1 00:00:07,583 --> 00:00:10,917 It is a pleasure to meet you. 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,458 It is a pleasure to meet you. 3 00:00:14,542 --> 00:00:17,750 It is a pleasure to meet you. 4 00:00:17,833 --> 00:00:19,333 Gonna introduce me, Vir? 5 00:00:19,417 --> 00:00:22,792 Ah, I know I must look a little odd right now. 6 00:00:22,875 --> 00:00:25,458 Well, uh, I guess it's all relative. 7 00:00:25,542 --> 00:00:27,792 A-actually, it's relatives. 8 00:00:27,875 --> 00:00:30,417 I'm here to pick up some women. 9 00:00:30,500 --> 00:00:31,708 You'll have better luck at bars. 10 00:00:31,792 --> 00:00:33,792 - No, no, I-I mean-- - Just kidding. 11 00:00:33,875 --> 00:00:35,750 [laughs] Oh. 12 00:00:35,833 --> 00:00:37,750 So who are these women? Uh, diplomats? 13 00:00:37,833 --> 00:00:40,375 Uh, Ambassador Mollari's three wives. 14 00:00:40,458 --> 00:00:44,208 A harem. Oh, the lucky dog. 15 00:00:44,292 --> 00:00:46,125 - You are Vir? - Yes. 16 00:00:46,208 --> 00:00:48,625 I am Timov, daughter of Algul. 17 00:00:48,708 --> 00:00:51,000 You will take me to my husband. 18 00:00:51,083 --> 00:00:52,917 I was told there would be three of you. 19 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,792 Who is this? No, never mind. 20 00:00:54,875 --> 00:00:57,083 I said you will bring me to my husband. 21 00:00:57,167 --> 00:00:58,958 Is your hearing deficient? 22 00:00:59,042 --> 00:01:01,958 - No, but I do have-- - Then let's be off. 23 00:01:02,042 --> 00:01:04,583 It is a pleasure to meet you. 24 00:01:06,375 --> 00:01:07,750 Should have put the emphasis on pleasure. 25 00:01:07,833 --> 00:01:09,458 - She'd love you then. - Pleasure? 26 00:01:09,542 --> 00:01:12,083 - 'For?' - Yes, madam. 27 00:01:13,708 --> 00:01:15,500 (male 'Look, I told you back on the transport' 28 00:01:15,583 --> 00:01:16,958 watch where the hell you're going. 29 00:01:17,042 --> 00:01:19,125 I'm tired of you constantly.. 30 00:01:20,542 --> 00:01:24,333 Jeez, I'm sorry. What was I saying? 31 00:01:24,417 --> 00:01:26,583 Absolutely nothing. 32 00:01:26,667 --> 00:01:28,292 Right. 33 00:01:28,375 --> 00:01:30,208 Right. 34 00:01:32,833 --> 00:01:35,917 [instrumental music] 35 00:01:46,292 --> 00:01:48,792 - His name was Stoner? - Yeah. 36 00:01:50,083 --> 00:01:52,375 Ah, it doesn't ring a bell. 37 00:01:52,458 --> 00:01:54,083 The customs official who passed him through 38 00:01:54,167 --> 00:01:56,625 recognized him immediately from my description. 39 00:01:56,708 --> 00:01:58,833 So I ran a check on him through channels. Nothing extraordinary. 40 00:01:58,917 --> 00:02:00,667 Freelance navigator, part-time trader. 41 00:02:00,750 --> 00:02:02,250 I mean, there's hundreds, thousands of guys 42 00:02:02,333 --> 00:02:03,458 like him around. 43 00:02:03,542 --> 00:02:05,708 So what's the problem? 44 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:08,542 I don't know. That's the problem. 45 00:02:10,125 --> 00:02:12,542 See, so much of what I do, it's gut instinct. 46 00:02:12,625 --> 00:02:15,042 I see things, little things, don't even notice they're there 47 00:02:15,125 --> 00:02:16,833 but they put me on guard. 48 00:02:16,917 --> 00:02:19,792 I just hate not knowing why. 49 00:02:19,875 --> 00:02:22,875 - You wanted to see me, captain? - Oh, yes, Miss Winters. 50 00:02:22,958 --> 00:02:24,583 Uh, by the way, captain, for sometime now 51 00:02:24,667 --> 00:02:26,750 I've been meaning to mention that I think you've settled 52 00:02:26,833 --> 00:02:28,542 nicely into your new duties. 53 00:02:28,625 --> 00:02:30,208 Well, thank you, Miss Winters. 54 00:02:30,292 --> 00:02:33,083 Only a few bumps along the way so far. 55 00:02:33,167 --> 00:02:34,542 Then again, the day is young. 56 00:02:34,625 --> 00:02:36,625 So how can I be of service? 57 00:02:36,708 --> 00:02:38,708 There's some rumors floating from the Psi-Corps net. 58 00:02:38,792 --> 00:02:42,000 I was hoping you could confirm or deny. 59 00:02:42,083 --> 00:02:43,875 Uh, Garibaldi, we'll discuss 60 00:02:43,958 --> 00:02:46,208 this Stoner fellow later, alright? 61 00:02:46,292 --> 00:02:48,417 Stoner? 62 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:49,708 Matt Stoner? 63 00:02:49,792 --> 00:02:52,875 Yeah, yeah, that was his name, Matthew. 64 00:02:52,958 --> 00:02:55,333 He's not here on Babylon 5? 65 00:02:55,417 --> 00:02:57,292 Is that a problem? 66 00:02:57,375 --> 00:03:00,458 - Oh. - You know him? 67 00:03:00,542 --> 00:03:03,708 Only in the most unpleasant sense. 68 00:03:03,792 --> 00:03:06,125 I was married to him. 69 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,833 (male narrator) The Babylon project was our last 70 00:03:11,917 --> 00:03:14,583 best hope for peace. 71 00:03:14,667 --> 00:03:17,333 A self-contained world 5 miles long 72 00:03:17,417 --> 00:03:19,875 located in neutral territory. 73 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,083 A place of commerce and diplomacy 74 00:03:25,167 --> 00:03:28,750 for a quarter of a million humans and aliens. 75 00:03:28,833 --> 00:03:31,917 A shining beacon in space 76 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,083 all alone in the night. 77 00:03:34,167 --> 00:03:37,542 It was the dawn of the third age of mankind. 78 00:03:37,625 --> 00:03:42,042 The year the great war came upon us all. 79 00:03:42,125 --> 00:03:45,958 This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. 80 00:03:46,042 --> 00:03:48,208 The year is 2259. 81 00:03:48,292 --> 00:03:51,792 The name of the place is Babylon 5. 82 00:03:51,875 --> 00:03:54,917 [theme music] 83 00:04:44,625 --> 00:04:46,958 (Londo) 'And then he said, "That's not my leg.' 84 00:04:47,042 --> 00:04:48,500 'That's my air hose."' 85 00:04:48,583 --> 00:04:51,000 [laughing] 86 00:04:51,083 --> 00:04:54,208 Barkeep, another round for all my friends. 87 00:04:54,292 --> 00:04:56,542 [cheering] 88 00:04:57,625 --> 00:04:59,083 He'll be here shortly, I swear. 89 00:04:59,167 --> 00:05:01,833 He's probably at a meeting or something. 90 00:05:01,917 --> 00:05:03,208 He drags me out here 91 00:05:03,292 --> 00:05:05,542 gives no reason why he wants to see me. 92 00:05:05,625 --> 00:05:08,583 What's he hiding, Vir? Tell me. 93 00:05:08,667 --> 00:05:11,208 I won't bite, Vir. 94 00:05:11,292 --> 00:05:13,000 With all due respect, madam 95 00:05:13,083 --> 00:05:16,708 that's not what I've heard. 96 00:05:16,792 --> 00:05:20,125 Alright, that one time. 97 00:05:20,208 --> 00:05:22,083 It was, it was twice. 98 00:05:22,167 --> 00:05:25,083 What has he told you about me? Anything good? 99 00:05:25,167 --> 00:05:27,500 What is there to tell? 100 00:05:27,583 --> 00:05:29,083 Daggair. 101 00:05:29,167 --> 00:05:32,125 My, what a surprise. 102 00:05:32,208 --> 00:05:34,708 - A pleasant one. - I wouldn't go that far. 103 00:05:34,792 --> 00:05:36,792 Madame Daggair, my pardons. 104 00:05:36,875 --> 00:05:39,750 This is unconscionable. I-I was at customs. 