1 00:00:02,750 --> 00:00:05,833 [instrumental music] 2 00:00:10,667 --> 00:00:12,500 [indistinct radio chatter] 3 00:00:13,750 --> 00:00:15,042 There you go. 4 00:00:15,125 --> 00:00:16,917 - Captain, you got a minute? - Sure, what's up? 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,292 We've got a Markab transport almost ten hours overdue. 6 00:00:19,375 --> 00:00:21,333 'I've been trying to raise her but she's not responding.' 7 00:00:21,417 --> 00:00:22,917 So, I'd like to send a flight of Starfuries 8 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,125 out to her last known position, see if there's a problem. 9 00:00:25,208 --> 00:00:26,750 Better to be sure, I agree. 10 00:00:26,833 --> 00:00:28,250 Good, I'll send out Zeta Squadron 11 00:00:28,333 --> 00:00:30,250 as soon as Lieutenant Keffer gets back. 12 00:00:30,333 --> 00:00:32,208 I thought Zeta Squadron was on break. 13 00:00:32,292 --> 00:00:34,667 It is, but some time ago Keffer saw 14 00:00:34,750 --> 00:00:36,917 or thought he saw something in hyperspace. 15 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,583 'A ship of some kind. Unknown configuration.' 16 00:00:39,667 --> 00:00:42,542 'So he's been spending some of his free time looking for it.' 17 00:00:44,875 --> 00:00:47,000 Tell Lieutenant Keffer to return to base. 18 00:00:47,083 --> 00:00:49,958 I want all freelance expeditions curbed from now on. 19 00:00:50,042 --> 00:00:53,125 His fighter is to be recharged and ready to go within the hour. 20 00:00:53,208 --> 00:00:54,792 Yes, sir. 21 00:00:57,875 --> 00:01:01,167 You could have just accepted my death certificate 22 00:01:01,250 --> 00:01:03,583 and saved yourself the trip. 23 00:01:03,667 --> 00:01:06,167 It's station policy, all deaths have to be verified 24 00:01:06,250 --> 00:01:07,667 by station personnel 25 00:01:07,750 --> 00:01:10,542 even in cases of death by natural causes. 26 00:01:11,958 --> 00:01:15,792 No contusions or abrasions. No sign of trauma. 27 00:01:15,875 --> 00:01:18,875 He had been ill for some time. 28 00:01:18,958 --> 00:01:22,875 His family is quite content with my diagnosis. 29 00:01:22,958 --> 00:01:24,250 One might only wish that you would 30 00:01:24,333 --> 00:01:26,250 extend me the same courtesy. 31 00:01:26,333 --> 00:01:30,542 We do have jurisdiction over our own kind, you know. 32 00:01:30,625 --> 00:01:33,875 Yes, as you have reminded me three times already. 33 00:01:33,958 --> 00:01:36,292 Look, Lazarenn, this is not about courtesy 34 00:01:36,375 --> 00:01:37,708 it's not about respect. 35 00:01:37,792 --> 00:01:39,833 N-nobody knows Markab biology better than you. 36 00:01:39,917 --> 00:01:43,833 A compliment? Ha-ha. I think I may faint. 37 00:01:43,917 --> 00:01:47,208 Nevertheless, this is the fourth dead Markab in three days. 38 00:01:47,292 --> 00:01:48,792 All by natural causes. 39 00:01:48,875 --> 00:01:51,125 Now, statistically, this is way out of proportion. 40 00:01:51,208 --> 00:01:53,583 Stephen, surely you're not suggesting foul play. 41 00:01:53,667 --> 00:01:57,208 I'm not suggesting anything. I just want more information. 42 00:01:57,292 --> 00:01:59,000 'Pending any other findings, I'll formally' 43 00:01:59,083 --> 00:02:00,667 'accept your certificate of death.' 44 00:02:00,750 --> 00:02:02,667 However, I do reserve the right to run a few tests 45 00:02:02,750 --> 00:02:04,833 just to be sure. 46 00:02:04,917 --> 00:02:07,208 I'm gonna go wash up, then arrange for the deceased 47 00:02:07,292 --> 00:02:10,958 to be transferred to Medlab for a routine autopsy. 48 00:02:11,042 --> 00:02:14,208 Something here doesn't add up, and unlike Mr. Garibaldi 49 00:02:14,292 --> 00:02:16,083 I don't like mysteries. 50 00:02:16,167 --> 00:02:18,958 [intense music] 51 00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:36,667 (male narrator) The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace. 52 00:02:36,750 --> 00:02:39,625 A self-contained world, five miles long 53 00:02:39,708 --> 00:02:42,167 located in neutral territory. 54 00:02:45,417 --> 00:02:47,542 A place of commerce and diplomacy 55 00:02:47,625 --> 00:02:51,375 for a quarter of a million humans and aliens. 56 00:02:51,458 --> 00:02:54,292 A shining beacon in space 57 00:02:54,375 --> 00:02:56,625 all alone in the night. 58 00:02:56,708 --> 00:03:00,083 It was the dawn of the Third Age of mankind. 59 00:03:00,167 --> 00:03:04,500 The year the Great War came upon us all. 60 00:03:04,583 --> 00:03:08,375 This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. 61 00:03:08,458 --> 00:03:10,667 The year is 2259. 62 00:03:10,750 --> 00:03:14,000 The name of the place is Babylon 5. 63 00:03:14,083 --> 00:03:17,125 [theme music] 64 00:03:47,333 --> 00:03:50,375 [music continues] 65 00:04:01,208 --> 00:04:02,583 There may not be a problem. 66 00:04:02,667 --> 00:04:04,125 But we'd like you to check it out just in case. 67 00:04:04,208 --> 00:04:05,292 What was her last position? 68 00:04:05,375 --> 00:04:08,167 Sector 23, grid 230, by 9 by 40. 69 00:04:08,250 --> 00:04:09,708 - Cargo? - Nothing major. 70 00:04:09,792 --> 00:04:11,500 As far as we know. 71 00:04:11,583 --> 00:04:13,167 The Kar'ti is a civilian transport. 72 00:04:13,250 --> 00:04:15,458 It left the Markab Homeworld nine days ago. 73 00:04:15,542 --> 00:04:17,333 I've linked her homing beacon on to your scanners 74 00:04:17,417 --> 00:04:20,458 so you shouldn't have a hard time finding her, good hunting. 75 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,292 Uh, lieutenant? 76 00:04:25,917 --> 00:04:27,083 Just one more thing. 77 00:04:27,167 --> 00:04:28,542 The captain wants a moratorium 78 00:04:28,625 --> 00:04:30,333 on your little expeditions into hyperspace. 79 00:04:30,417 --> 00:04:31,917 Come on, commander. It's on my own time. 80 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,542 That's not the issue. 81 00:04:33,625 --> 00:04:35,625 Things are getting a little nuts around here right now. 82 00:04:35,708 --> 00:04:37,167 You should know that better than anyone else. 83 00:04:37,250 --> 00:04:39,000 - There's something out there. - Yes. There is. 84 00:04:39,083 --> 00:04:40,792 There's something out here. There's also something in here. 85 00:04:40,875 --> 00:04:42,958 The something in here is me giving you a direct order. 86 00:04:43,042 --> 00:04:44,333 If there's some part of that sentence 87 00:04:44,417 --> 00:04:45,833 that you don't understand, lieutenant 88 00:04:45,917 --> 00:04:47,167 I'll be happy to explain it 89 00:04:47,250 --> 00:04:48,292 to you over the next four months. 90 00:04:48,375 --> 00:04:49,458 We'll be watching Zeta Squadron 91 00:04:49,542 --> 00:04:51,042 go on missions without you. 92 00:04:51,125 --> 00:04:54,333 Understood. We'll be back in a few hours. 93 00:05:00,542 --> 00:05:04,167 Well, I have to say, it looks great. 94 00:05:04,250 --> 00:05:06,958 Thank you, after you treated me to human-style food 95 00:05:07,042 --> 00:05:09,542 it seemed only fair to return the favor. 96 00:05:09,625 --> 00:05:13,375 Lennier spent the last two days preparing the meal. 97 00:05:13,458 --> 00:05:14,542 Two days? 98 00:05:14,625 --> 00:05:17,417 For a meal with such an honored guest 99 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:19,208 there are rituals and traditions. 