1 00:00:01,500 --> 00:00:03,917 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:06,333 --> 00:00:08,750 (male 'This is Earth Alliance Squadron Black Omega' 3 00:00:08,833 --> 00:00:10,750 to stolen transport. 4 00:00:10,833 --> 00:00:12,333 You're ordered to surrender your vessel 5 00:00:12,417 --> 00:00:13,875 and prepare to be boarded. 6 00:00:13,958 --> 00:00:17,083 'If you attempt escape you will be fired upon and destroyed.' 7 00:00:19,417 --> 00:00:21,125 'Do you understand?' 8 00:00:23,917 --> 00:00:25,833 'Repeat, surrender or..' 9 00:00:25,917 --> 00:00:27,792 [buzzing] 10 00:00:30,708 --> 00:00:32,667 [explosion] 11 00:00:37,292 --> 00:00:39,042 (Catherine) 'There's a problem, commander.' 12 00:00:39,958 --> 00:00:41,208 You missed a button. 13 00:00:41,292 --> 00:00:43,333 You're bright and cheerful this morning. 14 00:00:43,417 --> 00:00:45,375 Got an offer on the table from Universal Terraform 15 00:00:45,458 --> 00:00:48,792 to do some surveying I'm seeing them in an hour to talk terms. 16 00:00:48,875 --> 00:00:51,167 That's a big operation, sure you want to get involved 17 00:00:51,250 --> 00:00:52,625 with a mega corp? 18 00:00:52,708 --> 00:00:55,208 Jeff, I've been around the block a few times 19 00:00:55,292 --> 00:00:56,750 I can handle myself. 20 00:00:56,833 --> 00:00:58,708 - You worry too much. - You don't worry enough. 21 00:00:58,792 --> 00:01:01,292 - Perfect combination. - Mmh. 22 00:01:01,375 --> 00:01:03,958 Gotta hurry. See you at lunch? 23 00:01:04,042 --> 00:01:05,792 Can't. I have a budget meeting 24 00:01:05,875 --> 00:01:08,000 with the construction guild. Have to make some cuts. 25 00:01:08,083 --> 00:01:09,542 Can't say I'm not looking forward to it. 26 00:01:09,625 --> 00:01:11,167 I'm sure, It'll be fine. 27 00:01:11,250 --> 00:01:12,750 It's been quiet for the last week 28 00:01:12,833 --> 00:01:14,625 the whole place is on schedule. 29 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:16,375 What could go wrong? 30 00:01:21,083 --> 00:01:22,625 (female 'Confirm, Seven Tango Seven' 31 00:01:22,708 --> 00:01:24,083 'you're clear to dock.' 32 00:01:25,417 --> 00:01:27,583 Affirmative, Babylon Control. 33 00:01:29,458 --> 00:01:31,792 I'm looking forward to my visit. 34 00:01:31,875 --> 00:01:33,250 [intense music] 35 00:01:35,417 --> 00:01:39,250 (male narrator) It was the dawn of the Third Age of mankind 36 00:01:39,333 --> 00:01:42,125 ten years after the Earth-Minbari War. 37 00:01:42,208 --> 00:01:46,042 The Babylon Project was a dream given form. 38 00:01:46,125 --> 00:01:48,000 Its goal, to prevent another war 39 00:01:48,083 --> 00:01:50,583 by creating a place where humans and aliens 40 00:01:50,667 --> 00:01:53,167 could work out their differences peacefully. 41 00:01:53,250 --> 00:01:55,917 It's a port of call, home away from home 42 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:01,125 for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs and wanderers. 43 00:02:01,208 --> 00:02:05,667 Humans and aliens, wrapped in 2,500,000 tons 44 00:02:05,750 --> 00:02:09,625 of spinning metal, all alone in the night. 45 00:02:11,167 --> 00:02:13,292 It can be a dangerous place. 46 00:02:13,375 --> 00:02:16,458 But it's our last, best hope for peace. 47 00:02:16,542 --> 00:02:20,417 This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. 48 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:22,750 The year is 2258. 49 00:02:22,833 --> 00:02:26,292 The name of the place is Babylon 5. 50 00:02:26,375 --> 00:02:28,417 [theme music] 51 00:03:05,333 --> 00:03:07,417 [instrumental music] 52 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:12,583 I've often wondered what it's like to be a telepath. 53 00:03:12,667 --> 00:03:14,917 It's like staying in a hotel room 54 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,833 where you can just hear the people talking next door. 55 00:03:17,917 --> 00:03:20,917 You can try and shut it out, but it's always there. 56 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,625 The key is to not to listen unless unless you're invited. 57 00:03:23,708 --> 00:03:27,083 So is it difficult to block out people's thoughts? 58 00:03:27,167 --> 00:03:29,042 Depends on the thoughts. 59 00:03:30,542 --> 00:03:33,542 - 'Destination? ' - Blue 14. 60 00:03:35,208 --> 00:03:37,208 Casual thoughts are very easy to block 61 00:03:37,292 --> 00:03:40,292 but strong emotions have a way of slipping through sometimes. 62 00:03:40,375 --> 00:03:42,958 whether you want them to or not. 63 00:03:43,042 --> 00:03:45,583 [instrumental music] 64 00:03:48,083 --> 00:03:49,375 [thuds] 65 00:03:49,458 --> 00:03:51,583 [automated] 'Blue 14.' 66 00:03:57,625 --> 00:04:00,708 [groans] Oh, I think I'm in love. 67 00:04:02,542 --> 00:04:07,500 [automated] 'Earth transport Spinoza is now embarking in Dock Area 9.' 68 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,500 Yes? 69 00:04:19,125 --> 00:04:22,250 No, sir. I just never met a Psi Cop before. 70 00:04:23,875 --> 00:04:25,875 Yes, sir. I'll bring you there myself. 71 00:04:27,083 --> 00:04:28,625 This way. 72 00:04:32,208 --> 00:04:34,667 Would you tell me more about the target? 73 00:04:34,750 --> 00:04:37,833 It's a class-four world, designated Sigma 957. 74 00:04:37,917 --> 00:04:41,000 Not much atmosphere, mostly nitrogen and oxygen. 75 00:04:41,083 --> 00:04:43,792 And their fly-by sensor picked up traces of diridium. 76 00:04:43,875 --> 00:04:46,000 Byproduct of Quantium-40. 77 00:04:46,083 --> 00:04:48,000 Usually, we need that verified. 78 00:04:48,083 --> 00:04:50,250 If so, we'll send out a live scientist probe, make sure 79 00:04:50,333 --> 00:04:51,417 we're in accord with all the regs in 80 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:53,083 planetary exploitation. 81 00:04:53,167 --> 00:04:57,208 But we can't afford that unless we're it's worth the effort. 82 00:04:57,292 --> 00:04:59,042 How can it not be worth it? 83 00:04:59,125 --> 00:05:01,125 There's a shortage of Q-40 on Earth. 84 00:05:01,208 --> 00:05:03,417 They're backed up six months on jump-gate construction. 85 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:05,792 Which is why we need absolute confidentiality. 86 00:05:05,875 --> 00:05:08,708 I need your word that you won't mention this to anyone 87 00:05:08,792 --> 00:05:10,375 including the commander. 