Passing Through Gethsemane

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Babylon 5 Season 3, Episode 4. Written by J. Michael Straczynski, directed by Adam Nimoy. Originally aired on November 27, 1995.

Primary Plot: One of Brother Theo's monks discovers he has a forgotten past.

Secondary Plot: Lyta Alexander returns to the station after visiting the Vorlon homeworld.

Commentary: Ahhh, lovely Patricia Tallman. She, playing Lyta Alexander, was the station's resident commercial telepath in The Gathering (the series pilot), but was replaced by Talia Winters for the first two seasons. Andrea Thompson, who played Winters, had personality conflicts with at least a few people on the show, and so she was written off and Patricia Tallman (who is most noted for being a stuntwoman) returned to the show in this episode (although she had appeared in last season's Divided Loyalties in a guest star capacity).

As to where Lyta's been since Divided Loyalties...ever since she scanned Kosh in The Gathering, she had felt a force calling her towards Vorlon space. She rented a ship to take her out there, where she was taken in by the Vorlons. She's not allowed to talk about what happened to her there, but the gist of it is that they severely enhanced Lyta's telepathic abilities. Now, she's working for the Vorlons and returns to Babylon 5 to serve as Kosh's aide. This transfers much of the Talia storyline over to Lyta--instead of Talia having superduperpowers because Jason Ironheart gave them to her in Mind War, Lyta has superduperpowers because the Vorlons gave them to her in this episode.

The Brother Theo stuff is, as always, pretty stupid and will not be discussed. :)

The title of the episode is a biblical reference. It refers to a passage in Matthew 26:30-50...Jesus goes to Gethsemane with Peter and two others to pray and contemplate his imminent betrayal. They fail to keep watch over him, and Judas is able to lead the Romans to Jesus. Sheridan and one of the monks discuss this story during the episode.

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Brother Theo	Grey 17 Is Missing	mindwipe	H.P. Lovecraft
Babylon 5 Episode Guide	Lyta Alexander	Ugly Judas Iscariot	The Gathering
strife	Gethsemane	mindfuck	Walkabout
Of Mice and Men	cut and dried	War Without End, Part One	Babylon 5 - Season Three
Du Hast	Matthew 26	Luke 23	Mark 14
John 18	Messages from Earth	Comes the Inquisitor	The Quality of Mercy

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