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In Harms Way
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[1][ISMAP]-[2][Home]
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### GUIDE ### [4][Index] [5][Previous] [6][Next]
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Overview
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As Sinclair's trial begins, Sheridan and his crew race to unravel
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the mystery of the Chiyoda-Ku.
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Issue 3 (March 1995)
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Setting: Between [7]"Revelations" and [8]"The Geometry of Shadows"
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Writer: Mark Moretti
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Premise: J. Michael Straczynski
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Artist: Carlos Garzon
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Colorist: Robbie Busch
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Synopsis
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On Minbar, Delenn visits Sinclair after the inauguration of the
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"Chosen One" as leader. Sinclair is sure someone was out to frame him.
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He's further puzzled when Delenn mentions that the message that told
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the Minbari there was an assassin on their world came from Babylon 5.
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On Babylon 5, Sheridan is talking to Senator Hidoshi, who seems to
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believe that Sinclair might be guilty; he mentions Sinclair's
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suspicions about a plot to assassinate the president, and conjectures
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that maybe Sinclair thought the Minbari were behind the plot. Hidoshi
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passes along a message from Psi-Corps: Dexter Hall is to be kept
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isolated, under guard. An Earthforce internal affairs officer, Colonel
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Rabock, is being sent to take control of the situation.
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In his quarters, Jason Colby listens in on the conversation as
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Sheridan objects to an outsider taking over an ongoing investigation.
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Hidoshi dismisses Sheridan's claim that what Talia saw in Hall's mind
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indicates that someone else nearby is involved. Hearing that, Colby
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prepares to get rid of Talia. Sheridan says he intends to continue the
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investigation until Rabock arrives; Hidoshi begins to tell him that
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Hall is a rogue telepath known as "Cypher."
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Talia walks through the Zocalo, Colby close behind. She senses
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powerful anger, but when she turns, Colby is gone. He has stepped into
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a comm booth and is talking to a bearded man called "Webster," who
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tells him to get rid of Hall, but leave Talia alone. Colby asks
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Webster to get him off Babylon 5; he thinks he's fulfilled his end of
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the bargain and wants to go home. Webster agrees and says he'll use
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G'Kar to get Colby out.
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Meanwhile, Garibaldi doesn't believe Hall is Cypher; he thinks Cypher
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isn't even a real rogue, just "plausible deniability for deep cover
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ops." He also tells Sheridan there's no way Sinclair is guilty.
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On Minbar, Sinclair is led to trial. Delenn meets the head prosecutor:
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Alit Neroon (cf. episode [9]"Legacies.")
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G'Kar has called a council meeting, outraged that the council wasn't
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informed of the accusation against Sinclair. "Are _our_ leaders in
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danger, also?" he asks. Sheridan smooths things over just in time to
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be called to medlab.
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Colby grabs Talia and pulls her into a transport tube car. She knows
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instantly that he's Hall's attacker. Garibaldi appears; Colby makes a
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run for it, leaving Talia behind. She and Garibaldi arrive in medlab,
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where they find Sheridan. Talia agrees to do a deep scan of Hall.
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Ivanova reports that Colonel Rabock's ship has arrived early; Sheridan
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tells her to stall him.
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Talia begins her scan. She sees Hall undercover, infiltrating a group
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called the Homers. They're on the Chiyoda-Ku, celebrating the death of
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"that 'Minbari stooge' -- President Santiago." One of the celebrants
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claims there's an even bigger event coming up, that he delivered a
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weapon to someone on Babylon 5 to use in the assassination of the new
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Minbari leader. Hall slips away to send a warning to the Minbari, but
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someone notices him, and a firefight ensues. He's hit, but reaches the
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cockpit and locks the door. He orders the pilot to call for help.
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Before the pilot can finish, the others break in and start shooting,
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hitting the pilot and the communications console. In desperation, Hall
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grabs for a breather and opens the ship's exhaust vents. The others
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perish in the near-vacuum, and Hall himself is half-conscious, on the
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verge of death, when Babylon 5's Starfuries arrive. Much later, he
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awakens in medlab to find a gun pointed at his head; he reacts
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reflexively, blasting his assailant with pain, and forces himself to
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seek out another telepath.
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As Talia reaches the end of his memories, Hall dies. Colonel Rabock
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barges into medlab -- he's "Webster," the man who was talking to
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Colby.
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On Minbar, Sinclair stands before an imposing panel of Minbari.
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"Ambassador Sinclair," one of them says. "You stand accused of
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plotting to assassinate the Chosen One, our leader. How do you
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plead...?"
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Backplot
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Unanswered Questions
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* What was the bargain between Colby and Col. Rabock?
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* Is there still an assassin on Minbar? (see [10]Analysis)
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Analysis
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* For once, Garibaldi's sixth sense about Talia and the transport
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tube (cf. episode [11]"A Voice in the Wilderness, part 1") works
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to her advantage rather than her annoyance!
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* It's still not clear that Sinclair was the intended recipient of
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the weapons and map; the Homer thought that there was going to be
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a real assassination attempt, something Sinclair obviously would
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never do. If that's the case, there's still a would-be assassin at
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large on Minbar.
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* Further, Sinclair would never have gotten in trouble if it hadn't
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been for Talia's discovery of an assassination plot, which
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presumably prompted the call that warned the Minbari to look for
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an assassin.
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* Why did Colby continue to go after Talia even after he was
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explicity told not to? That would seem to indicate that whatever
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the bargain between Col. Rabock and Colby is, it's not something
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Colby considers a matter of life and death, something to be
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respected at the risk of his own discovery.
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Notes
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* This issue's behind-the-scenes pages:
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+ John Iacovelli discusses the design of the sets and some of
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the show's philosophy.
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+ Roland Rosenkranz describes the design of the Narn fighter
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cockpit.
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+ Marc-Louis Walters describes the show's hand weapon design,
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from PPG pistols to grenade launchers to Minbari knives.
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jms speaks
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Last update: February 5, 1996
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