KoshFan
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Yes, it's an actual question/discussion topic on the original show posted by someone who's been reading the Lurker's Guide for years. In other words, a pretty rare type of thread these days.
In "Signs and Portents," the Eye is delivered to Londo by a Human businessman, who says it's his job to find things. Londo pays him enough to "buy a small planet." He also comments that Londo really doesn't want to know how he found the Eye.
Next season, in "Hunter, Prey," we see the same human. He's running a minor stall front in Downbelow. While he's still the man you go to see for underhanded, shady dealings, he's clearly gone down in the world, and finding things is no longer his trade.
So what on earth happened to him? Why did he shift jobs? How'd he lose the money? A smart man -- and he does seem pretty smart, the two times we see him -- wouldn't have just lost the kind of fortune Londo gave him. And as a secondary question, where was the Eye all that time, and how did our shady businessman acquire it?
If there's an actual, JMS-confirmed answer to these questions, I'd love to hear it -- but if there isn't, speculate away.
In "Signs and Portents," the Eye is delivered to Londo by a Human businessman, who says it's his job to find things. Londo pays him enough to "buy a small planet." He also comments that Londo really doesn't want to know how he found the Eye.
Next season, in "Hunter, Prey," we see the same human. He's running a minor stall front in Downbelow. While he's still the man you go to see for underhanded, shady dealings, he's clearly gone down in the world, and finding things is no longer his trade.
So what on earth happened to him? Why did he shift jobs? How'd he lose the money? A smart man -- and he does seem pretty smart, the two times we see him -- wouldn't have just lost the kind of fortune Londo gave him. And as a secondary question, where was the Eye all that time, and how did our shady businessman acquire it?
If there's an actual, JMS-confirmed answer to these questions, I'd love to hear it -- but if there isn't, speculate away.