Babylon 5: Soul Hunter

"Life's full of mysteries. Consider this one of them."

- Commander Jeffrey Sinclair

"Soul Hunter" is the second episode of season one of the syndicated science fiction television series Babylon 5. It was directed by Jim Johnston and written by series creator J. Michael Straczynski. It first aired on Wednesday, February 2nd, 1994. In this episode, Commander Jeffrey Sinclair rescues an alien known as a soul hunter from his ship before it crashes and brings it aboard the station and places it in the IsoLab. When Delenn discovers that the soul hunter is on board, she acts erratic and tries to kill him, warning Commander Sinclair that unless this alien is destroyed, it will consume the souls of everyone in it's path.

Appearances
Characters
 * Delenn
 * Jeffrey Sinclair
 * Michael Garibaldi
 * N'Grath
 * Soul Hunter (I)
 * Soul Hunter (II)
 * Stephen Franklin
 * Susan Ivanova

Locations
 * Epsilon Eridani system
 * Euphrates Sector
 * Babylon 5 station
 * Command and Control
 * Down Below
 * Isolab
 * MedLab

Items
 * Soul globes

 Vehicles
 * Soul hunters' vessel
 * Starfury
 * Starliner Azimov

Organizations
 * Satai

Races
 * Humans
 * Minbari
 * Soul hunters
 * N'Grath's race

Notes & Trivia

 * This episode is included on the Babylon 5: The Complete Universe and Babylon 5: The Complete First Season'' DVD collections by Warner Home Video.


 * Production code number: 102


 * The events from this episode take place on March 2nd, 2258.


 * This episode marks the sci-fi directorial debut of Jim Johnston.


 * First appearance of Doctor Stephen Franklin. He remains on the series as a regular cast member and was actually credited in the series pilot episode, "Midnight at the Firing Line".

Quotes

 * Susan Ivanova: From the stars we came and to the stars we return, from now until the end of time. We therefore commit this body to the deep.
 * Stephen Franklin: It's all so brief, isn't it? Typical human lifespan is almost a hundred years, but it's barely a second compared to what's out there. It wouldn't be so bad if life didn't take so long to figure out. Seems you just start to get it right and then - it's over.
 * Susan Ivanova: Doesn't matter. If we lived two-hundred years we'd still be human. We'd still make the same mistakes.
 * Stephen Franklin: You're a pessimist.
 * Susan Ivanova: I'm Russian, doctor. We understand these things.

Episode links

 * "Soul Hunter" at The Babylon Project
 * "Soul Hunter" at The Babylon Project


 * "Soul Hunter" at TV.com
 * "Soul Hunter" at TV Rage.com