B5: No one here is exactly what he appears (G'Kar)

[@roguishpaladin]

*Zach walks onto the station* "Hey, guys!" G'kar: "Well, now I guess that someone here is exactly what he appears."

[@kimmccarthy7747]

Zach had his moment of not being what he appeared when he joins the Night Watch, and you are led to think he is going to betray Garibaldi, and it turns out he is actually working for Garibaldi.

[@crowtservo]

@@kimmccarthy7747 I thought he made it pretty clear why he joined Nightwatch: More money to do what he’s already doing, in his mind. As for later on, I thought it seemed obvious he was going with the Captain and the Chief and putting Nightwatch in a trap.

[@Raguleader]

@@crowtservo Even then, it wasn't an easy decision for him. After he helps them trap Nightwatch, he's told he did the right thing, and wryly notes that everyone has been telling him that and he just doesn't know for sure when it's true or not.

[@PackerBronco]

"No one here is exactly what they appear. Not Mollari. Not Delenn. Not Sinclair. And Not me." ==== Right on the money in all four cases.

[@GalaxyGamer_YT665]

And the emphasis on Sinclair is huge. I bet Andreas was told to do it that way by JMS, Andreas would have had no idea too

[@erikrupp692]

@@GalaxyGamer_YT665 - Keep in mind, at that point the plan was for Sinclair to be the Commander for all five seasons. JMS didn't yet know he'd have to alter his 5 year plan to include a new Captain and come up with a new fate for Sinclair. Real life intervening actually made that speech even more prophetic!

[@donaldpaluga]

@@erikrupp692 I doubt JMS knew about Michael O'Hare's condition at that point in time

[@erikrupp692]

@@donaldpaluga - That's my point. By the time they finished this episode JMS did know there was a problem, but it was written before he knew. That's why I said it was prophetic. JMS didn't know it, but his script mirrored reality.

[@JoshSweetvale]

She's also Sinclair's sorta-girlfriend, so G'kar is emphasizing someone _Sakai_ knows.

[@Argumemnon]

God, I love G'Kar. What a fantastic character with a fantastic character arc. Him and Londo.

[@101jir]

and the evolving dynamic between them, and the contrast of how things turn out for each.

[@OpenMawProductions]

It's great how they really make you think G'kar is going to have her assassinated to keep something secret, and then it turns out he really is on the level, and that first layer of the onion is pelled away, revealing that G'kar isn't the pseudo-villain that season 1 starts him off to be.

[@Darkwolfe73]

Which... was exactly what he was saying all along. Even he is not what he appears to be :)

[@oldfrend]

the embryonic development of the truly good man he became. brilliantly written character.

[@girlgarde]

To be fair, G'Kar was looking out for his people's interests even if he did it in a shady way at first plus his harsh actions towards Londo in "Midnight on the Firing Line" were born out of hatred for what the Centari did to his people in the past. You have to remember that G'Kar grew up during the later years of the Centari occupation of his homeworld so of course he's going to be angry and hate filled towards the Centari at first and would get angry at others like Sinclair for what he sees as a lack of understanding on their part. This episode DOES show though that there's good in G'Kar and that he wants to help others, he's just got a lot of issues to work out which he does over time.

[@sparrowlt]

the whole show was about that.. and the line sums it up perfectly "no one here is exactly what they appear"

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

Not only that, but he sends ships to rescue her.

[@DoctorWortspieler]

You know, considering the first G'kar-centered episode involved an assassin who appeared to be just a messenger, and his attache who appeared to be his assassin, his advice here has been shown to come from experience.

[@mikeq7096]

I use this wisdom almost daily. in this day and age it rings very true.

[@101jir]

This day and age? How about ever? Especially when dealing with history. Hitler wasn't. Ted Bundy wasn't. But neither was JFK, nor Washington. Even Hirohito had surprises. But yes, daily wisdom for the ages.