88 00:05:11,792 --> 00:05:13,208 My personal life has nothing to do-- 89 00:05:13,292 --> 00:05:17,167 I know. I know, I was told to ask, so I'm asking. 90 00:05:17,250 --> 00:05:20,333 We each have our marching orders, Ms. Sakai. 91 00:05:21,708 --> 00:05:23,167 'So do I have your word?' 92 00:05:26,417 --> 00:05:29,500 - She's telling the truth. - Well, then, we have a deal. 93 00:05:31,875 --> 00:05:35,417 There is one other thing, the target is in a.. 94 00:05:35,500 --> 00:05:37,750 ...contested sector of space. 95 00:05:37,833 --> 00:05:39,458 So we'll need the approval of one other party 96 00:05:39,542 --> 00:05:42,083 'before we can proceed with the survey.' 97 00:05:42,167 --> 00:05:44,750 [instrumental music] 98 00:05:51,083 --> 00:05:54,417 Commander? Some VIPs here to see you, sir. 99 00:05:55,833 --> 00:05:57,458 Send them in. 100 00:06:02,417 --> 00:06:04,708 No, it's a fine time, I.. 101 00:06:09,333 --> 00:06:12,583 Get out of my head. 102 00:06:12,667 --> 00:06:14,917 You wanna talk to me, talk to me. 103 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,583 My apologies, commander. 104 00:06:17,667 --> 00:06:20,542 - It saves considerable time. - I don't care. 105 00:06:20,625 --> 00:06:22,292 I don't like people rummaging around in my head. 106 00:06:22,375 --> 00:06:24,958 I thought the Psi Corps had rules about this sort of thing. 107 00:06:25,042 --> 00:06:27,542 There are rules, and there are rules, commander. 108 00:06:27,625 --> 00:06:31,125 When telepaths go rogue, someone has to take them down. 109 00:06:31,208 --> 00:06:33,917 Only Psi Cops are qualified to do that. 110 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,167 Since we bear a greater responsibility 111 00:06:36,250 --> 00:06:39,875 we're afforded latitude in the interest of efficiency. 112 00:06:39,958 --> 00:06:43,917 - Yes, I'm sure, Mr-- - Bester. 113 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,375 This is my associate, Ms. Kelsey. 114 00:06:46,458 --> 00:06:48,625 We're looking for a rogue telepath. 115 00:06:48,708 --> 00:06:50,792 We have reason to believe he maybe on this station. 116 00:06:50,875 --> 00:06:52,958 We need to set up a meeting as soon as possible 117 00:06:53,042 --> 00:06:56,125 with your resident telepath as well as your security 118 00:06:56,208 --> 00:06:58,333 and command personnel, then we'll proceed-- 119 00:06:58,417 --> 00:07:00,250 I am not turning this station upside down 120 00:07:00,333 --> 00:07:03,000 because you're hunting down one rogue telepath. 121 00:07:03,083 --> 00:07:06,167 Not just a rogue, commander. 122 00:07:06,250 --> 00:07:09,458 This is a special and very dangerous individual 123 00:07:09,542 --> 00:07:12,458 whose presence here threatens the entire Earth Alliance 124 00:07:12,542 --> 00:07:14,542 military structure. 125 00:07:16,375 --> 00:07:18,042 This is our basic guest quarters. 126 00:07:18,125 --> 00:07:20,875 The vibe shower's in the back and through that door-- 127 00:07:20,958 --> 00:07:23,208 - Price? - 500 credits per week. 128 00:07:23,292 --> 00:07:25,958 Based on Earth standard rotational cycles. 129 00:07:26,042 --> 00:07:27,583 Fine. Fine. 130 00:07:27,667 --> 00:07:29,000 If there's anything else you need-- 131 00:07:29,083 --> 00:07:30,958 No. No, thank you. 132 00:07:31,042 --> 00:07:33,583 [intense music] 133 00:07:42,958 --> 00:07:47,250 [automated] 'Welcome to Babylon 5. We are at your disposal' 134 00:07:47,333 --> 00:07:50,042 'with a range of onboard facilities 135 00:07:50,125 --> 00:07:51,708 'perfectly suited to human' 136 00:07:51,792 --> 00:07:54,292 'and non-human travelers.' 137 00:07:54,375 --> 00:07:57,667 'For your shopping convenience the Zocalo is..' 138 00:07:57,750 --> 00:08:00,792 [electric humming] 139 00:08:07,667 --> 00:08:10,708 [rumbling] 140 00:08:22,625 --> 00:08:25,250 (Bester) His name is Jason Ironheart. 141 00:08:25,333 --> 00:08:27,125 I believe you know him, Miss Winters. 142 00:08:27,208 --> 00:08:30,083 Yes, he was my instructor at the Psi Corps training Academy. 143 00:08:30,167 --> 00:08:31,792 His job is to work with telepaths 144 00:08:31,875 --> 00:08:33,333 'level P-5 through P-10' 145 00:08:33,417 --> 00:08:36,375 high level training, jamming long-range scanning 146 00:08:36,458 --> 00:08:38,500 the development of fringe skills, that sort of thing. 147 00:08:38,583 --> 00:08:40,500 - What's his Psi rating? - He's a ten. 148 00:08:40,583 --> 00:08:43,250 All instructors at the academy are rated P-10. 149 00:08:43,333 --> 00:08:45,833 And Psi Cops? What are you rated? 150 00:08:45,917 --> 00:08:47,083 P-12. 151 00:08:47,167 --> 00:08:49,458 Someone has to keep an eye on the rest. 152 00:08:49,542 --> 00:08:52,208 Yes, but who watches the watchmen? 153 00:08:52,292 --> 00:08:55,458 One year ago, Jason Ironheart was reassigned 154 00:08:55,542 --> 00:08:57,667 to Earth Force military Intelligence 155 00:08:58,667 --> 00:09:00,083 working on a covert operation. 156 00:09:00,167 --> 00:09:01,833 What kind of covert operation? 157 00:09:01,917 --> 00:09:05,250 That information is on a need-to-know basis, commander. 158 00:09:05,333 --> 00:09:07,042 And you don't need to know. 159 00:09:07,125 --> 00:09:08,708 Let's just say that what's in his brain 160 00:09:08,792 --> 00:09:11,458 would compromise Earth Force defense 161 00:09:11,542 --> 00:09:14,458 and lead to the death of many of our covert operatives 162 00:09:14,542 --> 00:09:15,792 on other worlds. 163 00:09:15,875 --> 00:09:17,458 We think he intends to sell 164 00:09:17,542 --> 00:09:19,250 that information to other governments. 165 00:09:19,333 --> 00:09:22,583 That's nonsense! Jason would never do anything like that. 166 00:09:22,667 --> 00:09:26,708 Our job is to find him and bring him back. Alive if possible. 167 00:09:26,792 --> 00:09:28,625 Dead if necessary. 168 00:09:28,708 --> 00:09:30,958 Have you had any contact with Jason Ironheart 169 00:09:31,042 --> 00:09:32,625 since you left the academy? 170 00:09:32,708 --> 00:09:35,333 Just letters, the last one was about a year ago. 171 00:09:35,417 --> 00:09:39,375 You understand we'll have to scan you to be sure. 172 00:09:39,458 --> 00:09:43,167 Is that necessary? I'm telling you the truth. 173 00:09:43,250 --> 00:09:45,542 Perhaps. Perhaps not. 174 00:09:45,625 --> 00:09:48,167 Look, if she doesn't want to be scanned-- 175 00:09:48,250 --> 00:09:50,583 She's required to submit. 