A Race Through Dark Places

From The Great Machine

Episode Title: A Race Through Dark Places
Episode Number: S2E08
Original Air Date: January 25, 1995
DVD Release Date: April 29, 203
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Director: Jim Johnston
Guest Stars: Walter Koenig

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2 Synopsis
- 2.1 Main Plot
3 Characters
- 3.1 Season 2 Cast

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Bester returns to Babylon 5 to shut down an underground organization that smuggles rouge telepaths out of the Psi Corps' reach.

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At the Psi Corps' headquarters on Mars, Bester interrogates a rogue telepath for information on an underground railroad helping unregistered telepaths evade the Corps' rigorous supervision. Bester then goes to Babylon 5, which he believes these telepaths are using as a way station.

The underground railroad indeed seems to be running through B5, and the telepaths there try to kill Bester, who manages to take cover while Talia is kidnapped.

The rogue telepaths are more organized than anyone has realized, and they have a friend on the station - Dr. Franklin.

Bester closes in on the telepaths' hiding place Down Below, and the telepaths can only escape alive if they can convince Talia to rebel against the Psi Corps. (Attrib: B5 LogBook [1])