All language subtitles for Babylon 5 5x11.Phoenix.Rising

[dramatic music]

(Bester)
'A few words for those
who've just arrived.'

A colony of rogue telepaths

have been unwisely allowed
to take up residence here.

Since they're all humans

they fall under
the jurisdiction of Earth law.

And the Alliance has agreed

to respect the rights
of each member world

to control its own people.

This leaves it to us.

The rogues have engaged
in unauthorized scans

of several dozen ambassadors.

They have extracted
an unknown amount

of privileged information..

...intending to exchange
those secrets..

...for a homeworld
of their own.

Since then, they've divided
into two groups.

'Half of them are now
holed up in Downbelow.'

'They have reportedly
begun a hunger strike'

'which they believe will create
sympathy for their cause.'

This is all fine by me.

Since it means that group one
is already contained.

Saving us the trouble.

Also, the longer they continue
their hunger strike..

...the weaker their
condition becomes..

...the less resistance
we'll encounter

when we go in after them.

Group number two
is our main concern.

'Group two, the rest of
Byron's followers..'

'...have scattered
throughout the station.'

'Several Bloodhound units
are already on patrol'

'running them to ground.'

Several of them broke
into an armory last night

seizing an unknown number
of PPG rifles and handguns.

We believe only a small portion
of them are armed.

'Fortunately, there seems to be
little tactical coordination'

'between the members
of group two.'

'This should make them
easier to bring down.'

[alarm blaring]

We should expect
some losses on their side..

...but let's try to keep it
within acceptable limits.

The Corps is mother.

The Corps is father.

In that way,
these are our children..

...who have gone astray.

We have to at least try
to bring them in alive..

...so that we can
correct their thinking.

'The data packets
you've received'

'detail which part
of the station'

you've been
assigned to cover..

...and pair you up with
one of the Bloodhound units.

I want this situation
resolved by tomorrow morning.

Latest.

Dismissed.

You enjoy this, don't you?

The drama, the chase.

I enjoy being good
at what I do.

And you should take some
small pleasure in it as well.

This is for
your benefit, after all.

Our job is to protect normals
from rogue telepaths.

'Perhaps now you'll understand
why we're necessary.'

Every race
to develop telepaths

has had to find some way
to control them.

Through laws,
religion, drugs..

...or extermination.

We may not be pretty..

...but we're a hell of a lot
better than the alternatives.

Maybe so.

But I don't have to
like your methods.

We shouldn't be
run down like mad dogs.

If they insist on
behaving like mad dogs

we have to
treat them as such.

Look, captain,
you called me, remember?

Now that we're here,
we'll handle it our way.

And our way
always works.

Because whatever
our differences

those rogues
are telepaths

and that puts us on
the same side.

We just have to help them
understand that.

[beeping]

I have a hunch that
might be more difficult

than you think, Mr. Bester.

(Kosh)
'And so it begins.'

(male #1)
There's a hole in your mind.

(Sinclair)
What do you want?

(G'Kar)
No one here is exactly
what he appears.

(Sinclair)
Nothing's the same anymore.

(Hague)
'Commander Sinclair
is being reassigned.'

Why don't you eliminate
the entire Narn homeworld?

(Elric)
I see a great hand

reaching out of the stars.

Who are you?

President Clark's signed a
decree declaring martial law.

These orders have forced us
to declare independence.

(Sheridan)
Unless your people get off
their encounter-suited

butts and do something.

You're the one who was.

(Kosh)
lf you go to Z'Ha'Dum,
you will die.

(Lorien)
Why are you here?

Do you have anything
worth living for?

(Delenn)
I think of my
beautiful city in flames.

(Sheridan)
Giants in the playground.

Now, get out of our galaxy!

We are here to place
President Clark under arrest.

[theme music]

[music continues]

- Any news?
- We just heard.

Byron wants to talk to us.
He's on channel four.

Good. Maybe we can negotiate
our way out of this.

Mr. President,
sorry to bother you.

It's a little late
to worry about that now.

Byron, I trusted you.

I let you form a colony here,
gave you a place to stay.