105 00:05:39,833 --> 00:05:41,333 I don't know how I could have missed you. 106 00:05:41,417 --> 00:05:44,042 Believe me, Vir, if you knew her as I do 107 00:05:44,125 --> 00:05:45,875 you wouldn't miss her a bit. 108 00:05:45,958 --> 00:05:48,833 [chuckles] Oh, Timov, Timov. 109 00:05:48,917 --> 00:05:50,417 Why do you always try to draw me 110 00:05:50,500 --> 00:05:55,125 into your little verbal fencing matches? 111 00:05:55,208 --> 00:05:59,917 Because I don't have a real sword handy. 112 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,750 (male announcer) Attention, the Earth History Exhibition 113 00:06:02,833 --> 00:06:05,417 will be closing at 1700 hours. 114 00:06:08,083 --> 00:06:09,583 [strums] 115 00:06:15,333 --> 00:06:18,042 You left my office in quite a hurry. 116 00:06:18,125 --> 00:06:20,708 We didn't have much of a chance to talk. 117 00:06:21,917 --> 00:06:25,208 - I was not in the mood. - Hmm, I gathered that. 118 00:06:25,292 --> 00:06:26,708 [chuckles] 119 00:06:26,792 --> 00:06:28,167 Are you now? 120 00:06:29,542 --> 00:06:33,125 Look, captain, I know you're in charge of this station 121 00:06:33,208 --> 00:06:36,542 but to be blunt, this isn't your concern. 122 00:06:36,625 --> 00:06:38,833 No, you, you're right, Miss Winters. 123 00:06:38,917 --> 00:06:42,000 As station commander, this isn't my concern. 124 00:06:43,417 --> 00:06:46,042 But as one person who sees another in pain 125 00:06:46,125 --> 00:06:48,833 someone whom he considers a friend 126 00:06:48,917 --> 00:06:51,875 or at the very least an ally 127 00:06:51,958 --> 00:06:55,833 'I just want you to know that, uh, I'm willing to listen.' 128 00:07:00,667 --> 00:07:01,875 [beeps] 129 00:07:01,958 --> 00:07:03,417 (Delenn) 'Yes, what?' 130 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:05,667 Ambassador Delenn, you asked to see me? 131 00:07:05,750 --> 00:07:07,917 'Are you alone?' 132 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,500 - Yes. - 'Come in, quickly.' 133 00:07:15,833 --> 00:07:17,167 [grunts] 134 00:07:17,250 --> 00:07:19,542 Commander, I want you to understand 135 00:07:19,625 --> 00:07:21,500 I acquired human characteristics 136 00:07:21,583 --> 00:07:24,000 to bring your people and mine closer together. 137 00:07:24,083 --> 00:07:26,375 'To symbolize our mutuality.' 138 00:07:26,458 --> 00:07:29,458 It is supposed to be a dignified inspiring transition 139 00:07:29,542 --> 00:07:31,208 for both humans and Minbari. 140 00:07:31,292 --> 00:07:34,542 So will you, please, explain to me why this-this-this.. 141 00:07:34,625 --> 00:07:37,792 - Hair. - ...refuses to cooperate? 142 00:07:40,625 --> 00:07:43,958 [sighs] I had no problems with it at first 143 00:07:44,042 --> 00:07:46,333 but as time passed, it-- 144 00:07:46,417 --> 00:07:48,625 It's pretty brittle. 145 00:07:48,708 --> 00:07:50,167 What are you washing it with? 146 00:07:50,250 --> 00:07:51,667 Washing? 147 00:07:53,208 --> 00:07:56,125 Yes, you know, when you bathe. 148 00:07:56,208 --> 00:07:58,792 We use a chemical compound that strips away 149 00:07:58,875 --> 00:08:01,250 the outer layer of the epidermal tissue. 150 00:08:01,333 --> 00:08:04,042 It is symbolic of being reborn each day. 151 00:08:04,125 --> 00:08:06,125 And you've been using this on your hair? 152 00:08:06,208 --> 00:08:08,125 Yes. 153 00:08:08,208 --> 00:08:09,917 Have you considered just immersing your body 154 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,083 in water to remove the sweat and-- 155 00:08:12,167 --> 00:08:16,125 We do not perspire in the same way you do. 156 00:08:16,208 --> 00:08:18,708 While we sleep, we secrete a fluid-- 157 00:08:18,792 --> 00:08:22,042 Ambassador...maybe I should get somebody else to deal with this. 158 00:08:22,125 --> 00:08:25,042 Do you know what to do? 159 00:08:25,125 --> 00:08:27,250 Well, yes, I mean.. 160 00:08:27,333 --> 00:08:29,583 My mother used to do my hair. But I'm sure-- 161 00:08:29,667 --> 00:08:31,750 This is most embarrassing. 162 00:08:31,833 --> 00:08:34,750 - If you could just-- - I have duties. 163 00:08:34,833 --> 00:08:36,958 Please. 164 00:08:37,042 --> 00:08:38,458 I trust you. 165 00:08:38,542 --> 00:08:39,708 [sighs] 166 00:08:41,792 --> 00:08:43,500 - Candamp;C, this is Ivanova. - 'Online.' 167 00:08:43,583 --> 00:08:47,083 Please inform the captain, barring an emergency.. 168 00:08:47,167 --> 00:08:49,292 ...I may be a while. 169 00:08:52,792 --> 00:08:54,708 Oh, boy. 170 00:08:54,792 --> 00:08:57,250 In your first year of training in Psi-Corps Academy 171 00:08:57,333 --> 00:08:59,083 you're assigned to an advanced trainee 172 00:08:59,167 --> 00:09:01,167 who oversees your development. 173 00:09:01,250 --> 00:09:02,792 Matt was mine. 174 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:05,958 He was charming, sympathetic. 175 00:09:06,042 --> 00:09:08,208 Understand me, captain, the things I learned to do 176 00:09:08,292 --> 00:09:12,500 for Psi-Corps were and are very difficult. 177 00:09:12,583 --> 00:09:15,833 Matt made the transition easier at first. 178 00:09:15,917 --> 00:09:19,625 Then the Corps decided that we were genetically compatible. 179 00:09:19,708 --> 00:09:21,625 The odds of us producing a child of equal 180 00:09:21,708 --> 00:09:26,125 or greater telepathic abilities were substantial. 181 00:09:26,208 --> 00:09:28,542 It all happened so fast. 182 00:09:31,042 --> 00:09:32,875 How long were you married? 183 00:09:32,958 --> 00:09:35,625 Just long enough to realize it was a mistake. 184 00:09:37,667 --> 00:09:41,958 Psi-Corps isn't exactly forthcoming with its membership 185 00:09:42,042 --> 00:09:44,333 but what information I did turn up indicated 186 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:46,708 that Stoner wasn't Corps. 187 00:09:46,792 --> 00:09:48,167 He left. 188 00:09:48,250 --> 00:09:51,458 Shortly afterward, Psi-Corps had the marriage annulled. 189 00:09:51,542 --> 00:09:54,042 I thought the only way anyone left Psi-Corps 190 00:09:54,125 --> 00:09:55,542 was feet first. 191 00:09:55,625 --> 00:09:59,208 [chuckles] Matt had connections. 192 00:09:59,292 --> 00:10:00,667 He had.. 193 00:10:02,167 --> 00:10:04,333 I don't know what he had. 194 00:10:04,417 --> 00:10:07,208 No one in authority wanted to talk about it. 195 00:10:17,042 --> 00:10:18,833 (G'Kar) 'So now that you've been here for a while' 196 00:10:18,917 --> 00:10:21,792 do you feel you've settled in, captain? 197 00:10:21,875 --> 00:10:23,583 Why does everyone keep asking me that? 198 00:10:23,667 --> 00:10:25,917 Oh, merely polite interest. 199 00:10:26,042 --> 00:10:28,458 Ah, I'm sorry, I.. 200 00:10:28,542 --> 00:10:30,292 I guess I'm reading too much into it 201 00:10:30,375 --> 00:10:32,792 but people seem to be implying 202 00:10:32,875 --> 00:10:35,125 that I shouldn't get too comfortable. 203 00:10:35,208 --> 00:10:36,750 Oh, nonsense. It's not as if 204 00:10:36,833 --> 00:10:39,167 anyone expects you to, oh, vanish overnight 205 00:10:39,250 --> 00:10:42,458 under mysterious circumstances to a strange Minbari post. 206 00:10:42,542 --> 00:10:45,292 Why, that would be unprecedented in this station's history. 