Babylon 5, Season 2: The Coming of Shadows

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 »

Bester informs Sheridan, Ivanova, and Garibaldi that rogue telepaths are using Babylon 5 as a transfer point to escape, and requests their help in apprehending them.

Sheridan to Garibaldi:
Well, you've been pretty quiet. Is he right, or isn't he?

Garibaldi:
Technically? Yeah, I suppose. We're obliged to uphold the laws of Earth Alliance. It doesn't mean we have to like it. And if there is some kind of illegitimate travel going through here, it's a threat to station security and we have to know about it.

Ivanova:
Come on, Garibaldi. You can't tell me you agree with this. You want to help them?

Garibaldi:
Want, agree, that has nothing to do with it. The law is the law. It's damn ironic, isn't it? The Corps got started because we were afraid of telepaths, now they're victims of our own fears. We took away every right they had and shoved them into a big black box called Psi Corps. Now look at them. Black uniforms, jackboots, giving orders. Some days they scare the hell out of me.

Sheridan:
Yeah, if you ask me we created our own monster. And maybe we deserve it.

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