All language subtitles for Babylon 5 3x13.A.Late.Delivery.from.Avalon

[crackling]

[instrumental music]

(Ivanova)
Well, that's the first.

It's gonna take a long time
to get the level of trade back

to where it was before
we broke away from Earth.

Right now we need
the docking fees more than ever

but we just can't seem
to catch a break.

[sighs]
One thing's sure.

We can't keep relying
on the Minbari for protection.

We have to create
a broader base of support.

Yeah, and you have an idea.

Always, commander. Always.

What do you mean, 100 credits?

I mean more than 99,
less than 101.

What, you got a hearing problem
or a math problem?

Look, I, I can't get into
conceptual arguments with you.

I, I, I got people waiting.

Look, that's three times
the delivery charge

for a package this size.

That was before we had
a revolution around here.

Now in my little corner
of Earthforce

the mail still gets delivered.

If I got to use trap doors,
alien transports

and back channels to get
the mail in and out of here

then that's what I'll do
because that's my job.

Neither rain nor snow nor
meteors nor alien invasion nor--

- Look, this is extortion.
- It's business.

You see when my costs go up,
I have to pass that along

to the consumer.

That's, that's you

just in case that's another
one of those concepts

you got a problem with.

That's my box.

No, it's the,
it's the property

of Earth Alliance
Postal Service.

You pony up 100 credits,
then it's your box.

Alright, look,
it's the last package

I'm gonna get from Earth
for a long time.

Uh, it's got mozzarella,
anchovies

garlic cloves, pepperoni.

Yeah. What, uh,
what kind of pepperoni?

Is it the, uh, the big sticks
or the small ones?

Oh, we're talking
big sticks like this.

[whistles]

Give me the box.

And break my oath
to the post office?

I'd die first. Next.

(female #1)
All passengers debarking
at Babylon 5

please report to Shuttle Bay 7.

All passengers debarking
at Babylon 5

please report to Shuttle Bay 7.

[instrumental music]

[wind howling]

[thunder rumbling]

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

(Ivanova)
The Babylon project was
our last, best hope for peace.

It failed.

But in the year
of the Shadow War

it became something greater.

Our last best hope
for victory.

The year is 2260.

The place Babylon 5.

[theme music]

[music continues]

You're right.
Looks like Banta Flu.

Alright, I want everyone
on this level inoculated.

I think we caught it early
enough to keep it from spreading

into the general population.

But these two are gonna
have to go into Isolab

until I know they're past
the contagious point.

Mind if I come along?

They're nervous
around strangers.

Yeah, no problem.

How'd you catch this
so fast anyway, Marcus?

Normally, the signs
of Banta Flu don't show up

until you're already contagious.

Most of these symptoms wouldn't
have been visible yesterday.

Banta Flu is normally contracted

by eating alien food

that's been mixed in
with human food and fermented.

I saw some of them
eating out of a waste bin

recognized the nastier bits
from the year

I spent on a Drazi colony.

It's bad enough they have to
live that way in the first place

without it making them sick.

Hmm.

Lot of folks around here
seem to think

that lurkers deserve
what they get.

Figure it's better
to let them die and--

And thus deplete
the surplus population.

Dickens.

You know, uh,
I used to think it was awful

that life was so unfair.

Then I thought

wouldn't it be much worse
if life were fair

and all the terrible things
that happen to us

come because we actually
deserve them?

So now I take great comfort
in the general hostility

and unfairness of the universe.

(male #1)
'Confirmed, Shuttle 1.
You're cleared for docking.'

Don't worry. They'll be fine.

You know, I was noticing
that pin you wear.

All the other rangers
wear one just like it

but I don't know what it means.

The two figures on either side

one human, the other Minbari.

'They blend together
in the middle to signify'

the two halves of our souls
uniting against a common enemy.

This jewel?

(Marcus)
'Minbari call that Isil'zha.'

Means the future, birth,
beginnings, dawn of a new age.

Isil'zha.

I like it.

It's a subtle language
for subtle people.

