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Oh, and the Narn cruiser that escaped earlier? Keffer (the pilot the network forced JMS to add in this season) is escorting it when he spots a Shadow vessel. He follows the Shadow vessel and ejects a recording pod showing it in all its glory just before it blows him up. Again, I'm not sure why they do this, because I don't recall much happening differently in season 3 because of this recording--it's been a while since I watched that, though, so I may be proven wrong.
It's a key part of a number of little plot threads. It forces Sheridan and the others to start to move more quickly now that the Shadows are out in the open, and even Earth has to move to investigate and deal with this new threat, resulting in, at least, Endawe showing up on the station to get information that Earth can hopefully ignore. Arguably, it also lets the Shadows move more openly, which builds to Season 4.

Overall thoughts on season 2: Despite its fair share of filler episodes, and an arc following Talia Winters which goes precisely nowhere due to the actress not returning in season 3, this is where the real meat of the show begins. For most of season 1 you could easily believe B5 was a Star Trek style "monster of the week" show, but season 2 is where the arc begins in earnest. I do wonder how many people didn't make it past the first season because they didn't realise how good it was going to get?
I still always like Season 1 better, but a lot of that is because I strongly dislike Sheridan. I kinda end up on Garibaldi's side when he splits from the group in Season 4.