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<h2><a name="OV">Overview</a></h2>
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<blockquote><cite>
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The Interstellar Alliance headquarters moves to Minbar. Lennier faces the
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consequences of a terrible mistake.
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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/p5/109">8.91</a>
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Production number: 522
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Original air date: November 18, 1998 (US)
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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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<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>@@@911462615 The Alliance headquarters on Minbar (in Tuzanor, described
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in novel
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<a href="/lurk/novels/009.html">"To Dream In the City of Sorrows"</a>)
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has been completed, and Sheridan and Delenn have moved in.
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<li>@@@911462615 G'Kar has named Ta'Lon
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(<a href="033.html">"All Alone in the Night"</a>)
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as his successor on Babylon 5.
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<li>@@@911462615 Franklin has appointed Dr. Hobbs
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(<a href="059.html">"Interludes and Examinations"</a>)
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as the new chief of staff of B5's medlab, thanks to her diverse
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experience and her willingness to stand up for what she believes in.
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<li>@@@911462615 Tessa Holloran (Number One) is, Lochley and Sheridan agree,
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working out well as the new head of Alliance intelligence. She's
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not joining Sheridan and Delenn and the rest of the Alliance cabinet
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on Minbar. Sheridan feels that Babylon 5, as a center of commerce
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and travel, is a better venue for intelligence-gathering.
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<li>@@@911462615 Garibaldi has taken over the day-to-day operations of Edgars
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Industries. Since the previous board of directors is gone
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(<a href="108.html">"Objects in Motion"</a>)
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he has gathered a group of the most vocal whistleblowers and critics
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from within the company and named them the new board.
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<li>@@@911504597 Lennier has, through inaction, tried to kill Sheridan.
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He has fled in shame and vowed not to return until he finds a way
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to redeem himself in Delenn's eyes. This is just as the ghost
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of Morden prophesized in
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(<a href="096.html">"Day of the Dead"</a>).
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<li>@@@911462615 Londo has given Delenn and Sheridan a gift for their
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child: an ancient Centauri urn, which Londo says is traditionally
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passed to the heir to the throne. The urn contains a Keeper.
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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>@@@911462615 Is the giving of the urn a real Centauri tradition as
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Londo claimed, or just something concocted by the Drakh to get a Keeper
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into Alliance headquarters?
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<li>@@@911462615 How can Lennier redeem himself? Where has he gone?
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<li>@@@911547249 In
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<a href="088.html">"The Deconstruction Of Falling Stars"</a>
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we learn that a something newsworthy befalls Sheridan and Delenn's son
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David. Could this have something to do with the keeper in the urn?
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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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<p>
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<li>@@@911462615 G'Kar's statement that Ta'Lon is as ready as G'Kar was
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when he first came to Babylon 5 echoes Londo's reassurance to Vir
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(<a href="106.html">"The Fall of Centauri Prime"</a>)
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that Vir would do at least as good a job as Londo had.
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<p>
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<li>@@@911462615 Londo's request for alcohol during dinner was more
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emphatic than might be expected. Has he already discovered that alcohol
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can put the Keeper to sleep
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(<a href="061.html">"War Without End"</a>)?
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If so, what was he hoping to say or do with the Keeper out of the way?
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Would he have warned Sheridan and Delenn about the Urn, told them about
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the Drakh, or something else?
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<p>
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<li>@@@911462615 Delenn's ability to see the Keeper, if only vaguely,
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is reminiscent of her sense that Morden was touched by the Shadows
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(<a href="013.html">"Signs and Portents"</a>).
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In this case, though, it seemed she didn't quite know what to make of
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the sensation, since she didn't mention it to Sheridan after Londo
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left. What enables her to sense Shadow influence?
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<p>
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<li>@@@911462615 Londo believes the Centaurum will eliminate the position
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of Emperor after he's gone, which implies that he either doesn't believe
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or doesn't remember Lady Morella's prophecy that Vir would become
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emperor after Londo's death
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(<a href="053.html">"Point of No Return"</a>).
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Or, of course, the Keeper might have been forcing him to say what he
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said, in order to encourage Sheridan to accept the gift.
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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>@@@911462615 The first Centauri imperial palace was built 2000 years
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ago, according to Londo.
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<li>@@@911462615 Minbari have no word for "goodbye."
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<li>@@@911462615 Zack believes he'll still be on Babylon 5 when they turn
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out the lights.
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<li>@@@911462615 Of the original major players from the start of the
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series, only Vir is still on the station.
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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>@@@889482760 <em>When is the final day of season 5 shooting?</em><br>
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It's either March 20th or 21st, I forget....
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<p>
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<li>@@@911504597 <em>Did you make any special notes in the script of "Objects
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At Rest"?</em><br>
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Yeah, my instructions to Chris were the same there as for
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another scene next week, "break our hearts." And the two
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themes are actually pretty much the same, since they proceed
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from similar contexts. That section of "Rest" just puts me
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away every time.
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<p>
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<li>@@@921691787 <em>Will we ever find out what happened to Lyta
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and G'Kar?</em><br>
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I'm writing 3 B5 short stories for Amazing Stories magazine; the first
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is a Londo (shortly after he became emperor) story; also doing a
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G'Kar/Lyta story, and a B5-setting story, all following these
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characters after the events of "Objects at Rest."
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</ul>
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