A living weapon wreaks havoc on the station.A living weapon wreaks havoc on the station.A living weapon wreaks havoc on the station.
- Delenn
- (credit only)
- Talia Winters
- (credit only)
- Vir Cotto
- (credit only)
- Na'Toth
- (as Caitlin Brown)
- (credit only)
- G'Kar
- (credit only)
- Londo Mollari
- (credit only)
- Nelson Drake
- (as Marshall Teague)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAfter Dr. Franklin scans the organic artifact, a monitor shows it contains "Thiamine, Riboflavin, Niacin, Xanthan, Maltodextrin, Okudazin". The first three are Vitamin B1, B2, and B3, Xanthan and Maltodextrin are food additives (thickening agents), and Okudazin is a nod to Michael Okuda, technical consultant and scenic art supervisor for the Star Trek franchise, who used to include similar references to other science fiction series in his view-screens.
- GoofsWhile Franklin and Hendricks discuss the morality of plundering dead civilizations for their technology, Franklin uses the non-existent word "scavage" for what is certainly "scavenge".
- Quotes
[last lines]
Mary Ann Cramer: I have to ask you the same question people back home are asking about space these days. Is it worth it? Should we just pull back? Forget the whole thing as a bad idea, and take care of our own problems, at home.
Cmdr. Jeffrey Sinclair: No. We have to stay here. And there's a simple reason why. Ask ten different scientists about the environment, population control, genetics, and you'll get ten different answers, but there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on. Whether it happens in a hundred years or a thousand years or a million years, eventually our Sun will grow cold and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us. It'll take Marilyn Monroe, and Lao-Tzu, and Einstein, and Morobuto, and Buddy Holly, and Aristophanes, and - all of this - all of this - was for nothing. Unless we go to the stars.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Babylon 5: Hunter, Prey (1995)
Sheridan's epic quote right here almost made me move a tear right here; 'However long it takes for our sun to die out, a thousand years, a hundred thousand, a million (and yes, the slightly astronomically educated amongst us know these figures are void, its not what its about at all) 'If mankind does not move to the stars at some point, all of this (quoting some of mankinds random greatest moments) will have been for nothing'.
A truly moving moment that overshadows a mediocre episode in this great series completely for me.