Season 4, Episode 78: Conflicts of Interest

The rift between Garibaldi and Sheridan deepens. WHAT’S WITH GARIBALDI, ANYWAY? Don’t tell me.

Thanks to A_Tim for reminding me about Flarn. :- (the dish that Delenn prepared for Sheridan). Flarn, breen and spoo. I definitely have to write a B5 food song after I finish watching the series.

And thanks to Shane for pointing out that the blonde resistance leader from the last episode was called “Number One.” And I agree that those rebels are far too clean and well-dressed for a group of people living in Martian caves.

It was reassuring to see how Garibaldi handled the reunion between the client and his daughter; it means that despite how aggressive and angry Garibaldi is behaving, deep down he’s the same G. that I remember from earlier seasons.

I still want to know what happened to him during those two weeks that his ship was captured by the Shadows, though. Don’t tell me.

Franklin (about Ivanova): You know, I like her. Scares the hell out me some times, but I do like her. Just don’t tell her that.

Sheridan tells Zack to get Garibaldi’s weapon, id and link. Poor Zack. I do think that Garibaldi was being unfair to him, saying that Zack should have said no to the captain.

I do hope we get to find out what’s going on with Garibaldi soon. He’s becoming less and less of a sympathetic character. Don’t tell me.

I’m glad he still watches Daffy Duck, though.

Hey, I remember that episode! (The one where the artist drawing Daffy Duck turns out to be Bugs Bunny.)

Cool to see Zathras again. He has some funny lines, but I did find the whole “Zathras Zathras Zathras” spiel a bit long. Amusing to find out that Zathras has nine brothers, all named Zathras.

Lise is back! Great…like Garibaldi -needs- more screwing with his psyche.

Sheridan wants to put his White Star ships along the borders between non-aligned worlds to help keep the peace, and tries to convince Londo and G’Kar to go along with the plan.

Aha, so someone’s developing a virus that’s supposed to kill telepaths. I’m trying to remember if we’ve heard about this before…I don’t think so. I do recall that someone was trying to breed a Narn telepath line.

Anyway, I don’t trust the guy in the scene above. My theory: Lisa trusts her husband way too much. I think that her husband and the guy above are collaborating behind Lise’s back, using Lise to get Garibaldi’s help to get hold of that experimental serum.

But are they for the telepaths and against them? Another theory: Lise’s husband is part of the group who wants to wipe out the telepaths.

Don’t tell me.

Maybe she’s not so innocent after all. Maybe she’s just -using- Garibaldi, emotionally manipulating him.

DON’T TRUST HER, GARIBALDI!

I’m glad Garibaldi immediately contacted Zack when he knew what was going on.

Augh, I’m distressed about how things have developed between Garibaldi and Sheridan! Their old friendship has disintegrated into open hostility. And I have a feeling that I haven’t yet seen the worst of it yet. Don’t tell me.

I wish Garibaldi hadn’t ignored and deleted (!) Lise’s incoming message. What did she want to tell him?!? Don’t tell me.

And then Lise’s husband recruits Garibaldi. DON’T TRUST HIM, GARIBALDI! Despite the fact that the voice sound like Charlie from Charlie’s Angels, I don’t think William Edgars is the humanitarian that Lise thinks he is.

Great first broadcast of the Voice of the Resistance.

Next episode: Rumors, Bargains and Lies

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