100 00:05:19,292 --> 00:05:21,125 The food must be sanctified during 101 00:05:21,208 --> 00:05:23,500 each of the fifteen stages of cooking. 102 00:05:23,583 --> 00:05:26,250 For instance, the spices must be blessed 103 00:05:26,333 --> 00:05:29,042 and a specific prayer spoken when they are used. 104 00:05:29,125 --> 00:05:31,042 Each spice can only be used once 105 00:05:31,125 --> 00:05:33,542 of course, and in the correct order. 106 00:05:33,625 --> 00:05:36,375 If an error is made, the entire meal must be abandoned 107 00:05:36,458 --> 00:05:39,167 and we must begin again from scratch. 108 00:05:39,250 --> 00:05:40,500 So when do you sleep? 109 00:05:40,583 --> 00:05:42,917 One does not sleep during the cooking. 110 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,417 It could lead to error. 111 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:47,583 So for two days, Lennier has not slept. 112 00:05:47,667 --> 00:05:49,125 'In order to remain pure' 113 00:05:49,208 --> 00:05:52,708 he has taken only water and bread. 114 00:05:52,792 --> 00:05:56,417 Well, I, uh, I mean, it smells great. 115 00:05:56,500 --> 00:05:58,250 And, uh, I haven't eaten all day 116 00:05:58,333 --> 00:06:00,333 so I'm really looking forward to this. 117 00:06:00,417 --> 00:06:02,458 Oh, I.. 118 00:06:02,542 --> 00:06:04,250 What? What's wrong? 119 00:06:04,333 --> 00:06:06,583 As there are rituals to follow in preparing 120 00:06:06,667 --> 00:06:08,625 a meal of this nature, there are other rituals 121 00:06:08,708 --> 00:06:10,875 we must observe in eating the meal. 122 00:06:10,958 --> 00:06:13,250 Otherwise, the food is no longer sanctified 123 00:06:13,333 --> 00:06:17,625 and, um, Lennier must begin all over again. 124 00:06:17,708 --> 00:06:19,417 [chuckles] 125 00:06:19,500 --> 00:06:22,625 Well, we certainly wouldn't want that, would we? 126 00:06:22,708 --> 00:06:25,458 Um, what do I do? 127 00:06:25,542 --> 00:06:29,792 You hand me your bowl and I hand you mine 128 00:06:29,875 --> 00:06:31,542 'in a gesture of welcoming.' 129 00:06:31,625 --> 00:06:32,958 Yes. 130 00:06:34,625 --> 00:06:37,625 And-and then, we offer a portion of our meal 131 00:06:37,708 --> 00:06:39,667 to the one who prepared it 132 00:06:39,750 --> 00:06:42,625 'as a gesture of thankfulness.' 133 00:06:43,292 --> 00:06:44,375 Yeah. 134 00:06:46,708 --> 00:06:48,000 Well, that's.. 135 00:06:49,458 --> 00:06:51,917 (Delenn) 'It is then tradition for the guest' 136 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,958 to set aside one piece of flarn 137 00:06:54,042 --> 00:06:55,875 in the memory of Valen 138 00:06:55,958 --> 00:06:58,500 in the place that is set aside for his return. 139 00:07:00,958 --> 00:07:04,000 Uh, and the flarn would be.. 140 00:07:04,083 --> 00:07:06,833 - The green. - Oh. 141 00:07:06,917 --> 00:07:08,958 - Yes. Yes. - Yeah. 142 00:07:15,417 --> 00:07:18,167 - Well? - We may eat now. 143 00:07:18,250 --> 00:07:20,167 Good. 144 00:07:20,250 --> 00:07:21,500 With the right hand. 145 00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:38,750 Hmm. 146 00:07:38,833 --> 00:07:42,417 We must now wait for a few moments before eating again. 147 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:45,417 In between, we meditate upon food. 148 00:07:46,792 --> 00:07:48,042 [inhales] 149 00:07:48,125 --> 00:07:49,750 [exhales] 150 00:07:51,625 --> 00:07:53,083 [inhales] 151 00:07:53,167 --> 00:07:54,375 [exhales] 152 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,167 [inhales] 153 00:08:09,083 --> 00:08:10,208 (male 'There she is.' 154 00:08:12,375 --> 00:08:16,208 This is Starfury Squadron to Kar'ti, do you receive? 155 00:08:16,292 --> 00:08:18,208 Kar'ti, I repeat, this is Zeta Squadron 156 00:08:18,292 --> 00:08:21,583 dispatched from Babylon 5 to investigate your situation. 157 00:08:21,667 --> 00:08:23,500 Do you require assistance? 158 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,375 I'm going in for a closer look. 159 00:08:27,458 --> 00:08:29,167 Hang back till I've checked her out. 160 00:08:29,250 --> 00:08:31,375 (male 'Roger, Zeta One.' 161 00:08:31,458 --> 00:08:33,667 Computer, are we close enough for a more detailed scan 162 00:08:33,750 --> 00:08:34,667 of the Kar'ti? 163 00:08:34,750 --> 00:08:36,083 [automated] 'Confirmed.' 164 00:08:36,167 --> 00:08:37,750 How many are aboard? 165 00:08:37,833 --> 00:08:39,458 'Registering no life signs' 166 00:08:39,542 --> 00:08:42,083 'aboard the target vessel.' 167 00:08:42,167 --> 00:08:43,417 Check again, there are supposed to be 168 00:08:43,500 --> 00:08:46,208 over 200 Markabs on board that thing. 169 00:08:46,292 --> 00:08:50,750 'Confirmed. Detecting 200 life forms.' 170 00:08:50,833 --> 00:08:52,750 But you said.. 171 00:08:52,833 --> 00:08:54,458 Life forms. 172 00:08:55,667 --> 00:08:57,750 But not life signs. 173 00:08:57,833 --> 00:09:00,042 'All 203 of them, they're all dead?' 174 00:09:00,125 --> 00:09:01,417 [automated] 'Confirmed.' 175 00:09:20,292 --> 00:09:22,125 Medlab 2, this is Dr. Franklin. 176 00:09:22,208 --> 00:09:23,792 Have the bodies of those three dead Markabs 177 00:09:23,875 --> 00:09:25,708 been sent back to their Homeworld yet? 178 00:09:25,792 --> 00:09:28,792 (male 'No, doctor, we just finished processing the paperwork.' 179 00:09:28,875 --> 00:09:31,167 Good. Get them up here to Medlab 1, stat. 180 00:09:31,250 --> 00:09:32,708 'Is there a problem?' 181 00:09:33,958 --> 00:09:35,500 I don't know. 182 00:09:36,833 --> 00:09:38,000 Maybe. 183 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:46,542 (male Zeta One to Babylon Control. 184 00:09:46,625 --> 00:09:48,500 (female 'This is Babylon Control, go ahead, Zeta One.' 185 00:09:48,583 --> 00:09:50,333 We're bringing the transport in for inspection. 186 00:09:50,417 --> 00:09:52,417 Recommend full medical team. 187 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:54,417 'And you better let the captain know.' 188 00:09:54,500 --> 00:09:56,417 'I've got an ugly feeling about this.' 189 00:09:59,250 --> 00:10:01,125 [snoring] 190 00:10:01,208 --> 00:10:03,000 Captain? 191 00:10:04,708 --> 00:10:06,917 Captain Sheridan. 192 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,375 In the memory of the Nine and the One.. 193 00:10:10,208 --> 00:10:11,250 Uh.. 194 00:10:14,250 --> 00:10:16,333 - What? - You were.. 195 00:10:17,625 --> 00:10:18,833 You were asleep. 196 00:10:18,917 --> 00:10:21,208 No. No, I wasn't. 197 00:10:21,292 --> 00:10:24,083 I, I-I-I was meditating. 198 00:10:24,167 --> 00:10:27,125 The sound you were making is part of human meditation? 199 00:10:28,292 --> 00:10:30,375 [chuckles] I don't snore. 200 00:10:32,875 --> 00:10:34,042 Sheridan, go. 201 00:10:34,125 --> 00:10:36,292 We've got a problem in Bay 14, captain. 202 00:10:36,375 --> 00:10:37,625 I think you better get over there. 203 00:10:37,708 --> 00:10:39,375 Will do. 204 00:10:39,458 --> 00:10:42,708 - I'm sorry. - It's alright. 205 00:10:42,792 --> 00:10:45,083 The ritual of the meal was concluded some moments 206 00:10:45,167 --> 00:10:48,625 before you began, uh, meditating. 