In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum

From The Great Machine

Episode Title: In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum
Episode Number: S2E16
Original Air Date: May 10, 1995
DVD Release Date: April 29, 2003
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Director: David Eagle
Guest Stars: Ed Wasser

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2 Synopsis
- 2.1 Main Plot
3 See Also
4 Characters
- 4.1 Season 2 Cast

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Captain Sheridan walks a fine line when he illegally detains a visitor who may know what happened to his wife.

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

Having sent for Londo Mollari, Morden has an inadvertent, eye-opening encounter with Vir Cotto while attempting to convey some information. To date, Vir appears to be one a select few not intimidated by Morden.

Meanwhile, Sheridan is perusing some records of his late wife's doomed expedition to Z'ha'dum when Garibaldi recognizes a face from the ship's crew manifest - Morden, the mysterious human with whom Londo consults in matters concerning the Narn-Centauri War.

Sheridan has Morden stopped before he can leave the station again and confined, and begins questioning him intensely regarding the fate of the mission. Morden alledges no memories of the expedition or of Anna Sheridan, and is impatient to be on his way, but Sheridan will not let him go.

Instead, the captain keeps Morden detained over Garibaldi's protests and finally his resignation, tricks Talia into scanning Morden, and denies an urgent request from Londo to release the prisoner.

It is only when Delenn and Kosh reveal a tale of the long-forgotten horror of the Shadows that Sheridan realizes that his imprisonment of Morden could invite the wrath of a power no one can repel. (Attrib: B5 LogBook [1])