History Recap / BabylonFiveS01E08AndTheSkyFullOfStars

Knight Two begins pressing Sinclair about the robed figures. Sinclair resists, but his tormentor says if he fails more will come until the job is finished. Meanwhile a sweep of maintenance bots has found Benson's body floating outside the station. Figuring it couldn't have been dragged too far, he orders the searchers to concentrate on the area near where it was found.

In the Knights' quarters, Knight One is controlling the virtual environment as well as monitoring both his subjects. At his partners request he cuts the discharge, releasing Sinclair. Inside the cerebral matrix Knight Two tells Sinclair that they are going to have a walk down Memory Lane, to the Battle of the Line. Something happened there, and they are not leaving until they find out the truth.

Two people arrive aboard the station, known only as Knight One and Knight Two. They rendezvous go to some empty quarters, where one of them says he's identified the target, displaying an image of Commander Sinclair.

* MindRape: The Knights use this on Sinclair but when Sinclair breaks free he inadvertedly makes the machine pull one on the Knight Two

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Garibaldi's newspaper includes a couple interesting stories: Psi-Corps in Election Tangle: Did Psi-Corps Violate Its Charter In Endorsing Vice-President? and, as a FreezeFrameBonus (though heavily blurred and virtually unreadable), "Is There Something Living In Hyperspace?"

* ContinuityNod: The newspaper Garibaldi is seen reading has headlines relating to several events in recent episodes; the clearest example of this would probably be "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS01E01MidnightOnTheFiringLine Narns Settle Raghesh III Controversy]]". (It also includes one or two articles that are {{Foreshadowing}} for later events).

** This is the second time we see Garibaldi´s aide Jack. He seems to pop up when some sinister plot from Earth Government (or the shadow government behind it) is afoot.

* YoureInsane: Sinclair's reaction when the interrogator explains his theory about Sinclair being a Minbari sleeper agent.

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** This is the second time we see Garibaldi´s aide Jack (the one to assassinate him). He seems to pop up when some sinister plot from Earth Government (or the shadow government behind it) is afoot.

* WhatMightHaveBeen: JMS offered both Creator/WalterKoenig and [[Series/ThePrisoner Patrick McGoohan]] a role in the episode as one of the kidnappers. Both had to decline for health or scheduling reasons, but Koenig was later cast in a recurring role as Bester.

* WhatMightHaveBeen: JMS offered both WalterKoenig and [[Series/ThePrisoner Patrick McGoohan]] a role in the episode as one of the kidnappers. Both had to decline for health or scheduling reasons, but Koenig was later cast in a recurring role as Bester.

-->'''Grey Council Representative''': He must never know what happened. [[HeKnowsTooMuch If he should find out he must be killed.]]//
''[[GilliganCut One scene break later, as Sinclair is alone in his quarters]]''
-->'''Sinclair''': [[CaptainsLog Computer. Personal log entry:]] I remember.

* {{Cyberspace}}

* MindRape
* NeuralInterface

* WhamEpisode

Knight Two asks if anything has ever made him question that. Sinclair is about to respond, when he suddenly remembers the Minbari warrior from "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS01E00TheGathering The Gathering]]" saying, "There is a hole in your mind." Knight Two seizes on this, and convinces Sinclair to go and look. He finds himself back with the robed figures, but this time he goes up to one and pulls up the hood. He pauses, saying, "I know you." He is the shot by the staff weapon again, but this time he manages to reconnect with his physical self. He yanks himself out of his restraints, destroys Knight Two's cyber interface, and knocks Knight One out. It is clear he is delusional as his leaves the room and begins wandering the station. As he encounters various people in the halls, he sees the cloaked figures, rather than who they really are, which prompts him to fire on one of his own security personnel as she tries to talk to him. She begins to call in his location, but Knight One has woken up and shoots her InTheBack before she can send the message. Ivanova traces the link and sends Garibaldi toward that location.

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* TheEndingChangesEverything: In a broader sense: the season finale casts an entirely new light on Jack's actions in this episode. It seems likely he too was assisting the Knights in their actions; at the very least, he tried to convince Garibaldi that Benson was harmless--unsuccessfully, of course. It's also likely that Jack warned Benson that the rest of security was looking for him.

