Babylon 5/Recap/S04/E17 The Face of the Enemy

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This is end game. We'll be okay as long as nothing goes wrong. —Susan Ivanova

This episode contains examples of:

• And I Must Scream: Garibaldi up until this point. Once he's released and the full weight of what's happened hits him, he does just that.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: Garibaldi.
• Berserk Button: When Ivanova hears that Garibaldi betrayed Sheridan, she orders that if he sets foot on Babylon 5, he is to be shot on sight. This is fairly uncharacteristic even for her.
• Flash Back: During Bester's tale.
• Instant Sedation: Averted. If the tranq patch knocks Sheridan out at all, it doesn't happen onscreen. The most it seems to do is make him groggy and slow his reflexes, making him easy to capture.
• Lured into a Trap: Garibaldi asks to meet Sheridan in some seedy bar and slaps a tranq patch on him.
• Mindlink Mates: Somehow, Delenn knows something bad has happened to Sheridan, and wakes up terrified just as Lennier brings her the news.
• More Than Mind Control: Bester was explicit that Garibaldi's personality remain intact, but that his suspicion and distrust of authority should be increased. The rest of the things Garibaldi did on his own, with a few nudges in the right direction from time to time.
• No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Two of them, or maybe one in two parts. First, right after Garibaldi drugs him, Sheridan is surrounded by thugs who beat him to the ground as Garibaldi watches impassively. The next, is when Sheridan is shown in Earthforce custody, where he is "well fed and properly treated."
• Ransacked Room: Garibaldi rushes back to Edgars' suite to find it trashed, Edgars dead, Wade dying, and both the virus and cure gone. And Lise is nowhere to be found.
• The Reveal: Two major ones:
  • Edgars has been working on a cure for a disease that affects telepaths alright, one they developed in the first place.
  • Bester has been behind Garibaldi's Face Heel Turn, and takes him back over what really happened after he left Babylon 5.
• They've Got Your Dad: Poor Sheridan.
• Tranquil Fury: The lack of yelling from Ivanova's direction when Sheridan is captured is very bad news.
• Unwitting Pawn: Garibaldi has been Bester's all season.
• Wham! Episode