Garibaldi takes on a new job. The resistance’s counter-propaganda broadcasts begin. Sheridan proposes a plan to protect the Non-Aligned Worlds from raiders.
####Overview

####Guest Stars

Tim Choate as Zathras. Denise Gentile as Lise Hampton. Mark Schneider as Wade. Charles Walker as Ben.
####Lurk

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/synops/078.html
####Plot Points

Wade and his group still consider Garibaldi expendable.

Lise Hampton, Garibaldi’s ex-lover ([[A Voice in the Wilderness part 1]]) divorced her first husband and eventually married one of the richest men on Mars, William Edgars. Among other things, Edgars is the owner of the largest medical research center on the planet.

Sheridan has proposed to assign the Rangers to patrol the borders between the various parts of alien-controlled space, protecting civilian transports from the Drakh ([[Lines of Communication]]) and others.

The Centauri have had contact with the Drakh in the past, but long enough ago that nowadays they’re considered little more than legends. Zathras had nine brothers, all named Zathras but with slightly different intonations.
####Unanswered Questions

What exactly was the substance Lise was picking up?

Were Wade and Lise and their contact telling the truth about the telepath virus, or was the substance something else entirely?

Who were the gunmen? Were they with Psi Corps, or were they rogue telepaths? What did they mean by the phrase, “To the future?” (See Analysis)

Why didn’t Garibaldi fire at the telepath?

Did Wade know about Garibaldi’s past association with Lise? Was she part of the test, to see how emotional stress would affect his performance?

Does William Edgars’ job offer conflict with whatever plans Wade and his cohorts have for Garibaldi, or is his employment just another part of the plan?

Why didn’t Edgars show Garibaldi his face?

What was in the message Lise left for Garibaldi?

Why did she send it using her maiden name?

Did G’Kar and Londo take Sheridan up on his offer?
####Analysis

If Garibaldi takes the job, will he be working close to William Edgars? That would imply he’ll also have frequent contact with Lise, which likely wouldn’t be easy for either of them.

His consideration of the job offer is at odds with the glimpse of his programming, if that’s what it was, in [[The Illusion of Truth]]. In that flashback, Garibaldi recalled being drilled over and over with the idea that he worked for nobody but his captors. Of course, if Edgars is involved with his captors, that might not be inconsistent.

It’s also possible his captors want to get him close to Edgars, and that by taking the job he’d in fact be following their implanted orders.

Edgars claimed to have checked up on Garibaldi. Checked up on him how? Garibaldi himself has said on more than one occasion that his past is checkered at best, and his history isn’t too closely guarded a secret (for example, the Senator knew about him in ([[The Gathering]].) Maybe Edgars was taking Garibaldi’s performance as security chief on Babylon 5 into account, or maybe his “checking up” involved talking to whoever captured Garibaldi ([[Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?]])

The Daffy Duck cartoon Garibaldi was watching (1953’s “Duck Amuck!”) can be viewed as a metaphor for his situation; depending on what was done to him after his capture ([[Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?]]) he may well no longer be in control of his own fate, and is certainly being influenced by forces he can’t detect.

If the researchers are correct and the human telepathy genes can indeed mutate into a lethal virus, what are the parameters? Likely it’s something that’s telepathically transmitted. For example, it might cause a telepath to broadcast noise on whatever medium telepaths use to read thoughts. Telepathic interference can cause physical effects (Ben Zayn doubling over in [[Eyes]], or Lyta’s bloodied eyes in [[Walkabout]]) so it’s not inconceivable that telepathic broadcasts of the right type could kill someone attuned to them.

Which begs the question, was this some kind of genetic timebomb intentionally implanted by the Vorlons when they modified humans to give them telepathic ability ([[Z’ha’dum]]?) Since the Vorlons, according to Morden, created human telepaths to use as weapons against the Shadows, perhaps the Vorlons also put a time limit on human telepathy so it wouldn’t remain once the upcoming conflict with the Shadows was resolved.

