1 00:00:24,566 --> 00:00:28,695 [announcer] Passengers transferring from Starliner Azimov to outbound flights... 2 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:31,698 ...should take shuttle 1A to docking area 7. 3 00:00:33,617 --> 00:00:36,995 Commander Sinclair! It's good to see you again. 4 00:00:37,204 --> 00:00:38,997 And you. It's been a while. 5 00:00:39,456 --> 00:00:42,084 This is Lt. Commander Susan Ivanova. 6 00:00:42,251 --> 00:00:45,087 Dr. Stephen Franklin, our new medical chief. 7 00:00:45,295 --> 00:00:47,965 I followed your work back home. 8 00:00:48,173 --> 00:00:50,717 - We're honored to have you. - Thank you. 9 00:00:50,926 --> 00:00:54,263 Ran into Dr. Kyle. He sends his regards. 10 00:00:54,471 --> 00:00:57,432 He is looking forward to working with the president. 11 00:00:57,641 --> 00:01:01,478 With so many aliens migrating, we need people like him. 12 00:01:01,645 --> 00:01:03,981 So when do I start? 13 00:01:04,606 --> 00:01:06,650 As soon as you'd like. 14 00:01:07,109 --> 00:01:10,028 - Sinclair. [technician] Disturbance in jump gate. 15 00:01:10,237 --> 00:01:13,282 - Thought you'd wanna check it out. - On my way. 16 00:01:13,490 --> 00:01:17,327 If you'll show the doctor the way, I'll catch up later. 17 00:01:18,495 --> 00:01:23,500 - Is it always this busy around here? - Yes, we like it that way. 18 00:01:29,006 --> 00:01:32,509 - What have we got? - Unidentified ship coming through. 19 00:01:32,676 --> 00:01:36,513 Frequency, silhouette, star drive, doesn't match anything. 20 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,641 - How long before it comes out? - Right now. 21 00:01:55,699 --> 00:01:58,535 Trajectory's wild. She's out of control. 22 00:01:58,702 --> 00:02:02,039 It's on a collision course, heading straight for us! 23 00:02:11,381 --> 00:02:14,593 [narrator] It was the dawn of the Third Age of mankind... 24 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:17,888 ...10 years after the Earth-Minbari War. 25 00:02:18,055 --> 00:02:21,224 The Babylon Project was a dream given form. 26 00:02:21,391 --> 00:02:24,811 Its goal: to prevent another war by creating a place... 27 00:02:24,978 --> 00:02:28,815 ...where humans and aliens could work out their differences. 28 00:02:29,024 --> 00:02:31,985 It's a port of call, home away from home... 29 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:36,490 ...for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs and wanderers. 30 00:02:37,032 --> 00:02:41,411 Humans and aliens, wrapped in 2,500,000 tons... 31 00:02:41,578 --> 00:02:46,124 ...of spinning metal, all alone in the night. 32 00:02:46,750 --> 00:02:48,877 It can be a dangerous place. 33 00:02:49,086 --> 00:02:51,838 But it's our last, best hope for peace. 34 00:02:52,297 --> 00:02:55,926 This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. 35 00:02:56,093 --> 00:02:58,303 The year is 2258. 36 00:02:58,512 --> 00:03:01,932 The name of the place is Babylon 5. 37 00:03:48,353 --> 00:03:49,646 [Ivanova] On station, commander. 38 00:03:49,813 --> 00:03:51,440 - Any response? - Negative. 39 00:03:51,732 --> 00:03:56,945 I'll try to link up with it. if I can't make it, blow the ship before it hits. 40 00:03:57,154 --> 00:04:00,365 - Why not destroy it now? - First contact protocol. 41 00:04:00,532 --> 00:04:02,743 Only when there's a clear danger. 42 00:04:02,909 --> 00:04:07,164 If this is a new technology, a new race, I want that ship intact. 43 00:04:07,372 --> 00:04:11,752 This is not a clear danger? Open defense grid. 44 00:04:13,712 --> 00:04:17,257 - Defense grid activated. - Checking incoming ship. 45 00:04:23,847 --> 00:04:26,558 [Ivanova] One minute, 30 seconds to impact. 46 00:04:29,936 --> 00:04:32,814 Coordinating vectors for grapple. 47 00:04:49,164 --> 00:04:51,958 - One minute to impact. [Sinclair] Closing in. 48 00:04:52,501 --> 00:04:53,627 Twenty feet. 49 00:04:53,835 --> 00:04:56,171 Ten...five. 50 00:04:56,338 --> 00:04:57,672 Activating grapple. 51 00:05:01,843 --> 00:05:04,596 - Negative contact on grapple. - 40 seconds! 52 00:05:04,805 --> 00:05:06,223 Activating grapple. 53 00:05:11,645 --> 00:05:13,939 - I'm not getting it. - I0 seconds. 54 00:05:14,189 --> 00:05:17,734 - If I don't get it, destroy it. [Ivanova] Understood. 55 00:05:17,943 --> 00:05:20,654 Standby defense grid! Prepare to fire! 56 00:05:29,871 --> 00:05:30,914 Got it. 57 00:05:31,957 --> 00:05:33,583 Heading for flight bay. 58 00:05:33,792 --> 00:05:37,087 Tell Dr. Franklin to have the medbay standing by. 59 00:05:37,295 --> 00:05:40,173 We may have his first patient. 60 00:05:47,556 --> 00:05:49,224 - Commander? - Delenn. 