Took me a year of studying
to get the fundamentals down.

The Minbari say the only way
to understand the battle

is to understand the language.

War is as much concept
as execution.

What else do they teach you?

Delight

respect, compassion.

That for your actions
to be pure, they must proceed

from direction, determination,
patience and strength.

I'm afraid I'm still
working on patience.

They taught me how to live

how to breathe, how to fight

and how to die.

And they taught me terror.

How to use it..

...and how to face it.

I think I'd like to hear
more about that.

No. You wouldn't.

[indistinct chatter]

[beeping]

I'm sorry, sir.

Our scanners just picked up
a weapons violation.

Would you step back, please?

[intense music]

What the hell?

Look, we don't wanna hurt you.

Just give us the sword, mister.

Mister. Mister?

Have I been gone that long?

Have you forgotten everything?

I am Arthur,
son of Uther Pendragon

and king of the Britons.

No man takes Excalibur
from me and lives.

(Marcus)
Wait!

- Leave him to me.
- It's alright. Let him try.

It's alright.

Apologies, my Lord.

We weren't, uh, notified
of your return.

These men mean you no harm.

Your accent, you're a Briton.

Yes, my Lord,
several generations removed

from our splendid island

but the roots run
deep nonetheless.

Please, come with us.

We'll send word
to Galahad and Lancelot..

Galahad is dead.

Lancelot is dead.

Guinevere and Percival,
even Mordred

all of them are dead.

I have been gone a long time,
a very, very long time

but I am not mad.

Then set aside your sword.

You're among
friends here, Arthur.

(Stephen)
It's alright.

- I'll take it from here.
- You're sure?

Yeah, I assume full
responsibility. It's alright.

- Who is this?
- A doctor.

I am in no need of a doctor,
so take your leeches elsewhere.

I'm..

I'm just a little late,
that's all.

Your journey
has been a long one.

He just wishes to ensure
that you are in good health.

Our captain requires this of him

in deference and honor
to your position.

If you refuse

my friend will be
penalized harshly

for failing to obey orders.

Very well.

I've been treated and prodded
and healed by the Nine Sisters

since the year of our Lord 515.

What is another healer
after that?

Lead on. I will follow you.

(Stephen)
You had a chance
to go over his stuff?

Yes, doctor.

No identification,
no travel papers.

Nothing that could tell us
who he really is.

[sighs]
Well, he must have ditched
his ID before the Asimov docked.

Why don't you run
his fingerprints and DNA?

- Maybe we'll get lucky.
- Yes, doctor.

- Is there a problem?
- No. No problem.

You don't believe I am
who I say I am, do you?

Well, it's not for me to say.

Yes, it is.

Speak plainly.

Alright.

If you are who you say you are..

...how did you get here..

...1700 years after
you supposedly died?

I'm not sure.

The last thing I remember is

lying on the field
of battle at Camlann.

My brother, Sir Bedivere,
had pulled me away

from these peasants
who were looting the bodies

of my fallen knights.

It was all King Maelgwn's fault.

If he hadn't sided with Mordred
with Lancelot out of the country

and, uh, Sir Gawain dead..

The old wound..

...reopened.

[sighs]

I was dying.

Three times I asked Bedivere

to return Excalibur
to the Lady of the Lake.

I could not be taken till then.

By the time he finally did
as I asked, it was..

...almost too late.

Then..

...a barge appeared
offshore with..

...three queens
and the Nine Sisters.

They took me to the island
of Avalon to heal.

They said that I would sleep
for a time.

But that I would return
when I was most needed.

I'm not sure how I came here..

...but if I am here now

it's because I am most
needed here and now.

(Sheridan)
'He thinks he's who?'

(Marcus)
'Arthur, king of the Britons'

son of Uther Pendragon

heir to the throne of England

and the only man allowed
to wield Excalibur.

There was no King Arthur.
It's a story, that's all.

(Stephen)
Well, not exactly.

There's enough historical
evidence to suggest

that there may have been a real
person behind those stories.

