Babylon 5 s02e02 Episode Script

and ready for transport.
Team 3, ready that.
This is madness.
How much longer will this Council | be held hostage to its missing members? -Their behavior is inexcusable.
| -Ambassador Delenn remains indisposed.
Indisposed.
She's in a cocoon! Yes? And you.
| Do you have any idea when Ambassador G'Kar will decide | to grace us with his presence? For that matter, do you | have any idea where he is? There, you see? One deserts | his post without any explanation.
The other one picks the most breathtakingly | inconvenient moment possible to explore new career options.
Like becoming a butterfly.
I move that we reprimand | both governments and demand that they assign | new representatives to this Council.
Is there a second? Seeing that the motion isn't carried, | and the agenda's been tabled I recommend that we adjourn | for the rest of the day and reconvene tomorrow at 9 | and try this again.
Na'Toth, | you never answered my question.
-Where is Ambassador G'Kar? | -I've told you all I know.
He left to investigate the attack | on our base in Quadrant 37.
You've had no word | from him since? Ambassador G'Kar is more than able | to take care of himself.
Stay together.
| A little further to the gate.
-We're not going to make it.
| -Yes, we will.
No.
Leave us.
Tell the others.
Warn them! In death, we salute you.
Honor our names.
Goodbye.
G'Quan bless your names.
| You will be remembered with honor.
Set jumpgate sequence.
| Destination: Babylon 5.
best hope for peace.
located in neutral territory.
A place of commerce and diplomacy humans and aliens.
all alone in the night.
of the Third Age of mankind.
came upon us all.
of the Babylon stations.
The name of the place is Babylon 5.
Doctor, how's it going? | I thought you'd be off duty by now.
I'm running a little late.
| Can I talk to you for a minute? Yeah.
I can afford a minute.
My sister's coming for a visit, | and I have time before she arrives.
How's Mr.
Garibaldi? Frankly, not great.
| That's what I want to talk to you about.
I've pulled out every trick I know, | and nothing works.
He's not coming out | of that coma.
Now, there is one other option but it means performing | an unauthorized procedure.
I see.
Have you tried | contacting his next of kin? Tried and failed.
And I'm afraid if we wait any longer, | it won't do any good.
What's the procedure? I came into possession | of an alien device capable of draining the life energy | from one person and giving it to somebody else.
| It was used as a kind of death penalty.
Sounds nasty.
But it can be used safely | at lower settings to heal people.
Are you speaking | from personal experience or-- No.
I haven't done it myself, | but I've seen it used that way.
Still, there is a risk, and I wanted | your permission before trying it.
There's no other way? It's his only hope.
We don't have much choice, | do we? Who are you going to hook up | to the machine? I can't ask anyone else to take the risk | if something goes wrong.
I'll do it.
Welcome to Babylon 5.
with a range of onboard facilities.
Johnny! Johnny.
| Excuse me.
Lizzie! Lizzie.
-Hi, big brother.
| -It's good to see you.
-How was your flight? | -Fine.
A little bumpy coming out of hyperspace, | but otherwise, no complaints.
You look like you've gained a little | weight since the last time I saw you.
What can I say? After three years | in deep patrol eating synthetics I took one look at the garden | and completely lost control.
-Sounds great.
I'm starved.
| -Good, let's get you something to eat.
I'll have your bags sent | to your quarters, all right? I understand you were looking | for me, ambassador.
How can I be of service? The destruction of the Narn base | in Quadrant 37 is drawing quite a lot of attention.
Yes, that was the intent.
And you are absolutely certain | that it cannot be traced back to me? Beyond a shadow of a doubt.
The Narns will never be able to prove | that it was done at your instigation.
And based on your promise | to take care of it, your government accepts your responsibility | without question or hesitation.
Perfect symmetry.
I believe that this little demonstration | will bring you interesting propositions.
Yes.
But what happens if I'm asked for | another of these little demonstrations? Then we'll provide it.
Simply choose your target.
| A colony, an outpost-- Why don't you eliminate the entire | Narn Homeworld while you're at it? One thing at a time, ambassador.
| One thing at a time.
One last thing.
Small favor in return for our | good efforts on your behalf.
A person in an important position | like yours hears many things.
If you should hear about anything | strange happening out on the Rim l'd appreciate being informed, | even if it seems unimportant.
