I like what JMS was trying to say in that episode very much (that is, if he was trying to say what I think he was trying to say!) The ideas almost save it, although the resulting execution missed the mark.

I will say it was my then-8-year-old's favorite episode for a while. The dummy just creeped him out, and Garibaldi's one of his favorite characters. Maybe we're just the wrong age? :)