Babylon 5: Londo Cheers up Garabaldi

S1E18: A Voice in the Wilderness (1): Londo Mollari cheers up Garabaldi. This is the kind of humor mixed with seriousness that make me enjoy the series so much.

[@LordFoxxyFoxington]

Sad really, Londo was a much happier person when he had absolutely no power.

[@kimnice]

"Isn't it strange G'Kar? When we first met I had no power and all the choices that I could ever want. And now I have all the power I could ever want and no choices at all. No choice at all."

[@vexxama]

Time and perspective are always funny that way. Some times it takes achieving something to realise it wasn’t what you envisioned, and others it’s in losing something that you become happier. What I loved about this show was that the characters weren’t just parts of the plot thrown in, they were people and they weren’t just rigidly the same as when the show started

[@alienlife7754]

He could womanize and drink to his content! Lol. His job on B5 wasn’t supposed to be as important as it eventually became.

[@marcosalmendras4998]

his shoes got to tight, and he could no longer dance.

[@truefanforum3273]

Why wouldn't he be happy? He has no pressure or people second guessing or criticizing every little thing he did. Plus, he didn't have to worry about someone stabbing him in the back, figuratively or literally. Remember the saying "heavy is the head that wears the crown."

[@odysseusrex5908]

Londo Molari was one of the most interesting, richly developed characters in all of science fiction.

[@KevinRich]

Ah, Mister Rex, your charity knows no bounds. I am something of a fan myself, you see.

[@Muck006]

"Well developed characters" (ALL of them) is why the series works and is even better than its DS9 copy. Even the bad / cheap sets dont really matter as much because of it.

[@kerosoldier]

@@Muck006 theres a contreversy stating the it was ds9 that ripped off B5

[@concepts6460]

​@@Muck006the set is amazing, look at that costume work, all the extras and shot of the room. The scene feels alive, brilliantly designed and well shot. I think the gun metal gray look makes it look weird. But it was the early 90s we still had CRTs and thought the future would look as industrial as we live now.

[@normdoty]

you left off the best part. the bartender now asks garabaldi to pay for londo's drink !!!!

[@XanthIllion]

Knowing S1 Londo, he just had a standing order set up, where all the entertainment establishments just sent the regular weekly bill right to the Capital.

[@Ragzzy-R]

Londo and G'Kar are both two of the greatest characters ever written

[@magewildhuter6675]

This words from Londo can make you cry, when u feel sad...but also lifts u up. Fantastic scene, unforgettable

[@NAJ0202]

Londo was fantastic. And even now, this bit cheers me up.

[@Ama-hi5kn]

"You try to kiss me and I'll break your arm", lol. Rest in peace Jerry Doyle. So many actors from B5 have passed away... That series helped me get through a lot of tough times back in the days.

[@planetdisco4821]

It did for many of us mate. Whenever I read the comments section on B5 it amazed me how many people say almost the same thing you did. It got me through a failed business and the loss of my house my car and my furniture, but by god not my VHS player lol. I would walk into blockbuster and straight to the B5 wall and rewatched the entire series over about 18 months or so. 👍

[@Ama-hi5kn]

Yeah. Michael O'Hare's passing away was probably the most tragic one of all. He struggled through season 1, but JMS supported him all the way. I wish I could meet him one day. JMS seems like the nicest person. :')

[@caliztar]

"It looked like you needed a friend.."

[@donaldsedig7045]

You got to love Londo's expressiveness.

[@nelsonchereta816]

At the beginning Londo was the funny comic relief character no one took seriously, but everyone liked. GKar was the rough dangerous one obsessed with revenge. And it was Londo who was Garibaldi's drinking buddy and friend. It was incredible the arc those characters all went on.

[@davidking6750]

Yes it could be said that a major arc of Babylon 5 was the changes of Londo and G'kar and also their relationship to each other. Who could have really envisioned the last scene between them from he start!

[@matthewteague623]

As badass as Londo could be, and as frurstrated with his people's fall from stature as they were in Season One..... Londo was a lot happier before Morden.

[@Huxley555]

Well killing your wife tends to have that effect. Londo was an amazing character.

[@stuartwald2395]

I am listening to a couple of Babylon5 podcasts, and from them was reminded that right after this cut ends Garibaldi finds out that Londo has stuck him with the check for his drink.

[@Rich_D]

After all these years, still brings a smile to my face.

