1x04 Born to the Purple - Babylon 5 Episode Guide

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- Episode 01x04

Episode: 01x04
Title: Born to the Purple
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 104
First Aired: Feb. 09, 1994

Season 1 » Episode #04 - Born to the Purple

Summary: Londo Mollari is a man who knows the value of secrets, especially other peoples' secrets. This is why his files are one of his most priced possessions, and why it is highly worrysome when an exotic dancer manages to con him out of them. Knowledge is power, and Londo is desperate to keep that power intact. G'Kar has his own problems - a very strong-headed and aggressive aid arrived to the station to be at his side. Sinclair is frustrated working with them in the very important peace talks, as is Talia the P5 telepath who is assigned to the negotiations, as both Londo and G'Kar are obviously distracted and agitated. Meanwhile, Garibaldi is getting antsy when finding unauthorized communications taking place from within the station but Ivanova refuse to take him seriously.

Who appeared in this episode?

Lt. Cmdr. Susan Ivanova	played by Claudia Christian
Na'Toth	played by Julie Caitlin Brown
Dr. Vance Hendricks	played by David McCallum
Nelson Drake	played by Marshall R. Teague
Mary Ann Cramer	played by Patricia Healy
Tech #1	played by Sav Farrow
Security Guard	played by Daniel Hutchison
Tech #2	played by Sylva Kelegian
Guard	played by Tony Rizzoli

Season 1 / Episode 4: - Born to the Purple

Cmdr. Jeffrey Sinclair: Last time I gave an interview, they told me to relax and say what I felt, ten minutes after broadcast I got transferred to an outpost so far off the star maps, you couldn't find it with a hunting dog and a ouija board
Michael Garibaldi: Don't sweat it. Just be that charming effervescent commander we've all come to know and love. What's the worst that could happen? They fire you, ship you off to the rim and I get promoted to captain. I don't see a problem here.
Cmdr. Jeffrey Sinclair: [quotes 'King Lear'] How sharper than a serpent's tooth.

Season 1 / Episode 4: - Born to the Purple

Mary Ann Cramer: When is the commander due back?
Michael Garibaldi: Soon.
Mary Ann Cramer: How soon is "soon"?
Michael Garibaldi: Longer than a little while, faster than later. He took out a fighter...

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TRIVIA

After 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.
At one point, Garibaldi (Jerry Doyle) is talking to the reporter (Patricia Healy) about how he and Sinclair first met on Mars, "...we walked out of the desert." This story was covered in detail in the Babylon 5 comic books, published by DC Comics. What he doesn't tell her is that the Shadows were involved.

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