Babylon 5 · Season 2
[Franklin brings a message from the ill Emperor to G'Kar, who had planned to kill the Centauri leader.]
How is the poor fellow? I was so looking forward to meeting him and opening up...a dialog.
. . .
[Franklin relays the Emperor's message.]
He said..."We're wrong. The hatred between our people can never end until someone is willing to say, 'I'm sorry'. And try and find a way to make things right again, to atone for our actions."
[Garibaldi receives a recorded message from former boss Jeffrey Sinclair.]
There's a great darkness coming, Michael.
I would very much like to have seen a Vorlon.
[he closes his eyes; when he reopens them, Kosh is standing over him]
How will this end?
In fire.[N]
[relaying the Emperor's "last words"] He said..."Continue. Take my people back...to the stars."
. . .
[outside Medlab, after the Emperor's death]
Mollari, what did he say? Really?
He said..."You are both damned."
Well, it's a small enough price to pay for immortality.
So you are going to allow this? Even over my objections?
What, did I somehow turn invisible or something? Yes, Ambassador. The Emperor is allowed to come aboard. Now, if this bothers you, I suggest you stay in your quarters, stick your fingers in your ears, and hum real loud until it's over! Unless you'd like to try something as breathtakingly rational as trying to open up a dialog? G'Kar, you are in a position to directly negotiate with the head of the Centauri Republic, and you are wasting it on a tantrum!
[Centauri Emperor Turhan talks to Captain Sheridan about their paths in life.]
Why are you here, in this place, in that uniform? Was it your choice or were you pressed into service?
It was my choice. The planetary draft didn't start until the war, a few years later. I guess I wanted to serve something that was bigger than I was. Make a difference, somewhere, somehow. You seem interested in why people chose to be here.
It has occurred to me recently that I have never chosen anything. I was born into a role that was prepared for me. I did everything I was asked to do because it never occurred to me to choose otherwise. And now, at the end of my life, I wonder what might have been.
That's why my father taught me to live each second as though it were the last moment of my life. He said, "If you love, love without reservation. If you fight, fight without fear." He called it "the way of the warrior."
No regrets then?
A few. But just a few. You?
Oh, enough to fill a lifetime. So much has been lost, so much forgotten. So much pain, so much blood. And for what, I wonder? The past tempts us, the present confuses us, and the future frightens us. And our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast terrible in-between. But there is still time to seize that one last, fragile moment. To choose something better, to make a difference, as you say. And I intend to do just that.
[meeting Garibaldi] I had an Alfredo Garibaldi under my command during the Dilgar invasion. Excellent soldier!
[smiles proudly] That was my dad.
[unimpressed] So much for genetics.
I'm a doctor! My duty is to heal!
Then heal humans! Stephen, I know you're fascinated by these alien creatures, but they're a threat to humanity. And they always will be. Help your own kind!
Life is life, whether it's wrapped in skin, scales, or feathers! Now if you respected these beings instead of constantly trying to murder them, you'd appreciate that!
We are all slaves to our histories. If there is to be a...bright future, we must learn to break those chains.
There's only one truth about war: people die. Killing is part of a soldier's job--we can't deny it. We can only live with it and hope the reasons for doing it are justified.
Being asked to serve on the Council is a matter of soul, not of flesh. The change you've gone through, it shouldn't matter.
But it does, Lennier. I made a decision, and now I must face the consequences.
[New Grey Council member Neroon confronts Delenn.]
You are an affront to the purity of our race!
[On the Strieb ship, Sheridan has a strange dream about Babylon 5 and some of its denizens.]
Do you know who I am?
The man in-between is searching for you.
You are the hand.
[Sheridan turns to see Kosh.]
Why are you here?
We were never away. For the first time, your mind is quiet enough to hear me.
Why am I here?
You have always been here.
[Back on Babylon 5, Sheridan encounters Kosh.]
You have always been here.
[Sheridan asks Hague why he trusts him with his secret effort to investigate the new Earth government.]
...you have an uncommon failing for someone in your position, Captain. You're a patriot. You believe as I do that when we put on this uniform, we took a solemn vow to protect Earth against threats from outside and from within. [...] Your cooperation is essential, if we're going to take back our government.
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