207 00:10:48,708 --> 00:10:51,583 Oh. Well, uh, thank you 208 00:10:51,667 --> 00:10:53,583 once again for your invitation. 209 00:10:53,667 --> 00:10:55,833 We must do it again. 210 00:10:55,917 --> 00:10:57,458 Yes. Of-of course. 211 00:10:58,875 --> 00:11:01,125 Yeah. Hmm. 212 00:11:01,208 --> 00:11:02,292 Bye. 213 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,875 [speaking in foreign language] 214 00:11:11,542 --> 00:11:13,125 [sighs] 215 00:11:13,208 --> 00:11:15,833 [indistinct chatter] 216 00:11:15,917 --> 00:11:17,292 What's the problem? 217 00:11:17,375 --> 00:11:21,000 The ship you have commandeered is Markab property. 218 00:11:21,083 --> 00:11:23,792 I cannot allow your people inside. 219 00:11:23,875 --> 00:11:27,625 Oh. Well, this ship was found floating dead in space. 220 00:11:27,708 --> 00:11:30,000 - Now we have to have-- - We have a right to privacy. 221 00:11:30,083 --> 00:11:33,083 You mean, the right to hide the truth. 222 00:11:33,167 --> 00:11:35,375 What the hell did you think you were doing? 223 00:11:35,458 --> 00:11:37,458 - Doctor-- - I need some privacy here. 224 00:11:37,542 --> 00:11:39,417 Dr. Franklin. Stephen. 225 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:40,917 You don't want us to board that ship 226 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,583 because you suspect the same thing that I do. 227 00:11:43,667 --> 00:11:44,833 Which is? 228 00:11:44,917 --> 00:11:45,917 (Franklin) 'We've had four dead Markab' 229 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,500 'in the past three days.' 230 00:11:47,583 --> 00:11:50,958 Dr. Lazarenn has certified them all death by natural causes. 231 00:11:51,042 --> 00:11:52,917 Nothing jumped out about them in a cursory autopsy 232 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,208 so I let it go. 233 00:11:54,292 --> 00:11:55,875 But I just finished a more detailed 234 00:11:55,958 --> 00:11:58,125 examination of the bodies. 235 00:11:58,208 --> 00:11:59,333 They were all killed by some kind of 236 00:11:59,417 --> 00:12:00,708 plague or infectious disease 237 00:12:00,792 --> 00:12:02,375 that was brought onto the station by your people. 238 00:12:02,458 --> 00:12:05,083 'Now, I want to know how terminal and how contagious.' 239 00:12:06,542 --> 00:12:08,667 It is 100 percent terminal. 240 00:12:10,708 --> 00:12:13,958 And 100 percent contagious. 241 00:12:19,625 --> 00:12:22,542 [intense music] 242 00:12:34,417 --> 00:12:36,542 (Franklin) 'Damn it, Lazarenn, what were you thinking?' 243 00:12:36,625 --> 00:12:39,000 Did you really think that you could keep this a secret? 244 00:12:39,083 --> 00:12:40,792 Well, then, why didn't you say something? 245 00:12:40,875 --> 00:12:43,083 This plague is spreading to your people like wild fire. 246 00:12:43,167 --> 00:12:45,417 It is not something we talk about. 247 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:46,667 What? 248 00:12:48,458 --> 00:12:49,875 [door closes] 249 00:12:52,583 --> 00:12:55,500 The disease only appeared once before. 250 00:12:55,583 --> 00:12:57,042 Centuries ago. 251 00:12:57,125 --> 00:13:00,542 'On a small island on our world, noted for certain excesses.' 252 00:13:00,625 --> 00:13:03,042 'When it was struck down, the rest of my people believed' 253 00:13:03,125 --> 00:13:07,000 it was a punishment by the Gods for their lack of morality. 254 00:13:07,083 --> 00:13:08,375 They even named the disease 255 00:13:08,458 --> 00:13:11,833 after the island devastated by it...Drafa. 256 00:13:11,917 --> 00:13:13,375 Why didn't it spread? 257 00:13:13,458 --> 00:13:16,583 They were isolated by weather for nearly a year. 258 00:13:16,667 --> 00:13:18,792 And by the time anybody got out to the island 259 00:13:18,875 --> 00:13:20,500 the disease had wiped out the population. 260 00:13:20,583 --> 00:13:24,500 'There was no one left alive to spread it to the new arrivals' 261 00:13:24,583 --> 00:13:28,042 and we assumed that the disease 262 00:13:28,125 --> 00:13:29,875 dead-ended at that point. 263 00:13:29,958 --> 00:13:31,500 Lazarenn, you are a doctor. 264 00:13:31,583 --> 00:13:34,083 You know as well as I do that diseases they can go dormant 265 00:13:34,167 --> 00:13:35,583 for years or centuries. 266 00:13:35,667 --> 00:13:38,125 They can mutate, they can come back at you out of nowhere. 267 00:13:38,208 --> 00:13:41,042 Now, why weren't preparations made? 268 00:13:41,125 --> 00:13:44,625 Over time, it became more than just a disease. It became.. 269 00:13:44,708 --> 00:13:45,708 I don't know, a legend. 270 00:13:45,792 --> 00:13:47,250 A, a specter 271 00:13:47,333 --> 00:13:49,292 used to frighten children into behaving 272 00:13:49,375 --> 00:13:54,292 "Be good, or the dark angel will bring you the curse of Drafa." 273 00:13:54,375 --> 00:13:57,708 Only the immoral would ever be touched by it. 274 00:13:57,792 --> 00:13:59,083 Stephen.. 275 00:14:01,042 --> 00:14:05,667 ...the first new case of Drafa was detected nearly a year ago. 276 00:14:05,750 --> 00:14:07,583 'The family was so scandalized by it' 277 00:14:07,667 --> 00:14:09,417 they lied about what killed him. 278 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:11,667 By then, several of them had become infected. 279 00:14:11,750 --> 00:14:14,208 Because they believed that they were moral 280 00:14:14,292 --> 00:14:16,625 they were sure they would not be touched. 281 00:14:16,708 --> 00:14:19,750 So they started to go out amongst the people. 282 00:14:19,833 --> 00:14:22,208 And the disease began to spread. 283 00:14:22,292 --> 00:14:25,417 'Each new infection was accompanied by silence and fear' 284 00:14:25,500 --> 00:14:27,750 and the assumption that they were immune. 285 00:14:27,833 --> 00:14:29,417 What about the ship? 286 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:31,875 Rumors about the new outbreak of Drafa had gotten out 287 00:14:31,958 --> 00:14:33,708 and some of my people believed it was a judgment 288 00:14:33,792 --> 00:14:35,417 against our world and decided to get out 289 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:36,875 before it was too late. 290 00:14:36,958 --> 00:14:39,250 They have escaped to all of our colonies 291 00:14:39,333 --> 00:14:42,125 carrying the disease everywhere, even here. 292 00:14:42,208 --> 00:14:43,708 Look, if you knew about this a year ago 293 00:14:43,792 --> 00:14:45,292 why didn't you come to me? 294 00:14:45,375 --> 00:14:48,250 Why, why did you try to block our examination of the ship? 295 00:14:48,333 --> 00:14:51,042 - We could have helped. - Because I was forbidden! 296 00:14:51,125 --> 00:14:53,917 Because we were ordered to remain silent. 297 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,042 Our leaders were afraid the people would take the disease 298 00:14:56,125 --> 00:14:58,500 as a sign from the Gods that we had fallen from grace. 299 00:14:58,583 --> 00:15:00,958 They were afraid, they would be voted out 300 00:15:01,042 --> 00:15:02,333 for attacking the public good. 301 00:15:02,417 --> 00:15:03,917 They were afraid. 302 00:15:05,042 --> 00:15:07,875 They were afraid of everything. 