Comes the Inquisitor
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| “Comes the Inquisitor” | |||||||
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| Babylon 5 episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 21 |
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| Written by | J. Michael Straczynski | ||||||
| Directed by | Mike Laurence Vejar | ||||||
| Guest stars | Wayne Alexander (Sebastian) Jack Kehler (Mr. Chase) |
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| Production no. | 221 | ||||||
| Original airdate | October 25, 1995 August 8, 1995 (UK) |
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| List of Babylon 5 episodes | |||||||
Comes the Inquisitor is the 21st episode from the second season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.
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[edit] Synopsis
The Vorlons bring an inqusitor to the station, a man named Sebastian, to test Delenn and Sheridan's readiness to lead the Army of Light. Sebastian interrogates and tortures Delenn with seemingly mundane questions she cannot answer. Eventually however he does conclude both Delenn and Sheridan are, indeed, the "right people, in the right place, at the right time." Sheridan does some investigating, and discovers the shocking truth abut the inquisitor: Sebastian was a serial killer on Earth, in London, in the year 1888, at which time he was abducted by the Vorlons, and taken into their service. The Vorlons have been keeping him alive in "storage" for 400 years, pulling him out whenever his "unique abilities" were needed. That serial killer has been remembered by history as Jack the Ripper.
G'Kar begins buying weapons in order to be smuggled back to the Narn homeworld for an underground resistance against the Centauri occupiers. Garibaldi learns of this, and orders G'Kar to not use Babylon 5 as a port through which these weapons are smuggled. G'Kar agrees, and Garibaldi provides G'Kar with an alternative, safer route.
The Narn population of Babylon 5 begins to question G'Kar's credibility as leader of the Narns on the station. In order to gain their loyalty, G'Kar agrees to get a personal message through to the Narn homeworld, to which all communications have been cut off by the Centauri. G'Kar turns to Sheridan for help in doing this, and Sheridan enlists the Rangers, who successfully get the message through, ending all challenges to G'Kar's leadership of the Babylon 5 Narns.
[edit] Arc significance
- This episode presents another example of someone, in this case the Vorlons, wondering whether or not Delenn has messianic delusions.
[edit] Production details
Sheridan committed a goof when he said that the murders of "Sebastian" in London were on the "West end" rather than the East. Since the camera was facing him at the time, it is clear that he is saying "West." On some broadcasts (and the American DVD release), this has been dubbed over with Sheridan saying "East" instead - but on other broadcasts (and in the DVD subtitles) the goof is intact.