That would put a different spin on the disappearance of Narn telepaths ([[Ship of Tears]].) The Book of G’Quan was probably correct about the Shadows killing most of the Narn telepaths. But maybe the reason the gene never resurfaced in the Narn population wasn’t that it wasn’t strong enough, as G’Kar supposed, but that it was only designed to last a few generations, and once the previous Shadow War was over, its time simply ran out. Of course, that assumes the Vorlons implanted telepathy into the Narn.

The threat isn’t limited to Psi Corps; Ivanova’s latent telepathy makes her vulnerable to any sort of disease that’s transmitted between telepaths.

The fact that Wade was cooperating with Lise in her effort to get the vial into her husband’s hands implies that he’s at least somewhat sympathetic to telepaths, and perhaps to the Psi Corps. If he were one of the people who wanted to see all telepaths dead, presumably he’d’ve arranged for the vial to quietly vanish on its way to Lise. That ties into the apparent contradiction mentioned above between Garibaldi’s programming ([[The Illusion of Truth]]) and his consideration of Edgars’ job offer.

The telepathic assassins’ closing phrase bears some similarity to a description of another telepath: Talia Winters in [[A Race Through Dark Places]].

Lurker: You tipped the balance. I felt it when we were joined. You’re more than you think you are. Talia: Then what am I? Lurker: The future.

The last time Garibaldi resigned, even briefly (“In the Shadow of Z’ha’dum”) he offered up his gun, his station ID, and his link. So did the security staff who resigned rather than join Nightwatch in [[Point of No Return]]. Why did Garibaldi keep them this time? Was he perhaps intending to return at some point?

Sheridan said of Garibaldi, “I don’t like the company he’s been keeping.” How does Sheridan know what kind of company Garibaldi has been keeping? Is he having Garibaldi watched? And is he referring specifically to Wade’s people? If so, what does Sheridan know about them?

Was there a reason Sheridan kept the lights in his office low when he met others there, or was it just a directorial touch?

Franklin commented to Ivanova that Mars was cold. But in [[Racing Mars]], the tunnels where Franklin and Marcus were staying were noted as uncomfortably warm. Significant, or was Franklin simply referring to the surface, which is indeed cold?
####Notes

In [[Babylon Squared]], Zathras complained, “Zathras warned, but nobody listens to poor Zathras.” In this episode, that’s doubly true: even Zathras doesn’t listen to Zathras.

G’Kar’s artificial eye is now brown, rather than red like his natural one or blue like its initial color ([[Atonement]].)

The onscreen logo displayed while Garibaldi spoke to William Edgars read “EI” (presumably short for “Edgars Industries” or some such.) Underneath, it read, “Mars – Phobos – Deimos.” Phobos and Deimos are the two moons of Mars. Presumably this implies that there are people living or working on those moons, which in fact are little more than large asteroids and would thus be attractive for microgravity pharmaceutical research.

William Edgars’ voice was played by Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

The telepaths’ PPG blasts penetrated the floor of the air duct. In [[Grey 17 Is Missing]], Garibaldi commented that PPGs are used rather than traditional guns because they don’t penetrate hulls. Of course, an outer hull is likely quite a lot thicker than an air duct wall, and likely made of material with a higher melting temperature, so this most likely isn’t a contradiction.

Franklin and Marcus try to convince the leaders of the resistance to go along with Sheridan’s plan to unseat Clark. Delenn investigates a series of attacks on Minbari allies. Minbar begins to slide toward civil war.
####Overview

####Guest Stars

Marjorie Monaghan as Number One. Paolo Seganti as Phillipe. G.W. Stevens as Forell.
####Lurk

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/synops/077.html
####Plot Points

At least one race, the Drakh, made its home on Z’ha’dum during the Shadows’ tenure there. They evacuated before Z’ha’dum’s destruction and are in search of a new home and revenge against the people who defeated their masters.

