History Recap / BabylonFiveS01E05TheParliamentOfDreams

G'Kar is on a call and demands that Na'Toth be recalled immediately. The official on the other end apologizes for the delay, and promises they will find anew courier as soon as possible. Realization dawning, he turns around only to see Tu'Pari [[SlasherSmile grin]] just before he stuns him.

* AssassinOutclassin

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: During the rebirth ceremony you can see G'kar swapping his red fruit for Ivanova's in the top corner of the screen.

* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Catherine informs Sinclair that the Minbari rebirth ceremony Delenn performed with him doubles as a marriage ceremony. But this is just a distraction for the fans, as it really is a rebirth ceremony, for Delenn becoming half-human.]]
** [[spoiler: Also, Na'Toth is played up as a red herring for the assassin. It's not her, it's the courier Tu'Pari.]]

Catherine shows up at Jeff's quarters looking for someone to share her food fortune with. Jeff is a little reluctant, and initially resists her, but as she is about to leave in disappointment, he kisses her.

* BusCrash: Na'Toth officially makes her debut in this episode, replacing Ko D'Ath who perished in "an unfortunate airlock accident." (Mary Woronov could not take the extensive prosthetics or contact lenses, and resigned after a single episode.)

* GenreSavvy: Tu'Pari refuses to lower his guard after Na'Toth beats G'Kar up, because he expects her to stab him in the back when he does. He doesn't realize she's already relesed G'Kar from the pain givers.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: During the rebirth ceremony you can see G'kar swapping his red fruit for Ivanova's in the top corner of the screen

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: During the rebirth ceremony you can see G'kar stealing someone else's red fruit in the top corner of the screen

* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Ivanova informs Sinclair that the Minbari rebirth ceremony Delenn performed with him doubles as a marriage ceremony. But this is just a distraction for the fans, as it really is a rebirth ceremony, for Delenn becoming half-human.]]

* CareerKiller

** Also notable: the atheist is the first person named. It could be a way for series creator J. Michael Stracynski, himself an atheist, to imply that in 2258, of all the faiths on Earth, atheists are the most numerous, which would be an amazing TakeThat to religion in general.

-->'''Tu'Pari''': You are to know pain...you are to know fear, and, at the appointed hour, you are to die.

G'Kar is on a call and demands that Na'Toth be recalled immediately. The official on the other end apologizes for the delay, and promises they will find anew courier as soon as possible. Realization dawning, he turns around only to see Tu'Pari grin just before he stuns him.

G'Kar is singing in his quarters as he prepares dinner, which is interrupted by someone at his door. A courier delivers a message of high importance, which G'Kar says he will watch later. Curiosity gets the better of him, and he puts it in. The message is from D'Rog, an old adversary of his, who is dying, which G'Kar is delighted to hear. But before dying, D'Rog put a contract on G'Kar's life and within 24 hours of receiving the message he will die as well. The message barely ends when Na'Toth, his new attaché, arrives and introduces herself.

When he gets to his quarters he find the guard inn his bedroom, dead...with a Death Blossom nearby. He has Garibaldi search his quarters, but won't tell him what really happened, and eventually has then leave, but not before Garibaldi finds a pair of hot pink panties.

G'Kar is on a call and demands that Na'Toth be recalled immediately. The official on the other end apologizes for the delay, and promises they will find anew courier as soon as possible. Realization dawning, he turns around only to see the courier grin just before he stuns him.

G'Kar is in a far less comfortable situation as he finds pain givers on his neck and wrists, the courier apparently intending to torture him to death. G'Kar tries attacking him, but the devices are set for proximity and will kill him if he gets too close, then he tries bribery, but that will compel the Assassin's Guild to kill him. He then continues tormenting G'Kar. Na'Toth, who figured out what had happened and where they were, interrupts them, claiming to be a backup assassin, she beats G'Kar across the room, but the courier is not convinced. G'Kar then pulls the pain givers off and knocks the assassin unconscious.

Some time later he wakes up in the customs area with G'Kar and Na'Toth on either side. They explain that the deadline has passed and the commission has failed, but for his trouble, G'Kar transferred considerable sum into his account. The assassin realizes that his guild will believe he bertrayed his commission, and will come to kill him. G'Kar happily declares that they are probably already on their way, but he is safe since it was his commission alone and they would just as soon forget it ever happened...except for killing their traitor, of course.

As a boarding call is announced, they hand him a travel bag, they send him on his way, advising him to keep moving, because if the guild ever catches up to him: "You will know pain, and you will know fear, and then you will die. Have a pleasant flight!"

As they jubilantly walk off, they pass Catherine and Jeff. The two of them reflect on the week's events and wonder if they'll get it right this time. For now Catherine has a survey flight to make, but should be back soon. They kiss and head off.

''And so it begins.''