Good day, ambassador.
And it's certainly a big change | from running the "Agamemnon.
" It's more like being a military governor | of a small, self-contained country with its own rules, | 1000 different languages everyone coming and going | at all hours.
Still, there's a terrific energy here.
A sense of really being | on the frontier.
-How's your salad? | -It's fine.
Fine.
You don't look fine.
It's just.
We haven't seen each other | in two years and from the moment I got here, | you haven't stopped talking about work.
This is me, Johnny, remember? I'm sorry.
I just.
Seeing you again it brings it all back.
I know.
That's why I'm here.
Nothing has ever really been the same | between us, not since Anna passed away.
-I need more time, that's all.
| -Johnny it's been two years.
Then why do I still have | to remind myself that she's gone? Why when I see something interesting | on the news, I'll say to myself : "Oh, I gotta remember | to mention this to Anna later on.
" Sometimes I will turn to say something | to her, she's not there but just for a second, | I don't know why she's not there.
And then I remember.
I miss her, Liz.
I miss her and love her | as much right now as I did when she was still here.
I know.
It's not easy.
She was my friend longer than you were | married to her, and I miss her too.
But if she were here right now, | she would be mad as hell at you.
She'd want you to get on with your life | and stop burying yourself in your work.
-It's not about work.
| -What's it about? I don't want to get | into this thing right now.
Can't we just table this | for a while, huh? I mean, can't we just talk for a while, | get to know each other again just catch up a little? Okay.
The discussion is tabled.
Until later.
Soon now.
Soon.
Doctor? Captain, you're up late.
Couldn't sleep.
Started | thinking about life and death what we can do, | what we can't do and maybe what we should do | when we have the chance.
-This is the device, huh? | -Correct.
I was just about to-- -Plug me in.
| -No.
I thought we agreed-- I can't have you giving | your life energy and operating this machine | at the same time.
What happens if you pass out | during the process, huh? It'll just keep taking your life energy | until you're dead, correct? -I don't know.
| -Exactly.
Better you run it, | and someone else is at this end.
He's my patient.
But when I took over B5, | he became my responsibility.
I don't think losing my head of security | two weeks into the job will look good on my r�sum�.
We split the difference.
We'll both | do it in shifts, but I'll go first.
Make sure the | configuration's correct.
Deal? Done and done.
Close the door.
Close.
Weep for the future, Na'Toth.
| Weep for us all.
Are you all right? I have looked into the Darkness.
You cannot do that | and ever be quite the same again.
When you told me about the destruction | of our base at Quadrant 37 I knew that only a major power could | attempt an assault of that magnitude.
None of the governments here could have | done it, which left only two possibilities: A new race or an old race.
A very old race.
G'Quan spoke of a great war, long ago, | against an enemy so terrible it nearly overwhelmed | the stars themselves.
G'Quan said that before the enemy | was thrown down it dwelled in a system | at the Rim of known space.
I searched for days, | going from one system to another.
Then on dark, deserted worlds, | where there should be no life where no living thing has walked | in over a thousand years something is moving gathering its forces quietly.
Quietly.
| Hoping to go unnoticed.
We must warn the others.
After a thousand years, | the Darkness has come again.
What's up, doc? -Franklin to lvanova.
| -"Ivanova.
Go.
" You and the captain need to get down | to Medlab.
Garibaldi's awake.
On our way.
all green down here.
Garibaldi? -Yeah.
| -How do you feel? It's not important.
| Did you stop them? -They're gonna kill the president.
| -I'm afraid the president is dead.
Earth Dome is saying | it was an accident.
No, no.
I gotta see the commander.
He's not here, all right? | He's been reassigned.
What? Oh, God.
I'm out of it for a few days, | the whole place goes to hell.
Well, I hope I can prove otherwise.
Capt.
John Sheridan, your new CO.
I don't know you.
No, but I think | we'll get along just fine.
Garibaldi, I know you're tired, | but do you remember what happened? Do you remember who shot you? I keep trying.
No, I don't remember.
| Shot from behind.
I never saw who.
Central, this is Security.
Ambassador G'Kar, back | from your little expedition, I see.
Did you find anything interesting? Yes.
I'm going to call for a meeting | of the Council to discuss it.
