"Babylon 5"
Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi? (1996)

Director:

Kevin James Dobson

Writer:

J. Michael Straczynski (written by)

TV Series:

"Babylon 5" (1994)

Original Air Date:

11 November 1996 (Season 4, Episode 2)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | War

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title | Garden | Space Opera | CGI | Telekinesis

Cast

Bruce Boxleitner	...	Capt. John Sheridan
Claudia Christian	...	Cmdr. Susan Ivanova
Jerry Doyle	...	Michael Garibaldi
Mira Furlan	...	Delenn
Richard Biggs	...	Dr. Stephen Franklin
Bill Mumy	...	Lennier
Jason Carter	...	Marcus Cole
Stephen Furst	...	Vir Cotto
Andreas Katsulas	...	G'Kar
Peter Jurasik	...	Londo Mollari
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wayne Alexander	...	Lorien
Lenny Citrano	...	Isaac
Anthony De Longis	...	Harry
Wortham Krimmer	...	Emperor Cartagia
Damian London	...	Minister
Rick Scarry	...	Centauri

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

G'Kar: Compassion is a rare commodity these days.

Like the last episode, this one is pretty vague and the action is quite subdued

Like the previous episode, this one is pretty low energy and not a whole lot is accomplished. In many ways, it's like a lull between the exciting climax of season 3 and the soon to heat up episodes later in season 4. Here, the problems of the loss of Garibaldi and Sheridan is the main thrust of the shows, but BOTH are not resolved until the next episode--so some might be a bit disappointed since nothing significant occurs in episode 4.2.

Sheridan awakens in a cave deep within Z'Ha'Dum. He's been here for some time and the last memory he has is of his ship crashing into the planet and detonating some nuclear warheads (which SHOULD have vaporized him). An alien named Lorien appears and discusses this with him and sounds like some sort of nice know-it-all mystic. It turns out, he is the oldest sentient being in the galaxy and he has somehow saved Sheridan from certain death.

At about the same time, on the station, G'Kar is frustrated with the lack of progress in locating Garibaldi, so he decides he must dedicate himself to finding him--even though he has no clue as to where to start. So, being G'Kar, he spends much of his time kicking butt and intimidating people until he has some leads.

The episode ends with Garibaldi STILL lost and Sheridan still stuck on Z'Ha'Dum--and it's not until the next episode when they return to B-5. Generally, the writing and acting are just fine, but I found the nice Lorien also a bit annoying. Apparently all-knowing eternals can be forgiven for being so mystical and sounding like Keye Luke from the show "Kung Fu".