207 00:10:45,375 --> 00:10:47,208 - I get the message, ambassador. - Do you? 208 00:10:47,292 --> 00:10:50,333 I still don't understand what that was all about. 209 00:10:50,417 --> 00:10:52,958 Something's going on if you ask me. 210 00:10:53,042 --> 00:10:56,083 [inhales] Whenever these bizarre and odd things occur 211 00:10:56,167 --> 00:10:58,417 it gives me pain right here. 212 00:10:58,500 --> 00:11:02,417 Ah, my good Captain Sheridan. 213 00:11:02,500 --> 00:11:05,958 - All settled in? - All settled, ambassador. 214 00:11:06,042 --> 00:11:08,208 [chuckles] 215 00:11:08,292 --> 00:11:12,167 And my dear G'Kar, how are you this glorious day? 216 00:11:12,250 --> 00:11:14,000 We're in a space station, ambassador. 217 00:11:14,083 --> 00:11:15,458 One day is much like another. 218 00:11:15,542 --> 00:11:17,250 That, my friend, is very much 219 00:11:17,333 --> 00:11:18,792 subject to point of view. 220 00:11:18,875 --> 00:11:23,458 And from my point of view, this is a most glorious day. 221 00:11:27,833 --> 00:11:29,917 G'Kar, you are looking 222 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,042 in particularly excellent health today. 223 00:11:33,125 --> 00:11:36,042 Whatever it is you're doing, keep it up. 224 00:11:40,750 --> 00:11:43,042 [sighs] Excuse me. 225 00:11:43,125 --> 00:11:44,417 Yeah. 226 00:11:47,333 --> 00:11:49,083 - Can I get you anything? - Yes. 227 00:11:49,167 --> 00:11:50,875 You can get me out of here. 228 00:11:50,958 --> 00:11:54,333 Who does Londo think he is to keep us sitting about? 229 00:11:54,417 --> 00:11:56,625 He probably thinks he's our husband 230 00:11:56,708 --> 00:11:59,458 and that we as dutiful wives will wait 231 00:11:59,542 --> 00:12:02,792 with breathless anticipation for his arrival. 232 00:12:02,875 --> 00:12:04,292 Is that not right, Vir? 233 00:12:04,375 --> 00:12:05,792 Well, um, actually, it's-- 234 00:12:05,875 --> 00:12:08,667 You are joking, Daggair. 235 00:12:08,750 --> 00:12:13,458 Your problem, Timov, is that you've never known your place. 236 00:12:13,542 --> 00:12:14,917 My place? 237 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,667 You once threatened to break a vase over his head. 238 00:12:17,750 --> 00:12:21,458 [laughs] Well, that, that was the impetuousness of youth. 239 00:12:21,542 --> 00:12:23,625 That was last month. 240 00:12:23,708 --> 00:12:26,208 Daggair, what are you playing at? 241 00:12:26,292 --> 00:12:30,542 Well, well, well. 242 00:12:30,625 --> 00:12:32,917 And here you are. 243 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,958 And here you are finally. Where have you been? 244 00:12:36,042 --> 00:12:38,167 Affairs of state, my dear. 245 00:12:38,250 --> 00:12:41,000 State of inebriation, I'd wager. 246 00:12:41,083 --> 00:12:45,375 Londo, you're looking fit. 247 00:12:45,458 --> 00:12:47,625 More handsome than I would have remembered. 248 00:12:47,708 --> 00:12:49,417 Oh, well. 249 00:12:49,500 --> 00:12:52,375 What's going on here? 250 00:12:52,458 --> 00:12:53,792 Londo, what's all this about? 251 00:12:53,875 --> 00:12:56,583 You have no idea why I've summoned you all here? 252 00:12:56,667 --> 00:12:58,333 No, and I think it's about time-- 253 00:12:58,417 --> 00:13:01,458 Wait. Where's Mariel? 254 00:13:01,542 --> 00:13:04,125 - Vir? - I don't know. 255 00:13:04,208 --> 00:13:06,917 I-I was expecting her and-and-and she didn't show up-- 256 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,167 Probably we should wait for Mariel to arrive-- 257 00:13:09,250 --> 00:13:11,958 No, I will not tolerate this any longer. 258 00:13:12,042 --> 00:13:14,667 The secret of our marriage's success, Londo 259 00:13:14,750 --> 00:13:16,583 is our lack of communication. 260 00:13:16,667 --> 00:13:18,500 You have jeopardized that success 261 00:13:18,583 --> 00:13:19,833 and I would know why. 262 00:13:19,917 --> 00:13:23,208 Very well. I wanted to save the surprise 263 00:13:23,292 --> 00:13:26,042 but clearly you have forgotten 264 00:13:26,125 --> 00:13:28,708 that tomorrow is the 30th anniversary 265 00:13:28,792 --> 00:13:30,500 of my ascension day. 266 00:13:30,583 --> 00:13:32,375 - It is? - It is? 267 00:13:32,458 --> 00:13:34,792 Yes. The emperor has not forgotten. 268 00:13:34,875 --> 00:13:37,250 I personally received a congratulatory note 269 00:13:37,333 --> 00:13:38,500 from the royal court. 270 00:13:38,583 --> 00:13:40,583 My star is rising 271 00:13:40,667 --> 00:13:42,292 in case you are unaware. 272 00:13:42,375 --> 00:13:44,708 I was unaware, yes. 273 00:13:44,792 --> 00:13:47,208 I have little patience for the vagaries 274 00:13:47,292 --> 00:13:50,542 of politics and social climbing. 275 00:13:50,625 --> 00:13:54,833 That's always been more Daggair's field of endeavor. 276 00:13:54,917 --> 00:13:57,167 'Hasn't it, Daggair?' 277 00:13:57,250 --> 00:14:01,583 [laughs] Now the emperor is a busy fellow, of course. 278 00:14:01,667 --> 00:14:04,792 No time to shop unlike my beloved wives 279 00:14:04,875 --> 00:14:08,583 who always find the time to run up my credit accounts. 280 00:14:08,667 --> 00:14:09,917 [laughing] 281 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,875 In any event, he wished to give me a gift 282 00:14:12,958 --> 00:14:15,583 in honor of my service to our people. 283 00:14:15,667 --> 00:14:17,917 And the gift he gave me was 284 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,417 any one wish within his power to grant. 285 00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:24,583 And what was your wish, my sweet? 286 00:14:24,667 --> 00:14:26,542 A divorce! 287 00:14:26,625 --> 00:14:27,500 [gasps] 288 00:14:27,583 --> 00:14:28,750 An easement 289 00:14:28,833 --> 00:14:30,083 'from the arranged marriages' 290 00:14:30,167 --> 00:14:31,792 to my three wives. 291 00:14:31,875 --> 00:14:34,042 [chuckles] However.. 292 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:39,292 ...the emperor requested that I keep one of you 293 00:14:39,375 --> 00:14:42,458 to be by my side for future state affairs. 294 00:14:42,542 --> 00:14:45,583 So by tomorrow, I will choose 295 00:14:45,667 --> 00:14:48,125 one of the three of you to remain my wife. 296 00:14:48,208 --> 00:14:51,208 The other two will be gone. 297 00:14:51,292 --> 00:14:53,417 [laughs] 298 00:14:55,458 --> 00:14:56,500 Gone! 299 00:14:56,583 --> 00:14:58,500 You'll receive no further money 300 00:14:58,583 --> 00:15:00,875 beyond the vast amounts of my savings 301 00:15:00,958 --> 00:15:03,292 you've already diverted to other accounts. 302 00:15:03,375 --> 00:15:04,625 You'll have no title 303 00:15:04,708 --> 00:15:07,458 and you'll have to do without the privileges 304 00:15:07,542 --> 00:15:10,042 'to which you have become accustomed.' 