"The Coming of Shadows" is a key episode from the second season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5. It won the 1996 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
Despite having health problems which make travel dangerous, the elderly Centauri Emperor decides to visit Babylon 5. The Emperor knows that he will die soon, and he wishes to meet with Narn Ambassador G'Kar in neutral territory and offer a public apology on behalf of the Cen...
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"The Coming of Shadows" is a key episode from the second season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5. It won the 1996 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
Despite having health problems which make travel dangerous, the elderly Centauri Emperor decides to visit Babylon 5. The Emperor knows that he will die soon, and he wishes to meet with Narn Ambassador G'Kar in neutral territory and offer a public apology on behalf of the Centauri people for their occupation and enslavement of the Narn homeworld.
G'Kar is unaware of the Emperor's reason for visiting, and he plans to murder him as an act of vengeance for the Centauri's past treatment of his people.
Centauri Ambassador Londo Mollari and his ally Lord Refa plan to publicly confront the ailing Emperor about the seeming "decline" and weakness of the Centauri Republic. The Emperor arrives at Babylon 5 and is greeted by the station's human command staff. He tells Dr. Franklin that he wishes to see the Vorlon Ambassador...
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