The Vorlons step up their battle against the Shadows. Londo uncovers a new wrinkle in his plan to unseat Emperor Cartagia. Sheridan asks Garibaldi to remove Kosh from the station. Delenn gets a surprise from Sheridan.
####Overview

####Guest Stars

Ed Wasser as Morden. Wortham Krimmer as Emperor Cartagia. Wayne Alexander as Lorien.
####Lurk

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/synops/070.html
####Plot Points

With the help of Lorien and the original Kosh, Sheridan has successfully removed the new Vorlon ambassador from the station, possibly killing it in the process.

Lorien healed Sheridan at Z’ha’dum by transferring some of his own life energy into Sheridan. Sheridan has at most 20 years left to live.

Londo owes Sheridan a favor.

Emperor Cartagia has plucked out G’Kar’s eye, as Londo saw in his dream ([[The Coming of Shadows]].)
####Unanswered Questions

Why is Lorien keeping such close watch on Sheridan?

How does Sheridan plan to stop the Vorlons?

Why did Kosh’s ship go berserk during the battle? What was it trying to do? (See jms speaks)

Now that the Vorlons have been seen without their illusions in place, will they still bother to maintain their angelic facades around the younger races?

What was the Vorlon “cause” that compelled Lyta to cooperate with them? Did they explain their true motives to her, or did they feed her a palatable lie?
####Analysis

Sheridan and Lorien appear to have gotten to know each other well. What has each of them been getting from the relationship? So far, Lorien doesn’t appear to be feeding Sheridan specific information about the Vorlons or the Shadows (though that could be happening offscreen.) He seems to be providing moral and philosophical support more than anything else, aside from the occasional dose of life energy. What is Sheridan giving him in return? Presumably it’s something worth leaving Z’ha’dum to get.

Sheridan authorized the transfer of refugees to Epsilon 3 without even consulting with Draal. How does he know Draal wouldn’t object? If the planet is still available as a defense mechanism for the station, Draal would most likely need to tell the crew where to set up camp, lest they put refugees right on top of an underground weapon. It’s also interesting that the surface of Epsilon 3 is apparently habitable, given that oxygen masks were required to breathe underground ([[A Voice in the Wilderness part 1]]) Perhaps the crew is assuming Draal will provide an appropriate atmosphere.

Kosh expressed outrage, not surprise, that a human could mentally imprison a Vorlon. Perhaps the Vorlons have a weakness like the Shadows’, and can be contained by sufficiently powerful telepaths.

Is the difference in color between the two Vorlons significant? It may simply be due to the fact that what emerged from Sheridan wasn’t just Kosh, but a combination of Kosh, Sheridan, and Lorien.

Delenn recognized Kosh immediately. Does that mean she had previously seen his true form? If so, it was most likely in [[Chrysalis]], though why he would let her see through his mask then isn’t clear, since he most likely projected an image to her in [[The Fall of Night]].

Lorien’s healing technique resembles that of the healing machine from [[The Quality of Mercy]]. Could that machine be used to further extend Sheridan’s life, or Lorien’s, for that matter? How much life does Lorien have left?

When he used it on Z’ha’dum, it obviously extended to the original Kosh as well, since Kosh was able to battle his successor.

Sheridan’s shortened lifespan may be the terrible price Delenn mentioned in the flashforward in [[War Without End part 2]]. At that time, 17 years in the future, he would only have another two or three years left to live, barring other developments. (See jms speaks)

Kosh gave his life willingly to stop the other Vorlon. Perhaps that goal was what he needed to live for, his version of Sheridan’s devotion to Delenn. If he had to come to terms with his own death as Sheridan did, such self-sacrifice was presumably somewhat easier when the time came.

Is the original Kosh the only Vorlon to oppose what’s going on now? Perhaps they’re factionalized much like the Minbari, and the new Kosh represented the more belligerent faction, which has the upper hand at the moment. In any case, why did the original Kosh care about the younger races more than his replacement?

How much of Kosh is still left in Sheridan in the form of memories and knowledge? Was Kosh’s presence instrumental in putting together whatever plan Sheridan has in mind?

Londo clearly plans to strike at Cartagia on Narn, where presumably he’ll be an easier target than he is in the royal palace. But even if he succeeds, what then? The Shadows will still be on Centauri Prime, with only a few days left until the projected arrival of the Vorlon fleet. It’s unlikely Morden and his associates would look favorably on a request to leave the planet, and even if they went away immediately, Centauri Prime would still have been touched by the Shadows and thus would still be a target.

By failing to suggest a punishment for G’Kar, Londo has likely just wasted his first chance for redemption: saving the eye that does not see ([[Point of No Return]].)

Cartagia’s vision of the end of Centauri Prime (“Let it all end in fire”) may be related to Kosh’s reply to Emperor Turhan in [[The Coming of Shadows]], to whom he said that things would end “in fire.”

In fact, Kosh may have been saying more than the Emperor knew; perhaps he foresaw the deployment of the Vorlon planet-killer, or believed it likely, and figured it’d be used against Centauri Prime. If so, how long have the Vorlons been planning their current course of action?

Garibaldi theorized to Franklin that he might have been caught in the hyperspace backwash when the Shadows pulled out. This was first mentioned as a danger in [[Signs and Portents]], in which Sinclair warns Ivanova to stay away from the raider mothership to avoid being pulled into its backwash.
####Notes

The list of sites accepting refugees from Ventari III, as shown in Ivanova’s broadcast:

• Tizino Prime (presumed destroyed later in the episode)
• Mokafa Station
• Drazi Fendamir Research Colony
• Kazomi III
• D’Grn IV
• L’Gn’Daort
• Nacambad Colony
• 7 Lukantha
• Oqmritkz
• Velatastat
• Lesser Krindar
• Greater Krindar

The rightmost head in Cartagia’s shadow cabinet is Andreas Katsulas (G’Kar.) See jms speaks.

“Apotheosis” means “elevation to divine status,” or more simply, deification.

The two Koshes left the scene of the firefight through the ceiling. If they were headed for space, they took the long way there; to get outside through the ceiling, they’d have to pass through the center of the station.