Intersections in Real Time

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  • Episode Title: Intersections in Real Time
  • Episode Number: S4E18
  • Original Air Date: June 16, 1997
  • DVD Release Date: January 6, 2004
  • Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
  • Director: John Lafia
  • Guest Stars: Wayne Alexander, Raye Birk, Bruce Gray

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Sheridan faces an interrogator from EarthDome.

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

Sheridan's interrogation begins, conducted by a man named William who has the options to call in guards, inflict pain through Narn pain-givers Sheridan is forced to wear, or otherwise use whatever means are necessary to break the captain and force a confession that his secession of Babylon 5 from the Earth Alliance was committed solely under alien influence.

William begins to disorient Sheridan's concepts of time and truth and trust...or perhaps not. After being fed a poisoned sandwich and vague information about his father, Sheridan resists William's psychological attacks, and persuades a Drazi hostage not to assist the interrogator, even if it almost certainly signs the Drazi's death sentence...or perhaps not.

William wants Sheridan to put his signature on the confession, but when Sheridan resists the state's attempts to break him, he surmises that the entire interrogation could be nothing more than a maddening show designed to drive him out of his mind. (Attrib: B5 LogBook [1])

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[edit] Note

This is the only episode in the series to take place in one location and focus on only one of the main cast.

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