303 00:15:07,958 --> 00:15:10,583 Some of us have been working to find a cure 304 00:15:10,667 --> 00:15:12,625 without enough money or resources. 305 00:15:12,708 --> 00:15:14,167 They don't even want to talk about it 306 00:15:14,250 --> 00:15:16,958 as if the very subject makes them dirty! 307 00:15:19,042 --> 00:15:21,417 Listen, in all the work you've done 308 00:15:21,500 --> 00:15:23,833 is there any indication as to whether or not 309 00:15:23,917 --> 00:15:27,667 the disease is infectious beyond your own species? 310 00:15:27,750 --> 00:15:30,750 I don't know, Stephen. 311 00:15:30,833 --> 00:15:32,792 May the Gods forgive me. 312 00:15:34,167 --> 00:15:35,792 I do not know. 313 00:15:38,750 --> 00:15:41,833 [instrumental music] 314 00:16:07,292 --> 00:16:09,708 Papa, mama sent me to find you. 315 00:16:09,792 --> 00:16:13,125 You are very late for food, and she is very upset. 316 00:16:13,208 --> 00:16:15,875 She says for you to come home at once. 317 00:16:15,958 --> 00:16:17,458 Papa? 318 00:16:17,542 --> 00:16:19,000 Papa? Wake up. 319 00:16:19,083 --> 00:16:20,708 [gasps] Papa! 320 00:16:27,792 --> 00:16:30,250 (Franklin) 'The next 24 hours are absolutely critical' 321 00:16:30,333 --> 00:16:32,750 if we're going to control the spread of this disease. 322 00:16:32,833 --> 00:16:34,542 Dr. Lazarenn says the incubation period 323 00:16:34,625 --> 00:16:36,708 can last several weeks or just a few days. 324 00:16:36,792 --> 00:16:40,208 Until then, it's absolutely invisible. 325 00:16:40,292 --> 00:16:43,958 Once symptoms appear, the patient expires inside 24 hours. 326 00:16:44,042 --> 00:16:46,375 - And there's no cure? - No, not yet. 327 00:16:46,458 --> 00:16:49,458 Now, the problem is, between the time the disease shows up 328 00:16:49,542 --> 00:16:51,833 and termination, you've only got a few hours. 329 00:16:51,917 --> 00:16:54,000 And you can't work up a model of how a disease works 330 00:16:54,083 --> 00:16:55,792 if you can't follow it over time. 331 00:16:55,875 --> 00:16:58,583 Do you know how far this thing has spread? 332 00:16:58,667 --> 00:17:00,250 Until we know otherwise, we have to assume 333 00:17:00,333 --> 00:17:02,458 the entire Markab community has been infected. 334 00:17:02,542 --> 00:17:05,375 - What about everybody else? - That's the big question. 335 00:17:05,458 --> 00:17:07,833 Is the disease contagious outside their species? 336 00:17:07,917 --> 00:17:10,042 And if so, is it transmitted through air, touch 337 00:17:10,125 --> 00:17:11,875 bodily fluids or some other means? 338 00:17:11,958 --> 00:17:13,375 If it's physically transmitted 339 00:17:13,458 --> 00:17:15,292 we might have a chance at containment. 340 00:17:15,375 --> 00:17:19,292 'If it's airborne, given that all the air in here is recycled' 341 00:17:19,375 --> 00:17:21,750 'the entire station might be infected.' 342 00:17:29,208 --> 00:17:32,583 Well, doctor, it's your jurisdiction. 343 00:17:32,667 --> 00:17:34,042 What's the plan? 344 00:17:34,125 --> 00:17:35,625 I want every Markab on this station 345 00:17:35,708 --> 00:17:37,792 brought in for a complete physical examination. 346 00:17:37,875 --> 00:17:39,458 Whoa, whoa, doc, they'll scream bloody murder 347 00:17:39,542 --> 00:17:41,292 they'll say that we're implying they're immoral-- 348 00:17:41,375 --> 00:17:44,125 We have to know how far this thing has spread. 349 00:17:44,208 --> 00:17:46,125 And more importantly, we have to find someone 350 00:17:46,208 --> 00:17:48,375 who is infected before the disease becomes terminal 351 00:17:48,458 --> 00:17:50,250 so we can follow its progress. 352 00:17:50,333 --> 00:17:53,375 What kind of symptomology are we looking for? 353 00:17:53,458 --> 00:17:56,625 Chronic dizziness. Acute sore throat. Low blood pressure. 354 00:17:56,708 --> 00:17:58,375 Swelling of the lymph nodes and surface glands. 355 00:17:58,458 --> 00:17:59,750 It's all in my report. 356 00:17:59,833 --> 00:18:01,792 Now, once this disease comes out of dormancy 357 00:18:01,875 --> 00:18:03,625 it heads straight for the central nervous system 358 00:18:03,708 --> 00:18:05,625 where somehow it, it starts shutting down 359 00:18:05,708 --> 00:18:09,292 the neural pathways that control respiration and heartbeat. 360 00:18:09,375 --> 00:18:13,083 Then, inside 24 hours, paralysis and death. 361 00:18:15,083 --> 00:18:18,292 Commander Ivanova, I'm hereby issuing an executive order 362 00:18:18,375 --> 00:18:21,167 placing Babylon 5 under quarantine. 363 00:18:21,250 --> 00:18:24,083 Incoming ships will be diverted elsewhere. 364 00:18:24,167 --> 00:18:26,167 No ships will be allowed to leave 365 00:18:26,250 --> 00:18:28,417 until we determine just how far this disease 366 00:18:28,500 --> 00:18:29,750 is likely to spread. 367 00:18:29,833 --> 00:18:32,625 Are we gonna tell people why they can't leave? 368 00:18:32,708 --> 00:18:35,042 I don't think we have a choice. 369 00:18:35,125 --> 00:18:36,708 What about segregating the Markabs 370 00:18:36,792 --> 00:18:38,542 from the rest of the general population? 371 00:18:38,625 --> 00:18:40,750 No, no, no, no, if the disease is airborne 372 00:18:40,833 --> 00:18:42,542 then moving them into a different part of the station 373 00:18:42,625 --> 00:18:43,750 is not going to solve the problem. 374 00:18:43,833 --> 00:18:45,333 All the air is recycled. 375 00:18:45,417 --> 00:18:47,667 If it turns out that the disease is not transmissible 376 00:18:47,750 --> 00:18:50,000 to other species then confining them to one area 377 00:18:50,083 --> 00:18:51,750 will only speed-up the infection 378 00:18:51,833 --> 00:18:53,875 among the Markab community without good reason. 379 00:18:53,958 --> 00:18:55,625 On the other hand, when word gets out 380 00:18:55,708 --> 00:18:56,958 that we've got the next best thing 381 00:18:57,042 --> 00:18:58,333 to the Black Death roaming on the station 382 00:18:58,417 --> 00:18:59,958 it's gonna scare everybody. 383 00:19:00,042 --> 00:19:02,208 When people get scared they start looking for scapegoats. 384 00:19:02,292 --> 00:19:04,292 If we can keep the Markabs all together in one place 385 00:19:04,375 --> 00:19:06,042 my people can protect them. 386 00:19:06,125 --> 00:19:09,375 Because, trust me, this is gonna get real ugly, real fast. 387 00:19:09,458 --> 00:19:12,958 No, there are still too many variables, too many unknowns. 388 00:19:13,042 --> 00:19:16,750 I need answers, doctor, and as fast as you can get them to me. 389 00:19:16,833 --> 00:19:18,042 That's all. 390 00:19:20,292 --> 00:19:22,375 You better cancel all leaves for security personnel. 391 00:19:22,458 --> 00:19:23,625 I've got a hunch you're gonna need them. 392 00:19:23,708 --> 00:19:25,042 Yes, sir. 393 00:19:25,125 --> 00:19:26,667 (male announcer) Repeating our announcement 394 00:19:26,750 --> 00:19:29,500 no ship will be allowed to depart Babylon 5 395 00:19:29,583 --> 00:19:31,833 until further notice. 396 00:19:31,917 --> 00:19:33,417 Please address all questions 397 00:19:33,500 --> 00:19:36,917 to the appropriate station personnel. 398 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,792 Please return to your quarters until the quarantine is lifted. 