Babylon 5 Season 1, Episode 12. Written by
Kathryn Drennan, directed by
Jim Johnston. Originally aired on
May 11, 1994.
Primary Plot: Sinclair is forced to intervene in an illegal dockworkers
strike.
Secondary Plot: Londo interferes in an important
Narn religious ceremony, infuriating
G'Kar.
Commentary: This episode establishes Sinclair as a
Problem Solver--he finds a clever and humorous solution to the strike, and he finds a clever and humorous solution to the dispute between Londo and G'Kar]. JMS has cited this as one of the main reasons Sinclair was replaced--he was
typecast as "The Guy Who Goes Around Finding Clever And Humorous Solutions To Problems", and that's not the direction JMS wanted the character to go.
The name of the episode is a reference to a saying of
Malcolm X--
pingouin's writeup has the details.
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