61 00:05:49,391 --> 00:05:54,062 - Is the pilot alive? - Just got him into the isolab in time. 62 00:05:54,271 --> 00:05:57,065 His ship was banged up. Carbon scoring all over. 63 00:05:57,274 --> 00:06:01,361 - Someone attacked him? - One more hit and it would've cracked. 64 00:06:01,570 --> 00:06:04,906 Can't tell from the damage if it was Raiders or something else. 65 00:06:05,073 --> 00:06:08,326 We analyzed the atmosphere in his ship for the isolab. 66 00:06:08,535 --> 00:06:11,663 We have no idea who he is or where he's from. 67 00:06:11,872 --> 00:06:14,583 I've seen many kinds of life, commander. 68 00:06:14,791 --> 00:06:17,586 Perhaps I can help identify him. 69 00:06:17,794 --> 00:06:20,380 We'll take all the help we can get. 70 00:06:23,633 --> 00:06:27,220 Blood pressure is rising. Respiration up. 71 00:06:27,429 --> 00:06:29,431 So that's good, right? 72 00:06:29,598 --> 00:06:33,351 For a human, yes. In this case, it may be good... 73 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:37,188 ...or he may be hyperventilating before his heart explodes. 74 00:06:37,439 --> 00:06:40,275 Ask a silly question, get a silly answer. 75 00:06:40,442 --> 00:06:41,610 How's he doing? 76 00:06:41,818 --> 00:06:46,781 Doc says it's 50/50. I'd stay on this side of the glass if I were you. 77 00:06:46,948 --> 00:06:50,327 - Have you finished going over his ship? - Not yet. 78 00:06:50,493 --> 00:06:54,122 I don't wanna laser in until we know what's inside. 79 00:06:57,459 --> 00:06:58,960 Shak Tot! 80 00:06:59,169 --> 00:07:02,005 - Shak Tot! - What's that supposed to mean? 81 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:04,674 No! What are you doing? 82 00:07:05,216 --> 00:07:07,427 What's the matter with you? 83 00:07:08,386 --> 00:07:11,932 Kill it. You have to kill it, commander! 84 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:15,894 Put it back in the ship, into space, fire it into the sun! 85 00:07:16,102 --> 00:07:19,022 But you have to kill it! Quickly! 86 00:07:19,230 --> 00:07:22,150 You're not making any sense. Why kill him? 87 00:07:22,651 --> 00:07:24,611 You don't know? 88 00:07:24,819 --> 00:07:28,198 You don't know what that thing is? 89 00:07:28,406 --> 00:07:31,117 It is Shak Tot. 90 00:07:31,409 --> 00:07:33,912 It is a Soul Hunter. 91 00:07:34,371 --> 00:07:37,082 Get it off this station, commander. 92 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:38,875 Now! 93 00:07:39,334 --> 00:07:42,003 Before it's too late. 94 00:07:42,963 --> 00:07:44,297 Before... 95 00:07:44,673 --> 00:07:46,925 ...someone dies. 96 00:07:54,349 --> 00:07:58,853 I apologize for my behavior, commander. 97 00:08:00,188 --> 00:08:01,940 It's just... 98 00:08:03,066 --> 00:08:05,944 ...you do not know these things as I do. 99 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:08,363 Then educate me. 100 00:08:09,364 --> 00:08:13,034 Delenn, I've known you almost two years. 101 00:08:13,243 --> 00:08:16,371 I've never seen you react so violently before. 102 00:08:16,621 --> 00:08:18,081 Training. 103 00:08:18,707 --> 00:08:23,044 Even as children, every Minbari is taught to be careful... 104 00:08:23,253 --> 00:08:27,924 ...or the Soul Hunter will come in the night and steal their souls. 105 00:08:28,425 --> 00:08:30,385 They are immortal. 106 00:08:30,593 --> 00:08:34,014 No one knows who they are or where they came from... 107 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:36,224 ...but they can sense death. 108 00:08:36,391 --> 00:08:40,145 They are drawn to death like insects drawn to the light. 109 00:08:40,478 --> 00:08:42,731 Why? What do they get out of it? 110 00:08:42,897 --> 00:08:45,984 An object for their collection. 111 00:08:46,192 --> 00:08:50,572 They have the power to steal your soul at the instant of death. 112 00:08:50,780 --> 00:08:54,367 They're thieves. They steal your innermost thoughts... 113 00:08:54,576 --> 00:08:59,330 ...rip away from you that which is eternal. Not every soul. 114 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:03,918 Only those they consider to be of sufficient value. 115 00:09:04,085 --> 00:09:09,215 They have always taken an interest in certain classes of Minbari. 116 00:09:10,133 --> 00:09:12,594 You must believe me, commander. 117 00:09:12,802 --> 00:09:17,807 As long as the Soul Hunter remains here, everyone is in terrible danger. 118 00:09:18,266 --> 00:09:20,727 Send it away... 119 00:09:21,436 --> 00:09:23,980 ...while you still can. 120 00:09:39,870 --> 00:09:42,665 Hoster, how are you? Okay, step right up. 121 00:09:42,873 --> 00:09:44,875 Here we go. Place your bets. 122 00:09:45,042 --> 00:09:48,546 One red ball, three cups. Find the little red ball. 123 00:09:48,712 --> 00:09:50,548 Notice it's not here. 124 00:09:50,756 --> 00:09:54,510 Round she goes. Where she stops, nobody knows. Go ahead. 