Mollari, the grievances | between my people and yours will never be resolved | except with Centauri blood.
-Accept that as a given.
| -It's good to know we're appreciated.
But there may be some dangers | that threaten both our peoples.
Not to mention the Minbari, | the Earthers, the League and everyone else around here.
Except possibly the Vorlons.
I don't | know what could threaten them, really.
Very soon, I may require your help | in the interests of all our governments.
Help? My help? Well, this is astonishing.
| Have you spoken to the others? No, I was just on my way | to speak with Delenn.
Well, you may find that | rather difficult at the moment.
You see, just after you left, we | discovered something happened to her.
Is she still alive? That is a very good question.
Delenn? Help me.
Ambassador Delenn's quarters at once? I'm in the middle of things.
| Mr.
Garibaldi is awake.
Please.
This is urgent.
with Ambassador Delenn.
Dr.
Franklin, before we | can allow you to proceed I must insist that anything you | learn here in the next few minutes -be kept strictly confidential.
| -Of course.
You have my word.
But if she's sick, I'm surprised | you didn't call your own doctors.
I am not ill, doctor.
What I have become what I suffer requires you alone.
Granted, I still get | stir-crazy sometimes but the wonderful thing is, | if I want to see aliens I don't have to go looking | for them.
They come here.
All I have to do is go out that door, | go down two levels and there's always something new.
| Some new race l've never heard of | and never seen.
The only thing | that could make it better is if Anna were here to share it.
With that scientist mind of hers, | she would've loved it.
What is it, Johnny? Damn it, Liz, | it's my fault she's not here.
Johnny, stop that.
You've been carrying | this guilt around for two years.
She died on a deep-space | exploration vessel that exploded.
You had nothing | to do with that.
No, but I am responsible for her | being on that ship in the first place.
We were gonna get together | on our anniversary.
She'd arranged to meet me | when we pulled into space dock off of Centauri Prime.
Well, we hadn't seen much | of each other the year before.
You know what | the military life is like.
Well, I'd gotten real busy.
I was up to my ears | in inspections, drills.
I had to call her and tell her I couldn't make it.
I was too busy.
Too damned busy.
Well, right after I canceled, she took | that science officer's job on the "Icarus.
" Just a two-week survey.
Said she'd be back before | I even noticed she was gone.
Well, she didn't come back.
And I've been noticing she's gone | every minute of every day.
-You can't blame yourself, Johnny.
| -Yes, I can! If I hadn't canceled out, | if I hadn't driven her away she'd be here right now.
But the thing is, | the real killer is.
When we used to talk | to each other over long distance we would say | "I love you" at the end.
The last time I talked to her I don't know, I was rushed I didn't say it, | and I didn't even realize it.
And I figured I'd make it up | to her later on.
I never even got | to say goodbye to her.
Lizzie, I miss her.
I just didn't want her to go | without telling her I loved her one last time.
Is it supposed to do that? I do not know.
What am I? What am I? --which leads me to believe | that the ancient race described in our holy books | may have returned.
If true, this holds grave danger | for all of us.
You say the dead worlds | previously controlled by this force are inhabited again.
Maybe they've been colonized | by someone else.
No, it's them.
I'm sure of it.
The configuration of the ships | that fired on us was too similar | to the drawings made by G'Quan.
Why have we heard nothing official | from the Narn Homeworld confirming this? -The Kha'Ri have certain reservations.
| -Then we're back where we started.
-We need proof.
| -I am prepared to give you that proof.
Despite the misgivings of a few | in the inner circle of my government I have convinced them to send a ship | to the heart of the enemy's old domain.
Located at the Rim of known space.
A dark and terrible place | known as Z'ha'dum.
It has been dead for 1000 years.
| No one goes there.
No one.
Our ship will arrive in 12 hours, | coming out of hyperspace as close to the enemy's | Homeworld as possible.
They will scan the planet | for signs of life and return to hyperspace | before anyone can attack.
And if someone is living there? Then all our races stand | on the edge of extinction.
You wanted to see me, | ambassador? You said I should tell you | if I heard about anything unusual happening out on the Rim.
The Narns have sent a military ship | to investigate the world called Z'ha'dum.
I see you know it.
Only in passing.
Do you, by any chance, | know when it's scheduled to arrive? Yes, in a little under 10 hours.