176 00:09:50,667 --> 00:09:53,250 If she's seen him or heard from him 177 00:09:53,333 --> 00:09:56,125 'his mental fingerprints will be in her thoughts.' 178 00:09:56,208 --> 00:09:58,958 (Kelsey) The process is not pleasant. 179 00:09:59,042 --> 00:10:01,875 You may stay or leave as you choose. 180 00:10:01,958 --> 00:10:05,000 [intense music] 181 00:10:24,292 --> 00:10:26,500 [groaning] 182 00:10:39,292 --> 00:10:40,708 That's enough. 183 00:10:42,958 --> 00:10:44,292 I said that's enough! 184 00:10:44,375 --> 00:10:47,083 [groaning] 185 00:10:51,417 --> 00:10:54,333 She's telling the truth. She hasn't seen him. 186 00:10:54,417 --> 00:10:56,917 (Kelsey) 'Surprising, given your prior involvement.' 187 00:10:58,958 --> 00:11:02,000 If Ironheart hasn't shown up yet, he will. 188 00:11:02,083 --> 00:11:03,792 We must be informed at once. 189 00:11:03,875 --> 00:11:06,667 Do not attempt any contact with him. 190 00:11:06,750 --> 00:11:09,417 Especially you, Miss Winters. 191 00:11:09,500 --> 00:11:13,000 Do not approach him. Do not speak to him. 192 00:11:13,750 --> 00:11:15,125 Is that clear? 193 00:11:16,167 --> 00:11:17,458 Yes. 194 00:11:19,167 --> 00:11:20,833 You can go now. 195 00:11:25,333 --> 00:11:27,792 What level of physical threat does he represent? 196 00:11:27,875 --> 00:11:30,917 That's something else you don't need to know. 197 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,125 Just find him. We'll do the rest. 198 00:11:34,208 --> 00:11:36,125 [intense music] 199 00:11:47,208 --> 00:11:51,167 Hello, Talia. I've been looking for you. 200 00:11:55,792 --> 00:11:57,833 [intense music] 201 00:11:57,917 --> 00:12:00,333 Talia. Talia, wait, please! 202 00:12:02,167 --> 00:12:04,292 I can't see you. The Psi Cops are here. 203 00:12:04,375 --> 00:12:06,750 I know. Listen, Talia.. 204 00:12:06,833 --> 00:12:09,375 What did you do? Why are they after you? 205 00:12:09,458 --> 00:12:10,917 Do you know what they did to me? 206 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,583 Yes. Yes, I do. 207 00:12:12,667 --> 00:12:14,708 That's why I waited until after they scanned you 208 00:12:14,792 --> 00:12:16,458 to make contact. 209 00:12:16,542 --> 00:12:19,833 But it's okay. We'll be safe for a while, at least. 210 00:12:21,042 --> 00:12:24,667 I have to talk to you. I-I need a place. 211 00:12:24,750 --> 00:12:28,208 A place where I can wait, just for a little while. 212 00:12:28,292 --> 00:12:30,625 Why? What's going on, Jason? 213 00:12:30,708 --> 00:12:35,000 All I can say now is that I can't let them find me. 214 00:12:35,083 --> 00:12:36,708 If they do, then I'll have to kill them 215 00:12:36,792 --> 00:12:38,875 or they'll have to kill me. 216 00:12:38,958 --> 00:12:40,875 But it's not just us, Talia. 217 00:12:40,958 --> 00:12:44,333 There are thousands, millions of lives are at stake. 218 00:12:44,417 --> 00:12:47,500 Just give me five minutes to explain, that's all. 219 00:12:47,583 --> 00:12:50,708 Then, if you want me to leave, I will. 220 00:12:52,625 --> 00:12:53,833 Please. 221 00:12:55,417 --> 00:12:58,000 If this is your way getting at the commander through me-- 222 00:12:58,083 --> 00:12:59,833 No, whether you believe it or not 223 00:12:59,917 --> 00:13:02,042 I'm doing this for your own safety. 224 00:13:02,125 --> 00:13:05,542 Sigma 957 is not a healthy place. 225 00:13:05,625 --> 00:13:07,500 Strange things happen there. 226 00:13:07,583 --> 00:13:09,292 It's uninhabited. 227 00:13:09,375 --> 00:13:11,333 There's no sentient life to threaten anyone. 228 00:13:11,417 --> 00:13:12,833 Nonetheless, it is not safe. 229 00:13:12,917 --> 00:13:14,625 I have passed through that sector. 230 00:13:14,708 --> 00:13:16,708 Take my word. Look elsewhere. 231 00:13:16,792 --> 00:13:19,708 I think you want Sigma 957 for yourself. 232 00:13:19,792 --> 00:13:21,750 The Narn government doesn't have the resources 233 00:13:21,833 --> 00:13:23,750 to exploit a world that far away. 234 00:13:23,833 --> 00:13:27,417 But you wanna hold on to it anyway out of sheer spite. 235 00:13:27,500 --> 00:13:30,167 Considering what you were probably told about me 236 00:13:30,250 --> 00:13:32,792 I'm sure you do believe that. 237 00:13:32,875 --> 00:13:34,750 Despite your long acquaintance with Sinclair 238 00:13:34,833 --> 00:13:36,792 you're new here, aren't you? 239 00:13:36,875 --> 00:13:38,875 Let me pass on to you the one thing 240 00:13:38,958 --> 00:13:41,125 I've learned about this place. 241 00:13:43,042 --> 00:13:48,125 No one here is exactly what he appears. 242 00:13:48,208 --> 00:13:51,583 Not Mollari, not Delenn.. 243 00:13:51,667 --> 00:13:55,625 ...not Sinclair and not me. 244 00:13:55,708 --> 00:14:00,292 My warning is sincere. Ignore it at your own peril. 245 00:14:01,833 --> 00:14:03,458 Ambassador. 246 00:14:04,667 --> 00:14:06,292 If I have to, I'll go over your head. 247 00:14:06,375 --> 00:14:09,000 I have contacts of my own in the Narn Regime. 248 00:14:09,083 --> 00:14:11,875 Then I fear the commander will miss you greatly 249 00:14:11,958 --> 00:14:15,458 when you fail to return from Sigma 957. 250 00:14:18,958 --> 00:14:24,000 A year ago, I volunteered for a Psi Corps experiment. 251 00:14:24,083 --> 00:14:28,000 It was an attempt to make telepaths even stronger. 252 00:14:28,083 --> 00:14:31,875 Turn a P-5 into a P-10, and a P-10 into.. 253 00:14:32,667 --> 00:14:34,875 Into God knows what. 254 00:14:34,958 --> 00:14:36,167 Why? 255 00:14:36,250 --> 00:14:38,500 Because in this business, whoever has 256 00:14:38,583 --> 00:14:41,833 the strongest telepath wins. 257 00:14:41,917 --> 00:14:44,292 The military wants to scan the enemy. 258 00:14:44,375 --> 00:14:47,333 The enemy wants a telepath strong enough to block the scan. 259 00:14:47,417 --> 00:14:50,292 And we want someone who can cut through the block. 260 00:14:52,042 --> 00:14:54,875 They said it was necessary to help protect Earth. 261 00:14:56,333 --> 00:15:00,083 Anyway, the experiments went on for months. 262 00:15:00,167 --> 00:15:03,417 Genetic manipulation, mutated strains of serotonin 263 00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:06,292 and acetylcholine to increase neural processing. 264 00:15:06,375 --> 00:15:10,583 Five, ten, sometimes fifteen injections a day. The pain was.. 265 00:15:14,292 --> 00:15:16,833 Then one day, I woke up.. 266 00:15:18,208 --> 00:15:21,125 ...and I could see everything. 267 00:15:21,208 --> 00:15:25,083 It was as if my mind had been a seed for all of those years 268 00:15:25,167 --> 00:15:27,917 and then suddenly it blossomed. 