399 00:19:43,917 --> 00:19:47,042 It's just for some tests, that's all. This way, please. 400 00:19:50,833 --> 00:19:52,625 [indistinct chatter] 401 00:19:54,083 --> 00:19:55,250 [beeping] 402 00:19:56,958 --> 00:19:58,250 (female 'Next.' 403 00:20:00,708 --> 00:20:02,375 [beeping] 404 00:20:07,042 --> 00:20:10,750 Alright, that'll do it. Thank you. 405 00:20:10,833 --> 00:20:12,417 Next, please. 406 00:20:21,083 --> 00:20:23,625 We've got another one. 407 00:20:23,708 --> 00:20:26,833 Captain Sheridan, this is an outrage. 408 00:20:26,917 --> 00:20:29,750 I will not have my people treated in this fashion. 409 00:20:29,833 --> 00:20:31,958 - Poked, prodded, accused-- - Ambassador Fashar-- 410 00:20:32,042 --> 00:20:35,167 You are spreading hysteria and fear about my people 411 00:20:35,250 --> 00:20:37,042 that is totally unwarranted. 412 00:20:37,125 --> 00:20:39,083 On top of that, you're disgracing 413 00:20:39,167 --> 00:20:41,458 good and decent people by implying 414 00:20:41,542 --> 00:20:43,292 they're unclean, immoral-- 415 00:20:43,375 --> 00:20:44,833 No one said anything of the kind. 416 00:20:44,917 --> 00:20:46,958 (Fashar) 'That is the absolute implication.' 417 00:20:47,042 --> 00:20:49,958 How do I know this isn't a conspiracy 418 00:20:50,042 --> 00:20:53,167 on the part of your world to destroy my people? 419 00:20:53,250 --> 00:20:55,833 'For all I know, this disease was planted' 420 00:20:55,917 --> 00:20:57,708 in our drinking water, our food. 421 00:20:57,792 --> 00:21:00,250 None of this happened until we began coming here. 422 00:21:00,333 --> 00:21:02,750 Perhaps, it is your own immorality 423 00:21:02,833 --> 00:21:05,042 that has contaminated us. 424 00:21:05,125 --> 00:21:09,833 So we will fix this by removing ourselves from your immorality. 425 00:21:09,917 --> 00:21:11,750 - Captain. - Just a minute, doctor. 426 00:21:11,833 --> 00:21:14,625 - This can't wait. - You can't leave the station. 427 00:21:14,708 --> 00:21:17,125 We are gathering together in an isolation zone 428 00:21:17,208 --> 00:21:19,625 'away from others, away from outsiders.' 429 00:21:19,708 --> 00:21:22,375 We will stay, and pray, and repent. 430 00:21:22,458 --> 00:21:25,708 And when we come out, we alone will survive. 431 00:21:25,792 --> 00:21:28,125 If you do that, you'll just end up spreading the disease 432 00:21:28,208 --> 00:21:29,958 among your own people that much faster. 433 00:21:30,042 --> 00:21:34,000 I refuse to listen to this. You have been warned. 434 00:21:34,083 --> 00:21:36,208 Stay away from us. 435 00:21:38,333 --> 00:21:39,542 (Garibaldi) 'Well, looks like they just made the decision' 436 00:21:39,625 --> 00:21:40,958 about quarantine for you. 437 00:21:41,042 --> 00:21:42,583 Yeah, for all the wrong reasons. What is it, doctor? 438 00:21:42,667 --> 00:21:45,292 You better get down to Brown 17, captain. You too, Garibaldi. 439 00:21:45,375 --> 00:21:46,542 What's up? 440 00:21:46,625 --> 00:21:48,833 First, our tests confirm the disease is airborne. 441 00:21:48,917 --> 00:21:51,042 We have to assume it's all over the station. 442 00:21:51,125 --> 00:21:54,250 Second, I found a dead Pak'ma'ra. No signs of violence. 443 00:21:54,333 --> 00:21:55,583 Is it the plague? 444 00:21:55,667 --> 00:21:57,708 Won't know until we do an autopsy. 445 00:21:57,792 --> 00:21:59,708 But I wanted to warn you 446 00:21:59,792 --> 00:22:02,542 the disease may be spreading into the general population. 447 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,250 Yes. Yes, inside. Hurry. 448 00:22:08,333 --> 00:22:11,125 It's for the best, trust me. 449 00:22:11,208 --> 00:22:13,292 We are the pure. 450 00:22:13,375 --> 00:22:16,917 If we believe, then the Dark Angel of Drafa 451 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,917 will pass over us. 452 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,750 'Hurry, inside now. Everyone inside!' 453 00:22:21,833 --> 00:22:23,875 [indistinct chatter] 454 00:22:35,042 --> 00:22:36,542 (Franklin) 'We need to start a full autopsy' 455 00:22:36,625 --> 00:22:38,917 before the body goes further into rigor mortis. 456 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,750 We're instituting full biohazard routines 457 00:22:40,833 --> 00:22:43,792 but I'll still need you to go in and.. 458 00:22:43,875 --> 00:22:45,542 What? What is it? 459 00:22:52,042 --> 00:22:53,542 Alright, fine. 460 00:22:53,625 --> 00:22:55,542 I'll go in, you stay out here and monitor the readouts. 461 00:22:55,625 --> 00:22:56,792 (Lazarenn) 'I have a better idea.' 462 00:22:58,583 --> 00:23:00,292 I have the most experience with the disease. 463 00:23:00,375 --> 00:23:04,125 I will go into the Isolab and perform the autopsy. 464 00:23:04,208 --> 00:23:05,333 Doctor Lazarenn, if you-- 465 00:23:05,417 --> 00:23:07,000 'And once finished' 466 00:23:07,083 --> 00:23:08,875 I will stay inside. 467 00:23:10,417 --> 00:23:12,125 The Isolab is hermetically sealed. 468 00:23:12,208 --> 00:23:15,542 If I am contaminated it will not get through the air lock. 469 00:23:17,667 --> 00:23:20,500 It will give me a chance to do some good, Stephen. 470 00:23:22,250 --> 00:23:23,833 Give me that much. 471 00:23:32,875 --> 00:23:34,250 [door opens] 472 00:23:42,125 --> 00:23:43,667 Alright. 473 00:23:43,750 --> 00:23:46,667 Let's get to work, shall we? 474 00:23:46,750 --> 00:23:48,500 (Ivanova) 'And we've had three more incidents of violence' 475 00:23:48,583 --> 00:23:50,292 'against Markabs in the past two hours.' 476 00:23:50,375 --> 00:23:52,250 'It's getting ugly out there, captain.' 477 00:23:52,333 --> 00:23:53,792 Some of the more extreme human and alien groups 478 00:23:53,875 --> 00:23:55,917 say that they've found a solution to the problem. 479 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,583 Wipe out the Markabs, you wipe out the problem. 480 00:23:58,667 --> 00:24:01,000 Seems we've heard that before. 481 00:24:01,083 --> 00:24:02,708 How's their quarantine going? 482 00:24:02,792 --> 00:24:04,333 Four thousand out of the estimated 483 00:24:04,417 --> 00:24:05,667 five thousand resident Markabs 484 00:24:05,750 --> 00:24:07,583 have entered the isolation zone. 485 00:24:07,667 --> 00:24:09,208 'The rest of them either haven't been found yet' 486 00:24:09,292 --> 00:24:10,542 'or they're hiding, afraid to take the trip' 487 00:24:10,625 --> 00:24:11,875 which of course puts them in danger 488 00:24:11,958 --> 00:24:13,417 if they're found by the others. 489 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:15,542 Hmm. Tell Garibaldi to take some of his people 490 00:24:15,625 --> 00:24:17,833 off the search teams and put them on patrol. 491 00:24:17,917 --> 00:24:20,250 Any violence is to be stopped immediately. 492 00:24:20,333 --> 00:24:22,542 Will do. Try to get some sleep, captain. 493 00:24:22,625 --> 00:24:24,833 I'll take first watch and have someone wake you in four hours. 494 00:24:24,917 --> 00:24:26,375 - Hmm. - C andamp; C out. 495 00:24:27,708 --> 00:24:29,333 [doorbell beeps] 496 00:24:29,417 --> 00:24:30,958 (John) 'Yeah, come in.' 497 00:24:32,417 --> 00:24:35,250 Captain, I'm sorry to disturb you at this time. 498 00:24:35,333 --> 00:24:38,125 No, no, no. No, no. It's-it's alright. 