Babylon 5 · Season 3
[Sheridan approaches Kosh to thank him for saving his life.]
You've been back and forth to your homeworld so many times since you got here, how do I know you're the same Vorlon? Inside that Encounter Suit you could be anyone.
I have always been here.
Oh yeah? You said that about me too.
Yes.
[slightly unnerved] I really hate it when you do that.
Good.
[Ivanova chides Sheridan on his impatience over an arriving VIP on a mysterious mission.]
Leave it to you to try and take all the fun out of life. I mean, come on, where's your sense of mystery, of adventure?
Are you trying to cheer me up?
No, sir! Wouldn't dream of it.
Good! I hate being cheered up. It's...depressing.
So, in that case...we're all going to die horrible, painful, lingering deaths.
Thank you. I feel so much better now.
[Ivanova preempts Sheridan's belated revelation of the Rangers by detailing what he was going to say.]
Captain, the day something happens around here and I don't know about it, worry.
[Marcus shows off a brand-new ship to Sheridan and Ivanova.]
My God! It's beautiful!
Her name is the White Star. And she's yours, Captain.
This is quite irregular, Mr. Garibaldi! I was assured that Captain Sheridan or Commander Ivanova would be available!
They got called away on urgent business.
What kind of business?
I'm not authorized for that kind of information.
But...you're the head of Security.
And what kind of head of Security would I be if I let people like me know things that I'm not supposed to know? [I mean,] I know what I know because I have to know it, and if I don't have to know it, I don't tell me, and I don't let anyone else tell me, either. Now look, we've tried most of the other ambassadors. Why don't you speak to G'Kar? Maybe he knows something about this ship.
Under the terms of our recent treaty, I am not authorized to have any official conversation with the Narn without Centauri approval.
So you'll ask unofficially. And I can give you reasonable assurances that the head of Security will not report you for doing so.
[slowly] Because you won't tell yourself about it.
I try never to get involved in my own life. Too much trouble.
[confused] This is a very strange place you have here, Mr. Garibaldi.
Thank you.
[The White Star is fleeing a Shadow ship in hyperspace, and Sheridan has an idea for beating it.]
Tell me, Commander...have you ever wondered what would happen if you opened a jump point while inside a jump gate?
No! And neither should you! EarthForce experimented with the idea during the Minbari War. They called it the Bonehead Maneuver. [to Lennier] No offense.
[more curious than offended] None taken.
[A clandestine trio on Earth consider the premature leak of a Shadow ship sighting.]
Your government can dismiss this as an isolated incident.
I don't know. There's something about this idea of a threat to planetary security I find very appealing. As long as we keep the real truth to ourselves, there's no reason we can't use this situation to speed up the program here at home.
[Drazi missionaries ask a distracted Garibaldi about the recent sighting of their holy figure Droshalla.]
Zack, do me a favor and explain the missionary, uh... position to these folks.
[Lennier is in the arrivals area, stuck between two humans--one drunk, one sleeping on his shoulder.]
I said "Sheila," "Sheila," I says, "you change that vid channel one more time and I'm outta here, you got it?" Well, she did, I did, and here I am! You shoulda seen the look on her face, let me tell you! But it's great! I get to meet all kinds of people! I mean, look! Me sitting next to you, a Minbari! You know, us in that war and all. But I don't hold a grudge, no sir! You know what? I say live and let live! You know, look, I got hair, you got a bone! So where you goin'?
Home. I have been diagnosed with Netter's Syndrome. Since I have only seven days to live, I thought I would return home to put my affairs in order before the end.
Netter's Syndrome? I've had a few syndromes, but I've never heard of that one.
Neither had I. Apparently it's spread by physical contact.
[The drunk realizes he's still got Lennier by the shoulder.]
Uh, I gotta make a call. [He gets up and walks away, while the sleeping human rolls off of Lennier's shoulder.]
[to himself] I will do penance later.
[Ivanova has recruited Brother Theo and his monks to help locate a bomber.]
May I be the first to say that this is the nuttiest idea you've ever had.
Thank you.
[Lennier wakes from a coma after saving Londo and Delenn's lives in a bombing.]
Welcome back! How do you feel?
As though a great many heavy objects had fallen on me. But I suspect I will live.
[Londo and G'Kar are about to be pulled out of a bombed-out transport tube]
There, you see? I'm going to live!
So it would seem. Well, it is an imperfect universe.
Bastard.
Monster.
Fanatic!
Murderer!
You are insane!
And that is why we'll win.
"Go be the ambassador to Babylon 5," they say. "It will be an easy assignment!" I hate my life.
So do I.
Shut up!
[Ivanova passes the alien questionnaire results to Corwin.]
Check these figures again, make sure they came through the translator okay? I don't want to get killed because of a typo. It'd be embarrassing.
If I live through this job without completely losing my mind, it will be a miracle of biblical proportions!
Well, there goes my faith in the Almighty.
If I stay here, your families are in jeopardy. Is anything more important than their safety?
Yes. Their freedom. It's better to die in the cause of freedom than to live in comfort as a slave.
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