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Ship of Tears

From The Babylon Project

SHIP OF TEARS
Babylon 5, Episode 3x14
Production number: 314
First aired: 29th April 1996
59th Babylon 5 episode to be aired
Production Credits
Written By: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed By: Michael Vejar
Executive Producer: Douglas Netter
& J. Michael Straczynski
Producer: John Copeland
Production Designer: John Iacovelli
Director of Photography: John C. Flinn, III A.S.C.
Editor: David W. Foster
Music By: Christopher Franke
Episode Chronology
Story Date: July 24th, 2260
Chronological Order
Preceded by: A Late Delivery from Avalon
Followed by: Interludes and Examinations
Broadcast Order
Preceded by: A Late Delivery from Avalon
Followed by: Interludes and Examinations


Contents

[edit] Cast

[edit] Regular

[edit] Guest Starring

[edit] Special Guest Star

[edit] Featuring

[edit] Cast Notes

[edit] Summary

[edit] Intro

[edit] Act I

Bester arrives and tells Sheridan that he knows of a Shadow transport carrying weapons. Bester's motive is that he dislikes the Shadows' influence over Psi Corps.

G'Kar confronts Ivanova, reminders her that he was promised membership in Sheridan's new anti-Shadow alliance, the "War Council."

[edit] Act II

Sheridan takes a White Star with Bester on board to track the Shadow vessel in hyperspace.

Delenn confesses to G'Kar that the Grey Council knew of the Shadows' alliance with the Centauri but said nothing, thus allowing the Centauri to attack the Narn homeworld; they were trying to keep the Shadows ignorant of the Alliance's knowledge of the Shadows' return. G'Kar says he understands but that he does not forgive her.

[edit] Act III

The Shadow vessel crew commits suicide rather than be captured, but the White Star succeeds in claiming its "weapons" cargo: 100 telepaths in cryogenic suspension. When Dr. Franklin sees the cyberweb implants on a telepath, he takes the ID bracelet to Bester who identifies the telepath as a blip - then Bester sees the name on the bracelet: Carolyn Sanderson. She gets loose and starts taking over Medlab due to the Shadows programmed commands in her brain. Before she is sedated and re-frozen, she says to Bester: "Al, what have they done to me?" and shows him what the Shadows' servants did to her.

[edit] Act IV

Garibaldi figures out that the reason the Shadows killed all Narn telepaths a thousand years ago was because telepaths are a danger to the Shadows; apparently, this was before the Shadows developed those cyberweb implants to control telepaths.

[edit] Act V

The Shadows are now openly attacked planets in Brakiri space.

[edit] Memorable Quotes

"Try not to drool on the controls."
– Sheridan to Bester on the White Star
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
– Bester to Sheridan, re why Bester wants to help fight the Shadows
"Some must be sacrificed if all are to be saved.' Now I understand that is as much about how we got here, as where we are going. I think that one sentence is the greatest burden I have ever known."
– G'Kar to Delenn
"Do not thump the book of G'Quan. It is disrespectful."
– G'kar to Garibaldi

[edit] DVD Release

This episode, along with the other 21 from Season 3 have been released on DVD with extensive Special Features.

[edit] External Link

Episode guide page for Ship of Tears at the Lurker's Guide

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