Marcus and Franklin have convinced the resistance movement on Earth and Mars to follow Sheridan’s lead, and to refrain from future terrorist attacks aimed at destabilizing Earth’s government.

Ivanova is preparing for an additional job, as head of the “Voice of the Resistance,” an attempt to counter ISN by broadcasting opposition views, as well as messages intended for the resistance fighters themselves, to Mars and Earth.

ISN, meanwhile, seems to be preparing Earth’s citizenry for an eventual assault on Babylon 5, building up public support for such a move in advance.

Sheridan was involved in the suppression of the food riots on Mars after the Earth-Minbari War, for which he’s resented by some Mars residents.
####Unanswered Questions

Are the Drakh the only survivors of Z’ha’dum? How many of them remain?

Are the Drakh the ones responsible for planting Keepers on the Centauri Regent ([[Epiphanies]]) and Captain Jack ([[Racing Mars]])?

Why did the Drakh emissary appear to shimmer? Do the Drakh have access to the Shadows’ invisibility technology?

What does the warrior caste hope to gain by forcing the other castes out of cities?
####Analysis

Franklin has bought into Sheridan’s cult of personality, though it’s not entirely clear why. His reaction to the skeptical resistance leader is exactly the kind of thing Garibaldi complained about in [[Racing Mars]], and may be counterproductive in that it makes Garibaldi’s allegations all the more credible.

Phillipe bombed the Red Planet Hotel, which was where Franklin and Marcus were staying. Was the appearance of the Earth security forces there a coincidence, or were they after Franklin and Marcus?

Why does Sheridan think he has the power to promise Mars independence after Clark is out of office? Does Sheridan plan to assume the presidency himself? Or was that simply more improvisation on Franklin’s part? Presumably not; it’s unlikely Sheridan gave him the authority to make that kind of promise without consultation.

How will Sheridan break through Earth’s jamming of outside broadcasts? Franklin was able to get a message back to Babylon 5, but presumably it’s a thornier problem to try to broadcast programming to all of Earth. Perhaps he’ll enlist the help of Draal; Epsilon 3 likely has the power to cut through whatever interference Earth can muster. Delenn is unlikely to be able to provide any Minbari assistance, considering what’s going on on Minbar, though the White Star fleet might be useful mobile transmitters.

If Number One indeed treats all her former lovers like she treated Phillipe, Franklin may be in for a rough ride.

In the first scene with Franklin, Number One rubbed her neck, similar to Captain Jack before his Keeper was discovered ([[Racing Mars]].) Any significance, or just a stiff neck?

The Drakh ships, especially the transport, looked more Vorlon in design than Shadow. Have they looted the Vorlon homeworld as well, or is it just a coincidence?

The Drakh aren’t the only race who worked for the Shadows, though of course they might have been the only ones to escape with technology from Z’ha’dum. Neither the surgeons and pilot in [[Ship of Tears]] nor the creature in [[The Long Dark]] were Drakh in appearance, though the latter arguably bore a resemblance when it was shown briefly reflected in Mariah’s tube.

It’s also possible the Drakh weren’t allies of the Shadows at all; the Vorlons may have similarly had minor races acting as aides, and those aides would likely be just as upset as the Shadows’ about Sheridan and Delenn driving their masters away. Of course, the statement that the Drakh had just lost their home would seem to indicate that Delenn’s supposition about their association with the Shadows was correct; the Vorlon homeworld is probably still intact.

The Drakh may have some kind of group mind. At the very least, they have a different notion of personal identity than most other races. They appear to regard the name “Drakh” as both a collective name and a personal one, and their emissary interrupted Forell before he could utter Delenn’s name, dismissing it as “unimportant.” On the other hand, they’re familiar enough with the notion of individual names to recognize Delenn’s once it was spoken.

