Stephen Franklin quotes from Babylon 5

Marcus Cole

I spy with my little eye...something beginning with "B."

Stephen Franklin

[annoyed] Boxes.

Marcus

Fine! I spy with my little eye something beginning with "M."

Franklin

More boxes.

Marcus

Two in a row.

Franklin

[deadpan] "And that's when I shot him, Your Honor."

Marcus

I spy with my little eye something beginning with "E."

Franklin

I-I give up.

Marcus

Oh come on.

Franklin

This better not be what I–

[in unison] Even MORE boxes!

Garibaldi

Okay, who gulped? Somebody gulped. We have got a long way to go. We're supposed to sip, not gulp.

Franklin

I didn't gulp.

Lyta

I sipped.

Garibaldi

[to Lyta] You I believe.

Franklin

[chagrined] What? Why do you believe her and not me?

Garibaldi

Because when you lie, it's all over your face. She's a better liar than you are.

Lyta

Thank you. [pause] Wait a minute! [...] What do you mean I'm a good liar?

Londo Mollari

So Doctor...who died?

Stephen Franklin

[confused] What are you talking about?

Londo Mollari

Among my people this is how we celebrate state funerals. Our marriage ceremonies are solemn, sober. Moments of reflection...also regret, disagreement, argument and mutual recrimination. Once you know it can't get any worse you can sit back and enjoy the marriage. But to start with something like this? No, it is a very bad sign for the future.

Londo Mollari

Perhaps it is something I said?

G'Kar

Perhaps it is everything you say.

Bester

Oh, come on, doctor, we have a history here. Tell the truth. You don't want me here a second more than I want to be here.

Stephen Franklin

Personally, no. But as a doctor I have to treat all of my patients equally. Even the annoying, self-righteous ones with self-important delusions of godhood.

Bester

Thank you. I feel far more at home now.

Franklin

And Londo?

Zack

Oh, he was just standing there, watching as Vir tore the place apart! [more laughter; Zack puts on self-important tone] "Today he is a man!"

Stephen Franklin

Can God make a rock so big, that even he can't lift it?

G'Kar

Yes, I've heard it, but ...

Franklin

What if that is the wrong question? I wonder if the right question is, can God create a puzzle so difficult, a riddle so complex, that even he can't solve it? What if that's us? Maybe a problem like this is God's way of doing to us a little of what we do to him?

John Sheridan

I tell ya, the next person who acts irrationally, I swear I'm gonna shoot myself in the head.

Delenn

BASTARDS!

Franklin

Did she just...?

Sheridan

She did.

Franklin

I'll get the gun.

Sheridan

What could make her [Lyta] turn like this?

Franklin

Well, let's see. She was..."adjusted" by the Vorlons, dumped by the Vorlons, used as a weapon. Quit the Corps. Lost the only man she ever loved and dedicated herself to finishing his work. Pick one or all of the above. Let's face it, she's pissed.

Sheridan

Massively.

So it really couldn't–

Stephen Franklin

No, you're right. It couldn't–

So there we are.

Franklin

There you go, yeah.

Franklin

You know, I do have about an hour before my next shift starts, in case you wanted to...celebrate your new job.

More than an hour or less than an hour?

Franklin

About an hour and ten minutes.

You go on ahead. You know how I like the lights.

Vir Cotto

One time, we were walking through the Alien sector, and we heard this beautiful singing coming from the Pak'Ma'Ra's quarters.

John Sheridan

They sing?

Stephen Franklin

There's nothing in the literature about that.

Vir

Apparently they only ever do it once a year, during their religious period. And we were listening to this singing and I saw a tear run down Londo's face, and I said, "We should go, this is upsetting you." But he said no, and we stayed. After the singing was over he turned to me and said, "There are 49 Gods in our Pantheon, Vir. To tell you the truth I've never really believed in any of them. But if just one of them exists...then God sings with that voice."

Sheridan

A toast. To...absent friends. In memory still bright.

Michael Garibaldi

G'Kar.

Vir

Londo.

Delenn

Lennier.

Franklin

Mar--

Susan Ivanova

Marcus.

Vir Cotto

You know, Londo never liked the Pak'ma'ra. They're stubborn, lazy, obnoxious, greedy—

Michael Garibaldi

They kinda look like an octopus that got run over by a truck.

Vir

That too! But one day, Londo and I were walking past their quarters, and we heard them…singing.

John Sheridan

Singing? They can sing?

Stephen Franklin

There's nothing in the literature about that.

Vir

Apparently, it's something they only do certain times of the year as part of their religious ceremonies. You may not believe this, but, it was the most beautiful sound I have ever heard. I-I-I couldn't make out the words, but I knew it was full of sadness and hope and wonder and a terrible…sense of loss. I-I looked at Londo, and, this is the amazing part…there was a tear running down his face. I said, "Londo, we-we should leave. I mean, this is upsetting you." And he just stood there and listened. And when it was over, he turned to me and he said, "There are 49 gods in our pantheon, Vir. To tell you the truth, I never believed in any of them. But if only one of them exists, then God sings with that voice." It's funny. After everything we had been through…all he did? I miss him.

Sheridan

A toast. To…absent friends. In memory still bright.

Garibaldi

G'Kar.

Vir

Londo.

Delenn

Lennier.

Franklin

Mar—

Susan Ivanova

Marcus.

John Sheridan

Hey I have a message for you. I have a message. I know what is in Dukat's sacred place. omph!

Silence! <Striking Sheridan>

John Sheridan

I know what is in Dukat's sacred place. omph!

Delenn

Stop! What is... in Dukat's sacred place?

John Sheridan

Entilzah. Entilzah!

Delenn

Let them go.

Satah?

Delenn

I said, let them go. There has been enough blood spilled this day.

Dr. Franklin

Entilzah. What does that mean?

G'Kar

The future.