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)
So I disagree with the first writer who said that it doesn't tie into later episodes. This is one of the earliest where you can say "this is where that storyline began" or "this is a hint of major plot lines which culminate in episode X".
This episode also is one which is a good example of B5's (Straczinski's) habit of locating older actors who are associated with quality work or science fiction acting in the "distant past". A lot of the one-shot parts in B5 get filled with well-known actors like Ian "Man from U.N.C.L.E" McCallum: people you recognize from the 60's and 70's and who do excellent work for the show.
- bhumphrey2
- Jan 8, 2007