"The Long Night" is an episode from the fourth season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.
Londo and Vir plot the assassination of Emperor Cartagia. Meanwhile, Captain Sheridan sets into motion his plan to bring the conflict between the Vorlons and the Shadows to a resolution.
The episode begins with a view of the myriad ships gathered around Babylon 5.
Ivanova reports to Sheridan in C&C; that the inevitable has happened. The Vorlo...
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"The Long Night" is an episode from the fourth season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.
Londo and Vir plot the assassination of Emperor Cartagia. Meanwhile, Captain Sheridan sets into motion his plan to bring the conflict between the Vorlons and the Shadows to a resolution.
The episode begins with a view of the myriad ships gathered around Babylon 5.
Ivanova reports to Sheridan in C&C; that the inevitable has happened. The Vorlons had been attacking Shadow outposts throughout space—now the Shadows are retaliating in kind. "It's like two giants fighting in a sandbox," she comments. "They don't care who's getting stepped on anymore." She shows him footage of the aftermath of one of the Shadow attacks, pointing out that within that death cloud (which can't be picked up by the sensors) was once a vibrant world of two million. Seeing this footage, she doesn't know who to fear more anymore—the Vorlons or the Shadows. Sheridan is forced to agree with Ivanova's earlier...
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