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<!-- TITLE The Ragged Edge -->
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<h2><a name="OV">Overview</a></h2>
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<blockquote><cite>
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Another attack on an Alliance ship brings Garibaldi to the Drazi homeworld
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to search for a witness. G'Kar finds himself the object of unwanted attention.
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</cite>
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</blockquote>
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<pre><a href="/lurk/p5/intro.html">P5 Rating</a>: <a href="/lurk/p5/100">8.57</a>
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Production number: 513
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Original air date: April 8, 1998
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00019071C/thelurkersguidet">DVD release date</a>: April 13, 2004
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Written by J. Michael Straczynski
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Directed by John Copeland
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</pre>
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<p>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000636J/thelurkersguidet">An
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episodic soundtrack is available.</a>
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<p>
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<hr size=3>
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<h2><a name="BP">Plot Points</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@892086202 Garibaldi's drinking has begun to seriously impair his
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ability to do his job, and although he seems to realize he has a
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problem, he has so far refused to mention it to anyone.
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<li>@@@892086202 While G'Kar was with Londo on Centauri Prime, some Narn
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broke into his quarters and stole his book. It has, in under a month,
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gained great popularity, and may soon outsell the Book of G'Quon. As
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a result, many Narn now consider G'Kar a holy figure, and are gathering
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on Babylon 5 to hear him speak.
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<li>@@@892086202 Franklin has been offered a position in Earthdome, as
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head of xenobiological research. The position is currently held by
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Dr. Benjamin Kyle
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(<a href="000.html">"The Gathering"</a>)
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but Kyle intends to step down at the end of the year. Franklin will
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use the position to continue his research on cross-species diseases
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(<a href="094.html">"Strange Relations."</a>)
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<li>@@@892089227 Although Alliance member worlds are officially obliged
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to boycott certain products (dust and some other drugs, certain
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biological weapons, etc.) many of them simply use smugglers to
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trade in forbidden goods unofficially.
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="UQ">Unanswered Questions</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@892086202 Who was the Drazi who attacked Garibaldi's friend?
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<li>@@@892089630 Did G'Kar get the original copy of his book back? Will
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he continue to work on it, or was it finished?
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="AN">Analysis</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@892086202 Although the conclusion was correct, Garibaldi's evidence
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that the Centauri are involved in the attacks on Alliance ships wasn't
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very solid. Londo appeared to believe that buttons from palace guards
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weren't particularly hard to come by; given that the parties behind
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the attacks had planted evidence before, an item pointing to the
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Centauri could have been just another attempt at misdirection.
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="NO">Notes</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@892086202 G'Kar started writing his book in B5's brig in
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<a href="052.html">"Messages from Earth."</a>
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<li>@@@892086202 Garibaldi drinks "Afterburner" brand whiskey.
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<li>@@@892086202 It hurts more to punch Drazi than other races.
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<li>@@@892086202 Drazi are vulnerable to motion sickness.
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<li>@@@892086202 The streets of Drazi cities are all extremely narrow,
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an architectural holdover from pre-flight times intended to make it
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harder for invading armies to maneuver.
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<li>@@@892086202 Drazi homes tend to have large open patio areas,
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since Drazi are traditionally an outdoor race.
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="JS">jms speaks</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@890333453 Each season we have increased the amount of CGI we've done,
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both in the amount and the complexity of the shots, and this season is
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no exception. We're trying some new things, different kinds of
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CGI...you'll see some of that in "The Ragged Edge," for instance. Much
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more sophisticated compositing, more difficult to shoot, but more
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visually interesting.
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<p>
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<li>@@@892532194 <em>Now that Londo is back, why doesn't Sheridan warn
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him about what he saw in
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<a href="061.html">"War Without End?"</a></em><br>
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This comes from not separating out what we the viewers know, from what
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the characters know.
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<p>
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What Sheridan knows is that 17 years from now, Londo had something on
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his shoulder called a Keeper, which may or may not have a direct
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connection with the apparent attack on Centauri Prime by Shadow allies.
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<p>
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What he doesn't know is, did this happen 16 years ago? Or six months
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ago? What process led it to happen? What should he be warning Londo
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*about*? He saw the result...but what process, what event should he
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warn Londo about to avoid this? He doesn't know that the Regent has a
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keeper, the Regent could be acting in these ways for his own reasons
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entirely.
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<p>
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Further, there's a certain trickiness about time stuff. Okay, so he
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warns Londo about something he doesn't really understand...does he now
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change the future? Does he have someone else other than Londo now on
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the throne, who won't spare his and Delenn's lives?
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<p>
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There are too many variables, and not enough actually known by him, to
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say anything that would be of any use to anyone.
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</ul>
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