John Sheridan:
So any of the old gang coming in for this shindig?
Colonel Elizabeth Lochley:
Some. Talked to Garibaldi, he's gonna try to come, but he's dealing with some situation on Mars.
John Sheridan:
And Stephen?
Colonel Elizabeth Lochley:
Oh, I thought you heard. Dr. Franklin went with G'Kar, exploring beyond the Rim. You know how he is, he'll take any chance to explore new territory before anyone can get there.
John Sheridan:
Heh. That's too bad. I'll miss him.
Prince Regent Dius Vintari:
Anyway, Emperor Mollari thought I'd be safer with you. He said "I would trust Sheridan with my life."
John Sheridan:
Well, that's -...
Prince Regent Dius Vintari:
Then he corrected himself and said he would trust you with *my* life, because he had plans for next week. Then he left the room, laughing.
John Sheridan:
[
chuckles] Oh, he always did have a sense of humor.
John Sheridan:
And where's your camera?
ISN reporter:
[
points to a button on her jacket] Right here. My director said it would help make sure people would look at the camera... a lot.
ISN reporter:
[
as they're about to enter quantum space] Wouldn't normal hyperspace be good enough to...
John Sheridan:
No, no, no. We'd never make it in time. As I was saying, the first time some folks make the jump to quantum space they just puke their guts out... fouling themselves in the most awful ways you can imagine.
ISN reporter:
Mr. Presiden, I - I
John Sheridan:
Here we go.
[
the ship enters quantum space]
John Sheridan:
The problem isn't that I only give two interviews a year Miss Chambers. The *problem* is that so few reporters ever seem to come back for seconds.
[
pause]
John Sheridan:
Was that a new dress?
Galen:
There is hope, but it is at best a slim hope.
John Sheridan:
Yeah, well I've never known hope when it wasn't on a diet.
Sheridan's Secretary:
Mr. President, the ISN reporter is asking to see you... again.
John Sheridan:
Tell her I'm dead and throw her down the stairs.
Sheridan's Secretary:
Sir?
ISN reporter:
You don't like reporters, do you?
John Sheridan:
Of course I do... properly cooked.
[
first lines]
G'Kar:
[
voiceover] I believe that when we leave a place, part of it goes with us, and part of us remains. Go anywhere in the station when it is quiet and just listen. After a while, you will hear the echoes of all our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we have gone, our voices will linger in these walls.
Simon Burke:
Get out of my head. No!
Father Cassidy:
Are you sure you know what you're doing?
Colonel Elizabeth Lochley:
No, but it's never stopped me before.
[
last lines of "Over Here"]
Colonel Elizabeth Lochley:
Personal log, Colonel Elizabeth Lochley. Every few days, a new Starliner arrives from Earth, Mars, or some damn place. And among the passengers are always some who have never been in space before and they'll stand at a porthole, looking out at the infinite horizon, at the intersection of what's known and what's not. And comment on how cold and dark it is in space. They're wrong. When I look out into space, into the sea of stars, I see a billion times a billion lights, each calling out to someone: "Remember me, my child." Each of them whispering to someone, "Come home." My friends back on Earth don't understand why I'm still here when I could be at a comfy desk job or commanding a warship. I'm here because this is my home now and because when the darkness comes it's good to know you're standing in the one place where the lights are always on.
[
first lines of "Over There"]
Man:
[
over radio] Mr. President, your ship is here.
John Sheridan:
Be right there.
John Sheridan:
Ten years. Ten years since the world changed. Ten years since I changed. Ten years of press conferences, politics, and arm-twisting. Every day, someone points me to the big picture. Every day, I wonder if I'm missing the small picture, the details.
[
last lines]
John Sheridan:
Ten years. Ten years since the world changed. Ten years since I changed. But it feels like I never left the place. Babylon 5 is a place of beginnings and endings. I wonder which this will be.
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