125 00:09:54,718 --> 00:09:58,722 Pick a winner! Be a winner! Double your money! 126 00:09:58,931 --> 00:10:01,142 I'm awfully sorry. 127 00:10:04,186 --> 00:10:08,315 Place your bets. Here we go. One ball. Three cups. Remember? 128 00:10:08,524 --> 00:10:14,113 All she does is go round and round she goes. Where she stops, nobody knows. 129 00:10:18,826 --> 00:10:22,163 [Garibaldi] I got back from the Alien Sector. It's strange. 130 00:10:22,371 --> 00:10:26,584 The place is practically deserted. It's as if they're hiding. 131 00:10:26,792 --> 00:10:31,088 The place is shut down tighter than a drum. I'll link in later. 132 00:10:31,630 --> 00:10:36,594 Interesting. We've had nearly a dozen ships ask to leave the station. 133 00:10:36,802 --> 00:10:39,430 Some weren't due to leave for weeks. 134 00:10:39,597 --> 00:10:41,432 They're all aliens. 135 00:10:41,724 --> 00:10:44,602 I think word's gotten out about our friend. 136 00:10:45,436 --> 00:10:48,939 [Barker] All right, here we go. Remember, the ball's here. 137 00:10:49,148 --> 00:10:50,691 Place your bet. 138 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:55,863 You notice it's not here. Okay, get your money down. Here we go. 139 00:10:56,071 --> 00:11:00,951 Round and round she goes. Where she stops, no one knows. 140 00:11:04,622 --> 00:11:06,665 I'm sorry, son. You're a loser-- 141 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,296 [man] It's not here either! Hey, stop him! 142 00:11:12,504 --> 00:11:14,340 Come back here! 143 00:11:33,859 --> 00:11:35,819 Can you hear me? 144 00:11:37,821 --> 00:11:39,782 Can you understand me? 145 00:11:40,407 --> 00:11:44,495 This is medlab One. I need a translation team stat. 146 00:11:48,916 --> 00:11:50,501 No! 147 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:56,507 I have been to your world. 148 00:12:01,553 --> 00:12:05,349 Can you feel it? 149 00:12:05,849 --> 00:12:06,892 Feel what? 150 00:12:19,071 --> 00:12:20,948 Low. 151 00:12:21,156 --> 00:12:22,658 Quick. 152 00:12:23,158 --> 00:12:25,703 Muffled. 153 00:12:25,869 --> 00:12:28,414 Terrified. 154 00:12:50,227 --> 00:12:52,146 It comes. 155 00:13:00,779 --> 00:13:02,865 It comes. 156 00:13:04,283 --> 00:13:06,869 It comes. 157 00:13:07,661 --> 00:13:10,372 - What is it? [guard] A knifing. We have the perp. 158 00:13:10,581 --> 00:13:12,499 - The victim? - Going to medlab. 159 00:13:12,708 --> 00:13:15,002 - I'll be there in one. - Roger. 160 00:13:20,132 --> 00:13:21,925 Quick flash. 161 00:13:22,092 --> 00:13:24,428 The deep blue of pain. 162 00:13:24,595 --> 00:13:29,391 - I need 20 cc's of myceotoxin! - Critical heart wound! Serrated artery! 163 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,143 Laser cauterization! 164 00:13:31,352 --> 00:13:32,561 Dull. 165 00:13:32,770 --> 00:13:34,104 Muffled. 166 00:13:34,313 --> 00:13:36,106 Slower now. 167 00:13:37,358 --> 00:13:38,776 [Franklin] I'm losing him! 168 00:13:38,984 --> 00:13:40,652 [soul hunter] Closer now. 169 00:13:40,861 --> 00:13:42,196 Over your shoulder. 170 00:13:42,446 --> 00:13:43,822 It comes. 171 00:13:44,031 --> 00:13:46,158 The transition. 172 00:13:46,992 --> 00:13:48,994 A shadow. 173 00:13:49,203 --> 00:13:52,039 The long exhalation of the spirit. 174 00:13:52,623 --> 00:13:56,126 Can you see it, healer? Can you see it? 175 00:13:56,293 --> 00:13:58,796 Someone kill that speaker! 176 00:13:59,671 --> 00:14:04,301 All right, activating full-torso stimulation. Ready. Now! 177 00:14:05,636 --> 00:14:07,096 Again! 178 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:11,433 [medtech] Flat line! 179 00:14:12,601 --> 00:14:13,977 Gone. 180 00:14:16,730 --> 00:14:19,274 Turn that speaker on. 181 00:14:21,193 --> 00:14:22,903 Gone now. 182 00:14:23,487 --> 00:14:24,947 Gone. 183 00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:27,157 Gone. 184 00:14:28,158 --> 00:14:30,452 Gone. 185 00:14:32,329 --> 00:14:36,166 If you could only see. 186 00:14:38,168 --> 00:14:42,589 If you could only see. 187 00:14:50,931 --> 00:14:53,308 [speaks in foreign language] 188 00:14:53,517 --> 00:14:57,521 [Sinclair] I'm gonna ask you again to identify yourself. Who are you? 189 00:14:59,690 --> 00:15:03,694 Where are you from? What happened to your ship? 190 00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:11,201 medlab records show the stabbing took place at 11:02:13. 191 00:15:11,535 --> 00:15:16,331 Your reactions at exactly that moment show you knew he was dying. How? 192 00:15:21,378 --> 00:15:24,715 Did you come here for his soul? 193 00:15:24,923 --> 00:15:29,178 We've heard, if you're wondering. I've never met a Soul Hunter. 