think they would like you
to speak to them.
I have nothing to say to them.
I turned down a chance to become
ruler of our world, Ta'Lon.
And I never once looked back.
Because it is not my place in life to lead.
If I turn that down, how can I take on all this?
A long time ago, G'Kar,
I told you
that you had an unfair advantage over me.
I carry my sword in my hand.
But you--you carry your sword in your heart,
where no one can take it from you.
I have an obligation of honor to use mine.
Do you not share that obligation to use yours?
To what end, Ta'Lon?
I have nothing to teach them.
That is where you are wrong.
For 100 years,
we have taught ourselves one thing.
How to hate and how to fight.
This is a new age, G'Kar.
We have to learn other lessons.
Our leaders back home,
they know only the old ways.
But you have been beyond
and survived it and have come back
to teach us what it is like.
I have not personally read your book.
I've never been a very spiritual person,
but I have seen the light of understanding
come into their eyes.
It's not about teaching something.
It's about unlearning hatred.
And unlearning fear.
I am a warrior.
I cannot teach them these things.
But you can.
All my life I have been responsible only for myself.
When I risked, I risked alone.
To avoid making others
pay the price for my mistakes.
They want me to show them another way.
What if I show them the wrong way?
What if they come to me not because of the lesson,
but because of the teacher?
I worry, Ta'Lon,
that my shadow may become greater
than the message.
If that happens, I give you my word
that I will personally kill you.
This is supposed to put my mind at ease?
I'm a warrior. It's what I have to give.
You and I both
have our burdens to bear, G'Kar.
I will carry mine...
If you will carry yours.
Sheridan: That's all you brought back?
During the fight, it came off
one of the guys who killed the pilot.
But you have no idea who they were?
Even what race they belonged to?
It was dark. They were cloaked.
I didn't see a thing.
And your friend?
He's dead.
They got him right outside my room.
Well, I'm surprised you didn't hear it.
I was sleeping. It was a long trip.
I just conked out.
My guess is that the Drazi police
wanted to get their hands on the pilot
so they could keep him from telling us
about the illegal shipments.
Tafiq wouldn't tell them, so...
So perhaps it was the Drazi who killed the pilot.
No. No, they weren't Drazi.
That much I know for sure.
1: It hurts a hell of a lot more to hit a Drazi
than it did to hit these guys.
And 2: If the Drazi had known
that the pilot was coming to see us,
they would have been downstairs,
not hanging around,
waiting for me to run into them.
And 3: When the Drazi police showed up,
they just took off.
No, these guys... They're different.
Different operation.
Whoever killed the pilot,
they're the ones behind these attacks.
They knew the pilot was alive,
and they killed him
before we could bring him back
to testify about what he saw.
They knew exactly what we were trying to do.
Meaning we have a leak.
Looks like. Without the pilot...
My apologies for being late.
There was a most remarkable problem
with the transport tube.
It dropped 2 floors
and then stopped suddenly.
So there I was
with my feet around my ears
admiring an entirely new view
of my inner self. Ugh!
Sheridan: It's all right. You didn't miss much.
Is there anything you'd like to add further, Michael?
No, not really.
Great maker, what happened to you?
Don't ask for a raise.
Ahh, where did you find this, hmm?
You know what this is?
Of course. I've seen this all my life.
Ever since I came to the royal court, anyway.
You won't find this anywhere else.
This is a, um, button from one of the uniforms
of our imperial palace guards.
And the design here
is the seal of Emperor tuscano,
who first commissioned the palace guard
2,000 years ago.
Where did you get it?
I got it down in the Zocalo.
Guy said it was real old.
I thought it might be worth something.
Well, then, as you so colorfully say,
Mr. Garibaldi, you were taken.
For a ride.
So, what have I missed?
Uh, Michael was just filling us in
on the results of his mission.
And what did you find?
Nothing at all.
Ah!
So, let's move on
to the next subject of business. Delenn.
Of course.
Delenn: I didn't know what to say
at that point.
I don't think we can trust him anymore.
We know now that the Centauri
are almost certainly involved
in these attacks, but Londo
would have not just dropped that information
in our laps if he were involved.
No. But on the other hand,
he is most certainly responsible for the leak
that nearly got Michael killed.
That makes sense though.
He's in almost daily contact with his government.
If he did have information about the attacks,
he might mention it, not knowing
he was giving it to the very people
responsible for the whole damn thing.
It does answer a lot of questions.
Except this one-- why?
What do the Centauri
have to gain by these attacks?
They're dividing the alliance.
Making the members suspect each other.
Divide and conquer.
No, except the Centauri
need the alliance
as much as anyone else.
No, no, there's something here
that we're missing.
All right, so what are we going to do about it?
Are we going to tell Londo what's going on
and have him find out for us?
