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President Santiago has decided to visit Babylon 5, ostensibly in order
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to present a new fighter wing to the station (though some people
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believe his real purpose is to drum up popular support for his new
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alien trade and immigration policies, which have met with opposition
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in the Senate).
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[INLINE] The Presidential cruiser.
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Ivanova and Garibaldi are en route to the president's arrival site on
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B5, and they are discussing the president's arrival. Ivanova tells
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Garibaldi that the president and his staff have not informed B5
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command of their travel plans because the president feels it's safe if
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nobody is aware of these plans till the last minute (though Garibaldi
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jokes that, if B5 is unaware of the president's plans, the president's
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staff can blame B5 if anything goes wrong). Garibaldi feels that the
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president's visit is simply a waste of time and money; Ivanova
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responds that at least they're getting a new fighter wing out of the
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visit. Garibaldi is not grateful--he explains that B5 should have had
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those fighters a long time ago. Ivanova shares in the cynicism--now,
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B5 will have to renovate bays that haven't been maintained for years,
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using untrained crews rushed for time--and all of this at B5's
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expense. When Garibaldi claims he's no longer surprised by anything
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the government does (he's come to expect it), Ivanova compliments him
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on his very "Russian" outlook.
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Suddenly, there is an explosion in the bay. Garibaldi and Ivanova are
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almost injured, and Sinclair, from the observation dome, sees a body
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in a spacesuit fly away from the station.
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Down in the Med Lab, Franklin has diagnosed the person who flew out of
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the station--he flew out of the bay before the pressurization doors
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were activated. When Sinclair asks if the patient can say anything,
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Franklin replies that any procedure that could be used to rouse the
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patient would kill him. Garibaldi, meanwhile, has finished his
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evaluation of the damage ("You can put what's left of [the bay] in a
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shot glass," he tells Sinclair). Garibaldi still doesn't know what the
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cause of the explosion was, but he feels it was probably caused by
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negligence or fatigue on the part of the overworked crew. Sinclair
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asks about the possibility of sabotage, and though Garibaldi claims he
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never rules that possibility out, he feels that the inexperience and
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possible exhaustion of the crew was "inviting an accident."
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Ivanova reports that Major Lianna Kemmer, an official on the
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president's security staff, has arrived. Kemmer requests an immediate
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briefing on the explosion. Garibaldi, when he hears Lianna's name,
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becomes lost in thought--he explains to Sinclair that he knew Lianna
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seventeen years ago (her father was his friend). "She's a real sweet
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kid," comments Garibaldi.
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[INLINE] Lianna Kemmer.
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The meeting between Garibaldi and Lianna is somewhat cold, however.
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Lianna largely ignores Garibaldi and introduces herself to Sinclair.
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Sinclair comments that Garibaldi will brief her on the situation, but
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she requests that her own team handle the investigation. Sinclair is
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reluctant, but because Lianna, as chief of presidential security, has
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the legal authority to take over the investigation ("with or without
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your permission," she comments. "I would much rather my report
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reflected full cooperation on your part). Sinclair hesitantly agrees
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(after Garibaldi bitterly tells him to let Lianna take over the
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investigation), and Garibaldi moves away bruskly, commenting that he
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has "better things to do."
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Sinclair follows Garibaldi out and asks what the problem is between
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Garibaldi and Lianna. Garibaldi is hesitant to answer, but Sinclair
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feels that if their relationship affects B5, Sinclair has a right to
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know. Abruptly, Ambassador G'Kar interrupts them--he has a problem
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with the seating arrangements for the president's banquet ("The entire
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Narn delegation has been seated next to the Vree," says G'Kar. "An
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intolerable situation! Have you ever seen them eat? That's horror for
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you.... This is a deliberate slap in the face to the entire Narn
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Regime.")
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Meanwhile, Garibaldi, who had walked away slightly after G'Kar
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interrupted his conversation with Sinclair, has caught a thief trying
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to steal something. He begins angrily yelling at the thief (whom he
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has caught several times before in the past month), and when he treats
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the thief somewhat violently, a fight erupts between the two. Sinclair
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interrupts G'Kar in order to break up the fight.
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[INLINE] Garibaldi accosts the thief.
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Later, Sinclair and Garibaldi are eating together, and Sinclair asks
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Garibaldi what is wrong. Garibaldi finally comments that seventeen
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years ago, he was working as a security officer on Europa ("a real
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cesspool," he claims). "Ever try and uphold the law when nobody cares?