194 00:15:29,386 --> 00:15:32,890 Don't know if I should believe any of this or not. 195 00:15:37,019 --> 00:15:41,523 - I don't think he's going to cooperate. - I don't blame him. 196 00:15:41,732 --> 00:15:44,735 Who wants to admit to being a thief... 197 00:15:44,943 --> 00:15:46,904 ...a stealer of souls? 198 00:15:47,070 --> 00:15:49,656 We are not thieves! 199 00:15:49,865 --> 00:15:52,409 We are preservers! 200 00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:57,122 - Thought that might get your attention. - We act for the greater good! 201 00:15:57,581 --> 00:16:02,252 - The Minbari don't seem to think so. - Minbari, pale bloodless. 202 00:16:02,419 --> 00:16:05,172 Look in their eyes. Nothing but mirrors. 203 00:16:05,380 --> 00:16:08,133 Infinities of reflection. 204 00:16:08,342 --> 00:16:11,970 Will not let us help them, no. 205 00:16:12,179 --> 00:16:15,974 What exactly is a Soul Hunter? 206 00:16:16,183 --> 00:16:21,396 Ask Commander Minbari, friend. 207 00:16:21,897 --> 00:16:25,108 We are drawn to the moment. 208 00:16:25,275 --> 00:16:31,281 The moment of surrender, the instant of loss between despair and ecstasy. 209 00:16:31,490 --> 00:16:34,993 When the flesh fails on all that remains behind... 210 00:16:35,202 --> 00:16:38,497 ...the soul, we save. 211 00:16:39,164 --> 00:16:40,791 Not all. 212 00:16:41,625 --> 00:16:44,836 Only the special ones. 213 00:16:45,295 --> 00:16:49,174 Leaders, thinkers, poets... 214 00:16:49,383 --> 00:16:52,427 ...dreamers, blessed lunatics. 215 00:16:52,678 --> 00:16:55,472 And what do you do with these souls... 216 00:16:55,639 --> 00:16:57,432 ...after you've saved them? 217 00:16:57,641 --> 00:17:00,811 We enshrine them. 218 00:17:00,978 --> 00:17:03,188 Worship them. 219 00:17:03,397 --> 00:17:06,483 We talk to them. Listen. 220 00:17:06,650 --> 00:17:09,611 We learn. 221 00:17:11,822 --> 00:17:13,490 Well, this is nonsense. 222 00:17:13,657 --> 00:17:16,618 It's patent superstition. It can't be done. 223 00:17:16,827 --> 00:17:21,665 Maybe you could encode the personality and produce a clone of a mind... 224 00:17:21,873 --> 00:17:25,043 ...but the idea of taking someone's soul? 225 00:17:25,252 --> 00:17:28,880 Ridiculous, yes. So let me go. 226 00:17:29,172 --> 00:17:30,549 Not yet. 227 00:17:30,757 --> 00:17:34,553 - What is between you and the Minbari? - Minbari... 228 00:17:35,846 --> 00:17:37,347 Jealous. 229 00:17:37,556 --> 00:17:40,350 Selfish. Private. 230 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:43,186 We have saved only a few. 231 00:17:43,353 --> 00:17:44,646 Very rare. 232 00:17:44,980 --> 00:17:48,400 Rarest of all their leader, Dukhat, dying. 233 00:17:48,609 --> 00:17:50,694 Your fault. Your war. 234 00:17:50,902 --> 00:17:55,824 The pinnacle of Minbari evolution. We came, I, others. 235 00:17:56,033 --> 00:18:00,996 They made a wall of bodies to stop us. 236 00:18:01,204 --> 00:18:03,832 He died. 237 00:18:04,041 --> 00:18:06,627 And his dreams. 238 00:18:06,835 --> 00:18:08,879 His ideas. 239 00:18:09,588 --> 00:18:12,215 All that he was. 240 00:18:12,382 --> 00:18:16,011 All that he could ever be. 241 00:18:16,219 --> 00:18:17,679 Gone. 242 00:18:18,513 --> 00:18:20,265 Wasted. 243 00:18:21,391 --> 00:18:22,893 Jealous. 244 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:26,188 Gone. 245 00:18:27,898 --> 00:18:29,316 Gone. 246 00:18:30,525 --> 00:18:34,905 - Can he leave without a breather unit? [Franklin] It's hard to say. 247 00:18:35,113 --> 00:18:38,408 His lungs seem capable of processing oxygen. 248 00:18:38,575 --> 00:18:40,410 Then you'll need a guard. 249 00:18:40,869 --> 00:18:44,456 I'll have somebody from security here within the hour. 250 00:18:44,956 --> 00:18:50,337 Personally, I don't believe you can do what you say. 251 00:18:50,545 --> 00:18:53,382 But your presence is disrupting this station... 252 00:18:53,548 --> 00:18:55,550 ...and causing tension. 253 00:18:55,759 --> 00:18:59,221 The alien population considers you to be a danger. 254 00:18:59,429 --> 00:19:02,391 I have no reason to question their judgment. 255 00:19:02,557 --> 00:19:06,645 You can stay in the isolab until you are fit to travel. 256 00:19:06,853 --> 00:19:10,691 As soon as that happens, I want you off this station. 257 00:19:10,899 --> 00:19:12,025 Any questions? 258 00:19:12,234 --> 00:19:15,612 [speaks in foreign language] 259 00:19:16,613 --> 00:19:18,949 He's all yours, doctor. 260 00:19:25,831 --> 00:19:29,376 I finished the autopsy. We're clear for burial. 