[@JohnJ469]

Same. The big B5 wisdom for me though is that my wife and I never part without saying "I love you". Should anything happen, these will have been the last words to pass between us.

[@sasquatchycowboy5585]

The only thing I didn't like about this show is how mundane the First Ones turned out to be. Lorain was cool, like a wise grade father. And I get that was the point that there really just like us, and there is no reason for us to die under them, but still. What G'kar said is true. It was nice to have some things unexplained. And what Sheridan said is also true. The B5 univers did feel smaller with them explained and gone. The Expanse is doing a much better job with it's first ones, I hope they don't mess it up.

[@1BigBen]

and he get his points better a cross in later life. G'Kar [about to leave the Liandra for Babylon 5] It's quite a place. A place of good times and bad, of pain and growth, but in the end a place of great hope. - But if you ever do come aboard, remember one thing: No one there is exactly what he seems. But then, who is?

[@gilgamesh310]

Such great foreshadowing.

[@flyingf1sh]

Be careful how you use the word “shadow”!

[@rogersemahan3011]

G'kar: "Strand things happen in Sigma 957." Akai: "Like what?" G'kar: "Like I'm going to tell you! Lololol. Yeah, like I'd say 'Highly advanced alien ships that don't care whether they accidentally injure you.' "

[@101jir]

A bit like the Technomages in that way. If he tries to stop her he will only harden her resolve. If he tries to explain what goes on, she won't believe him. So this is all he can do, a cryptic remark and a pot-shot attempt to get her to change her mind. He's hoping that whatever her mind conjures up of the reason will stop her. Because the real reason will sound too made up and backfire.

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

The ship was one of the Shadow's ships, so she's incredibly lucky that's all that happened. Likely much stranger things have happened in the past.

[@simval84]

@@TonkarzOfSolSystem It was not a Shadow's ship. It was from one of the Old Ones, the ones that Sheridan ended up contacting to get their help in ending the Shadow-Vorlon war.

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

G'kar was the only inhabitant of B5 that wasn't crazy.

[@PackerBronco]

I would say that Vir is the only one.

[@getcrack4me]

To other Narns G'kar was a lunatic LOL. Where's that scene with two human girls coming out of his bedroom when Na'Toth stopped by.

[@roguishpaladin]

@@PackerBronco Vir frequently talks to himself and waves at decapitated heads. We all loved him, and he's a great character, but he may not have been 100% stable.

[@kimmccarthy7747]

I would say everyone on B5 was crazy. In their own ways, and in their own measure.

[@kimmccarthy7747]

@@getcrack4me I don't know the episode name, but Na'Toth is already in the anteroom trying to cover for him with Sheridan when the girls walk out. And then G'Kar comes out in his robe. Na'Toth just bluffs it all out.

[@rogersemahan3011]

If I was Catherine I would have screwed off. Guy basically says if you go ther I'll assassinate you. Catherine: Well let's go ther

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

G'kar knew the Shadows were chilling at Sigma 957 and if she went there the Shadows would most likely kill her. It was the temporary home of the Shadows before they returned to Z'ha Dum

[@hagamapama]

Umm actually no, Sigma 957 is one of the very few places Shadows can't go, because the Walkers were there. The Walkers are another Elder Race, like the Shadows and the Vorlons, and they absolutely could keep the Shadows at bay The Vorlons may nagutna chog, but the Walkers had no love of the Shadows either. It was the Walkers that Catherine wound up bumping noses with.

[@jedironin380]

@@MichaelClark-uw7ex You're confined to quarters until you watch the whole series again! ;)

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

@@jedironin380 Yep it was the Walkers, i haven't watched it in a few years. going to have to find a torrent or something. At least being confined to quarters will give me plenty of time. LOL

[@jedironin380]

@@MichaelClark-uw7ex I have the DVD set, but I think the whole series is on Amazon now, if you have Prime. ;) If you're in the UK, it's on one of their TV stations now, too.