Delenn’s reaction to the destruction of White Star 16, while arguably justified, bore similarity to her reaction to the death of Dukhat: ordering a relentless attack on those responsible. Of course, this time she was in control of the situation and wasn’t enraged, but it’s interesting in light of her earlier comment that she wouldn’t repeat the mistakes made during first contact with humanity.

Delenn commented to Sheridan that she felt humans could have been Minbar’s most dangerous enemy due to their ability to form communities of diverse elements. This echoes her comment in [[And Now For a Word]], in which she said that the forming of communities was one of humanity’s greatest strengths.
####Notes

Marcus said he was from Arisia Colony. That’s a reference to the Lensman series by E. E. “Doc” Smith.

Sheridan referred to the Drakh as “wild cards.” And in fact, “Drakh” is “card” pronounced backwards.

One of the Minbari seen reacting in fear from the Drakh emissary is Dennis Michael, a CNN entertainment reporter and a big fan of the series. He was also a Narn in [[Comes the Inquisitor]].

As the Drakh emissary entered the White Star’s bridge, the lights on the wall dimmed.

The real reason the Drakh shimmered, according to special effects technician Ken Busick, was that the costume didn’t look convincing enough.

So to give the Drakh an otherworldly appearance, the scene was digitally manipulated in postproduction.

Franklin and Marcus arrive on Mars to begin their undercover mission. Sheridan confronts Garibaldi about his behavior.
####Overview

####Guest Stars

Mark Schneider as Wade. Donovan Scott as Captain Jack. Clayton Landey as Number Two. Marjorie Monaghan as Number One.
####Lurk

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/synops/076.html
####Plot Points

Mars has been subjected to a news blackout and an embargo for at least as long as Babylon 5 has, likely as far back as their refusal to submit to martial law in [[Severed Dreams]]. People on Mars have heard little more than vague rumors about the Shadow War. They also appear to know nothing about the Rangers.

Someone has begun planting Keepers ([[War Without End part 2]]) on members of the Earth resistance movement with the apparent intent of wiping it out.

A Keeper can be partially removed, but portions remain embedded in the victim, and the rest of the organism grows back, sometimes within hours.

Garibaldi has pledged to support a group that claims to feel the Army of Light has become a cult of personality centered on Sheridan, and that this will ultimately damage the cause. Garibaldi feels the same way, he says, and that’s why he said what he did during the ISN interview.

Ivanova has begun setting up amnesty deals with smugglers to keep the station supplied with food and spare parts.
####Unanswered Questions

Who planted the Keeper on Captain Jack?

How did they know about his involvement with the resistance?

Who are the people Garibaldi promised to help?

What was the large ship being escorted toward Mars by a group of Starfuries?

“Woo hoo?”
####Analysis

The head of the group that recruited Garibaldi may have betrayed his true intentions with a slip of the tongue. When he first spoke to Garibaldi, he said Sheridan’s actions weren’t good for Earth, weren’t good for business, and weren’t good for the President — not something likely to come from the mouth of someone opposed to Clark.

The second time Garibaldi met with the mysterious group, the leader made a point of saying, “Are you with us?” several times. Could that be some kind of key phrase related to whatever was done to Garibaldi while he was captured ([[Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?]])

That phrase, or one like it, was used by someone else: Sheridan, who shouted, “Are you with me?” to the assembled crowd in [[The Summoning]]. If “Are you with us?” was indeed a key phrase, Sheridan inadvertently foreshadowed it earlier in the episode, when he told Delenn that he could make Garibaldi come around “if I could just find the right words.”

Since Garibaldi knows the group is planning to move against Sheridan at some point (they told him as much,) perhaps his acceptance of their offer is, instead of a rejection of Sheridan, actually part of a plan to root out possible threats to Babylon 5’s security. If so, a natural question is, does Sheridan know about that plan, or is it Garibaldi’s doing? Was the confrontation between Sheridan and Garibaldi just a premeditated ploy to help Garibaldi gain the trust of the new group? Sheridan’s conversation with Delenn after the first confrontation argues against that idea, but it’s still plausible.