269 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,667 I could cut through any block without even trying. 270 00:15:30,750 --> 00:15:32,667 All I had to do was to look at them 271 00:15:32,750 --> 00:15:34,500 to see what was inside. 272 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,250 And that's when I discovered the truth. 273 00:15:40,583 --> 00:15:43,208 Talia, do you remember the T-K tests 274 00:15:43,292 --> 00:15:46,167 that you took just before you graduated from the academy? 275 00:15:46,250 --> 00:15:49,500 Of course, I used an old penny I've had since I was a girl. 276 00:15:49,583 --> 00:15:52,208 I tried it for days to make it move with my thoughts. 277 00:15:52,292 --> 00:15:53,917 And I couldn't do it. 278 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,958 Only one in every 1000 humans has telepathic abilities. 279 00:15:58,042 --> 00:16:00,375 Only one in every 10,000 telepaths 280 00:16:00,458 --> 00:16:02,042 has telekinetic abilities 281 00:16:02,125 --> 00:16:04,292 and half of them are clinically insane. 282 00:16:05,625 --> 00:16:08,625 You see that was the real purpose behind the experiment. 283 00:16:08,708 --> 00:16:13,792 To create a stable telekinetic. And it worked, Talia. 284 00:16:13,875 --> 00:16:16,875 It worked beyond everyone's wildest dreams. 285 00:16:18,375 --> 00:16:20,792 That is why I cannot go back. 286 00:16:22,583 --> 00:16:24,958 Even if it means letting them kill me. 287 00:16:30,708 --> 00:16:33,292 Commander, I just got a lead on Ironheart. 288 00:16:33,375 --> 00:16:35,167 We ran a check on the incoming ships and it turns out 289 00:16:35,250 --> 00:16:36,667 one of them was a stolen transport. 290 00:16:36,750 --> 00:16:38,458 - Where's it from? - Sector 15. 291 00:16:38,542 --> 00:16:40,375 That puts it two jumps away from the station. 292 00:16:40,458 --> 00:16:42,000 I checked with Bester, that match is the last known 293 00:16:42,083 --> 00:16:43,542 location for Ironheart. 294 00:16:43,625 --> 00:16:45,917 Assuming he hasn't booked passage on another transport 295 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:47,417 he'll need a place to stay. 296 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:49,292 I'm already on it, 50 guest quarters were rented 297 00:16:49,375 --> 00:16:51,750 in the last 24 hours, I'm having everyone checked. 298 00:16:51,833 --> 00:16:54,917 I want that guy found and out of here as fast as possible. 299 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,167 I don't like Psi Cops nosing around up here. 300 00:16:57,250 --> 00:16:58,833 There's just something creepy about them. 301 00:16:58,917 --> 00:17:01,208 The way they look at you like you're some kind of bug. 302 00:17:05,208 --> 00:17:07,208 Commander. 303 00:17:07,292 --> 00:17:11,542 Just 50 quarters to search. Good. 304 00:17:11,625 --> 00:17:13,333 That should help narrow it down. 305 00:17:16,667 --> 00:17:19,375 Anatomically impossible, Mr. Garibaldi 306 00:17:20,500 --> 00:17:24,208 but you're welcome to try. Anytime. 307 00:17:25,542 --> 00:17:27,333 Anywhere. 308 00:17:32,708 --> 00:17:34,292 [dramatic music] 309 00:17:34,375 --> 00:17:36,875 [automated] 'Confirmed, Skydancer. You're clear for jump'. 310 00:17:36,958 --> 00:17:38,708 Please log in jump-gate sequence. 311 00:17:38,792 --> 00:17:43,042 Primary gate to gates 141, 27 and 15B. 312 00:17:43,125 --> 00:17:45,292 [automated] 'Confirmed. Destination?' 313 00:17:45,375 --> 00:17:47,167 Sigma 957. 314 00:17:53,083 --> 00:17:54,833 [zapping] 315 00:17:59,875 --> 00:18:01,833 Open private channel to Homeworld. 316 00:18:01,917 --> 00:18:04,417 [automated] 'Channel open.' 317 00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:06,750 Ambassador G'Kar third circle requesting 318 00:18:06,833 --> 00:18:09,625 clear channel to Narn Military Headquarters. 319 00:18:11,083 --> 00:18:15,042 I require a Frazi-class heavy fighter for a mission. 320 00:18:15,125 --> 00:18:17,750 Destination Sigma 957. 321 00:18:19,750 --> 00:18:22,500 Make sure it's well-armed. 322 00:18:25,583 --> 00:18:29,083 I thought they wanted telekinetics for big jobs. 323 00:18:29,167 --> 00:18:31,833 Heavy construction and zero gravity or defense. 324 00:18:31,917 --> 00:18:35,000 I mean, imagine, a telekinetic shield as a defense 325 00:18:35,083 --> 00:18:38,833 against beam weapons, for-for diplomats or presidents. 326 00:18:38,917 --> 00:18:40,792 But they didn't want big. 327 00:18:40,875 --> 00:18:44,333 No, they wanted mental control over small objects 328 00:18:44,417 --> 00:18:45,833 the smaller the better. 329 00:18:45,917 --> 00:18:47,375 Jason, that doesn't make any sense. 330 00:18:47,458 --> 00:18:49,000 No? Think about it. 331 00:18:49,083 --> 00:18:53,125 You want to assassinate someone, so you bring in a telekinetic. 332 00:18:53,208 --> 00:18:56,375 He reaches into the person's throat, and then gently 333 00:18:56,458 --> 00:18:58,583 quietly, with a thought.. 334 00:18:58,667 --> 00:19:01,792 ...he pinches the carotid artery shut. 335 00:19:01,875 --> 00:19:05,000 The blood stops, the brain starves.. 336 00:19:05,083 --> 00:19:09,542 ...the target dies and then you just let go. 337 00:19:09,625 --> 00:19:13,583 Murder without a trace. No fingerprints, no poisons. 338 00:19:13,667 --> 00:19:15,000 Oh, my God. 339 00:19:15,083 --> 00:19:17,875 But they didn't understand, Talia. 340 00:19:17,958 --> 00:19:21,417 - The power, how far it.. - Jason. 341 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:24,875 - What is it? - Get out. Please, quickly. 342 00:19:24,958 --> 00:19:27,208 I-I can't control this. 343 00:19:27,292 --> 00:19:29,375 [rumbling] 344 00:19:31,292 --> 00:19:35,625 Get out! While you can.. 345 00:19:35,708 --> 00:19:37,042 [groans] 346 00:19:38,750 --> 00:19:40,208 What the hell? 347 00:19:41,750 --> 00:19:42,917 Mind quake. 348 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,583 [rumbling] 349 00:19:56,167 --> 00:19:57,333 [intense music] 350 00:19:58,750 --> 00:20:00,417 Have you got a fix on the source of that disturbance? 351 00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:03,167 Yeah, level 16, about three sections further down. 352 00:20:03,250 --> 00:20:06,250 Just one problem. Only way there is to go through that. 353 00:20:07,042 --> 00:20:08,792 [buzzing] 354 00:20:08,875 --> 00:20:10,292 - What is it? - I don't know. 355 00:20:10,375 --> 00:20:12,125 But it has got level 16 completely surrounded. 