The One Where The Drakh Leave Their Old Home And Make A New Friend
The war is over. "We won," Sheridan says, in an incredibly corny voice. Alas, this isn't the strangest bit of acting in the teaser; on Earth, Bester is getting briefed by the single most lifeless guest performer the show ever has. Turns out President Clark has a new plan to shut down Babylon 5.
On B5, Garibaldi gets a weird message and is reminded (as is the audience) that he was captured a few weeks back. It seems to have an effect on him, because he goes to resign.
Zack will take over as chief of security, and he has a chat with Garibaldi about how Zack didn't exactly come highly recommended, but he has done a great job. (Subtext: Jeff Conaway had torpedoed his career with drug habits, to the point that when he joined the B5 cast, some of his former cast-mates apparently wrote in telling JMS and the rest of the production team that he was a nightmare to work with.)
Next, Zack has to go check in on Lyta, because Bester's come aboard and they need someone to stop him scanning the command staff. Lyta is displaying the first hints of the bitter resentfulness that will, uh, basically define her character by the end of the show. So that's definitely something to watch out for.
Speaking of evolving characters and their relationships, G'Kar and Londo bump into each other. G'Kar basically says that their business is concluded and it would be better for them to never cross paths again. (Since we already know that they'll kill each other 17 years in the future, G'Kar's wish here is just not possible.)
Bester is here to ask the B5 crew to go back to Z'Ha'Dum (as opposed to him going himself, for some reason - does he not know where it is?) To get them to agree, he tells them about a false-flag attack on an EarthForce patrol they should probably go stop. So they do.
They go to Z'Ha'Dum and see some ships leaving, but they're too far away to get a good look and the White Stars don't come with a zoom feature. Then the planet explodes. Apparently Lyta told them they were coming, and there are some secrets best left unearthed (again, given JMS's autobiography, this is darkly ironic - at the time this episode was made, JMS hadn't yet discovered that his father was a war criminal).
Bester spends a few moments with a still-frozen Carolyn, and tells us that he still has an ace in the hole. And isn't it interesting that this is his first visit to the station where he hasn't needled Garibaldi about something?
Sheridan wonders where those ships went. On Centauri Prime, Minister Virini wakes up with something familiar on his neck.
Eh, that episode exists. It serves to show us that the story isn't over, which is what needed to be done after the last one. It's passable, but it's sandwiched between a Big Plot Episode and one of B5's best social commentaries, so... yeah, it exists.
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