History Recap / BabylonFiveS04E03TheSummoning

* WhipItGood: G'Kar faces this courtesy of Centauri hospitality.

* CoolStarship: Lorien's ship has a unique design.

-->'''Vir''': Londo, forget what I said. ''Kill him!''

* StockEpisodeTitles

* AbsenteeActor: Averted! This is actually the first episode in which all the actors featured in the opening credits appear.

* WhamShot: First, Marcus detects a distortion field in hyperspace, like a piece of it folded onto itself as a sort of hiding place. When they enter to investigate, the scanners are having difficulty registering what is out there, but we see Ivanova's reaction as she looks outsifde the Whitestar's window. Then we see the massive Vorlon Dreadnought....that pans out to reveal several more Dreadnoughts.....then them being collectively dwarfed by the absolutely massive Vorlon Planetkiller.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Lyta is beginning to suspect she's been, and Ulkesh does ''not'' appreciate her attempts to find out what he's hiding.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Londo has a couple for G'Kar while trying to persuade him to scream, "Is you pride worth the freedom of your homeworld?" After G'Kar protests that if he gives Cartagia what he wants he would no longer be Narn, Londo points out that his people are alos no longer Narns, only slaves, and then dead slaves, and asks if that's really what G'Kar wants. G'Kar doesn't answer.

[[caption-width-right:350:That's the Vorlon version of a [[Franchises/StarWars Death Star]].]]

* CallBack: Zack is able to follow up on the lead [[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E02WhateverHappenedToMrGaribaldi G'Kar found]].

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: When Lyta finally sees inside Ulkesh's mind, she starts screaming.

Ivanova and Marcus come in with Lyta in tow. They're happy to have Sheridan back, but they've brought grim news. The Vorlon fleet they found was lost somewhere near a known Shadow base. It's gone now.

-->'''Sheridan''': Together we will form the largest fleet in history, not just for a battle, but to change the shape of the galaxy! Not just for ourselves, but for out children, and our children's children. And tell your governments that the only man to survive Z'Ha'Dum send this message: We can end this, not just for now, not just for the next thousand yeard, but forever! I stand before you as proof that it can be done! We can fight and we can win, but onyl if we do it together! Can I count on you? Will you stand together?

In the Vorlon's quarters, Ulkesh is withdrawing part of his conciousness from Lyta, which she finds painful. She begins demanding to know what's going on. She notes the differences between him and Kosh, thinking that Kosh actually cared about the younger races. Ulkesh is uncaring, and Lyta insists [[DudeWheresMyRespect she has earned some respect]], which only gets her a contemptuous, "Respect? From whom?" Crestfallen, Lyta is about to leave, but then tries to read Ulkesh's mind. In response the Vorlon knocks her into the wall, then shows her just what's on his mind. [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead She starts screaming]].

Londo and Vir they are walking through the palace gardens talking about what they saw. Londo wishes he didn't feel anything about it, it would make it easier to bear, but there's nothing they can do for now. Only when the time is right, can they make their move against Cartagia. Vir is still unsure about it, but the conversation is cut off when Cartagia suddenly appears, hands red with G'Kar's blood and cursing the Narn's stubborn refusal to scream. He talks about how he personally took over the torture, but G'Kar never made a sound. He then empties a bowl full of blood over a potted plant, then shoves it at Vir, who has had a [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness considerable change of opinion]]. Cartagia needs to die.

Ivanova's search is going poorly, hitting nothing but dead-ends. They press on, while back on station Zack informs Delenn he's got the information G'Kar was looking for but can't get a hold of him. Since time is of the essence, he decides to chase it down himself.

-->'''Drazi Ambassador''': ''Captain, we're sorry. We thought you were dead.''
-->'''Sheridan''': ''I was. [[UnexplainedRecovery I'm better now]].''

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Marcus reveals to Ivanova that he is a virgin, which, in case you haven't been paying attention, makes this one of the biggest aversions you could find.