Passing Through Gethsemane

From The Great Machine

Episode Title: Passing Through Gethsemane
Episode Number: S3E05
Original Air Date: November 27, 1995
DVD Release Date: August 12, 2003
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Director: Adam Nimoy
Guest Stars: Brad Dourif, Louis Turenne, Patricia Tallman

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3 Characters
- 3.1 Season 3 Cast

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One of the monks who arrived with Brother Theo begins to experience disturbing events.

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Kosh returns from a visit to the Vorlon homeworld with a most unusual passenger - his new aide, telepath Lyta Alexander. Lyta seems very calm about having spent time among the Vorlons, but what she doesn't reveal immediately is that the Vorlons have changed her, just as they helped to create telepaths on Earth generations ago.

Brother Edward, one of Brother Theo's monks, is troubled when he experiences visions of violent death and sees the message "death walks among you" written on the walls in blood. When he searches the station's database for the imagery in his visions, Brother Edward discovers that he wasn't always Brother Edward: he was a convicted serial killer Charles Dexter, who was sentenced to the death of personality and to a life of community service for his crimes. (Attrib: B5 LogBook [1])

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Brother Edward finds a black rose in his bag, as well as the phrase "Death Walks Among You" written on the wall.
Lyta Alexander returns to Babylon 5 from Vorlon space.
Brother Edward discovers he was once serial killer Charles Dexter, his personality and memories previously erased by a mindwipe as sentence for his crimes.
Now, relatives of his victims want their own revenge. One of them crucifies Brother Edward before station security can arrive.
In an ironic twist, the killer is himself mindwiped and becomes one of Brother Theo's monks.