261 00:19:29,584 --> 00:19:31,795 Have the next of kin signed off? 262 00:19:32,003 --> 00:19:36,133 Yes, they can't afford to send the body home. Here. 263 00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:43,849 - Shuttle 5, you're clear to proceed. [man] Confirmed, Babylon Control. 264 00:19:50,355 --> 00:19:52,149 From the stars we came... 265 00:19:52,315 --> 00:19:56,319 ...and to the stars we return, from now until the end of time. 266 00:19:56,486 --> 00:19:58,613 We commit the body to the deep. 267 00:20:14,296 --> 00:20:15,839 Something, doctor? 268 00:20:16,047 --> 00:20:18,675 It's all so brief, isn't it? 269 00:20:19,301 --> 00:20:24,181 Typical human lifespan is almost 100 years. 270 00:20:24,389 --> 00:20:27,851 It's barely a second compared to what's out there. 271 00:20:28,018 --> 00:20:32,063 Wouldn't be so bad if life didn't take so long to figure out. 272 00:20:32,272 --> 00:20:35,609 Seems you just start to get it right, and then... 273 00:20:35,817 --> 00:20:37,194 ...it's over. 274 00:20:37,652 --> 00:20:39,446 It doesn't matter. 275 00:20:39,863 --> 00:20:43,074 If we lived 200 years, we'd still be human. 276 00:20:43,283 --> 00:20:45,827 We'd still make the same mistakes. 277 00:20:46,036 --> 00:20:48,079 You're a pessimist. 278 00:20:48,872 --> 00:20:50,749 I am Russian, doctor. 279 00:20:50,957 --> 00:20:53,418 We understand these things. 280 00:21:10,227 --> 00:21:13,814 What do you want, Minbari? 281 00:21:15,023 --> 00:21:19,277 Soul Hunters never travel without their collection. 282 00:21:19,486 --> 00:21:21,404 Where is yours? 283 00:21:21,571 --> 00:21:23,114 Safe. 284 00:21:23,323 --> 00:21:27,035 My children are safe. 285 00:21:27,244 --> 00:21:31,289 We talk together of many things. 286 00:21:31,498 --> 00:21:36,962 They are many and wise and rare. 287 00:21:37,170 --> 00:21:40,131 The finest souls. 288 00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:42,133 Are any of them Minbari? 289 00:21:44,678 --> 00:21:46,763 Understand this: 290 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:49,933 Before you leave, I will search your ship... 291 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:52,936 ...rip every panel, tear up every floor! 292 00:21:53,144 --> 00:21:57,732 I will gut it until I find the souls you have stolen from us! 293 00:21:57,941 --> 00:22:00,360 And what will you do then? 294 00:22:00,569 --> 00:22:02,112 Free them. 295 00:22:02,279 --> 00:22:04,865 - Release them. - You mean kill them. 296 00:22:05,323 --> 00:22:07,993 They'll join the souls of our people. 297 00:22:08,201 --> 00:22:14,165 Melt into each other until they're born into the next generation of Minbari. 298 00:22:14,374 --> 00:22:18,587 Remove those souls, and the whole suffers. 299 00:22:18,795 --> 00:22:20,130 We are diminished. 300 00:22:20,338 --> 00:22:25,635 - Each generation is less than before. - A quaint lie! 301 00:22:25,844 --> 00:22:28,805 Pretty fantasy. 302 00:22:29,306 --> 00:22:32,934 The soul ends with death... 303 00:22:33,143 --> 00:22:38,064 ...unless we act to preserve it. 304 00:22:40,525 --> 00:22:43,945 We will help you... 305 00:22:44,863 --> 00:22:48,158 ...in spite of yourselves! 306 00:22:49,492 --> 00:22:50,994 I know you. 307 00:22:52,662 --> 00:22:56,041 You were there at the death of your leader, Dukhat. 308 00:22:56,249 --> 00:22:59,377 We stopped you from taking what you had no right to! 309 00:22:59,586 --> 00:23:03,131 You stopped me from saving him. 310 00:23:03,340 --> 00:23:07,218 That is where it began to go wrong. 311 00:23:07,427 --> 00:23:09,846 The lost souls... 312 00:23:10,013 --> 00:23:14,059 ...one after another, after another. 313 00:23:14,726 --> 00:23:17,354 Voices stilled! 314 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:19,689 I failed... 315 00:23:19,898 --> 00:23:23,026 ...because you stopped me. 316 00:23:23,193 --> 00:23:24,694 Failed. 317 00:23:25,403 --> 00:23:29,240 The pattern began. 318 00:23:29,449 --> 00:23:31,785 I remember. 319 00:23:31,993 --> 00:23:36,706 They called you Satai Delenn of the Grey Council. 320 00:23:37,457 --> 00:23:39,376 Curious. 321 00:23:40,043 --> 00:23:41,920 Curious. 322 00:23:42,128 --> 00:23:45,006 What is one of the leaders of the Minbari... 323 00:23:45,173 --> 00:23:49,386 ...doing here playing ambassador? 324 00:23:55,058 --> 00:23:57,394 [glass breaks] 325 00:24:04,818 --> 00:24:06,695 Med alert! isolab One! 326 00:24:06,903 --> 00:24:08,530 Med alert! 327 00:24:50,697 --> 00:24:54,659 Be at peace, my children. 328 00:24:57,996 --> 00:25:02,375 I now know what has brought us to this place. 329 00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:08,381 At last I know who we have come for. 330 00:25:11,885 --> 00:25:15,597 - How's the guard doing? - He suffered a mild concussion. 