356 00:20:12,208 --> 00:20:15,167 360 degrees. We can't get past it. 357 00:20:15,250 --> 00:20:17,292 When we asked Bester what level of physical threat this guy 358 00:20:17,375 --> 00:20:19,958 represents he said he was on a need-to-know basis. 359 00:20:20,042 --> 00:20:22,500 You asked me right now, we need to know. 360 00:20:24,375 --> 00:20:26,917 [music continues] 361 00:20:32,208 --> 00:20:33,750 [zapping] 362 00:20:40,208 --> 00:20:44,042 (Catherine) 'Computer. Projected ETA at Sigma 957?' 363 00:20:44,125 --> 00:20:50,250 (computer) 'At maximum safe speed, project ETA at Sigma 957.' 364 00:20:50,333 --> 00:20:53,167 'at two hours, five minutes' 365 00:20:53,250 --> 00:20:56,000 '30 seconds, Earth Standard Time.' 366 00:20:56,083 --> 00:20:59,833 Alright. Let's get this show on the road. 367 00:21:05,292 --> 00:21:06,708 We had our orders. 368 00:21:06,792 --> 00:21:09,208 Bester, I don't care if you had a personal message from God 369 00:21:09,292 --> 00:21:10,542 complete with stone tablets. 370 00:21:10,625 --> 00:21:12,667 You lied to me, you withheld information 371 00:21:12,750 --> 00:21:14,083 and put this station at risk. 372 00:21:14,167 --> 00:21:16,000 Call me crazy, but don't you think it might have helped 373 00:21:16,083 --> 00:21:17,667 for us to know what we're facing? 374 00:21:17,750 --> 00:21:19,583 We were doing what we thought was best. 375 00:21:19,667 --> 00:21:21,542 You were wrong and because of that I've got 376 00:21:21,625 --> 00:21:23,833 a half-dozen wounded men on a section of Blue 16 377 00:21:23,917 --> 00:21:25,667 that's turned into a no mans land. 378 00:21:25,750 --> 00:21:27,792 Every corridor and transport tube in to there 379 00:21:27,875 --> 00:21:29,625 is blocked by some kind of curtain. 380 00:21:29,708 --> 00:21:32,250 Now I want the truth, and I want it now. 381 00:21:32,333 --> 00:21:37,458 Mr. Ironheart is no longer what you or I would consider.. 382 00:21:38,625 --> 00:21:40,208 ...entirely human. 383 00:21:40,292 --> 00:21:41,958 Then what is he? 384 00:21:43,417 --> 00:21:44,708 We don't know. 385 00:21:48,625 --> 00:21:51,292 [electric crackling] 386 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,708 Be still. 387 00:21:59,292 --> 00:22:01,833 Be still. 388 00:22:04,292 --> 00:22:07,417 Be still. 389 00:22:09,917 --> 00:22:11,583 After the last phase of the experiment 390 00:22:11,667 --> 00:22:14,125 Ironheart began showing signs of stress 391 00:22:14,208 --> 00:22:16,542 paranoia, psychosis. 392 00:22:16,625 --> 00:22:19,083 One night, he slipped out of his room 393 00:22:19,167 --> 00:22:22,083 killed the head researcher, and escaped. 394 00:22:22,167 --> 00:22:24,708 At each step of the way, his telekinetic abilities 395 00:22:24,792 --> 00:22:27,500 have grown stronger, more violent. 396 00:22:27,583 --> 00:22:30,542 In his enhanced state, he's valuable commodity. 397 00:22:30,625 --> 00:22:32,000 If word got out other governments 398 00:22:32,083 --> 00:22:33,583 might try to grab him first. 399 00:22:33,667 --> 00:22:37,625 We couldn't take that chance. It was a calculated risk. 400 00:22:37,708 --> 00:22:41,042 Good old Psi Corps. You guys never cease to amaze me. 401 00:22:41,125 --> 00:22:43,208 All the more of fiber Jack The Ripper. 402 00:22:43,292 --> 00:22:44,333 What do you do in your spare time? 403 00:22:44,417 --> 00:22:45,667 Juggle babies over a fire pit? 404 00:22:45,750 --> 00:22:47,583 Oops, there goes another calculated risk. 405 00:22:47,667 --> 00:22:49,625 You're not helping the situation. 406 00:22:49,708 --> 00:22:51,958 Lady, you are the situation. 407 00:22:52,042 --> 00:22:53,625 (Jeff) 'We've seen how powerful he is.' 408 00:22:53,708 --> 00:22:56,083 How did just the you two of you plan to stop him? 409 00:22:56,167 --> 00:22:58,417 During the experiment Ironheart was programmed 410 00:22:58,500 --> 00:23:02,333 with a fail-safe code that will shut him down, put him to sleep. 411 00:23:02,417 --> 00:23:06,333 It has to be sent by a telepath directly into his brain. 412 00:23:06,417 --> 00:23:07,875 He's got to have defenses. 413 00:23:07,958 --> 00:23:09,833 Between the two of us, we are strong enough 414 00:23:09,917 --> 00:23:13,125 to burrow past his defenses and take him down. 415 00:23:13,208 --> 00:23:15,250 But we have to be in the line of sight to do it. 416 00:23:16,042 --> 00:23:17,792 You have two choices. 417 00:23:17,875 --> 00:23:21,292 'Let us take him down our way, or you'll have to kill him' 418 00:23:21,375 --> 00:23:24,375 before he blows out this station and everyone on it. 419 00:23:26,417 --> 00:23:28,917 [intense music] 420 00:23:34,042 --> 00:23:36,583 [zapping] 421 00:23:44,708 --> 00:23:47,167 [zaps] 422 00:23:49,750 --> 00:23:54,792 Jason, if you can hear me, this won't work. 423 00:23:56,583 --> 00:23:58,542 I need to talk to you, Jason. 424 00:24:00,208 --> 00:24:01,625 Please. 425 00:24:03,250 --> 00:24:05,125 [zapping] 426 00:24:08,250 --> 00:24:10,792 [music continues] 427 00:24:14,083 --> 00:24:16,167 [steam hissing] 428 00:24:31,083 --> 00:24:32,542 Jason? 429 00:24:35,125 --> 00:24:36,875 Jason. 430 00:24:40,292 --> 00:24:42,333 [sighs] 431 00:24:42,417 --> 00:24:45,083 I thought that seeing you 432 00:24:45,167 --> 00:24:47,250 being with you again would be enough. 433 00:24:48,458 --> 00:24:52,542 Help me hold it together, shut out the voices. 434 00:24:54,042 --> 00:24:59,083 Just rest for a little while before the end. 435 00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:02,917 Before.. 436 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:08,083 I shouldn't have come. I-I put you at risk.. Everyone. 437 00:25:08,167 --> 00:25:11,167 I never meant.. I-I never wanted.. 438 00:25:12,167 --> 00:25:15,083 I know. I know. 439 00:25:15,167 --> 00:25:19,083 We all thought Psi Corps was controlled by the government 440 00:25:19,167 --> 00:25:21,000 but that's changing. 441 00:25:21,083 --> 00:25:23,958 The corps starting to pull the strings behind the scene. 442 00:25:24,042 --> 00:25:27,750 They're more powerful than you can begin to imagine. 443 00:25:27,833 --> 00:25:31,583 Telepaths make the ultimate blackmailers, Talia. 444 00:25:31,667 --> 00:25:36,000 I-I have seen it all. And I see it all. 445 00:25:36,083 --> 00:25:38,792 - Jason.. - There is no more Jason. 