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Babylon 5, Season 1: Signs and Portents

Babylon 5 (1993-1998), created by J. Michael Straczynski, is a science fiction television epic about Babylon 5, an Earth-governed space station built to promote harmony between interstellar civilizations. It is unusual in its focus on a story arc wh… more »

[Sinclair is listening to an audio recording of Tennyson's Ulysses in his quarters]

Catherine:
Tennyson? Jeff, you've been caught on that one since the Academy! What's it take to drag you into the 23rd century?

Sinclair:
We find meaning where we can.

Catherine:
Ah, and which are you? "An idle king…doling unequal laws unto a savage race that hoard and sleep and feed and know not you"? Or, "this gray spirit, yearning in desire to follow knowledge like a sinking star"?

Sinclair:
I didn't know you'd memorized it!

Catherine:
I lived with you for a year. I didn't have much choice.

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