331 00:25:15,805 --> 00:25:18,975 - Where is the hunter? - My boys are looking. 332 00:25:19,184 --> 00:25:21,061 We know he got to his ship. 333 00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:25,774 We found a cabinet that wasn't there the first time. Hid it well. 334 00:25:25,982 --> 00:25:30,028 - Anything inside? - Whatever was there, he's got it. 335 00:25:30,195 --> 00:25:33,740 My guess is he'll head toward the Alien Sector. 336 00:25:33,948 --> 00:25:37,035 - He'd draw attention elsewhere. - Agreed. 337 00:25:37,243 --> 00:25:39,204 I can't figure out why. 338 00:25:39,370 --> 00:25:42,916 Even if his ship were operational, he can't leave. 339 00:25:43,124 --> 00:25:45,085 We've got security all over. 340 00:25:45,293 --> 00:25:47,670 He's alone. What's he after? 341 00:25:48,046 --> 00:25:51,049 Delenn says these hunters are drawn to death. 342 00:25:51,257 --> 00:25:54,636 They're drawn to important people about to die. 343 00:25:54,844 --> 00:26:00,141 If that's the reason, all we have to do is figure out who's about to die. 344 00:26:05,313 --> 00:26:06,648 Part! 345 00:26:14,531 --> 00:26:16,324 - You are N'grath? - Yes. 346 00:26:16,533 --> 00:26:18,827 I sell. 347 00:26:19,035 --> 00:26:21,955 Provide. Fix. 348 00:26:22,163 --> 00:26:24,165 Do you know what I am? 349 00:26:24,374 --> 00:26:28,419 Yes. You wish to buy? 350 00:26:29,087 --> 00:26:30,421 Yes. 351 00:26:30,630 --> 00:26:35,218 I require a guide to this place. 352 00:26:35,426 --> 00:26:38,012 All the secret ways... 353 00:26:38,221 --> 00:26:43,643 ...corners, tubes, places to hide, places to run... 354 00:26:44,144 --> 00:26:45,520 ...ways in... 355 00:26:45,728 --> 00:26:48,273 ...and ways out. 356 00:26:48,606 --> 00:26:50,191 Difficult. 357 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,945 Requires level five security. 358 00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:55,780 Earthers only. 359 00:26:55,989 --> 00:26:57,657 Very expensive. 360 00:26:57,866 --> 00:26:59,784 You can afford? 361 00:27:00,451 --> 00:27:02,120 I must. 362 00:27:02,787 --> 00:27:05,331 I have a mission. 363 00:27:05,540 --> 00:27:09,127 A soul will be lost if I do not act. 364 00:27:10,503 --> 00:27:13,923 This I cannot allow. 365 00:27:16,634 --> 00:27:19,888 [Ivanova] Confirmed Epsilon 3, you may proceed to gate. 366 00:27:20,263 --> 00:27:22,807 - How many ships are in holding? - Three. 367 00:27:22,974 --> 00:27:25,727 Standby. There's a ship coming through. 368 00:27:25,935 --> 00:27:28,229 Confirmed. Entry in five seconds. 369 00:27:28,438 --> 00:27:31,649 - Nothing's scheduled. - Don't tell me, tell that. 370 00:27:47,248 --> 00:27:51,127 Two Soul Hunters. Did somebody book a convention? 371 00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:53,296 All right, patch me through. 372 00:27:53,504 --> 00:27:57,550 This is Commander Sinclair of Babylon 5. identify yourself. 373 00:27:57,759 --> 00:27:59,969 You know who and what I am. 374 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:01,679 I must dock at once. 375 00:28:01,846 --> 00:28:04,724 Someone is about to die. 376 00:28:04,933 --> 00:28:09,187 - And if we refuse access? - Then there will be more than one. 377 00:28:10,146 --> 00:28:13,441 We'll clear you. We'll link instructions to you. 378 00:28:13,650 --> 00:28:18,154 - Who are you here to see? - I am here to see you, commander... 379 00:28:18,363 --> 00:28:22,200 ...and quickly, before it's too late. 380 00:28:40,885 --> 00:28:43,054 I don't think you should meet. 381 00:28:43,263 --> 00:28:46,808 I don't like the look of this or anything about it. 382 00:28:47,016 --> 00:28:48,893 It sounded like a threat. 383 00:28:49,060 --> 00:28:52,897 I'm not sure. There was something in his voice. Nervous. 384 00:28:53,064 --> 00:28:57,277 Let him be nervous. You wait here. Let my people deal with him. 385 00:28:57,443 --> 00:28:59,988 - Sorry. - I hate it when you get heroic. 386 00:29:00,154 --> 00:29:03,825 It cuts into my business. A man's gotta earn a living. 387 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,214 You are the commander? 388 00:29:19,465 --> 00:29:22,719 - Yes. - I have come for you to warn you. 389 00:29:22,927 --> 00:29:27,223 - One of my brothers is here, yes? - That's right. Why? 390 00:29:27,432 --> 00:29:30,143 - You said you had to warn me. - About him. 391 00:29:30,351 --> 00:29:32,270 I fear he is disturbed. 392 00:29:32,478 --> 00:29:34,272 Deeply, deeply disturbed! 393 00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:38,192 Every moment he remains here places this station in danger. 394 00:29:38,401 --> 00:29:40,820 Someone is about to die, commander... 