John Vickery as Mr. Welles in Babylon 5

"The Fall of Night" (Season Two, episode twenty-two) features John Vickery in his first appearance as Mr. Welles

Welles is a co-director of the Ministry of Peace. He runs the NightWatch programme and has no qualms about who he betrays. He pressures Zack Allen to confirm that a Babylon 5 shopkeeper had said something which Welles considered "disloyal" to Earth. He also attempted to recruit Ivanova, offering her a much-desired starship command in exchange for information that she had access to in her capacity as second-in-command of Babylon 5.
Of course, Ivanova refused. Zack, however, felt he had to go along with Welles. He is scared that if he tries to leave NightWatch, he will be branded a traitor, and this fear is greater than the urge to stand up for what he believes to be right. Welles is a great manipulator of people, also evidenced by his attempts to manipulate Sheridan. A scarily convincing performance !

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The screen captures are thumbnailed on the Fall of Night screen captures page.

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