And with that we said goodbye to Bester.
Aw.
I was hoping for an episode where Zach and Franklin went running through his head for some reason.
True, but I read in the Irish Times a few days ago the government is considering (and/or going to) implement some sort of officially Irish certificate for those with Irish descent.
You mean in the story I linked to?
Personally, I think it's a money grabbing exercise and I wouldn't be at all surprised if they sold the certificates to anyone willing to pay regardless of their descent. Not that I'm complaining, the more money foreigners pay for stuff like that the less I'll have to pay in the future.
And that's the way we like it! What? You think it's an accident that everyone hates us?
I just thought it was gross incompetence.
Mediations on the Abyss (**)
Lennier returns to the station and he's sent on a secret mission to zzzzz zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
It's not entirely boring, but it's not exactly what I consider interesting either. Lennier meets a screw-up that has no place being in the Rangers, the screw-up screws up, then he tries to kill himself but Lennier screws that up for him, then the screw-up is given a desk job so that he's out of the way. What is this, the civil service? Anyway, nothing really happens here.
Meanwhile, Vir is promoted to Ambassador and he zzzzzz zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
This story isn't all that boring either, and I was wondering at the beginning of this episode where Vir has been for the last few months. But other than attacking a Drazi with a sword, not much happened here either.
G'Kar got a new eye so now he zzzz zzzzzzz zzzzzzz.
Okay, I'm being really unfair on this episode in the written section, but I've scored it a 4, which officially means "meh". This appears to be one of those lulls between story arcs where pieces are put into place very slowly for the arc to come. It's all necessary, but it's not the most exciting television. The best parts involved Sheridan and co talking about the situation involving the Centauri and the ships that are getting blowed up real good. My guess is that the truth will be revealed and Sheridan will have to go through with his promise that he'd assist the other races in getting revenge. And that will be the fall of Centauri Prime that was prophesied by the DVD case.
I consider them, in a very real way, the "heart" of Babylon Five. I couldn't imagine the show without them. 
And the visit to their homeworld was a good sequence of scenes. Nice visual designs and a nice change of pace- it was good to get away from the confines of the station for a bit (well, there was the Royal Palace on Centauri Prime, but that's quite confining too).
Never mind, by this point they've already screwed up because Lennier has decided he doesn't want to be a pawn in their marriage and he runs away to join the circus. On the way to the circus, he hitch-hikes on a Centauri cruiser and ends up witnessing an atrocity. He records it thinking he can get 500 credits by selling it to "The Galaxy's Funniest Home Movies", but it turns out that what he has recorded is important evidence that indicates that the Centauri are bullies. Now the galaxy is on the brink of war, and Lennier doesn't get his money. 