It’s also possible the Brakiri woman was a setup, sent by the group to fawn over Sheridan at just the right time and push Garibaldi over the edge.

Garibaldi’s rejection of Sheridan parallels Judas’ rejection of Jesus. Both were part of their leader’s inner circle. Sheridan’s warning to Garibaldi to stop undermining him can be read as analogous to Jesus’ warning to Judas at the Last Supper (Matthew 26:24: “woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.”) John 13:2 says the Devil caused Judas to betray Jesus; Garibaldi has also been influenced in some way, in his case by Psi Corps ([[Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?]])

Many scholarly analyses ascribe motives similar to Garibaldi’s to Judas. Tim Rice’s lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Jesus Christ Superstar,” while perhaps not scholarly, put it succinctly:

My mind is clearer now.

At last all too well I can see where we all soon will be.

If you strip away the myth from the man,

You will see where we all soon will be.

Jesus!

You’ve started to believe

The things they say of you.

You really do believe

This talk of God is true.

And all the good you’ve done

Will soon get swept away.

You’ve begun to matter more than the things you say.

When Marcus discovered Jack aboard the transport ship, he had his arm around Jack’s neck. Why didn’t he feel the Keeper? Does it have some way of hiding itself, or was it simply that Jack was wearing heavy clothing to cover his lower neck, and Marcus couldn’t feel anything through the fabric?
####Notes

Marcus’ comment about hating parasites is probably a reference to [[Exogenesis]], in which his friend Duncan was taken over by an alien parasite.

Minbari have 52 rituals related to relationships. Sheridan and Delenn have now completed the first three. One is the female watching the male for three nights, and the third (according to Delenn, who called it the Third Movement of Love and Mutual Understanding) is the mutual exploration of pleasure centers.

Garibaldi’s hair loss is due to something a smuggler brought aboard the station.

The Pope is a woman in 2261, according to Garibaldi. During his second confrontation with Sheridan, he said, “He’s not the Pope. He doesn’t look anything like her.”

The subcommander and head of the resistance cell called themselves “Number Two” and “Number One,” a nod to the cult classic “The Prisoner.” Another reference to “Number One” can be found in [[Signs and Portents]].

The name “Captain Jack” is a nod to the Billy Joel song of the same name.

A slight glitch: When Captain Jack ripped open the insta-heat pack, Franklin said, “That’s beef and potatoes.” But his lips don’t match those words; apparently the original line was something different.

Marcus and Franklin were playing “I Spy” when they discovered a spy.

Delenn is recalled to Minbar to resolve a problem concerning her relationship with Sheridan, and must finally face up to her role in the Earth-Minbari War. Sheridan sends Marcus and Franklin to Mars on a secret mission.
####Overview

####Guest Stars

Brian Carpenter as Callenn. Reiner Schone as Dukhat.
####Lurk

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/synops/075.html
####Plot Points

After the last Shadow War, Valen, who was still genetically partially human ([[War Without End part 2]],) had children. The children, fearing persecution because they weren’t pure Minbari, fled Minbar until after Valen’s death. They returned and had children of their own, spreading human genes through the Minbari population to the present day.

Valen’s body was never found after his death.

Delenn is a descendant of Valen, and as such had some human DNA even before her transformation in [[Chrysalis]].

The Grey Council elected not to make contact with humans, who they heard about through the Centauri. When the Grey Council’s cruiser came upon the human convoy some time later ([[A Late Delivery from Avalon]]) only Delenn, who had researched humans in the meantime, knew which race they belonged to. Dukhat realized that the Minbari practice of approaching with gun ports open could be dangerous, but before his order to close them could be carried out, the Earth ships attacked.

Enraged over the death of Dukhat, Delenn gave the order that started the Earth-Minbari War. She was later unable to stop it from proceeding.

