Original Airdate: May 4,, 1994 Written by Mark Scott Zicree Directed by Jim Johnston Episode #: 11 Production #: 111
Guest stars: Elaine Thomas as Lianna Kemmer. Tom Donaldson as Cutter.
Luis Santiago, the President of the Earth Alliance, visits Babylon 5. An explosion destroys part of a construction site on the station, and Garibaldi is framed for the incident.
As the Earthforce president and his staff travel to Babylon 5, the huge intergalactic space station, to dedicate the opening of a new docking bay, an explosion destroys part of the construction site. A worker, Nolan (JOSE ROSARIO), is critically injured. Major Lianna Kemmer (ELAINE THOMAS), the president's security adviser, and her assistant, Agent Cutter (TOM DONALDSON), arrive to inspect Babylon 5's safety precautions.
Lianna is hostile to Babylon 5's security chief, Michael Garibaldi (JERRY DOYLE). Suspecting a personal grievance that might hamper the investigation, Station Commander Jeffrey Sinclair (MICHAEL O'HARE), confronts Garibaldi about Lianna. Garibaldi confesses that 13 years ago, while working as a guard for a mining company, her was close friends with Frank Kemmer, a pilot, and his 15-year-old daughter, Lianna. They helped him stay sober when the pressure of defying corrupt supervisors tempted him to drink too much alcohol. When the vengeful supervisors sabotaged a launch pad that accidentally killed Frank, Garibaldi was blamed for being careless. The mining company edited the accident report to avoid a scandal, but Lianna never believed that her "Uncle Mike" was innocent of killing her father. Garibaldi became a guilt-ridden alcoholic for several years.
Ignoring the protests of Dr. Stephen Franklin (RICHARD BIGGS), Babylon 5's medical officer, Lianna interrogates Nolan. Before he dies, Nolan insists that Garibaldi put a bomb in the construction site. Lianna temporarily relieves Garibaldi of his duty when Cutter finds evidence of the bomb and a detailed blueprint of the site in Garibaldi's living quarters. Lianna arrests Garibaldi for sabotage, but after proclaiming his innocence to her once again, Garibaldi flees into the crowded interior of Babylon 5. Convinced that Garibaldi is loyal, Sinclair orders his own security man, Lou Welch (DAVID CROWLEY), to search Nolan's living quarters.
While eluding Lianna and Cutter, Garibaldi frantically searches Babylon 5 to learn who incriminated him as the saboteur. He hides in a tavern in Downbelow, the station's equivalent of a criminal underworld, and escapes his troubles by drinking., As the president's ship docks, Lianna and Cutter capture Garibaldi and take him to his security office., Welch returns with evidence that Nolan belonged to a subversive radical group called the Home Guard. Nolan himself was the saboteur who inadvertently triggered the explosion intended to kill the Earthforce president.
Lianna and Garibaldi hurry to the docking bay to inspect for more bombs. There they meet Cutter, another home Guard terrorist in disguise, who is preparing to detonate another explosion after the president's speech. Garibaldi fights with Cutter and kills him before he can activate the bomb.
After the ceremony, Garibaldi thanks Sinclair for his devotion. Their personal friendship is reaffirmed. Lianna apologizes to Garibaldi for blaming him for her father's death. After reaffirming their friendship as well, Lianna departs with the president's staff, promises to visit Babylon 5 again to see her "Uncle Mike."
