Learning Curve (Babylon 5)
| "Learning Curve" | |
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| Babylon 5 episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | David J. Eagle |
| Written by | J. Michael Straczynski |
| Production code | 506 |
| Original air date | 18 February 1998 |
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Nathan Anderson (Rastenn) |
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Nathan Anderson (Rastenn)
Turhan Bey (Sech Turval)
Brendan Ford (Tannier)
Trevor Goddard (Trace)
Brian McDermott (Sech Durhan)
"Learning Curve" is an episode from the fifth season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.
Sech Turval and Sech Durhan visit Babylon 5 to report to Delenn on the Anla'shok training. They bring with them two trainees, Rastenn and Tannier.
Garibaldi has an argument with Captain Lochley in the mess hall over the Earth civil war. He accuses her of not being on the side of Babylon 5 in the war. She answers that she did not take up arms against her government, but that does not necessarily mean that she fought against Babylon 5 and its allies. "We follow orders until one comes along that violates our conscience. Then we have to decide whether or not to follow it and take the consequences. Maybe you'll be proven right. Maybe they'll stick you in front of a firing squad. But your decision affects only you." She refuses to answer Garibaldi when he asks if she disobeyed any orders during the war.
Zack investigates a murder in Downbelow, the third murder in two weeks with similarities. The victim died from a single PPG burst at close range. Because there is no blood on the deck, he deduces that the victim was murdered elsewhere, and the body left in an open location as a warning. Zack implores the crowd for anyone to come forward with information, but no-one says anything. In the crowd are Trace, a new "crime boss," and a few of his henchmen. After Zack leaves, Trace discusses the situation with the henchmen. He decides that Zack is a threat to his criminal enterprises, and orders him killed. One of the henchmen tries to talk him out of it, but Trace refuses, indicating that before the war, he had a similar enterprise on Beta 7, and after killing two successive heads of security, he was able to make a deal with their third head of security.
Sech Turval sends Rastenn and Tannier away to explore the station on their own. Delenn, Sech Turval and Sech Durhan discuss the recent opening of the Anla'shok to all races in the alliance, and the problems they have encountered with the pak'ma'ra. Delenn observes that the pak'ma'ra are shunned by all other races, that others "go out of their way not to notice them." She then suggests using the pak'ma'ra as couriers for messages too important to send through normal communications channels to take advantage of their pariah.
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