* TheEndingChangesEverything: In a broader sense: the season finale [[spoiler:casts an entirely new light on Jack's actions in this episode. It seems likely he too was assisting the Knights in their actions; at the very least, he tried to convince Garibaldi that Benson was harmless--unsuccessfully, of course. It's also likely that Jack warned Benson that the rest of security was looking for him.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Garibaldi's newspaper includes a couple interesting stories: [[spoiler:Psi-Corps in Election Tangle: Did Psi-Corps Violate Its Charter In Endorsing Vice-President?]] and, as a FreezeFrameBonus (though heavily blurred and virtually unreadable), [[spoiler:Is There Something Living In Hyperspace?]]

* WhatMightHaveBeen: JMS offered both WalterKoenig and [[ThePrisoner Patrick McGoohan]] a role in the episode as one of the kidnappers. Both had to decline for health or scheduling reasons, but Koenig was later cast in a recurring role as Bester.

* TrappedByGamblingDebts: Benson. Sinclair and Garibaldi are GenreSavvy enough to have him relieved of duty as soon as they learn of this, but that doesn't stop him from accepting money to help the bad guys. When Benson's debts suddenly disappear, Garibaldi correctly sees this as a red flag.

* MacGyvering: A real life version. The special camera lens to create the hallucinatory "fish-eye" effect was lost, so the cameraman simply shot through a punch bowl. It worked perfectly.

* HarsherInHindsight: Sinclair's hallucinatory state after escaping takes on a dramatically darker and harsher subtext; after Michael O'Hare's death, it was revealed he left the show to get treatment for schizophrenia.

* TheEndingChangesEverything: In a broader sense: the season finale casts an entirely new light on Jack's actions in this episode. It seems likely he too was assisting the Knights in their actions; at the very least, he tried to convince Garibaldi that Benson was harmless--unsuccessfully, of course. It's also likely that Jack warned Benson that the rest of security was looking for him.

* WhatMightHaveBeen: JMS offered both [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Walter Koenig]] and [[ThePrisoner Patrick McGoohan]] a role in the episode as one of the kidnappers. Both had to decline for health or scheduling reasons, but Koenig was later cast in a recurring role as Bester.

* [[spoiler: TheEndingChangesEverything: In a broader sense: the season finale casts an entirely new light on Jack's actions in this episode. It seems likely he too was assisting the Knights in their actions; at the very least, he tried to convince Garibaldi that Benson was harmless--unsuccessfully, of course. It's also likely that Jack warned Benson that the rest of security was looking for him.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Delenn]] was present when Sinclair was captured at the Battle of the Line.

Knight Two asks if anything has ever made him question that. Sinclair is about to respond, when he suddenly remembers the Minbari warrior from "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS01E00TheGathering The Gathering]]" saying, "There is a hole in your mind." Knight Two seizes on this, and convinces Sinclair to go and look. He finds himself back with the robed figures, but this time he goes up to one and pulls up the hood. He pauses, saying, "I know you." He is the shot by the staff weapon again, but this time he manages to reconnect with his physical self. He yanks himself out of his restraints, destroys Knight Two's cyber interface, and knocks Knight One out. It is clear he is delusional as his leaves the room and begins wandering the station. As he encounters various people in the halls, he sees the cloaked figures, rather than who they really are, which prompts him to fire on one of his own security personnel as she tries to talk to him. She begins to call in his location, but Knight One has woken up and shoots her in the back before she can send the message. Ivanova traces the link and sends Garibaldi toward that location.

* HarsherInHindsight: Sinclair's hallucinatory state after escaping. After Michael O'Hare's death, it was revealed he left the show to get treatment for schizophrenia.

-->'''Sinclair''': What the hell is going on here?
-->'''Knight Two''': Maybe you're asleep. Maybe you're insane. Maybe you're dead. Maybe you're in Hell! Not that it matters much, Commander Sinclair, because wherever you are, wherever you go, you're mine.