And now your people are turning
this place upside down.

They've killed four people.

The situation has
gotten out of control.

And so have my people,
at least the ones out there.

I can help, but you have to
remove the Psi Cops first.

I can't do that.

As long as they're here,
the violence will continue.

My people will do
anything necessary

to keep from going back
to the Psi Corps.

I believe I can get them to back
off if I talk to them directly.

'But if any of us try to
leave here, we'll be arrested.'

I wouldn't believe him,
Mr. President.

Byron never keeps
his promises.

- Do you, Byron?
- This doesn't concern you.

Oh, but it does.

You want us to leave
so that you can get away.

Not a chance.

Your followers killed
at least four people.

And even the president..

...despite his liberal
attitudes..

...knows that you can't
let killers get away.

Stay there
and we'll dig you out.

Come out
and we'll arrest you.

Either way,
it's over, Byron.

No. There are other ways.

Byron, you..

What did he mean, Byron..

...about you not
keeping your promises?

Later. We have to go now.

Thanks for the help.

We were finally
opening up a dialogue.

I don't believe in dialogue,
only action.

That's what I'm here for.

To give you a progress report
on our activities.

Don't worry, captain.
This'll be over by morning.

I get the feeling
he wants this confrontation.

There's something personal
in this for him.

Speaking of personal grudges

you seen or heard of Garibaldi
since Bester came on board?

No. I thought you would
have heard from him by now.

You're right.
That's what's got me worried.

There's only one thing
more dangerous

than Mr. Garibaldi
when he's loud.

It's when he's dead silent.

Turn around.

Very, very slowly.

Hello, Mr. Garibaldi.

Good to see you again.

I was wondering
how you were doing.

You haven't written,
you haven't called--

Shut up.

Obviously haven't
improved your manners.

I want you to go over
to the Babcom unit.

'Hit the record button.'

(automated message)
'Standing by to record.'

'Touch "Record" a second time
to initiate recording.'

Now, I want you to dictate
a full confession.

I want you to tell
the whole truth

about what you did
to me and to Sheridan.

What I did?

Oh, you mean the part
about my conditioning

you to turn against
your friends

sell out Sheridan
to President Clark

and infiltrate a conspiracy
against my beloved Psi Corps.

Yeah, that's the one. Now, hit
the button and say it again.

No.

This isn't a discussion, Bester.

Yes, it is.

You won't shoot.

Don't count on it.

If anybody asks, I'll just
say it was self-defense.

And there's nobody who loves you
enough to even question it.

See, the truth is..

...I don't care if I go
up for your murder or not.

Not after what you did to me.

I've thought about this
for a long, long time, Bester.

And either you do
what I say right now..

..or I'll kill you.

I mean it.

Yes.

I believe you do.

But my answer is still no.

So, I guess..

...you're just going
to have to shoot me.

[dramatic music]

Let me ask you something,
Mr. Garibaldi.

A purely philosophical question.

On a scale of one to 10..

...how stupid do you
think I am, anyway?

Do you really think
I'd let you run around

knowing what you know..

...and leave you free
to kill me?

- What have you done to me?
- I hit you with an Asimov.

He was a writer long ago
who wrote stories about robots.

He came up
with a set of rules

to prevent them from
turning against mankind.

The cybertechs adopted them in
the early pre-ban experiments

and I've found them useful
myself from time to time.

'Before we finished
adjusting you, I made sure'

'we planted Asimov's two most
important rules in your mind.'

You cannot harm me directly..

...or through inaction

allow harm to come to me.

To make it harder
for someone else

to break the conditioning..

...I put the block
in the part of your brain

that controls
the neural system.

'You can want to kill me
as much as you want..'

'...the same way I can say'

"I wanna raise this hand."

But it won't lift up..

...until I send the impulse.

You're blocked
at the point of action..

...but I left your rage intact.

'Call it..

...counterpoint.'

Dramatic irony.

Well..

...I'd love to stay
and chat, Mr. Garibaldi

but I just have
so much work to do.

Oh, um, be sure and turn out
the lights on your way out.