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After a few weeks, I started drinking hard just to get through the
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night." Eventually, Garibaldi met Frank Kemmer, Lianna's father.
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Kemmer was a shuttle pilot--"a real decent guy." Garibaldi explains
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that when his job got tough, he spent some time with Kemmer and his
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family--this is when he first met Lianna, who used to call him "Uncle
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Mike." "With all the madness, [staying with Kemmer] kept me sane and
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sober for a while," Garibaldi explains. However, as Garibaldi was
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beginning to have a certain amount of success upholding the law, he
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ended up making a few enemies. Garibaldi knew that some people were
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trying to kill him, but he also felt that he could handle it.
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Unfortunately, his enemies worked indirectly: they exploded one of
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Kemmer's shuttles, thereby killing Kemmer. They blamed the explosion
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on Garibaldi's negligence. Since the government didn't want a scandal,
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they kept the situation quiet and "blackballed" Garibaldi throughout
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the system. "But none of that was as bad as telling Frank's family
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what had happened. Lianna didn't even cry; she just died inside... I
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crawled back into the bottle, and didn't come out again for a long,
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long time." Suddenly, Dr. Franklin calls Sinclair into the Med Lab.
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At the Med Lab, Lianna and her staff have violated Franklin's wishes
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and are trying to rouse the explosion victim in order to try to get
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information from him. When Sinclair arrives, the victim has already
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been roused, and he claims that the explosion was no accident--it was
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caused by a bomb. Sinclair orders Kemmer to leave the patient
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alone--for Franklin feels that any procedure to rouse the patient will
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kill him--but Lianna refuses. Just as the victim dies, he names the
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person who planted the bomb: "It was Garibaldi."
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Major Kemmer has called a hearing in response to the allegation
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against Garibaldi. Garibaldi, however, cannot believe that Kemmer and
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the rest of the president's staff are placing so much importance in
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the accusations of a dying man. Garibaldi claims that the victim "had
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it in for me" -- that is, he resented Garibaldi because Garibaldi had
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arrested him a few months ago for "trashing an alien shop." Further,
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Garibaldi argues that the initial damage reports showed no trace of a
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bomb, but Kemmer contends that the explosion may have destroyed any
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traces of it. Lieutenant Cutter, a member of Kemmer's staff, adds that
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perhaps no bomb was found because Garibaldi didn't *want* to find one.
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This accusation angers Garibaldi, but Kemmer doesn't seem to care--she
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asks Sinclair to suspend Garibaldi from duty because of Garibaldi's
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possible criminal involvement. Though Sinclair doesn't want to suspend
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Garibaldi, Kemmer -- as head of presidential security -- effectively
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*orders* Sinclair to carry out the suspension. Sinclair, who has
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little choice but to submit to Kemmer's legal authority, is forced to
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remove Garibaldi from active duty. Major Kemmer, now that Garibaldi
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has been removed from duty, temporarily assumes the position of B5
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security chief.
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Garibaldi, upon returning to his quarters, is confronted by a security
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officer who refuses to allow Garibaldi entry. Major Kemmer and
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Lieutenant Cutter arrive, and Garibaldi pleads with Kemmer to allow
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him to speak with her. When he moves to grab Kemmer in order to speak
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with her, however, the security guard roughly forces him to withdraw
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his grasp. Kemmer orders Cutter to leave and see what the scanning
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team has discovered concerning the explosion in the bay; she then
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dismisses the other security guard so that she and Garibaldi can be
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alone.
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Once they are alone, Garibaldi explains to Lianna that he "loved Frank
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like he was my own brother." Lianna angrily tells him that Frank died
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because Garibaldi was concerned only with protecting himself, but
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Garibaldi denies this. He admits that he "made a mistake," but he
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claims that he would never have let Frank die to save himself. When he
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pleads with her and asks her to believe him, she replies that it's too
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late for Garibaldi to ask to be trusted: "I might [believe you], if
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you had told me then, but you just got drunk and ran, like you always
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do," she says. Cutter has meanwhile returned, and he informs Kemmer
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that the explosion was indeed caused by a bomb, for the burns of the
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victim (the one who originally implicated Garibaldi) showed traces of
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certain explosives. Cutter also informs Kemmer that schematics of the
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bay, as well as substantial amounts of Centauri currency, has been
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found in Garibaldi's quarters. Garibaldi again tries to reason with
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Kemmer: "Come on, Lianna, this is a frame. If I were guilty, why would
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I leave the evidence in my own quarters?" he asks.