Well, either way, it's pretty
obvious this guy is not Arthur.

So, as interesting a diversion

as this might be
our first concern right now

has to be getting this treaty
worked out. Now, Michael--

You know, the Vorlons
have been to Earth.

And from time to time, they have
taken someone out of their time

preserved him until he was
needed and revived him.

Your recent encounter with
a Mr. Sebastian, for instance.

You're not serious.

A ship appeared
and took Arthur to a place

where he would be
healed and preserved.

A place from which he would
return when he was most needed.

Legends are legends because they
have a certain power over us.

The idea of a legend walking
in the front door, it's, uh..

No, no, he is not Arthur.

I mean, his speech patterns
are too contemporary.

His vocabulary is all wrong.

The question we should be askin'
is what made him tip over?

'I've scanned his neural system.
It's fully intact.'

So whatever's wrong is
functional. It's not organic.

Maybe the result of a trauma
or a breakdown.

What terrible thing could have
happened to drive him

seventeen hundred years into the
past to find peace and meaning?

[beeping]
Franklin.

(female #2 on speaker)
'Doctor, the patient
you were holding in Isolab 1'

'I don't know what happened
to him, but he's escaped.'

[indistinct chatter]

[sobbing]

What troubles you, old mother?

They took it.

I suppose I should have known
they would sooner or later.

They're always taking from us.

They know Security
won't get involved.

It was a picture of my husband.

He died just after we came here
looking for something better.

When they took the rest,
they found it.

Why would they take a picture?

Oh, for the frame.
It's very expensive.

He told me to sell it,
but I-I couldn't.

It's the last of him I had left.

[sobs]

Eyes as lovely as yours
were never meant

for tears, dear lady.

Withdraw them

and tell me where
I might find these men.

Everything you asked for,
right in there.

How can I be sure
you've contacted everyone?

I'm a man of my word.

You wanna pay half now,
half when you've looked it over

that's fine.

Look, I ain't gonna
mess this up.

I bring messages back and forth
from your people on Narn

and none of it's secret info
or anything.

That's a sweet deal.

I should think so

given the price we pay
to get this past the Centauri.

I..

[man groans]

I told you 100 credits
by yesterday

or we'd beat the crap
out of you.

Now why do you
make me do this, huh?

Why do you make me do what
we both know I'm gonna do, huh?

[man grunts]

Release that man.

What manner of men

prey on the weak
and the poor, hmm?

Stealing from old women.

Cowards, I think.

You'd better put
that pig sticker away

before you end up eatin' it.

You have something
that does not belong to you.

Actually, I suspect that
you have quite a few things

that do not belong to you.

But let's start with a picture
and a frame.

I command you to hand that over
or face the consequences.

Consequences?

Yeah, I got your consequences
right here.

[grunting]

Yield or die.

Not a chance.

I got friends.

See?

That's alright.

So does he.

[hisses]

[instrumental music]

(Garibaldi)
I want every level checked.

He may be trying to find
his way off the station.

But we need to cover
all our bases.

He's armed, so consider him
dangerous. Don't get too close.

If you find anything,
you let me know.

'I got something to do.'

(G'Kar)
'By G'Quan, I can't recall
the last time'

'I was in a fight like that.'

No moral ambiguity.

No...hopeless battle against
ancient and overwhelming forces.

They were the bad guys
as you say

and we were the good guys.

And they made a very satisfying
thump when they hit the floor.

It's wrong for the strong
to prey on the weak.

That idea was at the very heart
of the Round Table.

To correct injustice.

To promote a society
of laws, not arms.

Well said.

That is the purpose
which God and the crown

have set before me.

I cannot achieve that
locked away in some room.

No, of course not.
What room?

I sense in you a warrior born

but a priestly manner
and refined education.

Oh, well.

My knights were such men as you.

Well, well, not exactly
such as you.

The, uh, the eyes were not..

[chuckles]

Oh, it matters not.

