Epiphanies (10 Feb. 1997)

Director:

John C. Flinn III

Writers:

J. Michael Straczynski (creator), J. Michael Straczynski

Stars:

Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Capt. John Sheridan
Claudia Christian	...	Cmdr. Susan Ivanova
Jerry Doyle	...	Michael Garibaldi
Mira Furlan	...	Delenn
Richard Biggs	...	Dr. Stephen Franklin
Bill Mumy	...	Lennier (credit only)
Jason Carter	...	Marcus Cole (credit only)
Stephen Furst	...	Vir Cotto (credit only)
Jeff Conaway	...	Zack Allan
Patricia Tallman	...	Lyta Alexander
Andreas Katsulas	...	G'Kar
Peter Jurasik	...	Londo Mollari
Damian London	...	Minister
Walter Koenig	...	Alfred Bester
Victor Lundin	...	Psi Corps Official

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

23rd century

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 February 1997 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The woman seen pulling Dr. Franklin on to the dance floor during the party is Richard Biggs' widow, Lori. They were engaged at the time this episode was being shot.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Capt. John Sheridan: Captain's personal log: the Shadow War is over. We won. But I can't stop thinking about what it cost us and how much work is still ahead of us. Then again, maybe the doc's right. Embrace the moment. In the end, it's all we have. Trouble will come, in it's own time, it always does. But that's tomorrow. Give me today and I will be happy.

User Reviews

Sheridan and Bester working together? Say it isn't so!

This is a super-bizarre episode because for once Bester and Sheridan seem to be on the same side! Sure, you know that down deep, this is really part of some intricate plan by Bester and Sheridan knows it, but he finds there is little choice but to trust this evil Psi Corps. When Bester arrived on B-5, he announced that there is an evil plot to destroy Earth Force ships enforcing the embargo of B-5 and then blame this on B-5. Who exactly the ships are is unknown, but when Sheridan arrives with Bester at the coordinates, there is indeed an attack on these Earth ships by Psi Corps ships and the fighters of B-5 come to the rescue.

The cost for this information is a trip to Z'Ha'Dum in order to do some unnamed task. When they arrive, a fleet of Shadow-allied ships are rapidly departing and they find a huge cache of telepaths in suspended animation. Apparently, one of the frozen "teeps" is Bester's lover and he will do anything to rescue her. However, these telepaths have been medically altered into killing machines meant to command Shadow vessels, so they must keep them in suspended animation until they can eventually learn how to restore them.

An interesting and unexpected episode to say the least!