305 00:15:10,125 --> 00:15:14,625 A small repayment for the many years of joy 306 00:15:14,708 --> 00:15:15,875 'you have given me.' 307 00:15:15,958 --> 00:15:17,792 [chuckles] 308 00:15:20,542 --> 00:15:23,000 You knew about this. You knew! 309 00:15:23,083 --> 00:15:25,333 [chuckles] Oh, my dear, I've been caught 310 00:15:25,417 --> 00:15:27,500 completely unawares, I assure you. 311 00:15:27,583 --> 00:15:29,333 - Hmm. - Petulant, isn't she? 312 00:15:29,417 --> 00:15:31,500 Oh, well, breeding will tell. 313 00:15:31,583 --> 00:15:34,125 A bitch like you would know about breeding. 314 00:15:34,208 --> 00:15:38,292 Oh, ladies, ladies, please. 315 00:15:38,375 --> 00:15:40,125 Continue. 316 00:15:40,208 --> 00:15:43,000 [doorbell beeps] Vir, if you wouldn't mind. 317 00:15:44,458 --> 00:15:45,833 Yes. 318 00:15:47,667 --> 00:15:49,167 Enter. 319 00:15:51,417 --> 00:15:53,750 Hello, Londo. Miss me? 320 00:16:02,125 --> 00:16:04,667 [dramatic music] 321 00:16:08,125 --> 00:16:10,750 So tell me what you think it's worth. 322 00:16:14,375 --> 00:16:16,375 Opening offer or final bid? 323 00:16:16,458 --> 00:16:20,208 Are you here for trade or simply to waste my time? 324 00:16:29,208 --> 00:16:32,125 'I've seen a number of Centauri artifacts..' 325 00:16:33,583 --> 00:16:35,875 ...but nothing like this. 326 00:16:39,125 --> 00:16:40,625 Care to tell me how you got it? 327 00:16:40,708 --> 00:16:43,917 After all, I wouldn't wanna think someone in Babylon 5 328 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,042 was dealing in stolen goods. 329 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:50,333 - And you are? - Garibaldi, head of security. 330 00:16:50,417 --> 00:16:52,125 Oh, so if I'm feeling insecure 331 00:16:52,208 --> 00:16:54,708 hugging you will make me feel better? 332 00:17:00,250 --> 00:17:01,833 Certification of my participation 333 00:17:01,917 --> 00:17:04,458 in an authorized archeological dig. 334 00:17:04,542 --> 00:17:07,250 List of contents are there. 335 00:17:07,333 --> 00:17:10,375 You'll find this little item among them. 336 00:17:10,458 --> 00:17:12,708 It's all quite legitimate, officer. 337 00:17:14,542 --> 00:17:16,500 I can help you with the big words 338 00:17:16,583 --> 00:17:18,750 if you're having trouble. 339 00:17:23,750 --> 00:17:26,292 While he's assessing its value 340 00:17:26,375 --> 00:17:29,958 why don't you and I have a little chat in private? 341 00:17:33,542 --> 00:17:38,167 Ambassador, we've received an invitation to.. 342 00:17:38,250 --> 00:17:40,250 Yes, Lennier? 343 00:17:40,333 --> 00:17:42,542 An invitation to? 344 00:17:42,625 --> 00:17:44,625 A celebration for Ambassador Mollari. 345 00:17:44,708 --> 00:17:46,792 The 30th anniversary of his ascension. 346 00:17:46,875 --> 00:17:48,625 That's significant? 347 00:17:48,708 --> 00:17:50,875 For a Centauri, oh, yes. 348 00:17:50,958 --> 00:17:53,167 Lennier, we will accept, of course. 349 00:17:53,250 --> 00:17:55,708 I will convey that message. 350 00:17:56,958 --> 00:17:58,792 Anything else? 351 00:18:00,625 --> 00:18:02,042 Is that painful? 352 00:18:02,125 --> 00:18:04,125 [chuckles] 353 00:18:04,208 --> 00:18:07,375 Actually, it's oddly relaxing. 354 00:18:20,625 --> 00:18:22,917 You've been fairly busy, haven't you, Mr. Stoner? 355 00:18:24,333 --> 00:18:27,458 Your records have you all over the place. 356 00:18:27,542 --> 00:18:31,000 Wouldn't be trying to stay one step ahead of someone.. 357 00:18:31,083 --> 00:18:34,583 ...or perhaps involved in some shady dealings? 358 00:18:36,083 --> 00:18:40,000 Do you treat all new arrivals to Babylon 5 this way 359 00:18:40,083 --> 00:18:42,792 or is this.. 360 00:18:42,875 --> 00:18:44,292 ...personal? 361 00:18:45,583 --> 00:18:48,500 Talia Winters is a friend of mine. 362 00:18:48,583 --> 00:18:49,958 Is she here? 363 00:18:50,042 --> 00:18:51,875 Small galaxy, isn't it? 364 00:18:51,958 --> 00:18:54,042 You're gonna pretend you didn't know? 365 00:18:54,125 --> 00:18:57,250 - Did she tell you all about me? - No. 366 00:18:57,333 --> 00:19:00,500 Would you like me to tell you all about her? 367 00:19:00,583 --> 00:19:02,417 Is that it? 368 00:19:02,500 --> 00:19:04,875 What she likes to hear 369 00:19:04,958 --> 00:19:08,042 where she likes to be touched. 370 00:19:08,125 --> 00:19:09,792 Don't push it. 371 00:19:09,875 --> 00:19:12,208 The little noises she makes. 372 00:19:12,292 --> 00:19:15,708 Does she cry out or sigh softly? 373 00:19:15,792 --> 00:19:18,250 Shut...up. 374 00:19:19,583 --> 00:19:21,500 I thought you wanted me to talk. 375 00:19:21,583 --> 00:19:23,917 Make up your mind, officer. 376 00:19:31,750 --> 00:19:34,208 Any more questions, officer.. 377 00:19:35,333 --> 00:19:38,250 ...or am I free to go? 378 00:19:38,333 --> 00:19:40,917 If Talia Winters so much as breathes a word 379 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,333 that you've been harassing her 380 00:19:43,417 --> 00:19:44,917 you'll be spaced so fast 381 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,333 you'll think you were born in a vacuum. 382 00:19:48,917 --> 00:19:50,292 Hmm. 383 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:55,125 'I'll be keeping an eye on you.' 384 00:19:55,208 --> 00:19:58,417 Use both eyes. You'll need them. 385 00:20:08,250 --> 00:20:09,500 - Excuse me. - Hmm? 386 00:20:09,583 --> 00:20:11,125 I seem to have gotten separated 387 00:20:11,208 --> 00:20:12,958 during a tour my husband was giving. 388 00:20:13,042 --> 00:20:16,125 Oh, you must be one of Ambassador Mollari's wives. 389 00:20:16,208 --> 00:20:17,667 I'd heard you were here. 390 00:20:17,750 --> 00:20:19,542 I'm Captain John Sheridan. 391 00:20:19,625 --> 00:20:22,125 - And I am-- - Mariel! 392 00:20:22,208 --> 00:20:23,833 There you are. 393 00:20:23,917 --> 00:20:27,625 Making new friends...again? 394 00:20:27,708 --> 00:20:31,000 Captain, a moment of your time, please. 395 00:20:32,667 --> 00:20:36,500 Still the iron claw in the velvet glove, Mariel? 396 00:20:36,583 --> 00:20:39,083 Getting your claws into someone else? 397 00:20:39,167 --> 00:20:43,792 Timov, I love you even if you do not. 398 00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:45,042 Ha! 399 00:20:49,250 --> 00:20:50,958 Be careful. 400 00:20:51,042 --> 00:20:52,958 I should have warned you. 401 00:20:53,042 --> 00:20:55,125 On Earth, you have these creatures 402 00:20:55,208 --> 00:20:57,333 insects attracted to flames? 403 00:20:57,417 --> 00:21:00,125 Uh, yes, moths. Uh, they're drawn to flames 404 00:21:00,208 --> 00:21:02,250 and bright lights and get burned. 405 00:21:02,333 --> 00:21:05,250 Mariel is drawn to men of power in that same way 406 00:21:05,333 --> 00:21:08,542 but trust me, she burns them. 407 00:21:09,792 --> 00:21:11,750 We'll talk later. 408 00:21:23,417 --> 00:21:25,958 (Matt) Hello, puddin'. 409 00:21:26,042 --> 00:21:27,958 Glad to see me? 410 00:21:29,792 --> 00:21:31,708 Not a word for your ex? 411 00:21:31,792 --> 00:21:33,708 Not one syllable? 412 00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:36,292 Why have you come here? 413 00:21:36,375 --> 00:21:39,000 You never were a big believer in coincidence. 414 00:21:41,083 --> 00:21:43,542 We had something once, Talia. 