You were the first to lend
your good arm to my defense

and you shall sit at my right
hand at the new Round Table.

And..

...you shall be known
as Sir G'Kar.

The Red knight.

I don't know, chief. I don't
know if we should be doing this.

It's my stuff.

Don't worry, I'll leave
the money behind

for what it should've cost.

What are you so nervous about?

We went up against
the entire Earth alliance

and two carrier groups.

Yeah, but this is
the post office.

This could get us
in real trouble.

[gunshot]

That'll be another 20 credits
for the lock.

And I am reporting this
to the postmaster general.

Oh, yeah.

Told you.

Do you mind if I ask you a..

[burps]

...question?

Not at all,
my good comrade in arms.

You seemed to take our battle
quite, uh, personally

as if what they had done
o-offended you.

It did.

At Camlann field,
my knights lay dying or dead.

As dawn spread
across the bloody ground

I saw others moving among them

like specters risen
from some unholy grave.

Stealing their swords,
their jewels, their crests

their rings.

My knights were there
because of me.

I was responsible.

I was responsible.

[thunder rumbling]

Are you alright?

Oh, yes.

Yes. I..

It was a dream, that's all.

[sniffles]

Battle was not intended.

With our forces halved, we could
not stand against Mordred

so I met with Mordred at Camlann

to arrange a truce
and buy time for Lancelot

to return with reinforcements.

We stood there out in the open.

Each of us had 14 knights
at his side.

Our armies had been told
to watch and attack

if someone drew a sword.

We just finished
our negotiations

when one of Mordred's knights

saw an adder about to strike,
so he-he drew his sword.

The others saw it and..

[sniffles]

...the killing started.

It was a misunderstanding.

A misinterpretation.

And see what it cost us.

Arthur?

'We've been looking for you.'

Mr. Garibaldi is quite put out.

Mr. Garibaldi is always put out.

I heard what you did
and I respect it.

But if you don't come with me,
there will be trouble.

I will vouch for his character!

I saw the entire thing
because I was there.

I was in it. I was..

And they made
a very agreeable thump.

- Or did I mention that?
- Arthur, it's the only way.

Very well.

I am somewhat tired anyway.

I could do with some rest.

Will you come with us,
Sir G'Kar?

Of course. Lead on.

[glass shatters]

Sir Gawain had the, uh,
same problem, you know.

- Did he?
- Oh, yes.

Come the morning,
we'd often take one look at him

and call him the Green Knight.

Come, let's to it.

(Sheridan)
'A lot's happened since
the last time we met here.'

We declared independence
from Earth

and many of you were at war
with one another.

So the question becomes..

...can this place continue
to serve its purpose?

Well, the answer is yes.

But only with your assistance.

Commander?

We're willing to put
a deal on the table.

Babylon 5 still
has a lot to offer.

We're a hub for travel,
commerce, finance.

We're still considered
neutral territory.

As your wars continue, some
of you may even wanna use us

for peace negotiations.

We'd be happy to do that.

(Sheridan)
'In exchange
for our cooperation'

'we ask that your governments
take part in'

the ongoing defense
of Babylon 5.

Obviously, we'll do
all we can to make sure

that ships from two sides
actively engaged in hostilities

are not providing defense
at the same time.

The Babylon Treaty serves
your interests as well as ours.

The details are all
spelled out in the folders

I've just given you.

We hope that you'll take a look
at them and think it over.

- Thank you very much.
- Hmm.

I think I've managed to calm
Mr. Garibaldi about our friend.

G'Kar confirms he didn't
commit any crimes.

Actually, uh, solved one
and prevented another.

Something wrong?

I took some DNA samples
from Arthur

in case we might find something
in the genetic record files.

You see, everyone
who joins Earthforce

has his unique DNA sequence
mapped and logged

for identification purposes--

He was in Earthforce?
Doing what?

Take a look.

You can't show him this.

- Marcus, it's who he is.
- I don't care. It'll kill him.

W-wait now, wait now.
Let's be sensible, alright?

This is the first step
towards healing him.

