Original Airdate: July 13, 1994 Written by Larry DiTillio Directed by Jim Johnston Episode #: 16 Production # : 122
Guest stars: Gregory Martin as Col. Ari Ben Zayn. Jeffrey Combs as Harriman Gray.
A special undercover agent from Earthforce comes to Babylon 5 to test the loyalty of the crew.
Colonel Ari Ben Zayn (GREGORY MARTIN), an undercover investigator nicknamed "Eyes" from the Earthforce Bureau of Internal Affairs, arrives on Babylon 5, the huge interstellar space station built by the Earth Alliance. He is accompanied by Harriman Gray (JEFFREY COMBS), a military specialist from the Psi Corps, Eathforce's division of genetically-enhanced telepaths. They tell station commander Jeffrey Sinclair (MICHAEL O'HARE) that they've been ordered by Earthforce Security to evaluate the loyalty of the space station's command staff.
Lieutenant Commander Susan Ivanova (CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN) doesn't want to submit to Gray's mindscan, a telepathic survey of her personal thoughts. She resents the Psi Corps' authority and has painful personal memories of her mother, a disobedient telepath who died after her powers were neutralized by the Psi Corps. Ivanova threatens to resign from her command rather than allow Gray to expose her most private emotions. However, Sinclair assures her that he'll delay Zayn's unwarranted investigation.
Ben Zayn appoints Michael Garibaldi (JERRY DOYLE), Babylon 5's security chief and Sinclair's close friend, to be his assistant, ordering him to collect all of the biographical data on the command staff from the computer files. Garibaldi reluctantly obeys. However, he suspects that the investigators have a personal vendetta against Sinclair. Therefore, he secretly retrieves data on Zayn and Gray.
Meanwhile, Sinclair challenged Ben Zayn's authority by invoking a little-known legal article of the Earthforce Code that requires a special military review prior to officers complying with the mindscan of a Psi Corps telepath. Gray, who is sympathetic to Ivanova's desire for privacy, questions Ben Zayn's motives. He agrees with Sinclair and refuses to scan the officers. Enraged by Sinclair's bold defiance, Ben Zayn assumes command of Babylon 5 and threatens to court-martial Sinclair.
Garibaldi collects the results of his computer data search and tells Sinclair that Ben Zayn was originally selected to be the commander of Babylon 5 during its construction. But because of the unusual political demands by the Minbari, an alien race vanquished by the Earth Alliance in an interstellar war, Sinclair was unexpectedly given the prestigious command.
When Ben Zayn uses his self-appointed power to order Gray to mindscan the command staff, Sinclair demands that Ben Zayn be scanned as well. Sinclair provokes Ben Zayn, who becomes furious before the assembled officer, while Gray confirms Ben Zayn's vengeful ambition with a mindscan. When Ben Zayn threatens everyone with a PPG, Gray telepathically causes him to drop it and Garibaldi arrests the insane "Eyes."