[zapping]

(Byron)
'This isn't what
I wanted, Lyta.'

I tried to teach them.

To show them that there is
another way than violence.

Did I fail that badly?

You can't change
human nature, Byron.

Then there's not much point
in living, is there?

If we can't hope for
something better

something nobler, at least
something kinder?

You still haven't
answered my question.

What did Bester mean about you
not keeping your promises?

It seemed as if he knew you.

The tone in his voice, it..

It was almost as if this were
something personal to him.

It is.

Very personal.

Why?

You shouldn't ask questions
that will lead

to answers you don't
want to hear.

Byron.

I want to hear it,
whatever it is.

I grew up in the Psi Corps,
same as you.

Do you know my rating
as a telepath?

I'm a strong P-12.

But all P-12s
are automatically designated..

...Psi Cops.

- You were a Psi Cop?
- Not just a Psi Cop.

Bester's protege.

He was training me
to be just like him.

And I was.
For a long time.

And then..

It was supposed to be
a simple interception.

We'd gotten word
about a covert operation

smuggling telepaths into
some of the outer colonies

where it would be harder
for us to find them.

'We surrounded the transport'

'and demanded they
turn over the telepaths.'

'Or we would use deadly force.'

'They did as they were told.'

'They didn't have much choice.'

Omega 7 to Omega 1.
Blips are clear.

Captured transport
moving into position.

'All clear.
We can head back now.'

Not yet, Omega 7.

'We got this batch,
but there'll be others.'

- 'We need to send a message.'
- Alright.

I'll arrange for them
to be escorted to--

(Bester)
'Negative, Omega 7.'

'Lock all forward weapons on
transport. Prepare to fire.'

Sir, they're unarmed.
We can't just--

(Bester)
'Prepare to fire, Omega 7.'

- I can't.
- 'I gave you an order, Byron.'

'Execute the order
or face the consequences.'

They're just mundanes, Byron.

And it's them or you.

You wanted to run
with the big boys?

Now you have to show
that you're up to it.

'Are you?'

'Are you up to it, Byron?'

I knew he was serious.

Knew he wanted me bloody,
just like him.

I knew they would kill me
if I didn't do as I was told.

So..

...God help me,
I pulled the trigger.

[firing]

After all, they were
just mundanes.

[explosion]

When I got back..

...I tried to file a report
on what had happened.

But nobody wanted to know.

So, I left.

I swore I'd never let innocents
be harmed like that again.

Swore to find a better way
for us, for our people.

Without violence, without
preying on our own kind

or letting others
prey on us.

Do the others know?

They have been my salvation.

I gave them direction

organization, strength.

But they gave me hope.

And look where
I've brought them in return.

I got them! I got them!

'Cover me.'

Now, go. Go!

They cut off the other hall. We
can't go back the way we came.

Reinforcements?

They're bringing in another
dozen security guards.

- Thomas, we're outnumbered.
- We need to fall back.

Consolidate our forces,
buy a little insurance.

They may not value our lives,
but the mundanes?

That's a different question.

The captain will never let
anything happen to them.

And I think I know
where we can get some.

Alright, everybody,
fall out!

- Let's go!
- Hurry! Come on!

Let's move!

Move!

Coming through.
Coming through.

Watch it.

Doc. Got a second?

Well, yeah, but we're
getting a lot of wounded.

What do you know
about neural blocks?

[dramatic music]

What kind? Chemical,
telepathic, biomechanical?

Telepathic. Are there drugs that
can overcome a telepathic block?

Well, it depends.

[screaming]

Close the door!

[dramatic music]

[clamoring]

Enough. That's enough.
We need them alive.

Thomas, this is Garibaldi.
He works for the president.

And we have the main doctor too.

Good.

I'd hoped for some
valuable hostages

but I never thought
we'd come up aces.

Get the president and
the captain on the line.

Tell them we now have hostages

and if we don't get what
we want, they're all dead.

Starting with you.

And then...you.

(Thomas on TV)
'Unless our demands are met'

we will begin
killing the hostages

starting with Garibaldi.

We demand the release of
Byron and all others like us

who have been
taken into custody.

