Born to the Purple

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  • Episode Title: Born to the Purple
  • Episode Number: S1E03
  • Original Air Date: February 9, 1994
  • DVD Release Date: November 5, 2002
  • Writer: Lawrence G. Ditillio
  • Director: Bruce Seth Green
  • Guest Stars: Fabiana Udenio, Clive Revill, Robert Phalen

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Londo's "Purple Files" hold scandalous secrets about other Centauri families. When it comes to love, however, even wily Londo may fall victim to a plan to seduce those hush-hush tales from him.

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Londo stalls negotiations with the Narn - and infuriates G'Kar - when he wishes simply to partake of a seedy bar whose agile young Centauri dancer intrigues him. When he winds up in bed with her, talks are delayed even further.

But the girl is the slave of an information trader who uses her to get to Londo's Purple Files, detailing various dirt on many Centauri families - information the Narn Regime would pay handsomely for in order to gain blackmail material against their former masters.

When Londo discovers that his secrets have been taken, he begins a desperate quest to track down the culprit and free an innocent pawn. (Attrib: B5 LogBook [1])

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Adira Tyree, Trakis, Andrei Ivanov, Ko D'Ath

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This episode should not be taken as an example of Londo putting personal concerns above state concerns. In a profoundly blackmailable culture like the Centauri, power lost by one individual or family would always be gained by another. But if an outsider were to acquire such a treasure trove as Londo's Purple Files, all of Centauri would be diminished.

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