Original Airdate: May 18, 1994 Written by J. Michael Straczynski Directed by Janet Greek Episode #: 13 Production #: 111
Guest stars: Gerrit Graham as Lord Kiro. Fredi Olster as Lady Ladira. Ed Wasser as Morden.
A Centauri fortune teller prophecizes the destruction of Babylon 5. A powerful group of mercenaries known as the Shadowmen approach Ambassador Mollari. Commander Sinclair must prepare to defend Babylon 5 from raiders while trying to remember what happened to him at the Battle of the Line.
When a small fleet of unknown space raiders rob and destroy cargo vessels near Babylon 5, the gigantic interstellar space station, Commander Jeffrey Sinclair (MICHAEL O'HARE) order Lieutenant Command Susan Ivanova (CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN) and Security Chief Michael Garibaldi (JERRY DOYLE) to prepare to defend the station.
Increasingly troubled by memories of his 24-hour amnesia during a crucial battle in the Minbari war 11 years earlier, Sinclair confides in Garibaldi. Sinclair thinks he was hypnotized and questioned by the Minbari Grey Council, then returned to his ship after the stronger Minbari military force surrendered to Earth. Garibaldi offers to help solve the mystery using his law enforcement contacts. He doesn't know that Delenn (MIRA FURLAN), a Grey Council member and the Minbari ambassador on Babylon 5 is ordered to kill Sinclair if he ever learns the truth.
Londo Mollari (PETER JURASIK), the resident Centauri ambassador, hires an alien archaeologist who retrieves The Eye, an ancient Centauri symbol of power that was stolen over a century ago from the Emperor's palace. To advance his own political career, Londo offers The Eye to Lord Kiro (GERRIT GRAHAM), the Centauri Emperor's heir, as he arrives on Babylon 5, accompanied by his aunt, Lady Ladira (FREDI OLSTER), a royal prophetess. As they speak, Ladira experiences two frightening visions: Kiro's death enveloped by shadows and an explosion that destroys Babylon 5.
Morden (ED WASSER), a sinister agent secretly working for the powerful mercenaries known as The Shadowmen, arrives on Babylon 5 to privately interview the various ambassadors, repeatedly asking them the puzzling question, "What do you want?"
Meanwhile, preparing to attack Babylon 5, the space raiders lure the station's starfuries, commanded by Ivanova and Garibaldi, into a distant sector of space. Three raiders abduct Kira and The Eye into a Centauri transport shuttle and escape.
Aboard the shuttle, Kiro is betrayed by the raiders whom he secretly hired to abduct him. He intended to return to Centauri Prime and, unhindered by Londo or Ladira, use The Eye to proclaim himself the new Emperor. As the raiders plot to ransom Kira and The Eye, two Shadowmen cruisers destroy the shuttle. The Babylon 5 fighter planes defeat most of the other raiders in battle.
As the Babylon 5 crew celebrates victory, Ladira senses that her first vision came true. Morden return The Eye in its charred container to Londo. Garibaldi tells Sinclair what he learned: Sinclair was chosen to command Babylon 5 by the Minbari. Finally, Ladira reveals her second vision, involving the destruction of Babylon 5, to Sinclair and prays that he can prevent it from happening.