Safe passage off Babylon 5
to neutral territory

and the commencement
of negotiations

aimed toward creating
a homeworld for telepaths.

You have two hours to comply

'or we will begin
the executions.'

And don't think for a minute

we'll hesitate to do
exactly as I say.

- After all, to us..
- They're only mundanes.

They're only mundanes.

No! I swore an oath, Lyta.

I won't let it happen.

Not to mundanes,
not to our people

and by God, I won't let it
happen in my name.

Could you tell
where they were?

It was difficult,
but I think it was Medlab one.

Can you get me there?

Byron, we sealed ourselves
off in here.

We welded half
the doors shut.

The other half are
guarded by Psi Cops. I--

There must be other ways.

Ways too small
for them to bother with.

Ways that fell
between the cracks.

Air ducts, maintenance halls,
a crawlspace, anything.

You have to get me
into Medlab, Lyta.

I won't have innocent blood on
my hands a second time. I won't!

I know it hurts, Peter,
but we need you.

Byron needs you, Thomas needs
you, we all need you.

There's a major access hall
that we can't guard properly.

And we need you
and your special gift.

Oh, I'll try.

You can't take
that man out of here.

He's not well enough to move.
Now, his injuries--

Stephen!

His injuries will be far less
than yours or theirs

if you try to interfere
with us again.

[all grunting]

Try that again

and we'll kill five at a time
instead of just one.

Get him out of here.

There's one telepath
I can't kill

but nobody said
anything about you.

You hurt these people..

...you'll go to your grave
with my teeth in your throat.

[dramatic music]

We've got movement.
Could be trouble.

[music continues]

[zapping]

Chief, I've got to go down!

Fall back!

- Fall back to Blue four!
- Go! Go! Go!

That's very good.

We'll go tell Thomas
the hallway is secure.

Remember, Peter,
nobody gets by.

- You understand?
- N-no one.

Okay.

(Bester)
'I tried to warn you,
Mr. President.'

You can't trust
Byron or his people.

Now you see that I was right.

And maybe we could have
avoided this

if we'd opened negotiations.

You can't talk to them.
You can talk to her.

You can talk to me.
Everyone talks to me.

People like talking to me.

I guess I just have
that kind of face.

But you can't talk to them.
They can't be trusted.

Just leave it to us.

And if Garibaldi is killed?

Zack gets his room.

Look, this is all
very fascinating

but the latest
from Earthgov confirms

that I still have jurisdiction
over the situation.

So, until that changes..

...we'll play it my way.

Is that true?

Have you heard back from
President Luchenko?

They've confirmed
receiving our request

to shut down
Bester's operation.

They say they're
considering it.

We should know
in a few hours.

Yeah, and Garibaldi
has less than two hours left.

I know, but if we go in there
while Bester's still in charge

they will panic
and kill the hostages.

Unless we wanna give in,
give them what they want.

Do we?

Do we want to negotiate with
terrorists, Mr. President?

[dramatic music]

Can't get out that way.
It's blocked.

[dramatic music]

This one. This will do it.

Time's almost up.

Oh, Byron.
How did you get through?

I don't have time.

- Are they still in there?
- Yes.

They said no one
was to get past me, though.

I'm sure they didn't include me
in that, Peter. It's alright.

I've always tried to do
the right thing, Byron.

- Always.
- I know.

(Garibaldi)
'You gotta listen to me.
This isn't gonna work.'

Now, if you give yourselves up,
we could go back.

We could talk to the others.

You say you're doing
this for a cause.

What kind of sympathy
are you gonna get

by killing innocent
people in cold blood?

You wanna send out a message,
this ain't it.

Look, I can work with you.

I can get you out of this,
but you've gotta work with me.

What do you say?

Yeah.

That's what I thought
you were gonna say.

This is President Sheridan.

I've consulted with
Captain Lochley

and we have reached a decision
regarding the current situation.

It is not the policy

of the Interstellar Alliance
or this station

to bargain with terrorists
for the lives of hostages.

If we open
that door even once

we will never be able
to close it again.

You have two choices.

