Born to the Purple

"Born to the Purple" is an episode from the first season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. This episode is named after the Greek word Porphyrogenitos. Londo Mollari is being forced to negotiate with the Narn. He would rather be pursuing a new love interest though. The love interest, Adira Tyree, is actually the slave of an alien named Trakis. He is using her to get Londo's Purple Files, a stash of dirt and information on Centauri's elite that Trakis hopes to sell to the highest bidder. Londo promotes Vir Cotto to diplomatic status and orders him to negotiate with the Narn while he pursues Adira. Meanwhile Michael Garibaldi has discover unauthorized use of the Gold Channel communications network, which he attempts to track down. Eventually he traces it to Susan Ivanova, who is using it to talk to her dying father back in Russia. Adira, having drugged Londo and stolen of his Purple Files, is about to meet her master. She starts to have second thoughts about the... full article at wikipedia