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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