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"Maybe you just made another mistake, just like you did seventeen
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years ago," replies Kemmer, who orders Cutter to take Garibaldi into
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custody. Garibaldi, however, who is angered by the whole situation,
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runs away and attempts to escape Cutter. Kemmer orders her security
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officers after Garibaldi and posts a stationwide security alert for
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Garibaldi.
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[INLINE] Garibaldi makes his escape.
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On the observation dome, Ivanova and Sinclair are surprised to see an
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alert against Garibaldi. Sinclair orders Ivanova to cancel the alert,
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but Kemmer--who has just arrived at the observation dome--tells
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Sinclair that he can't cancel the alert because there is now hard
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evidence that Garibaldi is a saboteur. Sinclair responds angrily to
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Kemmer and tells her that "Garibaldi is many things but he's no
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saboteur"; further, Sinclair tells Kemmer that he is quite annoyed
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with her personal vendetta against Garibaldi. Sinclair again orders
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Ivanova to cancel the alert, and Ivanova gladly complies with the
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order. Kemmer responds that if Sinclair keeps "obstructing" her, she
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will have no choice but to invoke presidential authority; however,
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Sinclair tells Kemmer that he's tired of "presidential authority"
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excuse. "This is my station, and it's time you realized that," says
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Sinclair. Sinclair proceeds to order Ivanova to escort Kemmer off the
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observation dome. Ivanova gladly complies with this order as well
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("You are going to resist, I hope," she tells Kemmer). After Kemmer
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leaves, Ivanova warns Sinclair that Kemmer will probably contact Earth
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Central; Sinclair says he's aware of that, but at least the delay will
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buy him enough time to find Garibaldi before Kemmer's staff does.
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Ivanova suddenly has an idea: she smugly orders the B5 staff to begin
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a "Level 6 maintenance check" on all off-station communication
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channels--a move which will tie up the communication channels for
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hours.
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Garibaldi has discreetly moved down to the Zocalo, where he seeks out
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Londo. He tells Londo that he is looking for information about the
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explosion in the bay. He explains that someone tried to frame him by
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planting substantial amounts of currency in his quarters; he then
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explains that the currency was Centauri. Londo picks up the
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implication, and stares with feigned disbelief at Garibaldi; "Oh, Mr.
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Garibaldi, do you really think that I would do such a thing to you, my
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good and dear friend?"
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"In a minute," responds Garibaldi.
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"You're right," answers Londo, "but I didn't, though I may have an
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idea who did...."
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[INLINE] "Don't turn around."
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Meanwhile, Kemmer angrily contacts Ivanova and asks why all
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communications channels are offline. Ivanova replies that a
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communications check is being conducted, for they don't want the
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president to be "out of touch" when he arrives at B5. Kemmer demands
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that Ivanova open a channel, but Ivanova brushes her off ("I'm a
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lieutenant commander in Earth Force, major. I do not take 'demands.'
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If you have a request, I'll consider it," Ivanova says. When Kemmer
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'requests' that Ivanova open a channel to Earthdome, Ivanova simply
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denies her request.).
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Kemmer comments to Cutter that Ivanova and Sinclair are "doing
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everything they can to protect Garibaldi," but Cutter isn't
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surprised--their files show that Ivanova and Sinclair are Garibaldi's
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only real friends, aside from Londo Mollari. Kemmer sends Cutter to
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question Londo; she sends another officer to return to their ship and
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open a communication channel with Earth Force One (President
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Santiago's ship)--specifically, with General Netter on Earth Force
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One. Kemmer explains that Earth Force One should be close enough to
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pick up the signal from Kemmer's ship, which is docked at B5.
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Londo, meanwhile, has explained to Garibaldi why he feels that G'Kar
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is the one who's trying to frame Garibaldi. Londo says that during the
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Narn occupation of Ragesh 3, some important scientific material was
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"lost," but the Narns claimed they could find it again--for the right
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price. Thus, G'Kar could possibly have had access to large amounts of
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Centauri currency, which he could have planted in Garibaldi's
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quarters. Garibaldi says that he wants to visit G'Kar. Without his
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usual security clearance, however, Garibaldi knows that he might have
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a hard time gaining access to the ambassadorial wing, where G'Kar's
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quarters are located. Garibaldi therefore asks Londo for a loan;
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Garibaldi claims that, with enough money, he can gain access to the
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ambassadorial wing. Londo appreciates the irony in the situation--he
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has switched roles with Garibaldi for the time being--but he
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eventually extends a fairly generous loan to his "good, dear friend."