The Triluminaries used by the Grey Council were made specifically for Sinclair. They activate in the presence of Sinclair/Valen’s DNA. They were made on Epsilon 3 and brought back in time by Sinclair ([[War Without End part 2]].) Franklin has given G’Kar a prosthetic eye, which can see and transmit images to G’Kar’s brain even when it’s not in its socket.
####Unanswered Questions

Why was Valen’s body never found? Is he perhaps still alive or in suspended animation?

In [[Babylon Squared]], Delenn was given a triluminary and told there were still two left. Why was Sinclair given three of them, when only one was required to operate the chrysalis machine? ([[Chrysalis]], [[War Without End part 2]])

Did Delenn maintain the secret of Valen’s human DNA, allowing Callenn to cover up for her as he suggested?

Exactly what is the dreaming? Does it have a will of its own, or does it simply stimulate the dreamer’s subconscious?

How far can G’Kar’s eye transmit? Is it useful for spying purposes?
####Analysis

Callenn said the number of Minbari with traces of human DNA were beyond measure. A rough estimate can be made, however. If Minbari couples have, on average, two children, and have children at age fifty (since Minbari have longer lifespans than humans, a longer delay between generations is plausible) then in a thousand years, there would be twenty generations of Valen’s descendants, the most recent numbering about 1,000,000. That estimate assumes no interbreeding among his descendants, and a variation in the number of children of the first few generations could greatly alter the number. Still, it’s a useful discussion point.

1,000,000 probably works out to a tiny fraction of the Minbari population, which, it’s not unreasonable to assume, is many billions of people spread across various worlds despite Lennier’s claim ([[Points of Departure]]) that Minbari population has been on the decline for some time.

On the other hand, if Valen’s descendants were markedly more prolific than average Minbari, e.g. with a 30-year generation time rather than a 50-year one (and both numbers are pure conjecture!) there’d have been 33 generations, with 8,600,000,000 in the most recent, in which case the term “countless” would easily apply. Obviously interbreeding, very probable in a population that size, would reduce the number markedly.

Either way, a substantial percentage of the Minbari population most likely still has pure Minbari genes. This is supported by Dukhat’s reaction to the triluminary glowing when Delenn touched it; if Valen’s progeny were in fact a large percentage of the population, presumably previous Grey Council members would have triggered the triluminary.

Callenn’s horror at the prospect of human DNA mingling with Minbari genes parallels the newscast in [[The Illusion of Truth]], which attempted to suggest that Delenn and Sheridan wanted to introduce Minbari genes into humans. In fact, just the opposite has occurred.

David, Delenn and Sheridan’s son ([[War Without End part 2]],) will be a direct descendant of all three of The One. Dukhat’s conversation with Delenn is echoed years later when Lennier arrives on Babylon 5 ([[The Parliament of Dreams]]) and she tells him the same thing Dukhat told her: “I cannot have an aide who will not look up. You will be forever walking into things.”

In [[Rumors, Bargains, and Lies]], Delenn said she’d been training Lennier as Dukhat trained her. Delenn eventually succeeded Dukhat as leader of the Minbari, both in this episode and in [[Babylon Squared]], though she turned the position down in both cases. Will the parallel between Lennier and Delenn in her youth continue into the future? Is Lennier destined to a prominent place in Minbari society?

Dukhat said he could override the Council’s decision to avoid contacting the humans. What is the relationship between the Council and the leader? Do they simply serve as an advisory body, with the final decisions ultimately made by the leader?

Lennier’s pledge to Delenn, to be by her side through fire, storm, darkness, and death, echoes the pledge of the Nine to the One in the Minbari ceremony in [[The Parliament of Dreams]].

Delenn feels responsible for the Earth-Minbari War. Her father committed suicide, heartbroken over the war ([[Grey 17 Is Missing]].) Does Delenn thus feel personally responsible for her father’s death?