415 00:21:43,625 --> 00:21:45,375 You had something, not we. 416 00:21:45,458 --> 00:21:47,833 And it's nothing I want any part of. 417 00:21:47,917 --> 00:21:49,208 Not anymore. 418 00:21:49,292 --> 00:21:50,917 I'll add it to the list of things 419 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,458 you don't want any part of. 420 00:21:53,542 --> 00:21:55,708 Like Psi-Corps. 421 00:21:55,792 --> 00:21:57,417 'But then I forget.' 422 00:21:57,500 --> 00:22:01,750 Anyone who's telepathic doesn't have that option. 423 00:22:01,833 --> 00:22:03,667 Except you. 424 00:22:05,708 --> 00:22:08,250 You'd love to find out how I did it, wouldn't you? 425 00:22:08,333 --> 00:22:10,083 How I got out? 426 00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:12,875 Yes. 427 00:22:14,458 --> 00:22:16,583 Anyone can. 428 00:22:16,667 --> 00:22:19,125 All you have to do is lose your telepathic abilities. 429 00:22:19,208 --> 00:22:21,833 Oh, that's all. 430 00:22:21,917 --> 00:22:23,500 I did it. 431 00:22:25,250 --> 00:22:26,917 What? 432 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,208 They have no hold on me. 433 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,833 I could arrange for them to have no hold on you either. 434 00:22:35,500 --> 00:22:39,000 You'd be out of Psi-Corps, Talia. 435 00:22:39,083 --> 00:22:41,167 You'd be free.. 436 00:22:42,958 --> 00:22:45,250 ...and we could be together. 437 00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:58,208 Talia. I spoke to your ex-husband. 438 00:22:58,292 --> 00:23:00,417 I, uh, warned him off you. If he bothers you at all-- 439 00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:02,125 Please, keep out of this. 440 00:23:02,208 --> 00:23:04,250 It's not your concern. 441 00:23:04,333 --> 00:23:06,792 - I-I feel it is. - Feel differently. 442 00:23:15,208 --> 00:23:16,833 [doorbell beeps] 443 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,625 Enter. 444 00:23:25,708 --> 00:23:27,458 - Oh. - Londo. 445 00:23:27,542 --> 00:23:29,000 I'm not like the others. 446 00:23:29,083 --> 00:23:30,625 - You know that. - Yes. 447 00:23:30,708 --> 00:23:34,125 I've always been givin', passionate. 448 00:23:34,208 --> 00:23:37,125 Goodness knows I've been passionate. 449 00:23:37,208 --> 00:23:40,000 No one can compare to you. 450 00:23:40,083 --> 00:23:42,000 And how many opportunities 451 00:23:42,083 --> 00:23:44,792 have you taken for comparison, hmm? 452 00:23:44,875 --> 00:23:47,000 There's been no one but you, I swear. 453 00:23:47,083 --> 00:23:51,250 And I think you'll find out there's no one for you 454 00:23:51,333 --> 00:23:53,333 but me. 455 00:23:53,417 --> 00:23:56,625 Let's let Londo decide that for himself. 456 00:23:58,708 --> 00:24:00,417 Both of us.. 457 00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:02,125 [chuckles] ...together? 458 00:24:02,208 --> 00:24:05,958 If it pleases Londo, it pleases me. 459 00:24:07,583 --> 00:24:08,958 No. 460 00:24:09,042 --> 00:24:12,292 No, this isn't right. 461 00:24:12,375 --> 00:24:15,083 Timov should be here too. 462 00:24:15,167 --> 00:24:16,833 Do you seriously expect me 463 00:24:16,917 --> 00:24:20,917 to become involved in your sexual Olympics? 464 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,792 They're merely expressing their feelings for me. 465 00:24:24,875 --> 00:24:26,708 I can do that. 466 00:24:30,375 --> 00:24:33,208 - You haven't changed. - You have. 467 00:24:33,292 --> 00:24:35,292 You've devolved. 468 00:24:54,083 --> 00:24:56,333 Uh, Miss Winters. 469 00:24:56,417 --> 00:24:57,625 Can I help you? 470 00:24:57,708 --> 00:25:01,625 I was rude to you yesterday and I thought that.. 471 00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:03,542 Well, I'm sorry. 472 00:25:03,625 --> 00:25:06,042 Ah, it's okay. No problem. 473 00:25:07,292 --> 00:25:08,792 I wanted everything settled between us 474 00:25:08,875 --> 00:25:11,375 since it's likely I'll be leaving Babylon 5. 475 00:25:12,917 --> 00:25:15,458 Uh, reassignment? 476 00:25:15,542 --> 00:25:18,250 Actually, I'll be leaving with Matt most likely. 477 00:25:24,500 --> 00:25:26,417 Why? 478 00:25:26,500 --> 00:25:29,125 Apparently, the Corps began experimenting on telepaths 479 00:25:29,208 --> 00:25:31,250 back when we were still at the academy. 480 00:25:31,333 --> 00:25:32,625 'Matt volunteered.' 481 00:25:32,708 --> 00:25:34,375 'But instead of strengthening his abilities' 482 00:25:34,458 --> 00:25:36,958 the drug scrambled his neural pathways 483 00:25:37,042 --> 00:25:38,542 and almost killed him. 484 00:25:38,625 --> 00:25:41,333 When he woke up, he found he could no longer read minds. 485 00:25:41,417 --> 00:25:43,083 He says he can replicate the treatment. 486 00:25:43,167 --> 00:25:46,083 - If he could do that for me-- - Come on. Are-are you crazy? 487 00:25:46,167 --> 00:25:48,833 - Talia-- - No, Michael. I'm-I'm tired. 488 00:25:48,917 --> 00:25:52,083 I'm tired of-of learning things about people I don't wanna know. 489 00:25:52,167 --> 00:25:54,042 I'm tired of having them shrink away from me 490 00:25:54,125 --> 00:25:55,875 because of what I might find out. 491 00:25:55,958 --> 00:25:58,125 And I'm tired of being a part of an organization 492 00:25:58,208 --> 00:26:00,542 that scares the hell out of me. 493 00:26:13,333 --> 00:26:15,542 How can I help you? 494 00:26:19,667 --> 00:26:21,375 And also be aware that the Markabs 495 00:26:21,458 --> 00:26:23,208 have their day of high fasting today. 496 00:26:23,292 --> 00:26:25,167 Unfortunately, they tend to try and sneak food 497 00:26:25,250 --> 00:26:26,875 when the other Markabs aren't looking. 498 00:26:26,958 --> 00:26:28,500 'Which can lead to the occasional scuffle' 499 00:26:28,583 --> 00:26:30,125 if a priest catches them. 500 00:26:30,208 --> 00:26:33,375 Well, be sure to alert security to keep a weather eye out. 501 00:26:33,458 --> 00:26:34,708 Already done, sir. 502 00:26:34,792 --> 00:26:37,125 And lastly, the party honoring Ambassador Mollari's 503 00:26:37,208 --> 00:26:38,917 day of ascension is tonight. 504 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,208 All attendees must be barefoot. 505 00:26:41,292 --> 00:26:44,208 - Barefoot? - Barefoot. 506 00:26:44,292 --> 00:26:46,667 [instrumental music] 507 00:26:46,750 --> 00:26:49,208 [indistinct chatter] 508 00:26:53,917 --> 00:26:55,667 Dar G'Kar! 509 00:26:55,750 --> 00:26:58,833 Ambassador G'Kar. 510 00:26:58,917 --> 00:27:01,083 Wearing shoes, Ambassador G'Kar? 511 00:27:01,167 --> 00:27:04,958 You are aware of the level of insult that represents. 512 00:27:05,042 --> 00:27:06,417 Indeed. 513 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:07,875 Do you take offense, ambassador? 514 00:27:07,958 --> 00:27:09,750 Oh, no, not at all. 515 00:27:09,833 --> 00:27:14,250 Nothing is too good for my esteemed Narn colleague. 516 00:27:17,042 --> 00:27:18,250 Oh. 517 00:27:18,333 --> 00:27:20,917 Oh, I love doing that to him. 518 00:27:24,875 --> 00:27:27,042 Ambassador, you look lovely. 