[@cameraman655]

Yep, me too…

[@Egobyte83]

This just makes it even sadder to know Londo's fate. Btw, the impression and description of the dancer... sounds like Timov.

[@Ishlacorrin]

She was his 1st wife iirc , so that would track. She was also the most honest of them too I think. I remember the ep where he was given the 'gift' of divorce from all but one of his wives from the emperor and he chose the one that didn't suck up to him at all because with her he would 'always know where I stand'.

[@TomLuTon]

Actually no. Timov was wife 2. Londo's first wife was a dancer, but his family demanded that he get a divorce because she was below his station and rank

[@Demondragonkinggav]

@@TomLuTon Where are you getting your information from? Is it in one of the B5 Novels dealing with Lando or the Centari?

[@TomLuTon]

@@DemondragonkinggavIn the B5 movie, "In the Beginning", Londo says that he has had 4 wives. This clip describes wife one

[@shyone968]

You cut it off before Gerabaldi figured out Londo screwed him out of a drink.

[@KevinRich]

Correct. That was not the part of the clip I was interested in.

[@ohpopshop]

@@KevinRich Your decision, of course, but IMHO that final punchline truly capped the sequence with a grand offbeat denouement. A shame not have included it as well. Still, even without it it might well be my favorite character development sequence in the first season so many thanks just the same for posting everything you did post. It still gives us excellent material for nudging people who don't know what they missed. :-)

[@MrAlBester]

Londo was the BEST ! Character in just about every way yet also the most tragic character arch -

[@markleopard8960]

Lando was my favorite character on the show one of my favorite characters on any show.

[@rizon72]

Londo and G'Kar, their journey together through this series was incredible.

[@alienlife7754]

I remember the first time I saw Mollari I thought “What? A race of clowns?” Lol. With that hair it was the first thing to come to mind. But as the show went on I realized that the Centauri were a brutally political people. They make Romulans look low key.

[@rollespil1000]

I LOVE Londo's accent :)

[@RogueShadows]

Apparently Peter Jurasik based it off of a neighbor he'd had as a kid, a man who'd been a court functionary in Tsarist Russia before the revolution. His native language, like most of the Tsar's court, was a heavily Russian-accented French.

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

Mollari cheered Garibaldi up and then walked away and got Garibaldi to pay for his drink. 👋

[@eyeofbrown1387]

3 days into a thus far stressful week, and this pops into my feed. Ah, Babylon 5. Good 👍 times ⏰… Londo & Garibaldi’s friendship was always fascinating to see.

[@OdariArt]

One of my favorite scenes. Londo and Garabaldi had a very unique relationship. Love it!

[@ZackExplorer28]

things must be bad if Londo has to cheer up Garabaldi.

[@KevinRich]

Zack Wolf-Fox the first season had Londo as the good guy

[@Desmaad]

In the first season Londo was a buffoon, a far cry from the darker character of later seasons.

[@captainyossarian388]

"Hey, he didn't pay for his drink." (knowing sigh) "That's okay, I've got it."

[@AliceTolson]

Loved both of these guys..so good at what they do..❤

[@cameraman655]

Another scene from DS9 involving Quark and Garrick…right up there with this.

[@ragzzytv]

Londo has a story for everything Its amazing. you can see its his character to do so. Here you see he telling a story to Garibaldi in a very chill environment trying to cheer him up. He also tells the story of the winter flower to G'Kar on a very serious situation. such a great writing.

[@918Mitchell]

B5 and DS9 were my go to shows back in the 90's

[@shawngillespie3532]

Such range as an actor

[@tomaszwitkowski9507]

And, of course, Garibaldi had to pay for Londo's drink.

[@geoffreytudor5674]

Londo had his moments.

[@permeus2nd]

And out of his 3 wife’s she was the only one he decided to keep even though she said she would never love him but she was the only one he could trust to be honest with him.

[@Methalec1985]

You cut the best bit... Londo only did that to get a free drink!

[@druunderwood5602]

CATS!

[@johncunningham4820]

Londo . A Weak Piss-pot at the beginning . Developed into someone to be reckoned with . Basically good at heart , but , caught up in his Absolute Loyalty to his Home and People . As anyone might be . Would have been IDEAL as Emperor without the Drakh in the picture . That story never got told properly . The ascension of Vir .

[@xxlCortez]

Mr. Gari Baldie!

[@trowawayacc]

I think this was the one he kept. 😂

[@davidking6750]

Wait a minute...got cut off before the bartender said that drink needed to be paid for .... Londo skipped out leaving Garibaldi with the tab ;-)

[@TeaParty1776]

Londo eventually became a consultant for high-end Hollywood parties.