446 00:25:40,333 --> 00:25:42,458 I am something else. 447 00:25:43,583 --> 00:25:46,125 I am becoming.. 448 00:25:47,542 --> 00:25:50,833 - Becoming what? - Everything. 449 00:25:52,583 --> 00:25:54,583 [sobbing] 450 00:26:02,208 --> 00:26:06,292 (Catherine) 'Computer, assume parking orbit around Sigma 957.' 451 00:26:06,375 --> 00:26:07,875 (computer) 'Confirmed.' 452 00:26:07,958 --> 00:26:10,625 Begin preliminary atmospheric survey. 453 00:26:10,708 --> 00:26:13,292 Launch environmental probe on my mark. 454 00:26:13,375 --> 00:26:15,250 'Mark.' 455 00:26:20,458 --> 00:26:22,583 (computer) 'Receiving planetary data.' 456 00:26:22,667 --> 00:26:24,792 'Logging in.' 457 00:26:24,875 --> 00:26:29,833 Good. "Sigma 957 is not a healthy place. 458 00:26:29,917 --> 00:26:34,042 Strange things happen there." Right. 459 00:26:35,917 --> 00:26:38,500 [zapping] 460 00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:45,333 [automated] 'Level 16 is not accessible.' 461 00:26:45,417 --> 00:26:48,250 Commander. I need to talk to you. 462 00:26:48,333 --> 00:26:51,500 - I've seen Jason. - What? Where? 463 00:26:51,583 --> 00:26:53,458 It's a long story and we don't have much time. 464 00:26:53,542 --> 00:26:56,042 We need to talk privately and quickly. 465 00:27:03,042 --> 00:27:06,125 Jason's changing, his telekinetic abilities 466 00:27:06,208 --> 00:27:08,958 are growing faster than he anticipated. 467 00:27:09,042 --> 00:27:10,875 It's almost beyond his control. 468 00:27:10,958 --> 00:27:12,542 He doesn't want to endanger the station. 469 00:27:12,625 --> 00:27:14,042 And doesn't wanna hurt anyone. 470 00:27:14,125 --> 00:27:17,042 But what he's becoming doesn't leave him much choice. 471 00:27:17,125 --> 00:27:20,042 He wants to see you, alone and unarmed. 472 00:27:20,125 --> 00:27:22,292 He'll drop his defenses but only for you. 473 00:27:22,375 --> 00:27:25,000 I know it's asking you to take a terrible chance 474 00:27:25,083 --> 00:27:27,333 but it's only one we've got. 475 00:27:27,417 --> 00:27:29,875 Alright. Where and when? 476 00:27:29,958 --> 00:27:31,375 Blue 12 in one hour. 477 00:27:31,458 --> 00:27:34,208 Talia, what's between you and Jason? 478 00:27:34,292 --> 00:27:37,708 - Why did he come here? - To see me. 479 00:27:39,417 --> 00:27:40,792 We were lovers. 480 00:27:42,125 --> 00:27:44,542 He was everything to me. 481 00:27:44,625 --> 00:27:49,333 The perfect model of what it meant to be in the Corps. 482 00:27:49,417 --> 00:27:53,167 Do you know what it's like when telepaths make love, commander? 483 00:27:54,750 --> 00:27:59,500 You drop every defense and it's all mirrors.. 484 00:27:59,583 --> 00:28:01,708 ...reflecting each other's feelings 485 00:28:02,667 --> 00:28:05,583 deeper and deeper.. 486 00:28:05,667 --> 00:28:08,208 ...until, somewhere along the line.. 487 00:28:08,292 --> 00:28:12,292 ...your souls mix. 488 00:28:14,208 --> 00:28:17,292 And it's a feeling so profound 489 00:28:17,375 --> 00:28:19,625 it makes you hurt. 490 00:28:24,375 --> 00:28:26,625 It's the only moment in a telepath's life 491 00:28:26,708 --> 00:28:29,083 when you no longer hear the voices. 492 00:28:32,333 --> 00:28:34,708 He came to say goodbye, commander. 493 00:28:36,667 --> 00:28:38,583 He came to say goodbye. 494 00:28:41,417 --> 00:28:43,958 [dramatic music] 495 00:28:45,917 --> 00:28:47,875 [zapping] 496 00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:14,167 Computer, identify. What the hell was that? 497 00:29:14,250 --> 00:29:16,417 (computer) 'Unknown.' 498 00:29:16,500 --> 00:29:19,333 - Computer.. - 'Ninety percent power loss'. 499 00:29:19,417 --> 00:29:23,625 - Emergency power. - 'Negative emergency power.' 500 00:29:23,708 --> 00:29:25,917 'Orbit deteriorating.' 501 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:30,083 'Estimate impact with Sigma 957' 502 00:29:30,167 --> 00:29:31,875 'in two hours.' 503 00:29:31,958 --> 00:29:33,917 [beeping] 504 00:29:35,333 --> 00:29:37,583 [dramatic music] 505 00:29:46,125 --> 00:29:48,458 (Catherine) 'Computer, open emergency tachyon channel to Babylon 5.' 506 00:29:48,542 --> 00:29:53,167 (computer) 'Insufficient energy reserves to establish communications.' 507 00:29:53,250 --> 00:29:57,708 - Scan for any nearby ships. - 'Negative on scan.' 508 00:29:57,792 --> 00:29:59,708 Adjust ship's orientation. 509 00:29:59,792 --> 00:30:01,167 Maybe we can bounce off the atmosphere 510 00:30:01,250 --> 00:30:02,875 instead of burning up when we hit. 511 00:30:02,958 --> 00:30:05,792 (computer) 'Negative. Insufficient power.' 512 00:30:05,875 --> 00:30:08,833 Damn it, there's gotta be something I can do. 513 00:30:10,417 --> 00:30:14,500 - Time to impact? - '1.3 hours.' 514 00:30:22,208 --> 00:30:24,000 (Jason) 'We need to speak.' 515 00:30:25,625 --> 00:30:29,458 The Psi Corps is dedicated to one thing, commander. 516 00:30:30,125 --> 00:30:31,708 Control. 517 00:30:31,792 --> 00:30:37,000 Control over telepaths, the economy, the courts. 518 00:30:37,083 --> 00:30:40,417 Over matter, over thought itself. 519 00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:43,417 But there is something even more powerful. 520 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:45,750 Something they didn't even know existed 521 00:30:45,833 --> 00:30:48,083 until I crossed the line. 522 00:30:48,167 --> 00:30:52,583 Not mind over matter, mind over energy. 523 00:30:53,833 --> 00:30:56,583 I was suddenly able to influence objects 524 00:30:56,667 --> 00:30:59,208 that were smaller and smaller. 525 00:30:59,292 --> 00:31:03,542 Molecules, atoms, neutrons. 526 00:31:03,625 --> 00:31:07,917 I look at you, commander, and I see not a man 527 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,792 but a galaxy of subatomic particles 528 00:31:10,875 --> 00:31:13,583 which I can pull apart and rearrange 529 00:31:13,667 --> 00:31:15,625 with a casual thought. 530 00:31:15,708 --> 00:31:18,792 This is a power we were never meant to have. 531 00:31:18,875 --> 00:31:20,417 We're not ready for it. 532 00:31:20,500 --> 00:31:23,042 If the Psi Cops take him back, they'll dissect him. 533 00:31:23,125 --> 00:31:25,167 Taking him apart to find out what combination of drugs 534 00:31:25,250 --> 00:31:26,750 release this power. 535 00:31:26,833 --> 00:31:30,083 Can you imagine, commander, what they would do with it? 536 00:31:30,167 --> 00:31:31,792 What anyone would do with it? 537 00:31:31,875 --> 00:31:34,042 Which is exactly why they say you shouldn't be allowed 538 00:31:34,125 --> 00:31:36,208 to leave here alive. 