519 00:27:27,125 --> 00:27:29,833 Thank you, Mr. Garibaldi. 520 00:27:29,917 --> 00:27:33,458 And you look...distressed, actually. 521 00:27:34,625 --> 00:27:37,750 In our language, seh'lick sakar. 522 00:27:37,833 --> 00:27:39,500 Soul sick. 523 00:27:41,917 --> 00:27:43,208 You know, it's funny. 524 00:27:43,292 --> 00:27:44,458 I met this woman 525 00:27:44,542 --> 00:27:46,458 and I took to her immediately. 526 00:27:46,542 --> 00:27:47,792 Then I met this guy who had hurt her 527 00:27:47,875 --> 00:27:50,417 and instantly I hated him. 528 00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:53,792 We Minbari believe, as do some humans 529 00:27:53,875 --> 00:27:56,125 that souls travel together. 530 00:27:56,208 --> 00:27:59,667 Some groups of souls are drawn onto the other in life 531 00:27:59,750 --> 00:28:02,542 to relive good relationships from the past. 532 00:28:02,625 --> 00:28:06,000 And if possible to make right the bad ones. 533 00:28:06,083 --> 00:28:07,708 You're saying that these other people and I 534 00:28:07,792 --> 00:28:09,958 run into each other lifetime after lifetime 535 00:28:10,042 --> 00:28:13,583 because our souls have some sort of cosmic sewing circle going? 536 00:28:13,667 --> 00:28:16,583 Commander Ivanova. Thank you, commander. 537 00:28:17,792 --> 00:28:19,125 Now, what.. 538 00:28:19,208 --> 00:28:20,625 [rattles] 539 00:28:20,708 --> 00:28:23,750 What is this? 540 00:28:23,833 --> 00:28:25,667 [chuckles] 541 00:28:25,750 --> 00:28:27,667 A deck of cards 542 00:28:27,750 --> 00:28:30,125 from my dear friend Lennier. 543 00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:32,417 And I marked them exactly as you requested. 544 00:28:32,500 --> 00:28:34,125 Keep your voice down. 545 00:28:35,708 --> 00:28:37,125 And.. 546 00:28:39,083 --> 00:28:41,000 [all exclaiming] 547 00:28:41,083 --> 00:28:44,250 - Now what is this? - It's from me. 548 00:28:44,333 --> 00:28:47,083 In a way, it's from all of us. 549 00:28:49,583 --> 00:28:50,542 [rizz] 550 00:28:50,625 --> 00:28:52,083 Ah! 551 00:28:52,167 --> 00:28:55,125 [people gasping] 552 00:28:55,208 --> 00:28:56,375 [Mallari groans] 553 00:28:56,458 --> 00:28:57,708 Medlab, this is Sheridan. 554 00:28:57,792 --> 00:28:59,583 I need an emergency team fast. 555 00:28:59,667 --> 00:29:01,083 (female 'Right away, captain.' 556 00:29:10,167 --> 00:29:13,917 His metabolism is accelerating exponentially. 557 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,042 Brain waves are all over the place. 558 00:29:16,125 --> 00:29:17,917 Can you create an antitoxin? 559 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,583 Well, not before he literally burns himself out. 560 00:29:20,667 --> 00:29:22,125 Transfusion might do it 561 00:29:22,208 --> 00:29:23,958 but we don't have enough of his type at the blood bank 562 00:29:24,042 --> 00:29:26,708 and we've never been any good synthesizing Centauri blood. 563 00:29:28,042 --> 00:29:29,417 Alright, I'll check in with Garibaldi. 564 00:29:29,500 --> 00:29:31,375 See if he's learned anything else about that artifact. 565 00:29:31,458 --> 00:29:34,042 If his condition changes, let me know. 566 00:29:34,125 --> 00:29:35,708 Of course. 567 00:29:37,750 --> 00:29:39,333 I didn't know. I swear I didn't-- 568 00:29:39,417 --> 00:29:42,708 Oh, be quiet. I'm sick of your whining. 569 00:29:42,792 --> 00:29:44,208 [sighs] 570 00:29:52,333 --> 00:29:54,208 You do realize that he's not made 571 00:29:54,292 --> 00:29:57,542 his divorce decree official yet. 572 00:29:57,625 --> 00:30:00,333 If he dies.. 573 00:30:00,417 --> 00:30:02,875 ...our futures are secure. 574 00:30:02,958 --> 00:30:06,042 You can face him in his bed or his deathbed 575 00:30:06,125 --> 00:30:08,208 with equal calm. 576 00:30:08,292 --> 00:30:10,583 I am what I was made.. 577 00:30:10,667 --> 00:30:13,875 ...by my father, by Londo 578 00:30:13,958 --> 00:30:15,125 by society. 579 00:30:15,208 --> 00:30:17,417 Breeding will tell. 580 00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:19,583 I didn't know it was dangerous. 581 00:30:19,667 --> 00:30:21,958 I've handled it a hundred times. 582 00:30:22,042 --> 00:30:24,125 Centauri metabolism must set it off. 583 00:30:24,208 --> 00:30:26,208 Well, you can explain it to the magistrate. 584 00:30:26,292 --> 00:30:28,708 [scoffs] I'll explain it in hell. 585 00:30:30,958 --> 00:30:32,333 What's up, captain? 586 00:30:34,083 --> 00:30:35,875 I just came from Medlab. 587 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,917 His condition's tearing him apart. 588 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,958 You must know something about this artifact. 589 00:30:41,042 --> 00:30:44,375 [scoffs] I just helped dig it up and dust it off. 590 00:30:44,458 --> 00:30:46,958 I don't plan on forming a long-term relationship with it. 591 00:30:47,042 --> 00:30:49,292 You dug it up where? 592 00:30:49,375 --> 00:30:53,458 An abandoned Centauri colony in Sector 127. 593 00:30:53,542 --> 00:30:55,083 Brilliant. 594 00:30:55,167 --> 00:30:57,750 Did it occur to you to ask why the Centauri abandoned 595 00:30:57,833 --> 00:30:59,708 that sector in the first place? 596 00:30:59,792 --> 00:31:01,750 'It's because they were driven out by the Narns.' 597 00:31:01,833 --> 00:31:03,083 (Garibaldi) 'Narns fight dirty.' 598 00:31:03,167 --> 00:31:04,500 They probably rigged all kinds of traps 599 00:31:04,583 --> 00:31:06,500 and this was probably one of them. 600 00:31:06,583 --> 00:31:09,083 Mm. Could be. 601 00:31:09,167 --> 00:31:11,833 Which means, I didn't ask nearly enough money for it. 602 00:31:11,917 --> 00:31:14,208 Oh, well, easy come, easy go. 603 00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:19,167 - Can I go now? - No. 604 00:31:19,250 --> 00:31:20,708 I'm gonna check with G'Kar to see if he knows anything 605 00:31:20,792 --> 00:31:23,083 about this, and if by any chance Londo doesn't survive 606 00:31:23,167 --> 00:31:25,292 you can be sure I'll find something to charge you with. 607 00:31:25,375 --> 00:31:27,750 Negligence, transporting dangerous material. 608 00:31:27,833 --> 00:31:29,833 Sure. Why not? Go for broke. 609 00:31:29,917 --> 00:31:33,167 Hey, how about I call you an idiot in public 610 00:31:33,250 --> 00:31:35,917 and you can convict me for revealing state secrets? 611 00:31:50,208 --> 00:31:53,125 [sighs] Remarkably unconcerned, wouldn't you say? 612 00:31:53,208 --> 00:31:55,208 Yeah, nobody's that cool under pressure 613 00:31:55,292 --> 00:31:58,292 unless they got an ace up their sleeve. 614 00:31:58,375 --> 00:32:00,417 Find out what it is, Michael. 615 00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:02,958 Then see what you can do about Londo. 616 00:32:03,042 --> 00:32:05,583 [dramatic music] 617 00:32:09,792 --> 00:32:11,750 [gadget beeping] 618 00:32:20,750 --> 00:32:21,792 Dr. Franklin? 619 00:32:21,875 --> 00:32:23,500 - Yes. - About Londo. 