395 00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:43,948 ...and it will be at his hands. 396 00:29:45,450 --> 00:29:48,494 In the hope that we can open trade relations with their people-- 397 00:29:48,703 --> 00:29:49,746 [door beeps] 398 00:29:49,954 --> 00:29:51,289 Come. 399 00:29:53,124 --> 00:29:57,253 - At the first opportunity-- - I've come for you, Satai Delenn... 400 00:29:57,420 --> 00:29:59,922 ...to save your soul. 401 00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:04,969 At any cost. 402 00:30:06,763 --> 00:30:10,767 He was ordered to preserve the soul of the Minbari leader. 403 00:30:10,975 --> 00:30:15,104 Each time he was prevented or arrived at the death too late... 404 00:30:15,313 --> 00:30:19,275 ...souls were lost, our order was disgraced. 405 00:30:19,484 --> 00:30:21,527 He was always fragile. 406 00:30:21,736 --> 00:30:25,490 Then he became obsessed with the fear of losing souls. 407 00:30:25,698 --> 00:30:28,868 He said he found a solution to the problem. 408 00:30:29,077 --> 00:30:30,620 And this solution? 409 00:30:30,828 --> 00:30:33,164 To stop waiting for death. 410 00:30:33,373 --> 00:30:37,710 The fear, the danger of arriving late, became too great for him. 411 00:30:37,919 --> 00:30:42,173 When he finds someone worthy of preservation, he does not wait. 412 00:30:42,340 --> 00:30:44,926 He kills them to capture their souls. 413 00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:49,764 Our order does not support this. 414 00:30:49,972 --> 00:30:54,769 We've arrived at a dozen worlds too late, and others have paid the price. 415 00:30:54,936 --> 00:30:58,940 We almost captured him two days ago, but he escaped, his ship damaged... 416 00:30:59,148 --> 00:31:00,316 [beeping] 417 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:01,567 Garibaldi, go! 418 00:31:01,776 --> 00:31:05,571 [man] Jackson in Green 2. Came on and found Henson stunned. 419 00:31:05,780 --> 00:31:10,201 - Green 2, the ambassadorial wing. - Delenn. 420 00:31:13,996 --> 00:31:16,082 [soul hunter] You and the others... 421 00:31:16,290 --> 00:31:18,126 ...you stopped me. 422 00:31:18,334 --> 00:31:21,546 Shamed me before my brothers. 423 00:31:21,879 --> 00:31:25,466 I failed to preserve your leader. 424 00:31:25,925 --> 00:31:27,844 His wisdom... 425 00:31:28,052 --> 00:31:32,056 ...knowledge, gone forever. 426 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,350 Wasted. 427 00:31:34,976 --> 00:31:36,978 I failed. 428 00:31:38,479 --> 00:31:41,524 There must be balance. 429 00:31:42,233 --> 00:31:44,110 Your soul... 430 00:31:44,318 --> 00:31:47,071 ...one of the Grey Council itself... 431 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,740 ...will atone for my failure. 432 00:31:58,207 --> 00:32:00,918 I give you a great gift: 433 00:32:01,127 --> 00:32:03,588 To live forever... 434 00:32:03,796 --> 00:32:05,882 ...in here. 435 00:32:07,133 --> 00:32:08,634 I will be careful. 436 00:32:09,594 --> 00:32:13,639 You'll hardly feel it when your body dies. 437 00:32:35,453 --> 00:32:39,832 [Delenn] No! No! 438 00:32:39,999 --> 00:32:42,210 Let me go! 439 00:32:45,421 --> 00:32:48,007 Let me go! 440 00:32:48,591 --> 00:32:53,221 Shh! Do not discomfort your soul! 441 00:32:53,429 --> 00:32:59,852 I could just take it. I could rip your soul from your body! 442 00:33:00,561 --> 00:33:03,356 But this damages the soul. 443 00:33:04,190 --> 00:33:06,692 A peaceful death. 444 00:33:06,859 --> 00:33:10,363 A clean transfer. 445 00:33:10,696 --> 00:33:14,450 I do not wish you any discomfort. 446 00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:21,874 See, it goes through here, the artery. 447 00:33:23,668 --> 00:33:25,836 And your heart beats... 448 00:33:26,045 --> 00:33:31,551 ...low, quick, muffled... 449 00:33:31,717 --> 00:33:37,598 ...the blood pounding out through here. 450 00:33:37,807 --> 00:33:40,726 And then it slows... 451 00:33:40,935 --> 00:33:43,479 ...and slows... 452 00:33:43,646 --> 00:33:46,148 ...and stops. 453 00:33:46,357 --> 00:33:49,026 You will feel as if you are falling. 454 00:33:50,069 --> 00:33:52,822 Do not be afraid. 455 00:33:53,072 --> 00:33:57,743 I will be here to catch you. 456 00:34:04,417 --> 00:34:05,459 She's gone. 457 00:34:05,626 --> 00:34:09,130 I told you, it's too late. But he cannot escape this time. 458 00:34:09,297 --> 00:34:13,551 - We'll bring him back after the death. - There won't be a death. 459 00:34:13,718 --> 00:34:16,262 I'm sorry. It's inevitable. A Soul Hunter is never wrong. 460 00:34:16,429 --> 00:34:20,766 Here. You say you can sense death. You're drawn toward death. 