Why did Dukhat suspect Delenn was descended from Valen? With so many descendants, he couldn’t have followed Valen’s entire bloodline, even assuming it was all documented. Perhaps he simply researched the heritage of all the acolytes working with the Grey Council.

Delenn’s childhood vision ([[Confessions and Lamentations]],) in which a figure appeared to her in a temple and said he wouldn’t allow “any of my little ones” to come to harm there, takes on new significance now. If the figure was some kind of manifestation of Valen, “little ones” might have referred to his descendants, and the vision might have been Delenn’s first clue that she was somehow related to him. If so, the vision was probably a powerful motivating force for her, perhaps even the source of her belief in her own destiny.

If Delenn told Dukhat about the vision, or he found out about it some other way, that might explain his suspicion that she was a descendant of Valen.

Did Dukhat know Valen was part human? Callenn was aware of it; was it common knowledge among the Grey Council after Sinclair was interrogated and the triluminary indicated his relation to Valen? ([[And the Sky Full of Stars]])

Do Valen’s descendants have distinguishing features? Perhaps the presence of human DNA explains why a small number of Minbari men have facial hair, e.g. Dukhat, Draal (“A Voice in the Wilderness”) and Kalain ([[Points of Departure]].)

In [[Soul Hunter]], the soul hunter recalls that the Minbari made a wall of bodies to stop Dukhat’s soul from being taken. Although soul hunters appeared as the battle began, no attempt to stop them was shown, and Delenn was seeminly unaware of them as Dukhat lay dying in her arms.

Perhaps the soul hunter was speaking metaphorically; there were so many Minbari dead that their ability to sense death didn’t lead them to Dukhat in particular. However, since the soul hunter recognized Delenn years later, he must have arrived at Dukhat at some point, perhaps after she ordered the attack on the humans.

Zack’s discomfort with his new uniform mirrors his discomfort with the Earthforce uniform in [[Voices of Authority]].

G’Kar is wearing rags around his eye in the flashforward in [[War Without End part 2]]. Where was his eye? Destroyed or discarded, or simply recharging or sending him images from somewhere else?

Ivanova is likely still the leader of half the Drazi on Babylon 5. She wore the green leader’s sash to the party. Presumably the fact that all the formerly green Drazi are now wearing purple ([[The Geometry of Shadows]]) didn’t cause any problems.
####Notes

One of the heavy cruisers in the Prometheus convoy is the Hyperion ([[A Voice in the Wilderness part 2]].) The name can be seen briefly on the side of the ship in one scene. According to coproducer George Johnsen, that was intentional, not just an accidental reuse of a computer model, implying the Hyperion escaped from the Minbari counterattack on the Earth base.

More than five days may have elapsed between the first scene, Zack’s fitting, and the second, the arrival of Callenn and his entourage. (“Thirdspace”)

A slight inaccuracy: The ship carrying Franklin and Marcus is shown to have zero gravity. But the exterior shot shows its engines firing. The resulting acceleration (in the vacuum of space, any thrust will result in acceleration) would have pushed all the objects in the cargo hold toward one of the walls. Of course, it’s possible the engines were glowing but not actually in use; perhaps they were in some sort of standby mode.

Continuity glitch: During the conference scene with Sheridan, Franklin, and Marcus, Franklin is reading over his documents with the folder flat on Sheridan’s desk. When the view shifts to show all three characters, Franklin is holding the folder.

The tune sung by Marcus is “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General,” from “The Pirates of Penzance” by Gilbert and Sullivan. Marcus misquotes the song slightly: he says, “quote the facts historical,” when the original lyrics are, “quote the fights historical.”

Delenn’s family name, Mir, may be a reference to Mira Furlan’s first name.

Sheridan’s line about his true face being mashed up against a pillow and drooling was based on a rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated message commenting on [[Shadow Dancing]], where the Minbari ritual was first introduced.