[@magicstix0r]

That's only slightly more evil than what Londo ended up doing for real.

[@TeaParty1776]

@@magicstix0r Im flabberghasted by your comparison.

[@magicstix0r]

@@TeaParty1776 I'm just the messenger. Be mad at hollywood for being so evil.

[@TeaParty1776]

@@magicstix0r Thanks for sharing your emotions.

[@ashdjones]

Centaris can't drink H2O, viewers never notice pro station. Every background char has a full life story just the same. 1.44 blue guy, gambling debt revenge

[@terrywomack694]

Great scene but I think later on this is the wife he keeps when he is allowed to deforce two of his three wives.

[@PhilDrury]

Londo Molari... Any chance he can get Garibaldi to pay for his drink... 🤣 I miss how those characters interacted in this annoyed respect they had, but it went how it did and they both became closer to G'Kar than each other.

[@PattConium]

Sad when you find out later, as his First Wife, he truly did love her but was forced to Divorce her by his family

[@JohnStormForge]

Everytime I see Londo I think of Grandpa Munster.

[@zathras11b53]

You couldn't let the scene finish?! Londo didn't pay for his drink and the bartender stops Michael from leaving to have him pay for it!

[@sbritton1313]

And Londo left gerabaldi with the check

[@BlueGoblin1]

When lindo could laugh

[@dreamingflurry2729]

Oh, Londo...you are a really tragic character, a guy who tried to do right by his people and his friends, while also being driven to commit terrible acts in the name of advancing your species..."My shoes are too tight, but it doesn't matter, because I've forgotten how to dance!" indeed :( He was truly well writen and well acted, he is in fact my favourite character on B5, next to G'Kar of course, then again I also like Bester (yes, he'd kill me without second thought, as I am "just a mundane" - still, I like Bester because he's complex, does what he believes is best for his people and makes no appologies for being ruthless to end!)

[@sixcues]

I wonder if the Dancer he was talking about was one of his wife's that he was getting a Divorce from in a later episode?

[@maxwaller2055]

*¡sadly the thespian Jerry Doyle (1956 - 2016 at 60 years old) died in real life! - but Babylon 5 lives for eternity* 1:07 am Pacific Daylight Savings Time on Wednesday, 20 October 2021 Common Era or CE formerly known as Ano Domini or AD

[@Lorgar64]

I think this was the first Babylon 5 clip I saw. Got me interested in the show. Terrible introduction for Londo, though.

[@ThatsMrPencilneck2U]

"Hey! Who's gonna pay for that!" Your cut is too short!

[@mindya1799]

You cut off Londo leaving Garabaldi with the check.

[@erin_3569]

Was it the wife his parents made him divorced ? The anecdot is much sadder considering that

[@zvimur]

I think the show kept changing Londo's story. At one point he shows Vir a picture of his 3 wives. None of them was in the divorce episode!

[@Feasco]

@@zvimur probably made the picture before they'd cast the episode

[@writinglife6244]

@@Feasco No, Londo was forced to divorce the dancer by his family due to her low station. He then married Timov, Daggair and Mariel. then of course there is Adira whose death precipitated his plunge back into the alliance with the Shadows.

[@suchiuomizu]

@@writinglife6244 You aren't disagreeing with Gnome. Zvi was just an idiot who was too stupid to realize the story wasn't changed. Those pictures were Timov, Daggair and Mariel, but not the actresses who would later play them in that episode.

[@Yasuda9000]

​@Writing Life Then Londo found out that Mr. Mordant was behind her death later on after realizing that being in league with the Shadows and that the current Emperor of Centari Prime was going to get them all killed. That is why he helped G'kar free his people and tried to poison the Emperor, but Vir was the one who poisoned the Emperor after Londo dropped by being punched. The Shadow Vessels that were on Centari Prime were destroyed by blowing the island that they were on. Most of the population on the island evacuated the previous night. A few stayed to make it look like nothing was out of the ordinary. And Londo had Mr. Mordant killed and his head on a pike in the Palace Garden which Vear waved at. (In a earlier episode, Mordant asked Vear what did he want and Vir did say he wanted to see Mordant's head on spike so he could wave at it since he didn't like him or trusted him. Funny that Vir got what he wanted and nothing bad happened to him. Others who got what they wished for from Mordant lived to regret it.)