461 00:34:20,975 --> 00:34:23,686 Here. Show me! 462 00:34:25,855 --> 00:34:30,568 The moment comes. It moves, calls, sings low. 463 00:34:31,110 --> 00:34:33,738 Quickly, here! Here! 464 00:34:38,451 --> 00:34:44,165 [soul hunter] Closer now. It comes, the transition. 465 00:34:47,710 --> 00:34:48,794 - Anything? - No. 466 00:34:48,961 --> 00:34:52,173 Search by quarters. Take the section below. 467 00:34:52,340 --> 00:34:56,469 - You take this level. I'll go topside. - Lock and load. 468 00:35:12,818 --> 00:35:14,945 Close now. 469 00:35:15,321 --> 00:35:18,908 Enough for a glimpse into your soul. 470 00:35:20,493 --> 00:35:23,663 You have planned such a thing? 471 00:35:24,330 --> 00:35:27,375 You would do such a thing? 472 00:35:28,334 --> 00:35:29,794 Incredible. 473 00:35:41,597 --> 00:35:43,099 [Sinclair] Delenn? 474 00:35:44,975 --> 00:35:49,188 No, not again! 475 00:35:49,355 --> 00:35:51,649 Not again! 476 00:36:10,793 --> 00:36:13,546 Leave us alone! 477 00:36:43,993 --> 00:36:50,082 Why do you fight for her? Don't you understand? She is Satai! 478 00:36:50,249 --> 00:36:54,920 She is Satai! I have seen her soul! 479 00:36:55,087 --> 00:36:59,049 They're using you! They're using you! 480 00:37:17,568 --> 00:37:21,030 What are you doing? You... 481 00:37:21,197 --> 00:37:23,908 You don't know what you're doing. 482 00:37:25,451 --> 00:37:30,748 My children! Listen. Listen. 483 00:37:32,124 --> 00:37:36,754 I never meant any harm. 484 00:37:36,962 --> 00:37:42,134 Listen, listen to me! Listen to me! 485 00:37:42,968 --> 00:37:45,304 My children! 486 00:37:59,026 --> 00:38:01,904 No! No! 487 00:38:28,180 --> 00:38:30,057 Delenn? 488 00:38:30,641 --> 00:38:32,351 Delenn. 489 00:38:41,443 --> 00:38:44,613 [Franklin] Commander. [Sinclair] How's she doing? 490 00:38:45,281 --> 00:38:51,078 Better. She has a strong constitution. Amazingly strong, really. 491 00:38:51,245 --> 00:38:53,956 Losing that much blood would kill a human. 492 00:38:54,164 --> 00:38:56,208 That's why they fought so well. 493 00:38:56,375 --> 00:39:00,546 They kept going no matter how great the injury or loss of blood. 494 00:39:02,172 --> 00:39:05,217 So I hear you saw something. 495 00:39:07,595 --> 00:39:09,138 Yes. 496 00:39:11,599 --> 00:39:12,641 Something. 497 00:39:12,808 --> 00:39:15,603 Do you think you could be more specific? 498 00:39:15,769 --> 00:39:17,938 I'm not sure. 499 00:39:18,647 --> 00:39:21,525 I don't know if I'll ever be sure. 500 00:39:22,443 --> 00:39:27,281 I still don't believe it. And I'd be careful if I were you, commander. 501 00:39:27,448 --> 00:39:31,952 That sort of talk will get you sent off on a very long vacation. 502 00:39:42,796 --> 00:39:48,218 - I knew you would come. - You should rest. 503 00:39:49,219 --> 00:39:54,058 We were right about you. 504 00:39:54,266 --> 00:39:57,770 - Who was right? - They... 505 00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:02,566 Delenn? 506 00:40:03,317 --> 00:40:06,236 No, no, it's okay. She's just sleeping. 507 00:40:06,403 --> 00:40:09,907 Whatever she had to say will wait until she's on her feet. 508 00:40:10,074 --> 00:40:16,288 Yeah. I'll bet you half a year's salary she doesn't finish that sentence. 509 00:40:28,217 --> 00:40:30,010 Computer. 510 00:40:31,428 --> 00:40:35,891 Keyword search, Minbari language... 511 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:39,144 ...designated keyword... 512 00:40:39,353 --> 00:40:41,355 What was it? 513 00:40:45,192 --> 00:40:47,277 Satai. 514 00:40:47,569 --> 00:40:51,532 [computer voice] One reference. Satai: Honorific. 515 00:40:51,699 --> 00:40:57,871 Title applied to ruling body known as Grey Council. 516 00:40:58,038 --> 00:41:01,917 Why would a ruling member be assigned ambassadorial duties? 517 00:41:02,084 --> 00:41:04,753 That's like assigning the vice president. 518 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:09,717 Unknown. Do you wish to make a further inquiry? 519 00:41:10,092 --> 00:41:13,012 No, not now. 520 00:41:14,471 --> 00:41:16,390 It can wait. 521 00:41:18,475 --> 00:41:21,395 There's always time. 522 00:41:37,369 --> 00:41:40,039 Delenn lost a lot of blood. 523 00:41:40,706 --> 00:41:43,834 Dr. Franklin thinks he's got it under control. 524 00:41:44,001 --> 00:41:48,047 Yes. if it were to go differently, I would feel it. 525 00:41:48,213 --> 00:41:51,091 I have a message for you and your brothers. 526 00:41:51,842 --> 00:41:54,595 Babylon 5 is off-limits to Soul Hunters. 527 00:41:54,803 --> 00:41:58,557 You're doing what you think is best, but I can't allow it. 528 00:41:58,724 --> 00:42:03,771 I understand. We are rarely welcomed. It is our lot. 529 00:42:03,979 --> 00:42:06,231 Goodbye, commander.