499 00:24:38,208 --> 00:24:41,167 I doubt I'd be able to sleep anyway. 500 00:24:41,250 --> 00:24:42,542 Yeah, what can I do for you? 501 00:24:42,625 --> 00:24:44,125 I have been monitoring the situation 502 00:24:44,208 --> 00:24:46,625 and, uh, I would like to make a request. 503 00:24:48,167 --> 00:24:50,208 Ambassador, we can't let anyone off this station-- 504 00:24:50,292 --> 00:24:53,875 I would like to be allowed into the isolation zone. 505 00:24:53,958 --> 00:24:55,958 I've spoken with Ambassador Fashar 506 00:24:56,042 --> 00:24:58,625 and he's willing to allow us entry. 507 00:24:58,708 --> 00:24:59,792 Why? 508 00:25:01,458 --> 00:25:03,292 They're in pain. 509 00:25:03,375 --> 00:25:06,250 Frightened. Dying. 510 00:25:06,333 --> 00:25:08,250 Minbari are taught that at such a time 511 00:25:08,333 --> 00:25:10,417 the afflicted should be ministered to, comforted. 512 00:25:10,500 --> 00:25:12,083 They're not your own people, Delenn. 513 00:25:12,167 --> 00:25:14,375 I didn't know that similarity was required 514 00:25:14,458 --> 00:25:16,958 for the exercise of compassion. 515 00:25:17,042 --> 00:25:18,792 They are afraid. 516 00:25:18,875 --> 00:25:20,750 We wish to do what little we can. 517 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,125 We? 518 00:25:23,208 --> 00:25:24,917 Lennier has asked to accompany me. 519 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,042 - Delenn, I cannot allow this-- - I understand the risk. 520 00:25:28,125 --> 00:25:29,625 Captain. 521 00:25:29,708 --> 00:25:32,250 If the disease is limited only to the Markab 522 00:25:32,333 --> 00:25:33,958 we should do all we can. 523 00:25:34,042 --> 00:25:37,208 But if it's not, then we must give comfort 524 00:25:37,292 --> 00:25:40,042 because very soon, we will require it ourselves. 525 00:25:40,125 --> 00:25:44,792 You will be exposing yourself to massive contamination. 526 00:25:44,875 --> 00:25:47,792 If I let you into that isolation zone.. 527 00:25:47,875 --> 00:25:49,917 ...I can't let you out again. 528 00:25:52,875 --> 00:25:54,208 I know. 529 00:26:01,125 --> 00:26:02,250 Alright. 530 00:26:04,083 --> 00:26:06,375 I'll tell security to let you through. 531 00:26:06,458 --> 00:26:07,750 'Thank you.' 532 00:26:09,208 --> 00:26:11,292 'Don't look away, captain.' 533 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,708 'All life is transitory.' 534 00:26:15,750 --> 00:26:17,625 A dream. 535 00:26:17,708 --> 00:26:21,625 We all come together in the same place at the end of time. 536 00:26:23,542 --> 00:26:26,000 If I don't see you again here.. 537 00:26:28,125 --> 00:26:30,208 '...I will see you in a little while' 538 00:26:31,667 --> 00:26:33,958 in the place where no shadows fall. 539 00:26:39,250 --> 00:26:41,042 'Well, Delenn..' 540 00:26:45,083 --> 00:26:47,083 When I do see you again.. 541 00:26:51,083 --> 00:26:52,917 ...call me John. 542 00:27:03,833 --> 00:27:06,875 It's all your fault! What did you do, huh? 543 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,542 Why did you bring this here? 544 00:27:08,625 --> 00:27:10,500 You messed me up! You messed us all up! 545 00:27:10,583 --> 00:27:12,000 Hey, leave him alone! 546 00:27:12,083 --> 00:27:14,375 [grunting] 547 00:27:14,458 --> 00:27:16,292 - Don't. - What, are you on his side, uh? 548 00:27:16,375 --> 00:27:18,542 Shut up! Come on, get out. 549 00:27:18,625 --> 00:27:20,542 Let's go! Move it! 550 00:27:20,625 --> 00:27:21,708 Get out of here and maybe I'll let you leave 551 00:27:21,792 --> 00:27:23,500 with your ribs intact. 552 00:27:23,583 --> 00:27:26,167 Big threat, we're all gonna die anyway. 553 00:27:26,250 --> 00:27:27,500 [groaning] 554 00:27:35,958 --> 00:27:39,000 [instrumental music] 555 00:27:59,458 --> 00:28:01,875 [indistinct chatter] 556 00:28:01,958 --> 00:28:03,667 [door closes] 557 00:28:05,875 --> 00:28:08,917 [intense music] 558 00:28:36,917 --> 00:28:38,125 [hissing] 559 00:28:40,625 --> 00:28:42,708 You should get some sleep. 560 00:28:44,083 --> 00:28:46,667 Can't. Too much to do. 561 00:28:46,750 --> 00:28:49,125 That's your third stim tonight. 562 00:28:49,208 --> 00:28:50,875 Too much isn't good for you. 563 00:28:52,250 --> 00:28:53,500 If we don't figure this out 564 00:28:53,583 --> 00:28:56,333 it's really not gonna matter, now is it? 565 00:28:56,417 --> 00:28:59,083 Any more news on the Pak'ma'ra tests? 566 00:28:59,167 --> 00:29:00,625 No. 567 00:29:00,708 --> 00:29:02,458 Security reports finding the bodies 568 00:29:02,542 --> 00:29:04,417 of a dozen of your people. 569 00:29:06,167 --> 00:29:08,250 The plague is spreading fast. 570 00:29:08,333 --> 00:29:09,708 And the violence? 571 00:29:09,792 --> 00:29:12,000 So far they've got it under control. 572 00:29:12,083 --> 00:29:14,625 And everyone's looking for someone to blame. 573 00:29:14,708 --> 00:29:16,167 'Same old story.' 574 00:29:16,250 --> 00:29:18,917 Black Death, AIDS, Chalmers Syndrome. 575 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,167 Millions die and no one remembers 576 00:29:21,250 --> 00:29:22,333 the lessons we've learned. 577 00:29:22,417 --> 00:29:24,833 What was this, uh, Black Death? 578 00:29:24,917 --> 00:29:27,667 'Well, it hit Earth around the middle of the 14th Century.' 579 00:29:27,750 --> 00:29:29,500 Before it was finished, it wiped out three quarters 580 00:29:29,583 --> 00:29:31,667 of the European population. 581 00:29:31,750 --> 00:29:33,875 They said the same things too. 582 00:29:33,958 --> 00:29:36,958 It was punishment from God for our immorality. 583 00:29:37,042 --> 00:29:39,917 'Some blamed the Jews and the lepers for poisoning the wells' 584 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:44,167 and others said the plague was sent by the devil. 585 00:29:44,250 --> 00:29:47,583 And since cats were supposed to be the devil's familiars 586 00:29:47,667 --> 00:29:49,250 they were killed by the millions. 587 00:29:49,333 --> 00:29:52,750 But cats were the only means of controlling the real source 588 00:29:52,833 --> 00:29:56,000 of the plague, the rats and the fleas that went with them. 589 00:29:56,083 --> 00:29:58,667 So all they were doing was helping the plague 590 00:29:58,750 --> 00:30:00,208 spread even faster. 591 00:30:00,292 --> 00:30:02,542 But that does seem to be the rule, doesn't it? 592 00:30:02,625 --> 00:30:05,458 Analyze the problem, choose whichever strategy 593 00:30:05,542 --> 00:30:08,000 makes least sense and then do it. 594 00:30:09,750 --> 00:30:12,042 - Lazarenn? - I'm diz-dizzy. 595 00:30:13,167 --> 00:30:14,208 Ah! 596 00:30:15,542 --> 00:30:18,542 Well, that seems to.. 597 00:30:18,625 --> 00:30:20,208 ...confirm it. 598 00:30:20,292 --> 00:30:23,375 'I-I felt my throat sore a few minutes ago.' 599 00:30:23,458 --> 00:30:24,792 Stephen, you wanted to examine 600 00:30:24,875 --> 00:30:28,500 someone in the early stages of the infection. 601 00:30:28,583 --> 00:30:31,375 I think you should run some tests. 602 00:30:32,458 --> 00:30:33,875 'Quickly.' 603 00:30:44,042 --> 00:30:46,875 [intense music] 604 00:31:15,583 --> 00:31:19,375 - Are you alright? - I can't find my mama. 605 00:31:19,458 --> 00:31:22,000 Then we will find her for you. 606 00:31:22,083 --> 00:31:24,958 Lennier. Lennier! 