   "the hour of the wolf" is the first episode of the fourth season of the science-fiction television series babylon 5. ==synopsis== ivanova, delenn and lyta venture to z'ha'dum to search for sheridan. when they get there, a telepathic lure tries to draw them to the planet, but they are saved due to a precaution made by lennier. lulled also by the telepathic message, he had failed to trigger a vigilance control, setting off an automatic sequence that sends the white star away from the planet. holding the league worlds together is proving difficult to impossible without sheridan, and the new vorlon ambassador refuses to help or to attend meetings of the league. meanwhile, londo mollari discovers that the political climate on centauri prime has worsened - the emperor is mad and has granted the shadows a base on the planet in exchange for godhood. sheridan appears to have survived in one form or another, and meets lorien, an enigmatic being living below the surface of z'ha'dum. ==arc significance== * a thousand years ago, the shadows seeded hundreds of worlds with their ships so their forces couldn't be wiped out in a single attack. * the explosion on z'ha'dum destroyed the shadows' biggest city and threw them into chaos. now they've decided to seek outside help, and have enlisted the centauri to shelter a small fleet of their ships in case z'ha'dum is attacked while they're weak. * londo and vir are scheming to kill emperor cartagia, who londo believes has seriously endangered centauri prime by giving land to the shadows. londo's dream of shadow ships flying overhead above him comes true in this episode, albeit with a few changes. * according to ulkesh, sheridan opened an unexpected door on z'ha'dum. whatever that means, sheridan somehow survived the two-mile fall, and now finds himself in the company of an enigmatic being, lorien, who appears to know why sheridan survived. * the league of non-aligned worlds, believing sheridan dead and the battle against the shadows at an end, are beginning to withdraw from the alliance. * the shadows have something called "the eye" near 
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