Chief.
Chief.
| I brought her like you asked.
Hey, Lou, good work.
-He tell you? | -Yes.
Mr.
Garibaldi, you have to understand | that even if I do go into your mind even if I do find anything, | it's not admissible in court.
I know.
Look, I gotta find out | who did this to me.
If there's anything in my memory, | anything that I missed or forgot you can find it.
You may be placing too much faith | in my abilities, but I'll try.
Given your condition, | this will have to be a deep scan.
It may cause you some discomfort.
Let's do it.
I told you not to poke around | in things that are too big for you.
Well, it's a little late for that.
| Now, up against the wall.
I think not.
No! Oh, God, no.
What? What did you see? -You gotta come see this.
| -What is it? I'm kind of busy here.
Ambassador Delenn's | out of that weird cocoon and she's got wings, just like | a butterfly.
You gotta come see.
Go ahead, go for it.
| Make my solar year! That was for the chief.
All right, that's enough.
He's all yours, sir.
Unless you wanna walk around the block | a few times and leave him to us.
I appreciate your enthusiasm, Officer Welch, | but I don't think that'll be necessary.
Put him in lockup under maximum security.
| I want checks every quarter-hour.
Yes, sir.
Take him.
-Hey! What are you doing? | -I have to get out of here.
You are in no condition.
| They caught the guy who shot you.
Yeah, I know, but I have to see him.
| I have to talk to him myself.
-Look, you can see him later.
| -No, I can see him now! Come here.
Look, why are you | doing this to yourself? Because I have to.
Now, you can help me, | or you can get out of my way.
I trusted you.
I taught you everything I knew.
I gave you every break.
I even treated you | like my own brother.
Why? My God, why'd you do it? -I had my instructions.
| -From who? There's a new order | coming back home, Garibaldi.
You can either be part of it, | or you can be stepped on.
A winner or a loser.
| I'm with the side that's gonna win.
Home Guard? Home Guard.
| They're a bunch of misfits.
You really don't have a clue, | do you, Garibaldi? If I were you, I'd talk straight because right now, | you're in a whole world of trouble.
You don't even know what trouble is, | but you're gonna find out real soon.
Yeah, well, while I'm worrying | about that roll this one around | in your head: Shooting a senior officer | is an act of treason and mutiny.
The penalty is spacing.
| They put you in an air lock seal it, | then open the space door.
You spend five minutes chewing vacuum | until your lungs turn inside out your eyeballs freeze | and your heart explodes.
It's the worst death | you can imagine.
And when that day comes, | I'll be there to push the button.
Hey, Garibaldi.
Be seeing you.
-Yes.
| -"Captain.
" I know, the Council meeting.
I'm trying to finish up | a few things here before l-- Channel 1, wants to speak to you.
Unless you'd like me to have him | "call back later"-- "Yes, sir.
Stand by.
" Mr.
President, to what do I owe | the honor of this call? the report on your recent arrest.
was involved in a conspiracy -"to assassinate my predecessor?" | -It's a little early for that, sir.
All we have on him now is attempted | murder of the senior officer who uncovered | the alleged conspiracy.
This is very serious.
be true, we need to investigate fully.
-I agree, sir.
| -"Good.
" prison shuttle to Earth.
I'm not sure I understand, sir.
being mishandled.
as vice president under Santiago and appreciate the man.
to personally oversee any inquiry.
The first shuttle out.
background material sent with him.
right at my fingertips.
Yes, sir.
Of course, sir.
-"You're a good man.
" | -Thank you.
To you and your chief of security.
we find.
Earth Dome out.
We've reached the hyperspace intersection, | which corresponds to the target area.
Very well.
Initiate jump point | into normal space.
Pull back! Pull back! I'm afraid to say that the ship dispatched to investigate | Z'ha'dum has been destroyed.
They're reporting it as an accident | with the jump engines since it happened | just as they left hyperspace.
The Kha'Ri says it cannot afford | to send another ship for some time.
No.
I won't accept this.
| This cannot have been an accident.
When a warship jumps to normal | space, it's briefly out of contact because of the energy drain.
It might | have been attacked during that period.
But that couldn't happen unless.
Unless they knew the ship was coming | and were waiting for it.
But no one knew except.
What exactly are you implying, | ambassador? Nothing.
