小戲院中沒有冷氣，汗味、喧雜聲讓人覺得要窒息，雖然團主阿俊賣力的想把場子炒熱，雖然喇叭手李明輝賣力的吹著喇叭，雖然正是花樣年華的歌舞團台柱秋玉、秋美賣力的在台上跳著優雅的舞、唱著一首「我最愛的人」的歌曲，然而鼓譟的觀眾們要的更多，他們要的不是優雅，他們要的是「清涼秀」，而這也是團主阿俊在看到票房奇慘之下，暗暗下的一帖猛葯，雖然拉抬了今日超人氣的票房，然而人們要兌現，雖然阿俊盡力拖延，但是觀眾已不耐的向台上丟瓜子殼、果皮屑了。阿俊無奈拉過了秋玉，告訴秋玉希望她能犧牲，否則劇團將面臨解體，秋玉為難了，為了劇團，她應做犧牲，可是這犧牲，卻要她寬衣解帶，明輝更難過了，從來劇團之後，他就深深的被秋玉所吸引，如今心儀的人將面臨這麼難堪的選擇，而他什麼忙也不能幫，這份心焦與自責，讓他有如困獸般的憤怒。但是沒想到，就在這個當兒，在旁不發一語的秋美已經悄悄的換上了阿俊給姊姊準備的輕薄紗衣出場了，觀眾獲得了平息，秋美賣力曼妙的舞動著，丟上台的不再是果皮紙屑，而是紙鈔銅板，然而秋玉哭了「這是怎樣的一個妹妹，為了自己而犧牲了自己」，秋玉感動著，然而戲院中正在因秋美的艷舞而歡騰之時，突然大批警察入內，眾人以為是取締而來，一時雞飛狗跳，未料警察是來通知秀霞在醫院之事。眾人趕到醫院之時，可憐的秀霞已經彌留了，她不能言語，只能握著秋玉的手，顫抖的寫下「皮箱中，有一個夾層，有些東西帶來……快！」秋美來到了旅館，旅館老闆因宿資未付，把團員們的東西丟出門，秋美找到了母親那隻破皮箱，也找到了母親要的文件，也在母親所留下的資料中赫然知曉秋玉非自己親姊妹，而有一個富有的父親。秋美的心思活絡了，姊姊認親了，將會去過一個人上人的生活，而自己呢？母親將亡，自己勢必仍然在歌舞團中討生活，難道自己的一生將在觀眾淫邪的目光中寬衣解帶嗎？掌聲能維持多久？年老色衰之時，母親的一生就會是她將來的寫照。不！她不能這樣過一生，她拿出了筆，毫不猶疑的把母親留下的字體中秋玉的名字改為秋美，就這樣一字之差，她一生的命運將改變了，而文琇懷中所抱的女兒，那張舊照，秋玉也將成為秋美。 秋美將著腳步，其輕快，就有如自己將踩上雲梯飛上天際，然而當她來到醫院之時，母親卻撒手人圜了，她慟哭，慟哭喪母之慟，但是這悲傷之中，卻有著一份竊喜，母親死了，再也沒人能揭開她設的局，將永遠天衣無縫的被所有的人接受了..她展開了一場認親的之路，秋玉的命運也隨之迭宕起伏..
At the beginning of 2259, Captain John Sheridan replaces Sinclair as the military governor of the station. He and the command staff learn that the death of President Santiago was actually an assassination masterminded by Vice President Clark (who assumed the Presidency upon Santiago's death). A conflict develops between the Babylon 5 command staff and the Psi Corps, an increasingly autocratic organization which oversees and controls the lives of human telepaths. Commander Ivanova, the second-in-command of the station, is secretly a latent telepath who has illicitly avoided registering with the Psi Corps. The Shadows, an ancient and extremely powerful race who have recently emerged from hibernation, are revealed to be the cause of a variety of mysterious and disturbing events, including the attack on the Narn outpost at the end of 2258. Centauri Ambassador Londo Mollari unknowingly enlists their aid through his association with the mysterious Mr. Morden in the ongoing conflict with the Narn. The elderly and ailing Centauri emperor, long an advocate of reconciliation with the Narn, dies suddenly while visiting Babylon 5. A number of conspirators, including Londo Mollari and Refa, take control of the Centauri government by assassinating their opponents and placing the late emperor's unstable nephew on the throne. Their first act is to start open aggression against the Narn. After a full-scale war breaks out, the Centauri eventually conquer Narn in a brutal attack involving mass drivers, outlawed weapons of mass destruction. Towards the end of the year, the Clark administration begins to show increasingly totalitarian characteristics, clamping down on dissent and restricting freedom of speech. The Vorlons are revealed to be the basis of legends about angels on various worlds, including Earth, and are the ancient enemies of the Shadows. They enlist the aid of Sheridan and the Babylon 5 command staff in the struggle against the Shadows.
