Previously on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated, Josh Hill said:

> It's been quite a while since I saw the episode, but wasn't the whole
> idea that Kosh was somehow aware of his wish, and granted it to the
> dying emperor? That the scene is set up that way seemed a necessary
> part of the dramatic logic -- the form of the Vorlons has to remain a
> mystery at that point, while the emperor's peek is intended to whet
> our appetites. So Kosh has to remain hidden from our view while at the
> same time we're convinced that the emperor has seen him.

That could have been done the same way JMS did Kosh revealing himself
to Lyta: Do a 3/4 angle shot of Turhan's face, and bathe him in light
from behind the camera.  Which was not done.

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