I am too late.
| Everything is too late.
If I may address the Council? Yes, Mr.
Lennier? Ambassador Delenn | has been unavailable of late.
She has now returned and wishes to know if she may | take back her seat on the Council.
Why, yes.
Of course.
| Please have her come in.
I've been looking forward | to meeting her.
Ambassador Sinclair has been allowed to | live on my world as an act of good faith.
To create a greater understanding | between Minbari and humans.
In return, | I have undergone this change with the blessings | of my government so that I may become a bridge | between our worlds in the hope that we will never | know war between us again.
And all I could do was sit there, | my jaw on the floor, looking at her.
I can't say as I blame you.
Has her genetic structure changed as well, | or just her outward appearance? I don't know, but she didn't seem | too inclined to talk about it.
God, what a day.
Garibaldi, the president, | and now this.
And it's not quite over yet.
When I decided to come see you, | I brought something with me.
I've been debating over whether or not | to show it to you.
Not sure if it would | open up old wounds.
But after our talk the other day and you blaming yourself | for Anna taking that job on the "Icarus" I think it's something | you ought to see.
It's part of a message Anna sent to me | about a week before she passed away.
I'll be in my quarters | if you want to talk.
Play.
to try again later.
I am really excited about signing | "onboard the" Icarus "next week.
" to spend time together he's found the ruins nobody's ever heard of before.
when the discovery is confirmed to pass up.
to put off our vacation so it worked out just great.
about breaking the news I was going away anyway, but I.
and there's never enough time.
when I get back.
I can't tell you how lucky I feel sometimes, | "even when he's not here.
I just"-- knows no borders and ours certainly proves the point.
when I get back you'll hear it on the news first.
and the kids.
Bye.
Goodbye.
I love you, Anna.
-I want to thank you again for helping out.
| -It's not a problem.
-Still not admissible in court.
| -Don't worry about it.
Now that you jogged the old memory | loose, I can take it from here.
And speaking of taking it from here, | can I have a minute? Sure.
I'll see you later.
-If you want, I can-- | -No, no.
It's okay.
I just didn't want her to hear this.
I trust her, as much as I trust any telepath, | but she's still Psi Corps.
What does the Corps | have to do with this? I've been thinking about this salute | Jack gave me in his cell.
Same as that Psi Cop Bester gave.
It's like he was rubbing my nose | in something he knew I could never prove.
Remember the big scandal about the Corps | endorsing Vice President Clark? Sure, it was big news.
| Made all the nets.
Their charter prohibits recommending | candidates to their members.
Exactly.
Now, Jack | didn't admit anything but he did say the Home Guard wasn't | behind President Santiago's assassination.
But what if it was the Psi Corps? What if they wanted someone in office | who was sympathetic to the Corps? Before Earthforce One exploded, | the vice president got off at Mars saying he had the flu.
| That's pretty convenient, isn't it? You'll write once in a while | and let me know how you are? Yes.
Of course.
final boarding.
Please proceed to Gate 3.
That's my ship.
Take care, Johnny.
You too, huh? Thanks for coming.
Thanks for everything.
You're my brother.
Ivanova to Sheridan, | you're needed in C & C.
Be right there.
Things have changed, | and they will never be the same.
But we are Narns.
We have learned | to cope with change.
To triumph in the face of adversity.
We will overcome this as well.
| We have no other choice.
-What is that? | -A human book.
I've been studying their literature | for a while, and I came across this.
It would seem they may be wiser | than we had thought.
Listen.
"Things fall apart, | the center cannot hold.
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, | the blood-dimmed tide is loosed.
And everywhere, the ceremony | of innocence is drowned.
its hour come round at last slouches toward Bethlehem to be born.
" So, what's the problem? On a hunch, I checked on the ship | taking the prisoner back to Earth.
He was transferred to another ship | a half an hour ago.
It had Earthforce security markings.
It knew all the right access | and identification codes.
Had papers authorizing the transfer, | but I just backtracked with Earth Central the ID codes don't match any ship | registered to Earthforce.
Great.
So he's gone | and all the evidence with him? I'm afraid so.
-Have you notified President Clark? | -He's not taking any calls.
Gets cold up here sometimes, | doesn't it, lieutenant commander? Yes, sir.
It does indeed.