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[1][ISMAP]-[2][Home]
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### GUIDE ### [3][Background] [4][Synopsis] [5][Credits] [6][Episode
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List] [7][Previous] [8][Next]
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_Contents:_ [9]Overview - [10]Backplot - [11]Questions - [12]Analysis
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- [13]Notes - [14]JMS
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Overview
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An old acquaintance requests Londo's help. Sheridan is plagued by
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visions nobody else can see. [15]Carmen Argenziano as Urza Jaddo.
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[16]William Forward as Refa.
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Sub-genre: Drama/Intrigue
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[17]P5 Rating: [18]7.21
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Production number: 216
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Original air date: May 17, 1995
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Written by Larry DiTillio
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Directed by Stephen Posey
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Backplot
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* In his youth, Londo was a swordfighter of no small repute, and
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House Mollari was one of the most well-respected in the Republic.
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* Earth Force has confiscated all the files on the Babylon 4
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incident (cf. [19]"Babylon Squared,") but Garibaldi had the
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foresight to make a copy first.
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* Refa and his associates on Centauri Prime are consolidating their
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power by having their political opponents declared traitors. Some
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of those opponents are well aware of his involvement in the
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assassination of the Prime Minister (cf. [20]"The Coming of
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Shadows.")
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Unanswered Questions
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* What was the creature? Was it involved somehow in Babylon 4's
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movement through time, or did it just happen by Sector 14 after
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the fact?
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* Will Londo's support of Urza have an effect on Refa's plans?
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Analysis
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* The fact that there's still a spacetime rift of some sort in
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Sector 14 suggests that it may be possible to travel freely back
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and forth between 2259 and whenever the creature came from.
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Unless, of course, the creature was involved in Babylon 4's time
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travel; in that case, its presence may have caused the rift to
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reopen.
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* Londo believes he has a destiny to fulfill. What exactly does he
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think it is? Is it based in part on his dream? (cf. [21]"The
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Coming of Shadows") Or is it a more general notion of bringing the
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Centauri back to power with the help of Morden, without any
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specific role for himself?
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Notes
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* The names of the last Centauri Emperor and Prime Minister, Turhan
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and Malachi respectively, just happen to be the first names of the
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actors who played those roles in [22]"The Coming of Shadows."
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* Garibaldi and Sheridan were getting a large number of foul balls
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on the baseball diamond. Since the station is spinning, the
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Coriolis effect would make playing baseball an interesting
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proposition, to say the least, especially near the center of
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rotation -- a high enough ball would pass beyond the axis and land
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on some other section of the interior, perhaps even the "ceiling!"
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* Visual gaffe: When Londo was knocked down and he dropped his
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sword, the sword fell and skidded on Londo's left. But when he
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reached for the sword to deliver the fatal blow, it appeared that
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he reached to his right.
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* The Centauri method of dealing with traitors -- execution followed
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by confiscation of property -- is similar to what the Romans used
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to do, and it apparently has the same effect. Romans who knew they
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were about to be convicted of treason often committed suicide to
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prevent their families' inheritances from being seized.
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jms speaks
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* Actually, Sheridan WAS hitting fair and home run balls in the
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front of the show; later, though, when he was more rattled, they
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were all foul.
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* Actually, the chronological order was *supposed* to be "Knives,"
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THEN "Z'ha'dum." In "Knives" you get the reminder about Anna, then
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in "Z'ha'dum" you get the payoff. That was originally how they
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were intended to be aired, but there was *so much* CGI work and
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rotoscope work and creature animation involved in "Knives" that it
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got flopped to second in that order. So while it works *best* the
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way it was intended, it still works okay in this order.
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* Correct, the critter in "Knives" was most *definitely* not a
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Vorlon.
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[29]Last update: August 8, 1997
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