Original Airdate: October 11, 1995 Written by J. Michael Straczynski Directed by Jesus Trevino Episode #: 41 Production #: 220
Guest stars: Patricia Tallman as Lyta Alexander.
Lyta returns to Babylon 5, with news of a secret Psi-Corps conspiracy.
Telepath Lyta Alexander (PATRICIA TALLMAN) returns to Babylon 5. She is now part of a secret revolutionary movement working against the Psi Corps. Lyta tells Captain Sheridan (BRUCE BOXLEITNER) of a new Psi Corps technique that involves inputting a subconscious personality in an unsuspecting person. When a password is transmitted to the person telepathically, the subconscious personality takes control. In this way, a person could collect confidential information and never even know they are a spy for the Psi Corps until they are triggered by the password.
Lyta is convicted there is a "sleeper" spy on Babylon 5 and she wants to send the password to each major crew member to root out the spy. Sheridan is concerned that it is an invasion of privacy, but when someone tries to kill Lyta, he allows her to do it. Ivanova (CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN) initially refuses the procedure--she has never allowed a mind scan because her mother abused her by probing her thoughts constantly. Ivanova eventually admits to Sheridan that she herself is a latent telepath--an admission that endangers them both, since she is not registered with the Psi Corps. When Lyta finally does link with Ivanova's mind, she finds that she is not the spy.
When the station's commercial telepath, Talia Winters (ANDREA THOMPSON), enters the room and Lyta sends her the password, Talia's personality is instantly changed. She becomes furious and tries to kill Lyta. Talia, whom everyone loved and trusted, is a Psi corps spy, unwittingly gathering information for the day when they would use her. Fortunately, Sheridan did not include Talia in the small group of officers who are secretly investigating a conspiracy involving the assassination of the president on Earth, but she did learn about the "underground railroad" of escaped telepaths.
Before leaving the station, Lyta has a rendezvous with the enigmatic Vorlon Ambassador Kosh--the two seem to be very familiar with each other.