607 00:31:25,042 --> 00:31:26,417 Yes, Delenn. 608 00:31:29,417 --> 00:31:31,542 She has separated from her mother. 609 00:31:32,333 --> 00:31:33,542 Please find her. 610 00:31:37,375 --> 00:31:38,500 How? 611 00:31:39,875 --> 00:31:41,417 Faith manages. 612 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,292 What is her name? 613 00:31:45,375 --> 00:31:46,792 Mama. 614 00:31:49,708 --> 00:31:51,833 Faith manages. 615 00:32:01,083 --> 00:32:03,708 There's a definite increase in respiration of A cells. 616 00:32:03,792 --> 00:32:05,083 Yellow blood cell count? 617 00:32:05,167 --> 00:32:06,542 Five hundred per thousand and dropping. 618 00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:07,667 Neural transmission efficiency? 619 00:32:07,750 --> 00:32:08,875 Down 15 percent. 620 00:32:08,958 --> 00:32:10,500 Alright, cross reference the two and see 621 00:32:10,583 --> 00:32:12,208 if they're dropping at the same rate, maybe the drop 622 00:32:12,292 --> 00:32:14,000 in the cells is causing the neural pathways to degrade. 623 00:32:14,083 --> 00:32:16,500 - Give me ten minutes. - No, you've got five minutes. 624 00:32:16,583 --> 00:32:20,083 (Lazarenn) 'There's a strange tingling in my fingers..' 625 00:32:20,167 --> 00:32:21,500 [chuckles] 626 00:32:21,583 --> 00:32:25,042 ...and an odd sense of euphoria. 627 00:32:25,125 --> 00:32:26,833 Check the brain stim for any unusual activity. 628 00:32:26,917 --> 00:32:27,833 Yes, sir. 629 00:32:27,917 --> 00:32:29,542 Stephen, I was trying to remember 630 00:32:29,625 --> 00:32:31,708 how we first met. 631 00:32:31,792 --> 00:32:35,708 It seems like ages ago. 632 00:32:35,792 --> 00:32:41,542 Oh, yes. It was back home and you were on layover. 633 00:32:41,625 --> 00:32:44,000 You were hitchhiking 634 00:32:44,083 --> 00:32:46,417 on starships then. 635 00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:48,042 You were very funny. 636 00:32:48,125 --> 00:32:50,833 'Everything to you is a problem to be solved' 637 00:32:50,917 --> 00:32:53,208 'a test to be passed.' 638 00:32:53,292 --> 00:32:54,625 But you know, Stephen 639 00:32:54,708 --> 00:32:57,208 sometimes the test is not to find the answer 640 00:32:57,292 --> 00:33:00,083 it's to see how you react 641 00:33:00,167 --> 00:33:05,250 when you realize there is no answer. 642 00:33:05,333 --> 00:33:09,958 Doctor. We just got the results of the Pak'ma'ra autopsy. 643 00:33:10,042 --> 00:33:12,208 It's the plague. It jumped species. 644 00:33:20,958 --> 00:33:24,333 Alright, Mitch, Tasabe, you take Simms down to Medlab 2. 645 00:33:24,417 --> 00:33:26,458 You take apart that Pak'ma'ra inch by inch. 646 00:33:26,542 --> 00:33:28,167 There's got to be a reason why they fell sick 647 00:33:28,250 --> 00:33:29,792 before the humans or the varns or anybody else. 648 00:33:29,875 --> 00:33:32,417 Now, that similarity maybe what we need to crack this thing. 649 00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:33,500 Now, go. Move. 650 00:33:33,583 --> 00:33:34,917 But don't you understand what this means? 651 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:36,417 It means, we have more information 652 00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:38,292 than we had five minutes ago. 653 00:33:38,375 --> 00:33:39,500 And if we're gonna beat this thing 654 00:33:39,583 --> 00:33:40,917 we need all the information we can get. 655 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:42,417 Now, I want a complete 656 00:33:42,500 --> 00:33:44,583 biogenic comparison of these two groups in an hour 657 00:33:44,667 --> 00:33:46,417 or by God, you're gonna have something the hell of a lot 658 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:47,917 worse than the plague to worry about. 659 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,250 Now, move! I want answers! 660 00:33:53,208 --> 00:33:55,542 Has he found mama yet? 661 00:33:55,625 --> 00:33:57,833 No, not yet. 662 00:33:57,917 --> 00:34:00,500 But he will. Don't be afraid. 663 00:34:00,583 --> 00:34:02,792 I can't help it. I'm sorry. 664 00:34:02,875 --> 00:34:05,958 No, don't be sorry. It happens to us all. 665 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,917 When I was a child 666 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,250 I once visited the city with my family 667 00:34:11,333 --> 00:34:14,917 and became separated from my parents. 668 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,958 The more I looked for them 669 00:34:17,042 --> 00:34:19,667 the more lost I became. 670 00:34:19,750 --> 00:34:23,875 The streets became smaller, narrower, darker. 671 00:34:25,458 --> 00:34:27,000 I was so afraid. 672 00:34:28,417 --> 00:34:32,542 Then I found myself in an old temple 673 00:34:32,625 --> 00:34:37,500 and I thought, I will wait here. 674 00:34:37,583 --> 00:34:40,833 I will be safe here, and they will come. 675 00:34:40,917 --> 00:34:42,458 They will come for me. 676 00:34:42,542 --> 00:34:43,917 Did they? 677 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,125 Not at first. 678 00:34:46,208 --> 00:34:48,375 Hours passed. 679 00:34:48,458 --> 00:34:51,750 The temple was cold and deserted. 680 00:34:51,833 --> 00:34:54,667 I fell asleep. 681 00:34:54,750 --> 00:34:59,333 When I woke up, there was someone standing over me. 682 00:34:59,417 --> 00:35:01,000 He looked down and smiled 683 00:35:01,083 --> 00:35:05,417 and...my fear went away. 684 00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:08,667 He stood there, bright against the darkness 685 00:35:08,750 --> 00:35:11,833 and said that I was going to be alright. 686 00:35:11,917 --> 00:35:15,208 That if I believed 687 00:35:15,292 --> 00:35:17,875 then my parents will come for me. 688 00:35:17,958 --> 00:35:23,000 He said, "I will not allow harm to come to my little ones here 689 00:35:23,083 --> 00:35:26,083 in my great house." 690 00:35:26,167 --> 00:35:29,958 Just then, the door opened 691 00:35:30,042 --> 00:35:32,875 and my parents came running in. 692 00:35:32,958 --> 00:35:34,375 [sighs] Sh'naal? 693 00:35:34,458 --> 00:35:35,917 Mama! 694 00:35:40,875 --> 00:35:42,375 I was worried about you. 695 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,042 Faith manages. 696 00:35:50,208 --> 00:35:53,292 [instrumental music] 697 00:36:03,792 --> 00:36:05,833 [automated] 'Negative reaction.' 698 00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:12,667 Adjust RNA sequence to match level-one codes. 699 00:36:12,750 --> 00:36:14,667 [automated] 'Negative reaction.' 700 00:36:20,167 --> 00:36:22,083 Cross-analyze Markab yellow blood cells 701 00:36:22,167 --> 00:36:24,375 with Pak'ma'ra green cells. 702 00:36:24,458 --> 00:36:26,500 [automated] 'Stand by.' 703 00:36:26,583 --> 00:36:28,458 Stephen. 704 00:36:28,542 --> 00:36:30,250 Save your strength, Lazarenn. 705 00:36:30,333 --> 00:36:33,792 The yellow cells could be.. 706 00:36:36,125 --> 00:36:38,833 - Could be what? - Could be.. 707 00:36:38,917 --> 00:36:42,000 - What? - 'I'm sorry, old friend.' 708 00:36:42,083 --> 00:36:45,250 I, I don't think I can stay any longer. 