Surrender..

...or we will use lethal force
to bring you down.

You have 10 minutes.

Swell.

Ah, whoa!

Wait, look, we can...

[zapping]

It's almost 10 minutes.
Why don't they answer?

Did you know that..

...Garibaldi has been
here longer than

anyone else
in the command structure?

Yeah. He came on board
with Sinclair.

And despite a history
of alcohol abuse

despite being shot,
stabbed, beaten up..

...he has survived
five years in this place.

I-if I am responsible
for changing that, if he..

I don't know that I can
live with myself, captain.

You made the right decision.

There was nothing else
you could do.

(Sheridan)
'Yeah?'

Yeah, well, it's
a great epitaph

but it is a lousy thing
to do to a friend.

Lochley. Go.

'We've got a response coming in'

'from the telepaths in Medlab.'

Put it through.

Byron. I didn't expect
to see you there.

- How did you--
- How doesn't matter.

The immediate situation
has been resolved.

But I need your help
to end this.

I will arrange
to have the hostages released.

But in exchange, I want to

gather all my people
together in Downbelow.

Talk to them,
bring this to a peaceful end.

That means no interference.

If your people
or Bester interfere

I won't be able
to control them.

After we've had
some time together

I and those directly responsible
for the recent violence

will surrender.

Okay. What's the condition?

I want your personal guarantee
that the rest of my people

those who've harmed no one

will be allowed to leave
the station in peace.

And we will only surrender
to you, not the Psi Corps.

They can't be any part
in this, otherwise..

Captain..

...this is the only way to end
this without further bloodshed.

Those responsible for
the violence will surrender

and the innocent will leave.

The crisis will be over.

And one way or another..

...we will be gone.

Byron, how do we know

that everyone responsible
for the violence will surrender?

How can we be sure
some of them won't escape?

You'll have everything you need
to be sure they won't get away.

Alright.

I'll order my people
and the Psi Cops to clear out.

I'll have a transport tube
waiting at the end of the hall.

We'll program it to take your
people back to Brown Level.

But nowhere else.

There will be no interference
from Bester's people.

And those not involved
with the violence

will be allowed to leave.

If you can prove
to our satisfaction

that those responsible
for the violence

will remain in custody.

Thank you.

You will hear from me
again in a few hours.

[dramatic music]

You promised them what?

It's the best chance we've got
to end this peacefully.

We get those responsible--

And the rest get away.

You don't have
the right to do that.

You speak for the Alliance
on a political basis.

You don't speak
for Earth policies.

(Lochley)
'We do now.'

The violence was directed
against station personnel.

Because of that,
we asked Earthgov

to transfer jurisdiction.

They agreed, both as
a gesture of goodwill

and to help
end this crisis.

You'll get your pound
of flesh, one way or another.

Byron will be surrendering
with the rest.

To you, not to us.

I want him in our custody.

Then you're going to have to go
through channels back home.

Sorry. That's the way
it has to be.

We'll see.

Zack.

Byron gave this to one
of my guys to give to you.

'These are the Identicards
of those'

responsible for the violence.

They can't get off
the station without them.

And these are
the signed confessions

of everyone involved.

This is over.

Now, if you've got
a problem with that

take it up with Earthgov.

We don't have time.

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

(Bester)
Byron.

Byron.

Byron.

Byron. Byron.

You hear me, don't you?

Yes.

Don't do this, Byron.

We worked together once.

We were close,
if not necessarily friends.

We've had our problems.

But it's still you
and it's still me.

And we're still what we are.

We both acted hastily.

We both acted badly.

But I'm willing to put that
behind us if you are.

Don't go off
with strangers, Byron.

Don't talk to strangers.

No, I imagine
you don't want them

to know what you did.

What we did.

Don't want them to know
how easily we kill their kind.

I'm not thrilled
about the idea, no.

But that aside..

...we're still family, Byron.

The Corps is mother.

The Corps is father.

It can't be any other way.

Yes, it can.
And it will be.

- After today.
- 'Byron.'

They're ready to go.

Then we should go quickly,
while we still can.