620 00:32:23,583 --> 00:32:26,292 Well, I'm afraid there's been no change in his condition. 621 00:32:26,375 --> 00:32:28,167 I know. 622 00:32:28,250 --> 00:32:29,875 It may interest you to know that 623 00:32:29,958 --> 00:32:32,667 Londo and I do have one thing in common. 624 00:32:32,750 --> 00:32:33,958 The same blood type. 625 00:32:34,042 --> 00:32:36,667 Well, why didn't you tell me this before? 626 00:32:36,750 --> 00:32:38,750 I was deciding what to do about it. 627 00:32:38,833 --> 00:32:41,875 [scoffs] Well, he's dying. 628 00:32:41,958 --> 00:32:46,000 We all die, doctor, sooner or later. 629 00:32:46,083 --> 00:32:48,333 As for Londo 630 00:32:48,417 --> 00:32:50,500 'after everything he's done, I would take' 631 00:32:50,583 --> 00:32:53,250 'some small pleasure in letting him die.' 632 00:32:54,625 --> 00:32:56,708 But whatever you may think of me, doctor 633 00:32:56,792 --> 00:33:00,542 I have some principles that even 20 years with Londo 634 00:33:00,625 --> 00:33:01,833 can't erase. 635 00:33:01,917 --> 00:33:04,875 I do not like to win my battles this way. 636 00:33:04,958 --> 00:33:08,708 I find it vaguely unsatisfying. 637 00:33:08,792 --> 00:33:11,417 'So you may have your transfusion, doctor' 638 00:33:11,500 --> 00:33:13,375 on one condition. 639 00:33:13,458 --> 00:33:16,750 He must never know I did this. 640 00:33:16,833 --> 00:33:18,583 I don't think either of us could stand 641 00:33:18,667 --> 00:33:22,042 the awkwardness of false gratitude. 642 00:33:22,125 --> 00:33:25,208 I can live with that. This way. 643 00:33:25,292 --> 00:33:28,208 Chief, got the information you wanted on Stoner. 644 00:33:28,292 --> 00:33:30,292 - Good news? - Bad. 645 00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:32,250 Corroborates everything he told us. 646 00:33:32,333 --> 00:33:35,083 Archaeological dig, getting booted out of Psi-Corps-- 647 00:33:35,167 --> 00:33:37,167 No, no, no, no. I don't buy it. 648 00:33:37,250 --> 00:33:40,042 Nobody leaves Psi-Corps. 649 00:33:40,125 --> 00:33:42,208 I wanna talk to him again. 650 00:33:42,292 --> 00:33:45,250 Okay. I'll tell him. As soon as he finishes eating. 651 00:33:45,333 --> 00:33:49,125 Eating? Prisoners don't get dinner for another hour. 652 00:33:49,208 --> 00:33:50,292 Yeah, that's right. 653 00:33:50,375 --> 00:33:53,042 So how did he get a meal now? 654 00:33:53,125 --> 00:33:56,708 Well...he just asked for it. 655 00:33:57,958 --> 00:33:59,208 I don't know. 656 00:33:59,292 --> 00:34:00,583 You know, there's something about this guy 657 00:34:00,667 --> 00:34:03,708 that just makes you wanna like him. 658 00:34:11,542 --> 00:34:12,833 You okay? 659 00:34:15,667 --> 00:34:18,250 Londo, do you know where you are? 660 00:34:18,333 --> 00:34:22,500 Either in Medlab or in hell. 661 00:34:22,583 --> 00:34:25,917 Either way, the decor needs work. 662 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,042 Oh, Dr. Franklin 663 00:34:28,125 --> 00:34:31,042 thank you for saving our husband. 664 00:34:31,125 --> 00:34:34,708 You've done the Centauri a great service. 665 00:34:34,792 --> 00:34:36,167 I agree. 666 00:34:36,250 --> 00:34:39,042 It's so good to see you with us again, Londo. 667 00:34:40,583 --> 00:34:43,375 Well, that settles it, doctor. I am in hell. 668 00:34:45,625 --> 00:34:49,583 And what? Not a word from you, Timov? 669 00:34:49,667 --> 00:34:53,333 'Not an insincere word of relief?' 670 00:34:53,417 --> 00:34:58,583 Not a blink of forced concern for my well-being? 671 00:34:58,667 --> 00:35:00,250 No. 672 00:35:00,333 --> 00:35:02,750 If you'll excuse me, I'll be in my quarters. 673 00:35:02,833 --> 00:35:07,500 I'm suddenly feeling quite fatigued. 674 00:35:07,583 --> 00:35:10,083 Yes, I think I will do the same. 675 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:21,167 Ugh. Nightmares, all of them. 676 00:35:22,875 --> 00:35:24,667 And Timov.. 677 00:35:24,750 --> 00:35:27,000 ...the worst of the lot. 678 00:35:27,083 --> 00:35:28,333 Ambassador Mollari, do you mind 679 00:35:28,417 --> 00:35:30,458 if I make one personal observation? 680 00:35:30,542 --> 00:35:32,875 No, not at all. 681 00:35:32,958 --> 00:35:34,833 Stick it. 682 00:35:40,250 --> 00:35:42,292 How odd. 683 00:35:42,375 --> 00:35:45,042 I didn't even know we were married. 684 00:35:47,667 --> 00:35:49,375 [sighs] 685 00:35:51,208 --> 00:35:52,542 I can't believe you're throwing away 686 00:35:52,625 --> 00:35:54,208 your chance to leave Psi-Corps. 687 00:35:54,292 --> 00:35:56,125 I am what I am, Matt. 688 00:35:56,208 --> 00:35:58,958 I don't wanna carve out a piece of myself. 689 00:35:59,042 --> 00:36:01,292 I just wanted you to come with me. 690 00:36:03,625 --> 00:36:05,875 I didn't want to pressure you. 691 00:36:05,958 --> 00:36:09,125 I want it to be different this time. 692 00:36:09,208 --> 00:36:11,000 'I was certain that if I told you about the cure' 693 00:36:11,083 --> 00:36:13,583 'you'd wanna come of your own free will.' 694 00:36:13,667 --> 00:36:17,792 I can't walk away from who I am or what I am. 695 00:36:17,875 --> 00:36:20,750 If you take away my talents 696 00:36:20,833 --> 00:36:23,250 I don't know what would be left. 697 00:36:23,333 --> 00:36:25,833 'You can understand that, can't you?' 698 00:36:28,042 --> 00:36:29,542 I suppose so. 699 00:36:30,875 --> 00:36:32,583 'But you're still coming with me, Talia.' 700 00:36:32,667 --> 00:36:34,958 Matt, I don't want.. 701 00:36:37,792 --> 00:36:40,750 You're coming with me. 702 00:36:40,833 --> 00:36:42,500 Of course. 703 00:36:46,500 --> 00:36:48,792 You'll arrange for immediate transport. 704 00:36:48,875 --> 00:36:51,542 It will be waiting for you in Docking Bay 9. 705 00:37:01,042 --> 00:37:02,708 (Garibaldi) Hey. 706 00:37:06,417 --> 00:37:09,458 Thanks, Talia, for your help. 707 00:37:09,542 --> 00:37:12,125 Damn, I love being right. 708 00:37:12,208 --> 00:37:14,375 You know, the problem with mysteries is that 709 00:37:14,458 --> 00:37:16,125 in order to get rid of the headaches 710 00:37:16,208 --> 00:37:18,667 I have to figure them out. 711 00:37:18,750 --> 00:37:21,000 Here, we're faced with a staggering set 712 00:37:21,083 --> 00:37:22,375 of coincidences. 713 00:37:22,458 --> 00:37:23,542 A Centauri artifact 714 00:37:23,625 --> 00:37:25,583 an ancient booby trap it seems 715 00:37:25,667 --> 00:37:27,708 happens to show up on Babylon 5 716 00:37:27,792 --> 00:37:31,125 just in time to be purchased as a gift for Londo. 717 00:37:31,208 --> 00:37:34,167 And rather than hide or deny responsibility 718 00:37:34,250 --> 00:37:38,000 the gift-giver makes a point of saying she gave it to him. 719 00:37:38,083 --> 00:37:40,208 Which neatly avoids any accusation 720 00:37:40,292 --> 00:37:42,375 of malicious intent because usually 721 00:37:42,458 --> 00:37:44,333 when you're trying to kill someone 722 00:37:44,417 --> 00:37:46,250 you hide the attempt. 723 00:37:46,333 --> 00:37:47,875 [chuckles] 724 00:37:47,958 --> 00:37:51,375 And there you see, my head no longer throbs. 