Bester tells Geribaldi that he has implanted him with two of Asimov's laws: "You will not harm me, or allow by inaction to let any harm come to me." In fact, this is only one law, as Asimov's laws are: 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Continuity: Byron has an arm injured badly and can barely lift it. But then it is miraculously alright, and he uses it to tidy up his hair.
Lochley: And if Garibaldi is killed? Bester: Zack gets his room.
ISN News: ISN has just learned that the main headquarters for the Psi-Corps was bombed early this morning by unknown parties. The only clues found at the scene were the words "Remember Byron" painted on the side of the building ...
Sheridan: You're satisfied, Mr. Bester? Bester: No, not at all. I don't understand it. Despite of it all, I always thought that at the end of the day we're on the same side. They just needed someone to explain it to them ... so they'll understand who the real enemy was. Sheridan: Us, the mundanes. Bester: We weren't supposed to fight each other, not like this. I don't understand, ... I truly ... don't.
Byron [singing]: And we will all come together in a better place, a better place than this ...
Byron: Didn't have to end like this. Sheridan: It still doesn't. Byron: Yes it does. We can't go back now. There's too much blood. We are no longer who we were. We are what we have become, [directed at Bester] what you made us!
Garibaldi: You say you're doing this for a cause. What kind of sympathy you're gonna get by killing innocent people in cold blood? If you want to send a message, this ain't it.
Garibaldi [to Franklin]: What do you know about neural blocks?
Byron: I'm a strong P12. Lyta: But all P12's are automatically designated Psi-Cops. You were a Psi-Cop? Byron: Not just a Psi-Cop, Bester's protege.
Byron: I tried to teach them, to show them that there is another way than violence. Did I fail that badly? Lyta: You can't change human nature, Byron. Byron: Then there is not much point in living, is there? We can't hope for something better, something nobler, at least something kinder.
Bester: Let me ask you something, Mr. Garibaldi, purely philosophical question. On a scale of 1 to 10, ... how stupid do you think I am anyway?
Bester: No. Garibaldi: This isn't a discussion, Bester. Bester: Yes, it is. You won't shoot.
Sheridan [to Lochley]: There's only one thing more dangerous than Mr. Garibaldi when he's loud. ... It's when he's dead silent.
Bester [to Lochley]: Our job is to protect normals from rogue telepaths. Perhaps now you'll understand why we are necessary. Every race to develop telepaths has had to find some way to control them: through laws, religion, drugs, or extermination. We may not be pretty ... but we're hell of a lot better than your alternatives.
Bester: We should expect some losses on their side, but let's try to keep it within acceptable limits. The Corps is mother, the Corps is father ... in that way these are our children that've gone astray. We have to at least try to bring them in alive so that we can correct their thinking.
J. Michael Straczynski is considered a "renaissance man" for his many interests behind and in front of the camera, and this is supported in this episode by his title as "composer" and "lyricist." JMS composed the "Untitled Telepath Song" heard in the episodes "Strange Relations" and "Phoenix Rising." His only other lyricist credit is for The Real Ghostbusters TV series.
S 5 : Ep 22
Aired 11/25/98 (44:12)
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Aired 11/18/98 (42:28)
S 5 : Ep 20
Aired 11/11/98 (42:24)
S 5 : Ep 19
Aired 11/4/98 (42:28)
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