Babylon 5/Recap/S02/E04 A Distant Star

A Distant Star
"An old friend of mine once quoted me an ancient Egyptian blessing: 'God be between you and harm in all the empty places where you must walk.'"

- Captain John Sheridan

This episode contains examples of:

 * A Friend in Need
 * Black Market Produce: Garibaldi goes to some lengths to acquire the ingredients for bagna cauda.
 * Cool Starship: Sure the Cortez might not be the prettiest ship you ever saw, but (1) it's huge and (2) it can build jumpgates!
 * Diet Episode: Franklin takes the opportunity to put the entire command staff on one, much to their annoyance.
 * Early Installment Weirdness: The voiceover for this season is spoken by Bruce Boxleitner in-character as John Sheridan. However, when it was originally recorded, Boxleitner had nothing but the text to work from. When the footage was put together for the opening credits, Boxleitner asked to re-record the speech to better match the action on the screen, and to do it with more feeling. The improvement between the two takes in incredible.
 * Noodle Incident: Several are mentioned.
 * Sheridan's nickname "Swamprat", which he says is a long story.
 * Maynard's leave on Mars involving a dancer, though we can probably guess on that.