539 00:31:36,292 --> 00:31:38,458 Why should I trust you to not misuse this? 540 00:31:38,542 --> 00:31:40,292 I've already had six people hurt. 541 00:31:40,375 --> 00:31:45,958 An accident. At each new level, it takes me a while to adjust. 542 00:31:46,042 --> 00:31:48,333 I have to fight every minute to control 543 00:31:48,417 --> 00:31:50,250 the forces in my head. 544 00:31:50,333 --> 00:31:52,625 If I'm distracted for even a second-- 545 00:31:52,708 --> 00:31:54,792 What about the researcher you killed? 546 00:31:54,875 --> 00:31:56,625 I didn't want to. 547 00:31:56,708 --> 00:32:00,333 But he was the only one who could replicate the process. 548 00:32:00,417 --> 00:32:03,667 There must never be any more like me. 549 00:32:04,917 --> 00:32:07,583 I mean you no harm, commander. 550 00:32:07,667 --> 00:32:12,250 If I did, I could vaporize you right now with a single thought. 551 00:32:13,208 --> 00:32:16,625 Please, you must believe me. 552 00:32:20,417 --> 00:32:24,125 Assuming I do, what is it you want from me? 553 00:32:24,208 --> 00:32:30,042 Your help and your trust. I need to get away from here. 554 00:32:30,125 --> 00:32:33,708 I need time to finish becoming 555 00:32:35,042 --> 00:32:36,625 and then I'll be gone. 556 00:32:38,375 --> 00:32:40,125 Please. 557 00:32:41,625 --> 00:32:42,875 [sighs] 558 00:32:44,250 --> 00:32:46,625 - Sinclair to C and C. - This is C and C. 559 00:32:46,708 --> 00:32:48,667 - Are you alright, commander? - Condition green. 560 00:32:48,750 --> 00:32:50,875 - Is Garibaldi there? - Right here. 561 00:32:50,958 --> 00:32:52,583 (Jeff) 'Have your security team clear a path' 562 00:32:52,667 --> 00:32:54,250 'from Blue 16 to the docking bay. 563 00:32:54,333 --> 00:32:56,333 'I don't want to see anyone on the way and I don't want' 564 00:32:56,417 --> 00:32:58,750 'anyone outside security to know what's going on.' 565 00:32:58,833 --> 00:33:00,125 'Is that clear?' 566 00:33:00,208 --> 00:33:01,708 Confirmed, commander. What's up? 567 00:33:01,792 --> 00:33:03,083 (Jeff) 'We're coming out.' 568 00:33:03,167 --> 00:33:05,292 [dramatic music] 569 00:33:06,667 --> 00:33:08,208 (Catherine) 'Condition?' 570 00:33:08,292 --> 00:33:11,167 (Computer) 'Hull temperature to 700 degrees' 571 00:33:11,250 --> 00:33:12,417 'and climbing.' 572 00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:14,333 'Entering atmosphere.' 573 00:33:16,042 --> 00:33:20,000 'Two ships detected. Now entering local space.' 574 00:33:20,083 --> 00:33:24,375 What? Where? Put it on the monitor. 575 00:33:28,167 --> 00:33:30,292 This is an emergency request. 576 00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:32,625 This is Catherine Sakai of the Earth survey ship Sky-- 577 00:33:32,708 --> 00:33:35,833 (Sh'Drog) 'Of the Earth ship Skydancer. Yes. We know.' 578 00:33:35,917 --> 00:33:38,667 You what? Please identify yourself. 579 00:33:38,750 --> 00:33:41,083 Captain Sh'Drog of the Narn Regime. 580 00:33:41,167 --> 00:33:44,375 Outer sector, fighter unit, we were dispatched sometime ago 581 00:33:44,458 --> 00:33:45,583 to assist you. 582 00:33:45,667 --> 00:33:47,000 Dispatched by whom? 583 00:33:47,083 --> 00:33:49,792 Ambassador G'Kar, Third Circle. 584 00:33:49,875 --> 00:33:51,375 Please stand by for grapple. 585 00:33:51,458 --> 00:33:55,750 We will link up and escort you back to Babylon 5. Sh'Drog out. 586 00:33:55,833 --> 00:33:57,875 [dramatic music] 587 00:34:04,042 --> 00:34:08,625 [automated] 'Attention, please. Will all nonessential personnel' 588 00:34:08,708 --> 00:34:12,583 please, clear all corridors in sections Blue 16' 589 00:34:12,667 --> 00:34:14,833 'through Red 4.' 590 00:34:14,917 --> 00:34:17,292 - What's going on? - Just a drill, sir. 591 00:34:17,375 --> 00:34:19,667 - Nothing to be concerned about. - You're sure? 592 00:34:19,750 --> 00:34:23,750 - Yes, I'm.. - Good. Thank you. 593 00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:32,417 [groaning] 594 00:34:38,958 --> 00:34:40,792 [groans] No. 595 00:34:47,292 --> 00:34:51,000 No, no, I refuse. 596 00:34:51,083 --> 00:34:53,125 I am not going back with you. 597 00:34:54,708 --> 00:34:56,500 This man is under my protection. 598 00:34:56,583 --> 00:35:00,500 You don't know what you're doing! 599 00:35:00,583 --> 00:35:04,500 Commander, we have to hurry. There's not much.. 600 00:35:07,042 --> 00:35:09,458 The fail-safe code. They're trying to shut him down. 601 00:35:10,917 --> 00:35:14,833 Mindquakes. They're distracting him. He's losing control. 602 00:35:14,917 --> 00:35:16,667 [rumbling] 603 00:35:18,292 --> 00:35:19,375 Let him go. 604 00:35:22,417 --> 00:35:24,333 Do you hear me? Let him go. 605 00:35:25,458 --> 00:35:27,083 [groaning] 606 00:35:27,167 --> 00:35:29,333 [grunting] 607 00:35:30,583 --> 00:35:33,333 - I won't go. - Leave him alone. 608 00:35:33,417 --> 00:35:34,875 You don't understand. 609 00:35:34,958 --> 00:35:36,458 [screams] 610 00:35:37,750 --> 00:35:39,750 I won't go back. 611 00:35:42,292 --> 00:35:45,792 Please, no. Don't make me do this. 612 00:35:47,625 --> 00:35:50,083 You cannot harm me. 613 00:35:50,167 --> 00:35:53,500 You cannot harm one who has dreamed a dream like mine. 614 00:35:53,583 --> 00:35:56,208 [dramatic music] 615 00:36:01,708 --> 00:36:03,625 Talia! Look out! 616 00:36:03,708 --> 00:36:05,417 [clanking] 617 00:36:10,583 --> 00:36:12,083 [zaps] 618 00:36:12,167 --> 00:36:14,083 [zapping] 619 00:36:24,250 --> 00:36:26,792 - We'll get a doctor. - No. No time. 620 00:36:26,875 --> 00:36:31,500 [groaning] Must get to the ship. Hurry. Hurry. 621 00:36:33,083 --> 00:36:35,625 [dramatic music] 622 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,083 - What's he doing? - Nothing. 623 00:36:42,167 --> 00:36:43,417 He's not moving to the jump-gate. 624 00:36:43,500 --> 00:36:45,250 He's just sitting there. 625 00:36:48,333 --> 00:36:50,042 (female 'Picking up energy surge.' 626 00:36:51,125 --> 00:36:52,958 - How big? - Off the scale. 627 00:36:56,667 --> 00:36:59,083 [intense music] 628 00:37:17,125 --> 00:37:18,625 (Jason) Talia? 629 00:37:20,292 --> 00:37:22,458 Jason? 630 00:37:22,542 --> 00:37:24,958 (Jason) I have become. 631 00:37:26,542 --> 00:37:31,167 In memory of love, I give you a gift. 632 00:37:31,250 --> 00:37:34,542 The only gift I have to give. 633 00:37:37,250 --> 00:37:39,417 [instrumental music] 634 00:37:48,583 --> 00:37:50,708 Goodbye, commander. 