Or do we keep him
completely out of the equation?
Tell him nothing.
If you tell him what we know,
he'll be outraged.
He'll do whatever's necessary
to track this problem back to its source.
And then very shortly thereafter,
he will almost certainly be dead.
Why do you say that?
We were attacked on Centauri Prime
by other Centauri opposed to Mollari.
At the last moment,
he was saved by an outside force--
one that seemed to have the run of the palace.
This tells me that there are 2 different forces
at work in the royal palace.
So if the Centauri
really are behind these attacks,
one of these 2 factions is involved.
Mollari is alive only because
someone back home wants him that way.
If he should begin asking
the wrong questions,
they would kill him in an instant.
No. Until we know which side is involved,
it's best to keep Londo out of this.
I agree. From here on out, we tell Londo
only what he needs to know and that's all.
When is he due to return to Centauri Prime?
4-6 weeks. Depending on the health of the regent.
And you'll go with him?
Where he goes, I go.
Good.
Keep an eye on him, G'Kar.
He may be our only chance to solve this thing.
But I'd rather not do it at the cost of his life.
An eye is all I have these days.
Franklin: Doctor's personal journal continued.
Sent word to Earthgov
to confirm the information
I received the other day.
Confirmation came in this afternoon.
You know, the thing about being a doctor
is you learn how to deal
with all the hard questions.
This one...
This one is one of the hardest
I've had to deal with in a long, long time.
I think I've come to a decision.
One thing's for sure...
I sure am going to miss this place.
In the past, we have had little to do
with other races.
Evolution teaches us
that we must fight that which is different
in order to secure land, food,
and mates for ourselves.
But we must reach a point
where the nobility of intellect asserts itself
and says no.
We need not be afraid of those who are different.
We can embrace that difference and learn from it.
Most holy...
There is no most holy here.
There is only me.
What is it?
I understand what you are saying,
but in the book of G'Kar,
it says that the Centauri
cannot be trusted.
When was that written in the book?
In the beginning.
Exactly.
Over time, I learned, as you will learn.
The book of G'Kar is holy.
If it was written
under the direct inspiration
of the universe itself
as everyone believes it to be,
then the whole of it must be true.
How then can you go against it?
Show me the passage in the book.
Good.
Good. Now, put your face in the book.
Well, if the book is holy and I am holy,
then I must help you
become closer to the thoughts of the universe.
Put your face in the book.
The first thing we are all taught
is that while outsiders cannot be trusted,
we can always trust a fellow Narn, yes?
This is your point, is it not?
Good. Then put your face in the book.
[Slams book shut] Oh!
There's lesson number one.
Oh!
[Clears throat]
Oh, Stephen, I'm sorry. Come in.
We missed you at the meeting last night.
Well, yeah, I had some things
I had to think about. But, uh...
Now that I've come to a decision,
I wanted you to be the first to know.
Know what?
I, uh...
I got a call from Dr. Benjamin Kyle,
head of xenobiological research at Earthdome.
Mm-hmm.
We've crossed paths
here and there over the years.
And he was even loaned out to b5 for awhile
when the place first went on-line
to troubleshoot the alien sector,
and work out the life support systems, analyzing.
Anyway, I have a lot of respect for his work,
and he has a lot for mine.
Well, he's retiring at the end of the year.
Hmm, it'll be a loss.
I am familiar with some of his work.
He's brilliant.
Be a hard act to follow.
Yes, he is...
And yes, he will be, which is why
I had to think long and hard
when he asked me to take over for him.
I thought you were compiling data
on alien disease transmission
for Delenn and the alliance?
I am.
And if anything, this will make it easier.
Earthdome has a hell of lot more resources
than we've got here.
And I'd have a huge staff.
With the alliance giving me the authority
to go where I need to go
to put this information together,
in a lot of ways, it's a match made in heaven.
On the other hand,
it does mean I'd have to leave here.
Leave all the friends that I've made here.
And that made it
a pretty damn tough decision.
But I've decided to accept his offer.
I see.
It's not immediate.
I mean, like I said,
Dr. Kyle will stay on
until the end of the year,
but effective January 1, 2263,
I will be the new head
of xenobiological research at Earthdome.
Well, I would be a liar
if I said I was happy to hear this.
You are a valuable member of the team.
I mean, you have saved all of our necks
so many times,
I don't even want to think about it.
And on a strictly personal level...
I value your friendship.
But you do have to do the right thing.
Yeah.
That's a hell of a promotion.
Congratulations, Stephen.
Thank you.
Well, uh, would you like me to tell Delenn?
No, no, I'll do that.
Then I'll just have to tell everyone else.
I think Garibaldi
will probably take it the hardest.
Next to him, I've been here the longest
of anybody from Earth.
I've got a call into him right now.
[Beeping]