(Bester)
We don't have much time.

Tell the others
to meet me in Brown seven.

We're going in on my signal.

We have a job to do
and we're gonna do it.

Make sure they understand.

We're not leaving here
without Byron.

[dramatic music]

I kept my word.
We're here.

We will surrender peacefully.

And we will keep ours.

The rest of your people will be
allowed to leave safely.

Thank you. L..

Just a second.

I contest this transfer.

- What's he doing here?
- I don't know.

What are you
trying to pull here, Bester?

Captain, I have a right
to these prisoners.

- It's alright.
- No.

- No!
- It's alright.

- I won't go back with them! No!
- No!

No!

[dramatic music]

[clamoring]

[zapping]

[grunting]

No!

Hold your fire!
Damn it, hold your fire!

(automated message)
'Danger.
Hazardous chemical spill.'

'Danger.
Hazardous chemical spill.'

It didn't have to
end like this.

It still doesn't!

Yes, it does.
We can't go back now.

There's too much blood.

We are no longer who we were.

We are what we have become.

What you made us!

Byron, don't do this.

You're a symbol
to these people.

Yes. And so are you.

Remember that.

I said there would
come a time

when you would
have to walk away.

Walk away, Lyta.
Do it now.

For me, for the others.

They will need you now.

- I can't.
- If you stay, they win.

If you stay,
then our love was false

and my life was in vain.

It will be the end
of everything I've worked for.

Byron..

I love you, Byron.

How can I leave you?

I'm already gone.

It's too late for me.

But not for the others.

They are my life's worth..

...and my redemption
for sins past.

You cannot save my life..

...but you can save my soul.

I called you my willow.

The strength
that would survive me

and shelter those
who follow.

Now, I need you to be strong
for me one last time.

Go.

Don't look back.

[music continues]

♪ And we will all ♪

♪ Come together
in a better place ♪

♪ A better place
than this ♪

Clear out! Move! Go! Go!

- Get out of here!
- Everybody out!

(male #2)
'Security, we need an additional
hazmat team down here.'

(male #3)
'This is security. Roger that.'

'We're sending
two down right away.'

(male #3)
'Medlab, we're bringing in
three more.'

'We need to
make room down there.'

You satisfied, Mr. Bester?

No. Not at all.

I don't understand it.

In spite of it all,
I always thought..

...at the end of the day..

...we were on the same side.

They just needed someone..

...to explain it to them..

...so they'd understand

who the real enemy was.

You mean us.
The mundanes.

We weren't supposed
to fight each other.

Not like this.

I don't understand.

I truly..

...don't.

- Hey, Stephen. What's up?
- Hey.

I'm looking for Garibaldi.

Since he's never
far from trouble

I figured he might
be around here.

No, I haven't
seen him all day. Why?

Well, it may be nothing,
but I had a chance to watch him

while we were stuck
in Medlab.

Now, he asked me something.

Some kind of
neural block question.

And he seemed down. He seemed
lost, almost powerless.

I mean, I've seen him
in a lot of moods

but never like that one.

And I just wanted to find him,
see if he was okay.

Hope he doesn't
do anything stupid.

Oh..

Yeah. Over here.

Wait. Wait.
Just a minute.

Before the end..

...Byron sent me
his memories.

Of contacts..

...safe houses..

...resources..

...secrets.

I've arranged
for each of you

to be met and escorted
into safety.

I'll give you that
information as you leave.

And then, tomorrow..

...we begin again.

Remember Byron.

Remember Byron.

Remember Byron.

Remember Byron.

'Remember Byron.'

Monitor on.

(male announcer on TV)
'With the Mars Rockets
ahead by five games'

'in the interplanetary
standings.'

'Though it's too early to say'

'anything's a done deal
for the World Series'

'there doesn't seem to be
any team on the horizon'

'who can threaten
their position.'

'In other breaking news,
ISN has just learned'

'that the main headquarters
for the Psi Corps'

'was bombed early this
morning by unknown parties.'

'The only clues
found at the scene'

'were the words
"Remember Byron"'

'painted on the side
of the building.'

'More after this.'

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