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'''Season 2, Episode 8:'''
!A Race Through Dark Places



!A Race Through Dark Places

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* DeepSleep: Sheridan, specifically. Forced out of their quarters, Ivanova and Sheridan sleep in Sheridan's office. After their AwkwardFirstSleepover , Ivanova complains that Sheridan snores. Sheridan's snoring (and him being oblivious to it and in-denial of it) becomes a sort of RunningGag.

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* DeepSleep: Sheridan, specifically. Forced out of their quarters, Ivanova and Sheridan sleep in Sheridan's office. After their AwkwardFirstSleepover , AwkwardFirstSleepover, Ivanova complains that Sheridan snores. Sheridan's snoring (and him being oblivious to it and in-denial of it) becomes a sort of RunningGag.



* PlotParallel: Both the main plot with the telepaths' UndergroundRailroad and the minor subplot regarding the rent on the senior officers' rooms are resolved in a similar fashion, using the source of the problem against itself--the very telepathy that endangers the renegades (both their own and that of Psi Corps) is used to alter Bester's memories so he will think they have all been killed by him and a loyal Talia while [=EarthForce=], the ones demanding that Sheridan and Ivanova either move to smaller quarters or start paying rent, is made to pay for the rooms through a bit of accounting trickery on the station's budget, which of course comes from [=EarthForce=].



* SarcasticClapping: Bester tries telling Garibaldi that he's not an evil person since he has a family, goes on picnics, etc. Garibaldi's reaction was clapping sarcastically and capping it off by saying "You're getting good at this. Keep at it. One of these days I might get convinced you might actually be human."

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* SarcasticClapping: Bester tries telling Garibaldi that he's not an evil person since [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes he has a family, family]], [[WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency goes on picnics, picnics]], etc. Garibaldi's reaction was clapping sarcastically and capping it off by saying "You're getting good at this. Keep at it. One of these days I might get convinced you might actually be human."



* SurvivalMantra: The Telepath in the cold open attempting to block out Bester's telepathic scan chants "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (though it doesn't work since Psi Cops are among the most powerful Human Telepaths). Later, the telepaths in the Underground Railroad chant it as well.
* TakeAThirdOption: Between going public and embarrassing the station, or keeping silent and violating his oath as an Earthforce officer, Talia provides a solution by making Bester think he'd destroyed the underground railroad and sending him back to Earth, happy with his success.

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* SurvivalMantra: The Telepath in the cold open attempting to [[PsychicStatic block out out]] Bester's telepathic scan chants "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (though it doesn't work since Psi Cops are among the most powerful Human Telepaths). Later, the telepaths in the Underground Railroad chant it as well.
* TakeAThirdOption: Between going public and embarrassing the station, or keeping silent and violating his Sheridan's oath as an Earthforce officer, officer; Talia provides a solution by making Bester think he'd destroyed the underground railroad and sending him back to Earth, happy with his success.
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To feel hurt, Bester would need to regard Ivanova as an equal.


* DeadpanSnarker: Ivanova whenever she's interacting with Bester, barely concealing her contempt for him. Bester finds it hilarious (or conceals the hurt with a wry smile).

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* DeadpanSnarker: Ivanova whenever she's interacting with Bester, barely concealing her contempt for him. Bester finds it hilarious (or conceals the hurt with a wry smile).hilarious.
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* MedicalRapeAndImpregnate: The woman in the underground railroad tells how she was forcibly impregnated after she refused to marry another telepath she was "genetically compatible" with.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Between the corny dad jokes and his reaction to Delenn [[SheCleansUpNicely cleaning up nicely]], Sheridan is in fine form this episode.
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Talia near the end of the episode. She brings wine to Ivanova's quarters so she can celebrate with her and because she can't think of anyone in the station she can trust. The final shot of the Psi Corp pin makes a bit of Foreshadowing if you know what happens in later episodes.

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