The Summoning

From The Great Machine

Episode Title: The Summoning
Episode Number: S4E03
Original Air Date: November 18, 1996
DVD Release Date: January 6, 2004
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Director: John McPherson
Guest Stars: Wayne Alexander, Wortham Krimmer, Eric Zivot, Jonathan Chapman

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3 Characters
- 3.1 Season 4 Cast

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Delenn's decision to make an all-out attack on Z'ha'dum does not sit well with the League of Non-Aligned Worlds.

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

Ivanova and Marcus set out aboard a ship from the White Star fleet to make contact with more of the First Ones, seeking more allies to participate in a final assault on Z'ha'dum.

The information G'Kar acquired about the possible whereabouts of Garibaldi arrives, and Zack Allan leads a fighter group to recover him. G'Kar himself, in the meantime, is being tortured at the hands of the mad Centauri Emperor, Cartagia, while Londo and Vir are helpless to do anything but watch and plan a coup to seize power from Cartagia.

Delenn asks Lyta to find out what the Vorlons' plans are, but Lyta fears the new Vorlon ambassador.

Zack recovers Garibaldi, unaware that the security chief has been subjected to some kind of unknown process.

Londo tries to convince G'Kar to put on a convincing show of pain in order to save his own life, but G'Kar resists the idea, attempting to maintain the last vestiges of his Narn pride.

Ivanova and Marcus stumble across a Vorlon fleet in hyperspace, consisting of thousands of heavy cruisers and even a few ships, several miles across, capable of destroying entire worlds.

On the station, some of the former members of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds assemble to denounce Delenn's proposed attack on Z'ha'dum, and a ship arrives carrying Sheridan and the mysterious Lorien.

Sheridan breaks up the gathering and prepares to lead the fight against the Shadows again, but Ivanova's discovery, and a near-fatal encounter between Lyta and the Vorlon ambassador, reveals a new problem...the Vorlons have taken it upon themselves to end the war by eliminating all of the younger races who have ever been influenced by the Shadows. (Attrib: B5 LogBook [1])