I'd forgotten the Ivanova sub-plot in this. For the tiny amount of screentime she gets, Christian does an amazing amount with her material (those reaction shots to her dad just killed me).

But, of course, this one's really all about Londo. It's an amazing set-up for what comes later - and I love his relationship with Adira. He's such a fascinatingly complex character, and I love that his weaknesses and the things that make him likeable are so close together - his romantic streak being, as selenak says, a large part of the way Morden hooks him later on.

What I really didn't remember was how cracked-out the bad guys were in this! First the bar guy who doesn't recognise either the station commander *or* the ambassador who'd been hanging out in his bar all the time? What? And then n'grath apparently quite happy to go along with Trakis' insane LET'S KILL ALL THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY LONG-TERM REPERCUSSIONS strategy... really, what? Mostly I don't care, though, because the rest of the plot is so good. This is the show up and running, right here.