Eyes

Season 1, Episode 17, Aired

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Sinclair's decisions of the last year catch up with him, when an internal affairs investigator arrives to test the crew's loyalty to Earth Force with the help of a telepath. Lennier shows great interest in Garibaldi's attempt at assembling a 1990's motorcycle.moreless
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  • eyes arrive on b5 for an investagation. and garibaldi builds an motorbike.

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    By seaqueastdsv, Jan 24, 2011
    in eyes we see that a colonel from internal affairs arrives on the station with a psi corps telepath mr grey looking to do investagation into the crew activties and there loyalty. the colonel has his own personal vendetta against commandar sinclari as it is because of him and his friendship with the minbari was passed off the commandar of babylon 5 to sinclari. he demands that all the commandar staff be scan which angrys susan. mean while security cheif michael garbaldi is up to some thing of his own he is building a motorbike in his room. with the help of lenner they have it built and then take a ride around the station on it. its quite a amusing scene at the end.moreless

  • Eyes

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    By TrueTvWatcher, Jan 01, 2011
    Eyes was a good episode of Babylon 5 and I enjoyed watching it because there was a lot of character development for Ivonava and Sinclair. I think the whole Psi Corps idea is great, and usually leads to some sort of entertaining drama. This episode had a good story which had some important parts, however this episode is not vital to the over all season. I really enjoyed watching Sinclair stand up for his crew and Ivonava freaking out over the mind scans. I thought the ending of this episode was good and I look forward to watching more Babylon 5!!!moreless

  • Bester's revenge

    5.8
    "Mediocre"
    By Parricida, May 31, 2008
    Oh, it with TKO, I think, are the most weakest episode of this season. In overall, this episode just looks like a whole time arguing can we scan Sinclair or not.. and ofcourse Ivanova who refuses telepaths near.. so.. mostly humans around, trying to find a way to work out with each other and leading nowhere. I most say, quite pointless.

    The only good thing in this episode was Lennier and his enthusiasm in history. That was little interlude for the struggle of the command staff, showed us more about Lennier (as he has stayed quite off the foreground) and taught us more about Garibaldimoreless

  • Sinclair is gradually making more and more enemies

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    By nazthedeep, Oct 14, 2007
    This episode is a definite step up from the last two episodes that were just kinda there - with a good focus on Sinclair, Garibaldi and Ivanova and their actions in the series thus far.

    An Earthforce investigator called Ari Ben Zayn shows up with a telepath in tow. They're posing as military contractors, but that cover is soon blown and they begin an investigation into the loyalty of the B5 Command Staff. The story flows this way and that, through the refusal of Ivanova to submit and the suspicions of Garibaldi, until Ben Zayn assumes control of the Station. Eventually his lust for power more or less overpowers him and he is brought down by his telepath sidekick - although being knocked spark out by a single (not all that convincing) punch was a bit unrealistic.

    The secondary plot here was Lennier helping Garibaldi rebuild a vintage motorcycle. Yeah- really!! This was just a device to have something a bit less dark in this episode.

    Overall, a well-plotted and acted episode that I enjoyed second time through. The actor playing Ben Zayn had just he right blend of menace and arrogance, and it was another sold episode in the series.moreless

  • Sinclair is investigated for his past actions and Lennier helps Garibaldi build a moterbike.

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    By mr_m704, Oct 21, 2005
    Many of the decisions Sinclair has made over the past year come back to haunt him when Earth Force send Colonel Ari Ben Zayn, an internal affairs investigator, and Harriman Gray, a telepath, to examine the loyalty of the command staff. There may be more to this however when it is discovered that Colonel Ben Zayn was also in the running for command of Babylon 5 and was much higher up the list than Sinclair. Lennier offers to help Garibaldi build a vintage motorbike after becoming fascinated with its history.

    This is a good episode and really where the show started to hit a consistent quality. This episode focuses much more on the three main characters of Sinclair, Ivanova and Garibaldi and their actions so far during the series. It's also interesting to see Jeffrey Combs in a guest role, playing a human rather than his normal role of playing various aliens in the Star Trek franchise.moreless
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    • Ivanova calls for Major Atumbe to take over when she leaves C&C. Atumbe was the off-shift commander, rarely mentioned but never seen. Straczynski occasionally considered introduced the character on-screen, but gave it up as he felt it felt forced to bring in yet another recurring character.

    • The original promo for "Eyes" shown at the end of "Grail" put together by the network was unrecognizable to show creater, J. Michael Straczynski. He said, "I have no idea what it has to do with the episode. Sometimes they "enhance" the story to make it promote-able... but I think this time they "enhanced" it right into a parallel dimension..."

    • According to J. Michael Straczynski, "Ben-Zayn" is to be understood as a Middle Eastern or Arabic name.

    • The motorcycle in the episode was a Kawasaki "Ninja." The choice was suggested by Jerry Doyle who is a motorcycle enthusiast. Kawasaki loaned the bike, but paid no promotional fee.

    • Macauley Bruton, who plays one of the masked men in Ivanova's dream, returns in the episodes "Mind War," "Chrysalis, " and "And the Sky Full of Stars" as Garibaldi's aide.

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    • Lennier: Zabagabee
      When Lennier is chanting over the motorcyle, he mediates, and says "Zabagabee." This is the title of the Greatest Hits album for Bill Mumy's band, the Jenerators. He got in some trouble with Straczynski for mentioning the record, was told not to plug more albums.

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