We can't just let him
wander around

the rest of his life
thinking that he's King Arthur.

- Why not?
- Because this is the truth.

Better the illusions that
exalt us than 10,000 truths.

Alexander Pushkin, yes.

Let this one truth die, Stephen.

Let him be Arthur.
Let him be anybody he wants.

I have an obligation to help.

Now if I confront him
with this, it may be enough

to snap him
out of this delusion.

Your Hippocratic Oath
says do no harm.

If you do this, you'll be doing
great harm, Stephen.

- Stephen.
- I'm sorry.

I have to.

[groans]

[groans]

[intense music]

- 'Arthur?'
- Hmm.

Oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't sleep well last night.

The dreams again.

Oh, terrible dreams.

The old wounds are not as
well-healed as I thought.

(Stephen)
'I asked you about the picture.'

Well, he seems a decent
and honorable man

but I don't know him.

It's you.

No, I, I don't think so.

"David McIntyre.

"Age 52.

"Serial number R27A59.

"Honorable discharge
from Earthforce

February 9th, 2253."

'Silver star for valor.'

You were at the
Battle of the Line.

Twenty thousand
of our best went in

and a little over
two hundred survived.

'It also shows you were gunnery
sergeant on the Prometheus.'

Prometheus?

There were Romans
still living in my country

whose family married Britons

and they carried with them
legends from Greece.

Prometheus brought fire
from the Gods--

This Prometheus
was the first ship

to encounter the Minbari.

Fifteen years ago, today.

'Now there was
a misunderstanding.'

'The Minbari approached
with their gun ports open.'

'It's a sign of respect.'

'The captain, he interpreted
this as a threat.'

'He panicked.'

(male #2)
'Eight thousand clicks,
seven thousand.'

'They're coming in.
Gun ports are open.'

'Repeat, gun ports are open.'

'Presume attack vector.'

(Stephen)
Because
of this misinterpretation

he ordered his crew to attack.

(male #2)
'Forward batteries, open fire.'

[gunfire]

[explosion]

This has nothing to do with me.

And the attack destroyed
two Minbari vessels

and killed their leader Dukhat

and started
the Earth-Minbari war.

Now you were gunnery sergeant
on the Prometheus.

- You fired those shots.
- No.

It was the sword
that struck the adder

that started the battle.

'No, it was not a sword.
It was a ship.'

A sword.

The light shining off it.

Oh.

The review board absolved you
of all responsibility

for following the orders
of your commanding officer.

Now despite bouts of depression

that continue to get
longer and more intense

you were put back
into active duty.

We needed everyone
we could get back then.

And you made it all the way.

You volunteered
for the Battle of the Line

even though you knew
it was a suicide mission.

This man you describe..

'...he had
no business surviving.'

A quarter of a million
men and women

dead on the battlefield..

...at Camlann.

- No, no, not Camlann.
- No, not Camlann.

They died in the Minbari war.

- I was responsible.
- No.

Responsible for my knights

and for those who followed me
into battle.

Their armor was not strong
enough to protect them.

Their horses..

Their horses were on fire.

[intense music]

[sobs]

The old wound.

The old wound, yes.

The pain of memory.

It's alright now.

You can face it.
We can face it together.

No, I can never rest.

The pain will never go away.

I must return Excalibur
to the Lady of the Lake.

I didn't..

[sighs]

I didn't know.

We didn't know.

You couldn't know.

Bodies..

...slain.

The dying.

Bodies drifting..

...like stars.

My fault.

He deserves to die.

My fault.

[dramatic music]

[screams]

David?

David?

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

David.

David.

Anything yet?

I just got word
from the Drazi Ambassador.

He's been appointed spokesman
for what's left of the league.

A number of them refused to sign
the Mutual Defense Treaty

but the rest of 'em signed on.

Do we have enough
to make it work?

With room to spare.

[chuckles]

Oh, my God, it's almost
enough to make you start

believing in miracles, isn't it?

Yes, sir.

Almost.

Why? What happened?

