SHERIDAN: If you can convince your government to send out an expedition to engage one or two of their ships...
KOSH: No.
SHERIDAN: I know you can't take the entire Shadow fleet by yourselves. But if you beat them in just one fight, that could be the break we need to get organized. Then we'd have a real chance. You could do it, couldn't you?
KOSH: Perhaps. But there are still few of us. It is not our time. It is yours. We are not prepared yet.
[Kosh walks away]
SHERIDAN: Don't turn your back on me! Don't you even try to walk away! Who the hell do you think you are? Wait, I know what you think you are, what you want us to believe, but I don't buy it. For three years now you've been pulling everyone's strings, getting us to do all the work and you haven't done a damn thing but stand there and look cryptic. It's about time you started pulling your own weight around here. [...] I hear you've got a saying, "understanding is a three-edged sword", well we got a saying too: "Put your money where your mouth is."
KOSH: Impudent!
SHERIDAN: Yeah? Well maybe that's the only way to get through to you. You said you want to teach me to fight legends, well you're a legend too and I'm not going away until you agree.
KOSH: Incorrect. [He zaps Sheridan] Leave now!
SHERIDAN: No.
KOSH: Disobedient! [He zaps him again. Sheridan bleeds.]
SHERIDAN: So the real Kosh shows his colors at last, eh? You angry now? Angry enough to kill me? I guess that's the only way I'm leaving unless your people get off their encounter-suited butts and do something. I've got nothing to lose! My own government wants to kill me, and if we lose this war, I'm just as dead. Our only chance is to get the other races on board for this fight, and right now you're the key to doing that.
KOSH: It is not yet time.
SHERIDAN: And who decides that time? You? You put me in this position, you asked me to fight this damn war, well it's about time you let me fight it my way. How many people have already died fighting this war of yours, huh? How many more will die before you come off this mountain of yours and get involved? Ships, colonies, whole worlds are being destroyed out there and you do nothing! How many more? How many more, Kosh? How many more dead before you're satisfied?
[Kosh zaps Sheridan and grabs him by the throat]
SHERIDAN: Go ahead. Maybe one more death will balance out the books. Come on, get it over with.
[Kosh releases Sheridan]
KOSH: I will do as you ask. But there is price to pay. I will not be there to help you when you go to Z'ha'dum.
SHERIDAN: Well, you already said if I go to Z'ha'dum, I'll die.
KOSH: Yes. Now.
SHERIDAN: Well, if that's the trade-off, if you want to withhold your help when the time comes, that's fine. I'll go it alone.
KOSH: You do not understand. But you will.
[Kosh leaves]
SHERIDAN'S FATHER: John! Johnny!
SHERIDAN: Dad?
SHERIDAN'S FATHER: I don't have much time, son. I want you to know, you were right. I didn't want to admit that. Just pride, I guess. You get to my age, you get kind of set in your ways. It had to be done. Don't blame yourself for what happened later.
SHERIDAN: Dad, are you alright?
SHERIDAN'S FATHER: It's too late for me. I'm sorry for what I did before. I knew what was ahead. I guess... I guess I was afraid. When you've lived as long as I have, I guess you kind of get used to it. I wish I could have done more for you. There's so much I should have said, and now it's too late. You're right. It's time you begin fighting this war your way. I've got to go now, John. SHERIDAN: No, don't leave.
SHERIDAN'S FATHER: It's alright, son. See, as long as you're here, I'll always be here.
[The Shadows kill Kosh. Sheridan wakes up]
SHERIDAN: Kosh! Kosh!