History Recap / BabylonFiveS03E05VoicesOfAuthority

* AgitatedItemStomping: When Zach approaches Musante after her "meeting" with Sheridan, she relays her frustration with Sheridan's [[IgnoreTheFanservice refusal to her proposition]] by angrily stabbing a piece of fruit with her fork.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Subverted when Ivanova is trying to ask the Walkers to join the fight against the shadows. At first they speak in an angry sounding alien language, and later their answer is "Zog" which presumably means "no." After a few more minutes of Ivanova saying they [[IShallTauntYou really didn't need them and that they can go hide until it's over]], they come back and say, in English, "When it is time come to this place, call our name. We will be here."

* BlatantLies: When G'Kar asks Delenn what she knows about the Rangers she pauses, then turns and looks straight at him and says, "Nothing, why? Should I?"

* BrickJoke: Zack's uniform not fitting. He starts the episode complaining about it, and later, when he tries to make a pass at Musante, she brushes him of by telling him his jacket doesn't fit and to have it looked at. Also a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot, as Zack's complaints are taken directly from those of Jeff Conaway.
** The Brick would come back again a year later in [[{{Recap/BabylonFiveS04E09Atonement}} Atonement]], with Zack complaining about yet another poor-fitting uniform.

** The planet Marcus and Ivanova go to is [[Recap/BabylonFiveS01E06MindWar Sigma-957]], and the First Ones they encounter are they same Catherine Sakai did.

* FlyingFace: The form with which the Walkers of Sigma 957 appear on the Whitestar is a [[FloatingMask tiki-like]] floating head with glowing eyes and mouth.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Walkers' reaction should make one a little wary of the Vorlons. We find out what they might have done to warrant such a reaction early next season.
** During Sheridan & Musante's initial meeting and they were butting heads, Musante notes that the current laws do not exclude a Political officer [[TemptingFate unless there's a coup she hasn't heard about]]. Future episodes do involve an attempted coup.

* InterruptedIntimacy: Julie Musante is trying to get Sheridan into bed, when Ivanova, using the Great Machine's holo projector, appears in the room right behind her. Sheridan is forced to use KissOfDistraction to keep Musante from seeing her. In fact, this trope is inverted; Sheridan didn't want to sleep with her, but had to briefly get "intimate" in order to provide a distraction. Once Ivanova has left, he [[INeedToGoIronMyDog makes an excuse to leave]].

* MeaningfulName: The ship Musante rides back to Earth is named Loki, the Norse god of lies, deceit, trickery, and mischief.

* WokenUpAtAnUngodlyHour: G'Kar comed to Garibaldi's quarters late at night to give him the Book of G'Quan, which convinces him that everyone hates him.

Garibaldi is asleep that night when G'Kar comes and delivers him the Book of G'Quan. He protests that he doesn't read Narn but G'Kar tells him to learn. Garibaldi just grumbles as he stumbles back to bed.

* ToplessnessFromTheBack: When Sheridan finds Musante has slipped out of her dress.

* PetTheDog: When Ivanova sets foot on Epsilon 3, he is greeted by an angry Draal who was expecting Sheridan to come (and given Draal's arsenal, Ivanova was understandably wary of Draal). She makes a joke, which makes Draal laugh and he welcomes her.

* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten: Aside from not knowing what political parties, if any, exist in [=EarthGov=], Julie Musante fits the trope to a T. She's blonde, sexy, has no qualms about using sex to advance her agenda, and wholeheartedly chugs the neo-Fascist {{Realpolitik}} double-think name-game Kool-Aid of the Clarke regime.

* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten: Aside from not knowing what political parties, if any, exist in [=EarthGov=], Julie Musante fits the trope to a T. She's blonde, sexy, has no qualms about using sex to advance her agenda, and wholeheartedly chugs the neo-Fascist {{Realpolitik}} double-think name-game of the Clarke regime.

* BeggingTheQuestion: Julie Musante's rhetoric tends to boil down to this. Earth would ''never'' sign a treaty with a government bent on war; since they signed one with the Centauri, [[BlatantLies the Centauri obviously]] ''[[BlatantLies aren't]]'' [[BlatantLies bent on war]], ergo there was no problem with them signing a treaty. Earthgov has promised a job to anyone who wants one, therefore anyone who doesn't have one must not want one, so there's no problem with unemployment. There is no crime other than that committed by the mentally unstable; obviously they're mentally unstable, or they wouldn't be committing crimes, would they? Et cetera, et cetera.

->'''Sheridan:''' And when exactly did all this happen?
->'''Musante:''' [[DeadpanSnarker When we rewrote the dictionary.]]

->''Draal, it knows I'm here... it knows my name!''

* MeaningfulName: The ship Musante rides back to Earth is named Loki, the Norse god of fire and mischief.

* AirFictionOne: ''Earth Force One'' is seen again, and we finally get confirmation on who was responsible for its destruction.

** [[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E14ThereAllTheHonorLies Minbari do not lie]]...[[Recap/BabylonFiveS01E21TheQualityOfMercy unless they are serving the greater good]].

* StrawConservative: Musante's views on issues like poverty make her sound like an stereotypical Republican

With the whole of the Earth alliance bureaucracy now sitting on his shoulders, Sheridan can't make it to Epsilon III and sends Ivanova in his place. She'll work with Draal while he keeps Musante entertained/distracted. Ivanova asks if there's anything else.

At dinner Sheridan expresses his concerns that the Centauri will continue moving into the League of Non-Aligned Worlds until someone stand up to them, but Musante dismisses his concerns. She gives him an update on things back on Earth, and how President Clark has all but solved the world's problems, which amounts to redefining them or pretending they don't exist. Sheridan finds this disturbing.

Sheridan arrives in his office to find Musante already there. She explains that she has been sent by the Ministry of Peace, Nightwatch, as his PoliticalOfficer. His recent decisions have caused some waves back home and she's there to make certain he doesn't do anything too inconvenient in the future. Sheridan is not happy and protests her presence but her orders come from further up. She suggests they have dinner that evening to get to know each other better.

This means that Sheridan can't meet with Draal, so he sends Ivanova in his place.

Garibaldi is suddenly called with a [[SpySpeak Code 7-R]], a meeting of the War Council, much to Zack's confusion. There Delenn explains that gaining the proper allies may make the difference in the coming war. With that in mind, she's enlisted Draal's help in locating the few remaining [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien First Ones]]. Draal invites Sheridan down to the Great Machine later to conduct the search.

She tells him what she found, but Sheridan can't do anything right now, not with Musante keeping such a close watch on him. He orders her to go make contact before Musante comes looking for him. Glancing down at her, he notes it must be colder than he thought and goes to fix it, while she pouts in disappointment.