B5: Midnight on the Firing Line

This episode starts off with a really cliché sequence. We see a few Centauri on a station orbiting Ragesh 3. Okay, so I guess all Centauri share that sideways mohawk hairdo. What's up with that thing? Anyway, the conversation sounds something like this:

"Somebody's dropping out of hyperspace!"
"They're attacking us!"
"I know who they are! They're the-"
The station is destroyed.

I know they probably just needed to fulfill the CGI quota for the week, but they could have found a better way of doing it. I'm probably getting too picky, though, so let's get to the rest of the episode.

Londo Mollari analyzes the footage recovered from the attack and discovers that the Narn are behind it. This really brings out the tension between Mollari and G'Kar, and a fight nearly breaks out between the two. Apparently the Centauri once had control over most of the galaxy, to the point where humans almost believed that they were distant cousins of them, but now the Narn want their turn.

"Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of hairspray!"

However, at a council meeting, G'Kar presents evidence that the Narn were not behind the attack. He calls up a live feed to Ragesh 3, where a Centauri somewhat reluctantly claims that Ragesh 3 has allied with the Narn in order to receive aid when none was given by Centauri Prime. Mollari refuses to believe this evidence, stating that the whole thing was forced.

Mollari grows more and more upset with G'Kar, and assembles a weapon in secret to kill him. On his way, though, he encounters Talia, who gets a telepathic vision of the intended event. She informs Garabaldi, who stops Mollari and convinces him not to go through with it. Sinclair has received new information about the attack by now, and declares that it was entirely unprovoked. It turns out that the Narn were behind it after all.

"Yeah, he always walks like that..."

This episode was a nice step forward. I didn't see any of the annoying characters that I saw last week, and the plot didn't hesitate to keep moving. It isn't anything special yet, but this episode was more interesting to watch.

Score: 5

Best Quote: "The wheel turns, does it not, Ambassador?"

Best Moment: G'Kar and Sinclair talking in the Zen garden. It just seemed like a good scene.