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Londo explains that he sees certain parallels between himself and
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Garibaldi (Londo feels that, like Londo himself, Garibaldi is
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sometimes "the odd man out"); it therefore gives him a certain comfort
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to be able to help Garibaldi in a time of need (however, the more
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practical side of Londo claims that the Centauri goddess of luck, with
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whom Londo has had a "long and rather dubious relationship," has been
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smiling on him lately--he can therefore afford the loan). "If they
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catch you," warns Londo, "I will deny ever seeing you. Good luck!"
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Garibaldi successfully gains access to the ambassadorial wing; when he
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arrives at G'Kar's quarters, he's surprised to find that G'Kar has
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been expecting him ("... you've been talking to Mollari. It was
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inevitable he would send you to me.... My people watch him; his people
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watch me; we all watch one another here, Mr. Garibaldi.") G'Kar also
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explains that the security monitors are "malfunctioning" at the
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moment, so Garibaldi need not worry about the security officers
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finding him here (especially since G'Kar took the liberty of telling a
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security guard that he had seen Garibaldi on the next level). G'Kar
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says that he's sure Londo blamed Garibaldi's present situation on the
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Narns; however, he denies any part in the incident (though he admits
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he doesn't think it's a bad idea). G'Kar offers Garibaldi a chance to
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escape B5; G'Kar says that Garibaldi's talents and services could be
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useful on Narn. Once on Narn, if Garibaldi were to ever become
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"homesick," G'Kar says he's sure the Narns could arrange for Garibaldi
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to return--as a genetically altered spy. Garibaldi immediately
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declines G'Kar's offer, however; he refuses to even think about
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betraying Earth. G'Kar advises Garibaldi to stop seeing things in
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"such absolute terms" ("The universe is run by the complex
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interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened
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self-interest. Unless you comprehend that fact--and soon--you will be
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cornered and caged," warns G'Kar), but Garibaldi still refuses G'Kar's
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offer. G'Kar makes one last plea: "Without your position, this station
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is not safe for you. You have made many enemies."
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"Call it a lifestyle," replies Garibaldi, as he leaves.
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From the observation dome, meanwhile, Ivanova is giving instructions
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to the new fighter wing, which has just arrived.
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Down in the alien sector, Garibaldi is trying to purchase a high-level
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security card from N'grath, but N'grath refuses because Garibaldi is
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"still police," even though he's a fugitive. N'grath abruptly forces
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Garibaldi to leave, and when Garibaldi is thrown outside N'grath's
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doors, he is almost caught by some of Kemmer's guards.
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[INLINE] Garibaldi and n'grath.
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He narrowly escapes and eventually returns to the human sector of B5,
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only to be attacked by a group of angry aliens. Just when it appears
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that Garibaldi has no hope left, Sinclair (who has been monitoring
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security reports concerning Garibaldi's whereabouts) suddenly finds
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him and helps to fight off the aliens. Sinclair suggests that
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Garibaldi go to Med Lab, but Garibaldi refuses to go anywhere before
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he figures out who framed him. Ivanova contacts Sinclair and tells him
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that he has a Gold Channel message from General Netter; meanwhile,
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when Sinclair turned his head to speak with Ivanova through his comm
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link, Garibaldi ran off. By the time Sinclair turns around again,
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Garibaldi is gone.
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General Netter's message has come through, and Netter orders Sinclair
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and his staff to fully cooperate with Kemmar. After Netter ends
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communication, Sinclair explains to Kemmer that he wants to find
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Garibaldi as much as she does--"the only difference is," says
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Sinclair, "I haven't already judged him.... But the fact is, Garibaldi
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is as loyal as you are, and if you weren't so twisted up inside about
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what happened to your father you'd realize that. It's not justice
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you're after, major, it's blood." Just then, Cutter contacts Kemmer
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and says that the guards have sighted Garibaldi and have discovered
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that Garibaldi has been paying for things with Centauri currency.
