Babylon 5 (TV Series)

A Tragedy of Telepaths (1998)

Tracy Scoggins: Capt. Elizabeth Lochley

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• [Lochley and Zack are examining the injured after an attack by telepaths] 

  Capt. Elizabeth Lochley : This one's dead.

  Zack Allan : So is he.

  Capt. Elizabeth Lochley : Bester?

  Alfred Bester : Fine. A little depressed about the inflation rate and hemlines are going down again, but otherwise...

  Zack Allan : Shut up!

• Byron : We were created to serve normals. Now that the Shadow War is over we deserve compensation. A home.

  Capt. Elizabeth Lochley : Won't happen. They'll see you dead first.

  Byron : Then we will die.

• [first lines] 

  Capt. Elizabeth Lochley : Personal log, June 16, 2262. My first CO once told me: "When someone asks you why you took on a job, the worst answer you can give is 'Because a friend asked me to.'" I should have listened. This place is one long exercise in frustration. After I denied permission to the telepaths who came here asking to form a colony, President Sheridan overrode my decision. Now they've walled themselves up in Brown Sector...

• [last lines] 

  Capt. Elizabeth Lochley : Personal log, June 18, 2282. I don't think I've had a good night's sleep since I got here. Tonight's no exception. But I have to sleep. Tonight is the calm before the storm and I may not get another chance for some time. Tomorrow the storm comes. Tomorrow the killing begins. And God help me, I can't think of any way to stop it.