Babylon 5/Recap/S02/E15 And Now for A Word

And Now For a Word
"In the process of putting this report together, it didn't take us long to learn the most important rule of survival aboard Babylon 5: expect the unexpected."

- Cynthia Torqueman

This episode contains examples of:

 * 24-Hour News Networks: ISN
 * Camera Abuse: B5's numerous, independent "Securecams" floating around the hull; we see a few of them get trashed during a skirmish between Narn and Centauri ships.
 * A Day in the Limelight: Usually ISN is just in the background. Here they take center stage.
 * Finagle's Law: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong...while a news crew is onboard to film it and broadcast it to millions of viewers.
 * Humans Are Special: Delenn's reason for sayings Babylon 5 is worth the risks. Humans alone would build a station for the entire galaxy to use, rather than just their own kind.
 * Intrepid Reporter
 * Kick the Dog: An unintentional one by the reporter, whose interview of Delenn just after she's been rejected by her own people too is enough to leave the Ambassador in tears.
 * Look Ma I Am On TV: A couple of the shots of Torqueman in public areas has a bunch of people trying to get into the camera's shot field.
 * Paparazzi: Ambassador Kosh finally meets his match...and retreats rapidly.
 * Subliminal Seduction: PSI CORPS IS YOUR FRIEND. TRUST THE CORPS. Arguably the whole point of the episode, considering its title. "And Now For A Word" calls to mind the phrase continuing "...from our sponsors". As only one organization gets an advert inserted into the program, we might guess who was sponsoring it. They certainly got that word in.
 * War Is Hell