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Kemmer believes that the currency found in Garibaldi's quarters was
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only part of the payoff; she orders the guards to move in on
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Garibaldi. After Kemmer leaves, Sinclair contacts the security guard
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who had been stationed outside Garibaldi's quarters when Garibaldi
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first found that his quarters were being guarded.
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Garibaldi, meanwhile, has entered a club. He sits down and suddenly
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notices that a security guard has moved into the same club. He borrows
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an alien's hat and tries to avoid notice--and he succeeds, at least
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for the moment. The guard leaves, and when Garibaldi gives the alien
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back his hat, the alien replies, "Don't want hat? Take bottle.... I go
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casino." As the alien gets up, he pushes a bottle of some alcoholic
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drink toward Garibaldi. Garibaldi fights with himself for a long
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moment--will he give up the sobriety that he has worked toward for so
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long? The past few hours have been excruciatingly difficult for
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Garibaldi--how appealing the drink must seem--how easy it is to simply
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forget about all of his problems.
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[INLINE] Temptation.
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At last, Garibaldi decides to drink -- and he drinks heavily. Quite
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soon, he's experiencing quite a hangover--despite his trouble standing
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up, he is sharing jokes with the aliens, and, in general, parading
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around the room making a fool of himself. ("You got a real nice place
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here! Great ambiance, terrific decor, friendly people. Yeah, this
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place should be on all the chartered tours--'see and experience the
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real Babylon 5.' Hell, in a couple month, I could see a few of you
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people topside," he mumbles, as he stumbles out the door).
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Meanwhile, one of the people in the restaurant has notified the
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security guards of Garibaldi's whereabouts, and when Garibaldi wanders
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out of the restaurant, Kemmer, Cutter, and their guards are waiting
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for him. "Drunk again, Uncle Mike?" asks Lianna. The confused
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Garibaldi remembers how the young Lianna, seventeen years ago, often
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said the same thing. Kemmer's guards take Garibaldi into custody;
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Cutter, meanwhile, comments that the new fighter wing are getting
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ready to be launched, and he feels he should check the bays one more
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time.
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Lianna is questioning Garibaldi; she's trying to get him to confess.
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At one point, she confronts him and asks, "You never change, do you,
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Michael?" He replies that he thought he had--until she showed up.
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Garibaldi tries to reason with her again. He asks her if she really
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wants to destroy his life, just as she feels he destroyed hers years
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ago. "If I could have gone in Frank's place, I would have," says
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Garibaldi. "I didn't know, Lianna. I didn't know."
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Just then, the security officer whom Sinclair contacted earlier
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arrives at the room where Garibaldi is being interrogated. He explains
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that Sinclair ordered him to search the explosion victim's
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quarters--and when he carried out that search, he found a detonator
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and a few Homeguard pamphlets (the security officer also explains how
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there had been some trouble with the Homeguard a while ago, and he
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mentions that Garibaldi cleared it up). Garibaldi says that security
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had suspected the victim of being a Homeguard member for a long
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time--but they never could prove it. Garibaldi says that he feels that
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the victim was killed by a bomb that the victim planted in the
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bay--but the victim was unaware of the use of a plasma driver in the
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bay. Such a plasma unit would have created enough vibration to trigger
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the bomb prematurely. When Lianna asks about a possible motive,
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Garibaldi explains that the president was planning to announce new
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alien trade and immigration policies -- policies that the Homeguard
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would strongly oppose.
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Cutter calls in and informs Kemmer that the president is about to
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arrive for the fighter wing presentation ceremony. Kemmer orders
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Cutter to make sure the bays are secure.
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Kemmer admits that she'd like to believe Garibaldi, but she still sees
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no explanation for how the Centauri currency and the bay schematics
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got into Garibaldi's quarters. She explains that nobody knew that the
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victim had named Garibaldi except her, Garibaldi, Franklin, and
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Sinclair.
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"And Cutter," remembers Garibaldi. "He was there just when the
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evidence against me was found." Lianna is skeptical, however; she
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claims that Cutter is one of their best agents. Garibaldi just
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comments that perhaps the Homeguard was counting on that--though the
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first bomb didn't work, Cutter can finish the job, so to speak. He
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advises Kemmer to check the bays herself--just to be sure.
