Falling Toward Apotheosis

From The Great Machine

Episode Title: Falling Toward Apotheosis
Episode Number: S4E04
Original Air Date: November 25, 1996
DVD Release Date: January 6, 2004
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Director: David Eagle
Guest Stars: Ed Wasser, Wortham Krimmer, Wayne Alexander

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3 Characters
4 See Also
- 4.1 Season 4 Cast

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Sheridan seeks to rid Babylon 5 of the Vorlon Ambassador, while Londo plots against the Emperor.

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Spoiler warning: Plot, character development, or ending details follow.

Worlds continue to fall to the Vorlon fleet, while on the station, Garibaldi grows increasingly frustrated. Sheridan's return has generated an almost messianic fervor, yet Garibaldi's return has been met with concern and barely-veiled suspicion.

On Centauri Prime, Morden approaches Londo and asks for a Centauri fleet to protect the Shadow presence on the homeworld. Londo disapproves, and Emperor Cartagia agrees -- on the incredible premise that Centauri Prime will serve as his inaugural pyre when the Shadows elevate him from the throne to godhood.

Sheridan decides that measures must be taken to secure Babylon 5 from Vorlon attack - so their ambassador must leave the station, by force if necessary. The Vorlon repels a relatively courteous call from Garibaldi and his troops, attempting to remove it from its quarters.

Londo contacts Sheridan, hoping that the captain has formulated some plan to repel the Vorlon fleet from Centauri Prime, but Sheridan can offer no guarantees.

At Sheridan's request, Lyta lures the Vorlon into open ground, where a combination of electrocution and massive fire-power destroys its encounter suit and sets it loose inside the station. Sheridan, who has been carrying a piece of the original Kosh inside him since its death, frees it to help expel the Vorlon ambassador, and after shooting through the station into space, both Vorlons perish in the struggle.

Londo convinces Cartagia to visit Narn, and to conduct G'Kar's trial and execution there.

And finally, after the battle with the Vorlon ambassador has ended, Lorien and Sheridan reveal to Delenn the terrible price of his trip to Z'ha'dum. (Attrib: B5 LogBook [1])