History Recap / BabylonFiveS03E06DustToDust

* NeckLift: Poor Vir on the hands of G'Kar.

* InsanityDefense: Sheridan attempts to invoke one even though G'Kar pleads guilty. Sheridan is more aiming for something along the lines of "diminished capacity:" G'Kar was tripping balls, and may have done things in that state he would not normally do. The Ombudsman doesn't agree, citing that G'Kar went straight for Londo, and passed several others he could have Mind Raped on the way, indicating a premeditated and committed course of action.

** As he's about to leave, Bester is met by the [[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E08ARaceThroughDarkPlaces Psi Cop he was working with on Mars]]. (the one played by Walter Koenig's wife)

* BlackEyesOfEvil: Aside from giving [[HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs temporary telepathy]] and driving them [[PsychoSerum hopping mad]], Dust also makes the eyes purely black (as seen in G'Kar, who had red eyes). Interesetingly, this effect is only seen later on [[TouchedByVorlons telepaths]] like Lyta when they push their powers.

* ContinuityNod: As he's about to leave, Bester is met by the [[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E08ARaceThroughDarkPlaces Psi Cop he was working with on Mars]]. (the one played by Walter Koenig's wife)

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Security guard harassing the shopkeeper is JustFollowingOrders. The shopkeeper asks him if he has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American_Bund Bund]] to get to.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When asked, "Who are you?" Kosh--in the form of G'Kar's father--merely states, "I am who I have always been". Even the Vorlons [[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E06IntoTheFire cannot give a direct answer]] to their own ArmorPiercingQuestion.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Sheridan warns Ivanova about this when she tries to destroy Bester's transport.
--> '''Sheridan''': Fight them without ''becoming'' them.

* PetTheDog: Londo's parting advice to Vir is to not let the Centauri government think of his diplomatic assingment to Minbar as a joke since Londo's assignment to Babylon 5 was initially perceived as a joke.

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Delenn says she has an idea, and then the camera cuts away. The idea, of course, was to compell Bester to use the sleepers so he wouldn't have to conduct his business with alien telepaths hanging around.

In Medlab, Londo is recovering while Vir, about to leave the station, come to see him. Londo tells him to never let anyone make of joke out of him.

In an interrogation room, Garibaldi is trying to get information out of Ashi, one of the underworld leaders on the station. He's being tight-lipped, but Bester blurts out that he lying, which sparks a protest, but it can't be unsaid and Garibaldi gets him to spill information that a man named Morgenstern has quarters in Red Sector and a shipment coming through that day. Garibaldi has him sent out then demands to know how Bester knew he was lying. Bester just figured he was lying about something, and coupled with the badge and uniform, gave him an outlet.

In an interrogation room, Garibaldi is trying to get information out of Ashi, one of the underworld leader on the station. He's being tight-lipped, but Bester blurts out that he lying, which sparks a protest, but it can't be unsaid and Garibaldi gets him to spill information that a man named Morgenstern has quarters in Red Sector and a shipment coming through that day. Garibaldi has him sent out then demands to know how Bester knew he was lying. Bester just figured he was lying about something, and coupled with the badge and uniform, gave him an outlet.

'''Bester:''' We have no evidence that he made the sale yet. Why annoy the Narn without cause or if we're wrong? Shut off the problem at the source, and the rest attends to itself. A piñata, huh? So you think of me as something bright and cheerful full of toys and candy for young children? Thank you. That makes me feel much better about our relationship.\\

** Nightwatch continues its [[RepressiveButEfficient crackdown]] on [[{{Recap/BabylonFiveS02E22TheFallOfNight}} any criticism]] [[{{Recap/BabylonFiveS03E05VoicesOfAuthority}} against Earthgov and the Presidentt]].

-->-'''Image of G'Kar's father (''really [[TouchedByVorlons Kosh]]'')'''

A flurry of images later he finds himself on Narn facing his dying father. He is then faced with a separate vision of his father, who urges him to put aside this CycleOfHatred and begin building something better. G'Kar protests that he's honoring his father's name, but the other Narn asks if he truly is, and to rethink that. He warns that if the Narn and Centauri war continues, there will be no one left, and it won't matter who's to blame. He says that G'Kar has the chance to become something greater, and nobler, a chance the universe rarely offers. As the vision closes, G'Kar sees the angelic form of G'Lan flying off.

-->'''Kosh as G'Kar's father''': We are a dying people, G'Kar; and so are the Centauri.

'''Garibaldi:''' ''(opens his mouth, then snaps it shut and [[{{corpsing}} visibly struggles not to burst out laughing]])''

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* BlackEyesOfEvil: Aside from giving [[HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs temporary telepathy]] and driving them [[PsychoSerum hopping mad]], Dust also makes the eyes purely black (as seen in G'Kar, who had red eyes). Interesetingly, this effect is only seen later on [[TouchedByVorlons telepaths]] like Lyta when they [[UpToEleven push their powers]].

* DrugsCausingSlowMotion: After G'Kar takes the dust several POV shots are shown with G'Kar while lurching through the station's corridors.

** G'Kar beats Londo to a pulp and then proceeds to [[MindRape take advantage of him]] in his disabled state. All shipping aside, Dust allowing users to rape their victims mentally was already established earlier in the episode.