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As Earth Force One approaches the B5 docking bay, Kemmer and Garibaldi
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walk down to the bay themselves. Kemmer tells Cutter that she wants to
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scan the bay herself; however, as she moves to do so, Cutter knocks
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her out with the weapon he is carrying. He points a gun at Garibaldi,
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but when he bends down to recover the weapon that he used against
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Kemmer, Garibaldi kicks the gun out of his hand. A struggle ensues,
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but Garibaldi gains the upper hand long enough to grab hold of a comm
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link and warn Ivanova to abort the docking procedure.
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Later, in the Med Lab, Franklin tells Garibaldi that he'll be all
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right (though Garibaldi feels like he "just made love to a meteor
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shower")--and so will Lianna. Sinclair tells Garibaldi that explosives
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were found on the bay doors--if the doors had opened, the new fighter
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wing, as well as half of the station, would have been lost. Sinclair
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also ran a check on Cutter and found that someone on Earth deposited a
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large sum of money in Cutter's account an hour after the explosion
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victim named Garibaldi. Cutter then withdrew it on B5 in Centauri
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currency, which he planted in Garibaldi's quarters. Sinclair
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congratulates Garibaldi on his actions, and places Garibaldi back on
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active duty, but Garibaldi feels that he lost a personal battle: "I
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blew it, Jeff ... just like I always do. When things get too rough, I
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crawl right back into the damn bottle. What really scares me is how
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much I enjoyed it." Sinclair still feels that Garibaldi shouldn't be
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upset with himself--he crawled back out of the bottle and saved the
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station. Garibaldi, however, feels that he just got lucky--this time;
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what will happen next time, he asks? Sinclair says he hopes there
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won't be a "next time," but if there is, he wants Garibaldi to promise
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not to try to fight the battle alone. "You're more trouble than a
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toilet full of snakes," says Sinclair, "but I couldn't run this
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station without you."
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President Santiago successfully completed his address and reception.
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In his address, he called for alien governments to work more closely
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with earth--"a position certain to cause much controversy in the weeks
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to come," according to a news broadcast.
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Garibaldi finds Lianna just as she's about to leave. Lianna thanks
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Garibaldi for his favorable report of the situation; Garibaldi
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replies, "I figured if you could nab me on my own turf, you might just
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have a career in this game." Lianna admits that she messed up--she
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apologizes for what she put Garibaldi through (and she says that
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Sinclair was right--she was out for blood, not justice), but he tells
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her there's no need to apologize. He explains that people are not
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machines, and when they're angry, they lash out. "Seventeen years
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ago," he says, "we both died inside. But somehow, we survived. For
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better or worse, that's all we can do--survive. And, maybe one day,
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forget how much it can hurt to be human."
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As she leaves, Lianna tells Garibaldi that President Santiago is "fond
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of Babylon 5." Garibaldi half-humorously tells her to make sure to
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keep the president safe, for B5 needs all the allies it can get. They
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hug, and Lianna leaves quietly. Garibaldi stares after her, afraid
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that he really hasn't changed at all in seventeen years. If it's so
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easy to crawl back into the bottle, how can he ever be sure that he
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won't do it again?
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Shawn Bayern _bayern@cshl.org_
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_________________________________________________________________
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Copyright 1994, Shawn Bayern. All rights reserved. Permission is
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granted to distribute this synopsis _noncommercially_ as long as the
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synopsis and this copyright notice remain intact. Babylon 5 is a
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copyright of the PTN Consortium; no infringement of that copyright is
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intended by writing these synopses.
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3. file://localhost/home/woodstock/hyperion/docs/lurk/guide/011.html
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5. file://localhost/home/woodstock/hyperion/docs/lurk/credits/011.html
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6. file://localhost/home/woodstock/hyperion/docs/lurk/episodes.php
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7. file://localhost/home/woodstock/hyperion/docs/lurk/synops/010.html
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8. file://localhost/home/woodstock/hyperion/docs/lurk/synops/012.html
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9. file://localhost/lurk/lurker.html
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10. file://localhost/home/woodstock/hyperion/docs/lurk/synops/011.html#TOP
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11. file://localhost/cgi-bin/uncgi/lgmail
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12. file://localhost/home/woodstock/hyperion/docs/lurk/episodes.php
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13. file://localhost/home/woodstock/hyperion/docs/lurk/synops/010.html
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14. file://localhost/home/woodstock/hyperion/docs/lurk/synops/012.html
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15. file://localhost/lurk/lastmod.html
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