709 00:36:47,750 --> 00:36:49,375 Will you give my love to.. 710 00:36:49,458 --> 00:36:51,417 [computer beeping] 711 00:36:53,208 --> 00:36:55,792 (Franklin) Lazarenn! 712 00:36:55,875 --> 00:36:57,208 Lazarenn! 713 00:37:11,042 --> 00:37:14,125 [instrumental music] 714 00:37:15,667 --> 00:37:17,708 [shattering] 715 00:37:28,708 --> 00:37:30,792 [exhales] 716 00:37:30,875 --> 00:37:34,458 [automated] 'Cross-analysis between Markab yellow cells' 717 00:37:34,542 --> 00:37:38,292 'and Pak'ma'ra green cells complete.' 718 00:37:38,375 --> 00:37:40,417 'Match found.' 719 00:37:44,708 --> 00:37:46,333 Show me. 720 00:37:50,375 --> 00:37:52,917 The brain gives orders to the body through a complex chain 721 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,792 of electrochemical relays. 722 00:37:54,875 --> 00:37:57,000 An electrical impulse runs the length of a neuron 723 00:37:57,083 --> 00:37:59,500 and stops at a break called the synaptic gap. 724 00:37:59,583 --> 00:38:01,958 The electrical impulse is translated into biochemical form 725 00:38:02,042 --> 00:38:03,333 which jumps across the gap 726 00:38:03,417 --> 00:38:04,833 to the next neuron over and over again 727 00:38:04,917 --> 00:38:07,083 until the information reaches its destination. 728 00:38:07,167 --> 00:38:10,625 Now, I assumed that the disease was attacking the nerve itself. 729 00:38:10,708 --> 00:38:12,500 But there was never any damage. 730 00:38:12,583 --> 00:38:14,542 What it was actually doing 731 00:38:14,625 --> 00:38:18,458 was neutralizing the chemicals in the synaptic gap. 732 00:38:20,250 --> 00:38:22,500 In other words 733 00:38:22,583 --> 00:38:25,125 an order comes from the brain to the gap 734 00:38:25,208 --> 00:38:26,417 but the chemicals that are supposed to 735 00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:27,708 relay the information 736 00:38:27,792 --> 00:38:30,042 to the next neuron don't work anymore. 737 00:38:30,125 --> 00:38:33,208 Exactly. The heart's not ordered to pump. 738 00:38:33,292 --> 00:38:36,375 The lungs aren't ordered to breathe.. 739 00:38:36,458 --> 00:38:37,875 ...the body dies. 740 00:38:37,958 --> 00:38:39,750 Have you developed a profile of who's most prone 741 00:38:39,833 --> 00:38:41,417 to being infected? 742 00:38:41,500 --> 00:38:43,625 The risk is confined races 743 00:38:43,708 --> 00:38:44,958 that use specialized cells 744 00:38:45,042 --> 00:38:47,833 to manufacture the chemicals used in neural relays. 745 00:38:47,917 --> 00:38:50,958 'In Markabs, the chemical is produced by the yellow cells.' 746 00:38:51,042 --> 00:38:52,375 'In the Pak'ma'ra, it's the green cells.' 747 00:38:52,458 --> 00:38:54,708 Now, those are the ones targeted by the disease. 748 00:38:54,792 --> 00:38:57,417 Now, fortunately, our bodies don't work that way. 749 00:38:57,500 --> 00:38:59,250 But given the chance, the disease could mutate 750 00:38:59,333 --> 00:39:02,208 into something that could affect us all, if we don't stop it now. 751 00:39:02,292 --> 00:39:03,917 So, what do we do? 752 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,417 Well, we can't destroy the disease 753 00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:07,375 but we can artificially stimulate 754 00:39:07,458 --> 00:39:08,833 yellow and green cell production 755 00:39:08,917 --> 00:39:10,375 with a series of regular injections. 756 00:39:10,458 --> 00:39:14,083 Now, those who receive the injections, over time 757 00:39:14,167 --> 00:39:15,500 will produce stronger cells 758 00:39:15,583 --> 00:39:18,417 that are capable of withstanding the disease. 759 00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:20,125 All my data shows it should work. 760 00:39:20,208 --> 00:39:23,542 Should? You haven't tested it yet? 761 00:39:23,625 --> 00:39:25,583 No. 762 00:39:25,667 --> 00:39:27,667 There wasn't time. 763 00:39:27,750 --> 00:39:29,667 I've prepared enough for 500 doses to start 764 00:39:29,750 --> 00:39:31,667 but we will have to hurry. 765 00:39:43,458 --> 00:39:45,875 - Any reply to our message yet? - No, sir. 766 00:39:47,792 --> 00:39:49,375 Open it up. 767 00:39:54,083 --> 00:39:57,125 [dramatic music] 768 00:40:25,083 --> 00:40:28,125 [music continues] 769 00:40:35,167 --> 00:40:38,917 Lennier, is there anyone? Anyone at all? 770 00:40:42,333 --> 00:40:45,208 No. No one. 771 00:40:55,667 --> 00:40:56,875 John. 772 00:40:58,708 --> 00:41:00,667 [sobbing] John. 773 00:41:00,750 --> 00:41:02,208 Shh. 774 00:41:08,417 --> 00:41:11,125 [instrumental music] 775 00:41:14,792 --> 00:41:17,375 You are to be congratulated for finding a way 776 00:41:17,458 --> 00:41:19,875 to stop the plague from spreading further. 777 00:41:19,958 --> 00:41:22,000 Well, any thanks is more properly directed 778 00:41:22,083 --> 00:41:24,042 to Dr. Franklin. 779 00:41:24,125 --> 00:41:27,583 We dodged the bullet this time. 780 00:41:27,667 --> 00:41:30,542 - What happens next time? - What happens? 781 00:41:32,167 --> 00:41:34,667 What happens is that we honor the memory of those 782 00:41:34,750 --> 00:41:37,125 who are no longer with us 783 00:41:37,208 --> 00:41:40,083 by using what we have learned to save others. 784 00:41:40,167 --> 00:41:44,583 To exercise faith and patience and charity. 785 00:41:44,667 --> 00:41:47,583 To reach out to those who are afraid. 786 00:41:47,667 --> 00:41:52,042 If we can do that, then their passing will have had meaning 787 00:41:52,125 --> 00:41:53,958 and we will grow from it. 788 00:41:54,042 --> 00:41:55,167 Yeah, maybe. 789 00:41:57,208 --> 00:41:58,375 I hope so. 790 00:41:59,750 --> 00:42:02,417 Medical ships dispatched to the Markab Homeworld 791 00:42:02,500 --> 00:42:04,125 have confirmed the death toll. 792 00:42:04,208 --> 00:42:06,292 The entire planetary population 793 00:42:06,375 --> 00:42:08,625 has been wiped out by the plague. 794 00:42:08,708 --> 00:42:10,000 Over two billion dead 795 00:42:10,083 --> 00:42:12,042 in addition to another two or three million 796 00:42:12,125 --> 00:42:14,250 on other colonies and outposts. 797 00:42:14,333 --> 00:42:16,375 Although it is expected that some Markabs 798 00:42:16,458 --> 00:42:19,083 may have survived on isolated colonies 799 00:42:19,167 --> 00:42:20,708 for all intents and purposes 800 00:42:20,792 --> 00:42:24,000 the Markab civilization has been destroyed. 801 00:42:24,083 --> 00:42:26,917 'We've also received reports of widespread destruction' 802 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,458 'from fires tearing through the dead cities.' 803 00:42:29,542 --> 00:42:33,250 Hey, what do you call two billion dead Markabs? 804 00:42:34,875 --> 00:42:36,625 Planetary redecorating. 805 00:42:36,708 --> 00:42:38,458 [giggling] 806 00:42:38,542 --> 00:42:41,500 News. News gives me the creeps. 807 00:42:41,583 --> 00:42:42,917 You know, I heard it was the Vorlons 808 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:44,417 that poisoned that place. 809 00:42:44,500 --> 00:42:46,083 'You know how they are.' 810 00:42:47,292 --> 00:42:48,958 Nothing changes. 811 00:42:51,917 --> 00:42:55,000 [instrumental music] 812 00:43:05,917 --> 00:43:08,333 [theme music]