635 00:37:50,792 --> 00:37:54,875 I will see you again... in a million years. 636 00:37:59,208 --> 00:38:01,458 You realize of course my superiors 637 00:38:01,542 --> 00:38:03,250 will believe none of this? 638 00:38:03,333 --> 00:38:06,333 Yes, especially since, in about an hour 639 00:38:06,417 --> 00:38:08,583 we'll have a small accident in data storage 640 00:38:08,667 --> 00:38:10,833 that'll erase the file you just saw. 641 00:38:10,917 --> 00:38:14,333 - So what do you suggest? - Something close to the truth. 642 00:38:14,417 --> 00:38:16,542 That Ironheart's ship escaped Babylon 5 643 00:38:16,625 --> 00:38:18,542 but exploded before it could enter the jump gate. 644 00:38:18,625 --> 00:38:19,917 And if I refuse? 645 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,708 Then my report will mention how you lied to us 646 00:38:22,792 --> 00:38:24,125 endangered the station 647 00:38:24,208 --> 00:38:25,375 and through your interference caused 648 00:38:25,458 --> 00:38:27,333 the death of your fellow Psi Cop. 649 00:38:28,583 --> 00:38:30,125 Not much of a choice, is it? 650 00:38:30,208 --> 00:38:32,833 It gets better, your report will indicate that 651 00:38:32,917 --> 00:38:34,583 Talia Winters was not responsible 652 00:38:34,667 --> 00:38:36,542 for her actions in helping Ironheart. 653 00:38:36,625 --> 00:38:38,292 That she was under his mental control 654 00:38:38,375 --> 00:38:40,708 and should not be penalized for her actions. 655 00:38:40,792 --> 00:38:42,875 - That's a lie. - Yes, it is. 656 00:38:42,958 --> 00:38:44,458 What's your point? 657 00:38:44,542 --> 00:38:47,958 There's a transport leaving for Earth in 20 minutes, Mr. Bester. 658 00:38:48,042 --> 00:38:49,500 Be on it. 659 00:39:00,667 --> 00:39:02,292 Be seeing you, commander. 660 00:39:06,917 --> 00:39:08,667 You figuring on telling the senator what Ironheart said 661 00:39:08,750 --> 00:39:11,167 about Psi Corps trying to control everything inside? 662 00:39:11,250 --> 00:39:14,417 I don't know. I'm not sure what it would accomplish. 663 00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:19,125 He was feverish. Paranoid. Maybe it's true, maybe it isn't. 664 00:39:19,208 --> 00:39:21,042 Without any evidence, without Ironheart 665 00:39:21,125 --> 00:39:23,458 it's just his word against the Corps. 666 00:39:23,542 --> 00:39:26,833 But I suggest we keep our eyes open just in case. 667 00:39:26,917 --> 00:39:31,750 - Got that right. How's Talia? - Better. Resting. 668 00:39:31,833 --> 00:39:34,042 Good, I wonder what Ironheart meant 669 00:39:34,125 --> 00:39:36,083 when he said he gave her a gift? 670 00:39:36,167 --> 00:39:38,583 If I asked, do you think she'd tell me? 671 00:39:38,667 --> 00:39:39,750 No. 672 00:39:40,667 --> 00:39:43,208 [instrumental music] 673 00:40:11,958 --> 00:40:13,917 [intense music] 674 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,042 Ambassador! Ambassador G'Kar? 675 00:40:16,125 --> 00:40:18,083 Ah, Ms. Sakai, I'm pleased to see 676 00:40:18,167 --> 00:40:20,833 that you have returned safely from your expedition. 677 00:40:20,917 --> 00:40:24,333 Yes, thanks to you. Just one question. 678 00:40:24,417 --> 00:40:25,958 - Why? - Why not? 679 00:40:26,042 --> 00:40:27,750 - It's not an answer. - Oh, yes, it is. 680 00:40:27,833 --> 00:40:30,917 It's simply not an answer you like or the answer you expect. 681 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,250 There's a difference. 682 00:40:32,333 --> 00:40:35,250 Narns, humans, Centauri, we all do what we do 683 00:40:35,333 --> 00:40:36,667 for the same reason 684 00:40:36,750 --> 00:40:39,708 because it seemed like a good idea at the time. 685 00:40:39,792 --> 00:40:42,542 There was no profit, no advantage in letting you fall 686 00:40:42,625 --> 00:40:45,792 to an untimely and most uncomfortable death. 687 00:40:45,875 --> 00:40:49,375 It would distress the commander to no good effect. 688 00:40:49,458 --> 00:40:52,625 So once again we return to, "Why not?" 689 00:40:53,583 --> 00:40:55,500 I told you before you left 690 00:40:55,583 --> 00:40:59,958 no one here is entirely what they appear. 691 00:41:00,042 --> 00:41:03,000 If I surprised you, all the better. 692 00:41:04,333 --> 00:41:05,708 Good day, Ms. Sakai. 693 00:41:06,875 --> 00:41:08,458 Ambassador. 694 00:41:10,292 --> 00:41:14,750 While I was out there, I saw something. 695 00:41:14,833 --> 00:41:16,625 What was it? 696 00:41:18,875 --> 00:41:20,167 What is this? 697 00:41:21,625 --> 00:41:23,542 - An ant. - Ant? 698 00:41:23,625 --> 00:41:26,167 So much gets shipped out from Earth on commercial transports 699 00:41:26,250 --> 00:41:27,583 it's hard to keep them out. 700 00:41:27,667 --> 00:41:31,167 Yeah, I have just picked it up on the tip of my glove. 701 00:41:31,250 --> 00:41:36,208 If I put it down again and it asks another ant 702 00:41:36,292 --> 00:41:37,792 "What was that?" 703 00:41:37,875 --> 00:41:41,083 [chuckles] how would it explain? 704 00:41:41,167 --> 00:41:44,417 There are things in the universe billions of years 705 00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:46,750 older than either of our races. 706 00:41:46,833 --> 00:41:50,000 They are vast, timeless 707 00:41:50,083 --> 00:41:52,500 and if they're aware of us at all.. 708 00:41:52,583 --> 00:41:55,125 ...it is as little more than ants. 709 00:41:55,208 --> 00:41:59,000 And we have as much chance of communicating with them.. 710 00:41:59,083 --> 00:42:01,875 ...as an ant has with us. 711 00:42:01,958 --> 00:42:04,750 We know, we've tried. 712 00:42:04,833 --> 00:42:07,042 And we've learned that we can either stay out 713 00:42:07,125 --> 00:42:09,833 from underfoot or be stepped on. 714 00:42:12,208 --> 00:42:15,667 That's it? That's all you know? 715 00:42:15,750 --> 00:42:18,708 Yes. They are a mystery. 716 00:42:19,833 --> 00:42:23,625 And I am both terrified and reassured 717 00:42:23,708 --> 00:42:27,458 to know that there are still wonders in the universe 718 00:42:27,542 --> 00:42:31,833 that we have not yet explained everything. 719 00:42:31,917 --> 00:42:36,625 Whatever they are, Ms. Sakai, they walk near Sigma 957. 720 00:42:36,708 --> 00:42:39,208 They must walk there alone. 721 00:42:40,375 --> 00:42:43,458 [instrumental music] 722 00:43:07,042 --> 00:43:08,458 [theme music]