Babylon 5/Recap/S04/E03 The Summoning

Drazi Ambassador: Captain, we're sorry. We thought you were dead.
Sheridan: I was. I'm better now.

This episode contains examples of:

• A Man Is Not a Virgin: Marcus reveals to Ivanova that he is a virgin, which, in case you haven't been paying attention, makes this one of the biggest aversions you could find.
• Back from the Dead: Sheridan, of course.
• Cool Starship: Lorien's ship has a unique design.
• Continuity Nod: G'Kar's refusal to scream for his tormentors hails back to when he was tortured by an assassin. He said then he would rather die than give him the satisfaction.
• Head-in-The-Sand Management: The Drazi and Hyach ambassadors, who want to prevent Delenn and her few remaining supporters from continuing attacks on the Shadows. They believe that if the Army of Light doesn't antagonize the Shadows, they might well go back to sleep for another thousand years, but if Delenn and company press on, it will drag everyone down into the abyss. As is usual with this trope, the Drazi and Hyach ambassadors aren't antagonists...they're just wrong.
• OOC Is Serious Business: Vir keeps trying to find some way out of their predicament that doesn't require bloodshed; until he meets Cartagia, who waters the plants in the garden with G'Kar's blood!

Vir: Londo, forget what I said. Kill him!

• My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels: Ivanova has been teaching herself Minbari. This trope results. Delenn informs her crew that anyone who laughs will find themselves on the wrong end of Delenn's temper.
• Really Seven Hundred Years Old: All Sheridan tells them about Lorien is that he's "older than he looks."
• Rousing Speech: Sheridan delivers one to the crowd in the Zocalo to get them ready to confront the Shadows once and for all.
• The Power of Love: When Sheridan says, "I'll never leave you, Delenn, not if the whole universe stood between us," he's not kidding.
• Pain Technicians: "...they used to be called Torturers, but ever since they got organized it's (sigh) Pain Technicians."
• Vicious Cycle: The Shadows and Vorlons are revealed to be part of one, fighting each other indirectly over and over again, with the younger races caught in between.