725 00:37:51,458 --> 00:37:54,000 That's a very interesting theory, G'Kar. 726 00:37:54,083 --> 00:37:55,208 To whom will you tell it? 727 00:37:55,292 --> 00:37:57,792 Oh, do I look like a rumormonger? 728 00:38:00,792 --> 00:38:02,500 Do not underestimate him. 729 00:38:02,583 --> 00:38:04,875 If I could figure it out, so could he. 730 00:38:04,958 --> 00:38:09,042 - G'Kar, a pleasure as always. - Hmm. 731 00:38:11,250 --> 00:38:14,750 I warn you, Mariel, do not be overconfident. 732 00:38:14,833 --> 00:38:16,833 If I were married to Londo Mollari 733 00:38:16,917 --> 00:38:18,333 I'd be concerned. 734 00:38:18,417 --> 00:38:21,375 G'Kar, if you were married to Londo Mollari 735 00:38:21,458 --> 00:38:23,375 we'd all be concerned. 736 00:38:26,792 --> 00:38:28,292 Phew. 737 00:38:28,375 --> 00:38:29,750 [chuckles] 738 00:38:40,333 --> 00:38:43,875 Well, quite a piece of work, Mr. Stoner. 739 00:38:43,958 --> 00:38:48,375 Our initial inquiries said that you and Psi-Corps are quits. 740 00:38:48,458 --> 00:38:50,042 'Yet we slap you in a holding cell' 741 00:38:50,125 --> 00:38:51,250 'prepare to charge you' 742 00:38:51,333 --> 00:38:53,000 'with transporting a dangerous object 743 00:38:53,083 --> 00:38:56,583 not to mention your escape attempt. 744 00:38:56,667 --> 00:38:58,917 Suddenly, Psi-Corps rides to the rescue 745 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:00,792 'ordering that you be turned over to them' 746 00:39:00,875 --> 00:39:02,500 'on the first available shuttle.' 747 00:39:02,583 --> 00:39:05,042 I left their employ under cordial circumstances. 748 00:39:05,125 --> 00:39:08,583 I don't think you left their employ at all. 749 00:39:08,667 --> 00:39:11,833 You told Talia that the experiments performed on you 750 00:39:11,917 --> 00:39:15,958 by the Corps erased your telepathic ability. 751 00:39:16,042 --> 00:39:19,125 'I think they transformed it.' 752 00:39:19,208 --> 00:39:22,292 Turned you into something new. 753 00:39:22,375 --> 00:39:23,708 An empath. 754 00:39:25,958 --> 00:39:28,750 'Your effect on Garibaldi and Talia' 755 00:39:28,833 --> 00:39:31,542 and Officer Welch all point to it. 756 00:39:31,625 --> 00:39:33,625 See, Psi-Corps couldn't keep you on the regular rolls 757 00:39:33,708 --> 00:39:36,208 because the rest would find out about you pretty fast. 758 00:39:36,292 --> 00:39:38,625 'The last thing the Corps wants is for folks to find out' 759 00:39:38,708 --> 00:39:40,208 'they've been experimenting on telepaths' 760 00:39:40,292 --> 00:39:42,083 'to increase their abilities.' 761 00:39:42,167 --> 00:39:44,542 So they let you go officially 762 00:39:44,625 --> 00:39:47,167 but kept you on unofficially. 763 00:39:47,250 --> 00:39:48,917 [chuckles] 764 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,917 This is nonsense. 765 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:52,375 (Garibaldi) 'Is it?' 766 00:39:52,458 --> 00:39:55,125 Before you changed, the Corps decided 767 00:39:55,208 --> 00:39:57,625 you and Talia were genetically a perfect couple. 768 00:39:57,708 --> 00:39:59,292 So it makes sense they'd send you here 769 00:39:59,375 --> 00:40:00,833 in the hope of breeding more empaths 770 00:40:00,917 --> 00:40:03,625 even if it meant controlling her to do it. 771 00:40:03,708 --> 00:40:06,292 I think you should just forget about all of this. 772 00:40:06,375 --> 00:40:09,625 Oh, I wouldn't try that little trick again if I were you. 773 00:40:09,708 --> 00:40:12,542 See, I've got five armed guards outside watching the monitors 774 00:40:12,625 --> 00:40:15,875 and if we start acting like best buddies.. 775 00:40:15,958 --> 00:40:18,500 ...their orders are to come in shooting. 776 00:40:18,583 --> 00:40:20,000 Tough guy. 777 00:40:22,208 --> 00:40:25,667 'You've surrounded yourself with tough guys.' 778 00:40:25,750 --> 00:40:30,500 Talia, I was only trying to act in your best interests. 779 00:40:30,583 --> 00:40:33,250 Not repeat the mistakes of the past. 780 00:40:33,333 --> 00:40:35,542 'I wasn't lying to you.' 781 00:40:35,625 --> 00:40:38,333 I do know the cure. 782 00:40:38,417 --> 00:40:41,250 Look into my mind. 783 00:40:41,333 --> 00:40:44,208 No shields, no tricks. 784 00:40:46,750 --> 00:40:48,208 No chance. 785 00:40:54,250 --> 00:40:56,750 See you in some other lifetime. 786 00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:05,542 (male announcer) 'The Centauri Liner Vellurian is now in its final boarding.' 787 00:41:05,625 --> 00:41:07,958 This is the ambassador's upcoming itinerary. 788 00:41:08,042 --> 00:41:10,417 I've marked those events which you might wish to attend 789 00:41:10,500 --> 00:41:13,667 and those where he will actually be accompanying you. 790 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,750 Ladies, it's been a pleasure meeting you. 791 00:41:20,583 --> 00:41:23,917 Londo, you're making a big mistake. 792 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,875 - A huge mistake. - Well, it won't be my first. 793 00:41:26,958 --> 00:41:28,917 Actually, it will be my fourth. 794 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,250 Look, be satisfied I decided to give you 795 00:41:31,333 --> 00:41:33,750 a reasonable allowance as settlement. 796 00:41:33,833 --> 00:41:35,667 Are we supposed to be grateful for that? 797 00:41:35,750 --> 00:41:38,708 Yes, you are. That's the joy of it. 798 00:41:38,792 --> 00:41:40,292 Goodbye, ladies. 799 00:41:42,750 --> 00:41:44,625 Alright, Londo. 800 00:41:44,708 --> 00:41:47,708 Why did you choose to keep me as your wife and not them? 801 00:41:47,792 --> 00:41:50,417 I've made no pretense of affection for you. 802 00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:53,083 I find your recent actions contemptible. 803 00:41:53,167 --> 00:41:56,375 I'll never love you. At best, I'll tolerate you. 804 00:41:56,458 --> 00:41:58,917 And I'll never be what you want me to be. 805 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:00,417 Why me? 806 00:42:00,500 --> 00:42:04,417 Because with you, I will always know where I stand. 807 00:42:16,792 --> 00:42:19,833 (female announcer) 'Centauri Liner Vellurian, you are cleared for jump.' 808 00:42:26,667 --> 00:42:28,458 Commander. 809 00:42:28,542 --> 00:42:29,917 Susan. 810 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,125 I wish to thank you again 811 00:42:31,208 --> 00:42:32,958 for your patience and understanding. 812 00:42:33,042 --> 00:42:34,250 Oh, not a problem. 813 00:42:34,333 --> 00:42:35,958 Taking on human characteristics 814 00:42:36,042 --> 00:42:38,417 has been something of an education for both of us. 815 00:42:38,500 --> 00:42:40,792 [chuckles] Well, if you have any other problems 816 00:42:40,875 --> 00:42:44,167 any other questions at all, just ask. 817 00:42:44,250 --> 00:42:47,875 Well, uh, now that you mention it 818 00:42:47,958 --> 00:42:49,750 do you have any idea 819 00:42:49,833 --> 00:42:53,208 why I suddenly started getting these.. 820 00:42:53,292 --> 00:42:55,125 ...odd cramps? 821 00:43:07,042 --> 00:43:09,542 [theme music]