"Born to the Purple" is an episode from the first season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. This episode is named after the Greek word Porphyrogenitos, referring to special birthright or privileged heritage, royal birth.
Londo Mollari is being forced to negotiate with the Narn. He would rather be pursuing a new love interest, Adira Tyree, who is actually the slave of an alien named Trakis. He is using her to get a copy of Londo's...
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"Born to the Purple" is an episode from the first season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. This episode is named after the Greek word Porphyrogenitos, referring to special birthright or privileged heritage, royal birth.
Londo Mollari is being forced to negotiate with the Narn. He would rather be pursuing a new love interest, Adira Tyree, who is actually the slave of an alien named Trakis. He is using her to get a copy of Londo's Purple Files, a stash of dirt and information on Centauri's elite that Trakis hopes to sell to the highest bidder, possibly including the Narn. Londo promotes Vir Cotto to diplomatic status and orders him to negotiate with the Narn while he pursues Adira.
Meanwhile Michael Garibaldi has discovered unauthorized use of the Gold Channel communications network, which he attempts to track down. Eventually he traces it to Ivanova, who is using it to talk to her dying father back in the Russian Consortium.
Adira, having drugged Londo and stolen a...
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