You know you'd think
I'd learn one of these days

that I can't fix everything,
but it never happens.

Now, I..

I gave him back the sword.

I, I figured maybe it'd help,
but it didn't.

One thing I don't understand.

Why did he come here?

It wasn't an accident.

He got onboard a transport.
He bought a ticket.

There must have been a reason

even if he couldn't
admit it to himself.

Well, obviously,
it had something to do

with the anniversary of his
attack on the Minbari ship.

I mean, that's where
it all started.

According to you, yes.

He still thinks
it was the sword.

Well, a ship, a sword,
what's the difference?

None, none at all.

Excalibur.

The symbol of the king.

Yeah, but in this case

the symbol of the ship

and his pain.

Wh-what's the story
of Sir Bedivere?

Arthur's journey began

when the Lady of the Lake
gave him the Excalibur.

As he lay dying,
he asked Bedivere

to return Excalibur
to the Lady of the Lake.

The ladies couldn't
take him to Avalon

couldn't heal him
until this was done.

He had to go full circle
right back to where he started.

Now, now he said he couldn't
know peace or rest

until the lady
took back Excalibur.

The king's burden.

- The king's pain.
- Yeah.

That's why he came here.

To find someone willing
to take away his pain.

But if that's Excalibur

and you're Bedivere

who's the Lady of the Lake?

[instrumental music]

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

I knew you'd come
to your senses, sooner or later.

Hundred credits ain't
too much when you stop

to think about it, now, is it?

Yes, sir, first thing
I learned is

never mess with the post office.

You'll come a cropper
every time.

Okay, let's see. Where's that,
uh, where's that box?

There we are.

Oops.

[chuckles]

Sorry. A little
post office humor.

[laughs]
Hang on. I'll get your one.

There we go. There you are.

Anything else I can do for you?

Some stamps?

Thanks. No.

Oh, uh, before I forget

you do realize
that we've cut off

all contact with Earth, right?

Of course, I realize that.

You're not dealing with
a chimp here, you know.

And if you, and if
you hadn't done that

all the prices wouldn't have
gone up now, would they?

I-I was just thinking,
before we broke away

the rent on this place,
your quarters

all that was being paid
for by Earth, right?

But since they're out
of the picture

who's paying for all this now?

Well, I-I-I, um, if, you know--

Now I might be inclined
to overlook this

in light of the morale boost
it gives folks to get mail

'from back home.'

- How much?
- One hundred and one credits.

That ain't so much when you stop
to think about it, now is it?

I wish I could say
this was a good idea.

It's what I want to do.

I think it's what I need to do.

My people will treat
him well, doctor.

He will be welcomed
and put in a position

of authority in the resistance.

He has good ideas about
raising up those in need

about organizing others
into something better

and nobler
than they had been before.

We are in great need
of such ideas and such men.

A new Round Table?

Well, I guess I've heard
worse ideas in my time.

I just wish you could stay
just a little longer

until we can be sure
you're okay.

Doctor, I'm healed.

Soul and body knitted together.

One journey has ended,
another beckons.

(man on PA)
'Transport Bokalla is now
boarding outbound passengers.'

That's your ship.
I'll walk you out.

Thank you, doctor.

Take care.

And you.

And you.

Where were you?

I hate goodbyes.

Just wanted to watch him go
remembering Arthur.

Where my people come from,
his story has great power.

I'll miss him.

Even if he wasn't Arthur?

Now, now.

Next thing you'll be saying
is he's not Merlin.

Merlin was a great teacher,
you know.

- I'm not hearing this.
- They say he aged backwards.

That was how he was able
to foretell the future

by remembering it.

Which means he came
from the future.

Maybe he had Arthur form the
Round Table by remembering us.

'We're forming one of our own,
after all.'

Which makes you Percival.

I'm Galahad,
him being sinless and all.

Sheridan as Arthur.

Ivanova, perhaps Gawain.

I think we both know
who Mordred is.

So the question is

who is Morgana Le Fay?

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