Grail (Babylon 5)
| "Grail" | |
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| Babylon 5 episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 15 |
| Directed by | Richard Compton |
| Written by | Christy Marx |
| Production code | 109 |
| Original air date | 6 July 1994 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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David Warner (Aldous Gajic) |
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| Episode chronology | |
David Warner (Aldous Gajic)
William Sanderson (Deuce)
Tom Booker (Jinxo)
Jim Norton (Ombuds Wellington)
"Grail" is an episode from the first season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.
A traveler named Aldous Gajic comes to the station in search of the Holy Grail. Having sent information requests to the ambassadors prior to his arrival, he is greeted as a very important guest, "Honored Seeker", by Ambassador Delenn and her aide Lennier. In Minbari culture, "Honoured Seeker" is used to denote those on a spiritual quest, and are afforded considerable respect, even if the Seeker is not himself Minbari. In the process of his search, Gajic gets caught up in the underworld of Babylon 5, as an underworld thug, Deuce, starts using an alien to "brain wipe" people who pose a threat to him.
Thomas "Jinxo" Jordan, who was present on all four previous Babylon stations, believes that he is a bearer of the Babylon Curse because every time Jinxo has left a Babylon station, the station is either destroyed or, in the case of Babylon 4, it disappears.
After being caught red-handed by security, Jinxo initially is tried for picking Gajic's pocket, but during the trial Gajic requests that Jinxo be released into his remedial custody. These two characters form an unlikely friendship.
Jinxo owes Deuce money.
Gajic and Jinxo go to Delenn and Lennier and to Ambassador Londo Mollari and Vir, but neither delegation can help him to find the Grail. They go to Ambassador Kosh's quarters, and Jinxo recognizes him as the thing that has been brain-wiping people.
Meanwhile, Dr. Franklin figures out that a quasi-sentient beast from Centauri space called a Na'ka'leen Feeder is what is "brain wiping" people. Centauris Londo and Vir lock themselves in their quarters, for Centauri fear Na'ka'leen Feeders. Londo places angry calls to Centauri Prime demanding to know how a Na'ka'leen could have arrived on the station.
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