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Babylon 5
Babylon 5
Information
Title: Babylon 5
Format: Live-action
Running time: 60 min.
country: USA
Network: PTEN; BBS; CFMT Television
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 110
Production
Production company: Babylonian Productions; Warner Bros. Television
Executive producers: J. Michael Straczynski; Douglas Netter
Producers: Richard Compton; John Copeland; George Johnson
Principal cast: Michael O'Hare; Claudia Christian; Jerry Doyle; Mira Furlan; Richard Biggs; Andrea Thompson; Stephen Furst; Bill Mumy; Caitlin Brown; Andreas Katsulas; Peter Jurasik; Bruce Boxleitner; Mary Kay Adams; Robert Rusler; Jason Carter; Jeff Conaway; Patricia Tallman
Air dates
First aired: January 26th, 1994
Last aired: November 25th, 1998

Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created and developed by writer J. Michael Straczynski. The series ran for five seasons from January 26th, 1994 to November 28th, 1998, spanning five seasons and a total of 110 episodes. The show branched out into several spin-off projects including six TV movies and a sequel series called Crusade. In addition to the television projects, Babylon 5 launched two comic book titles published by DC Comics as well as numerous novels and reference books.

Babylon 5 was unique from other science fiction programs in that it consisted of a single epic story-arc, divided into five smaller storylines throughout the course of it's production run. The saga begins with "Signs and Portents" in season one, "The Coming of Shadows" in season two, "Point of No Return" in season three, "No Surrender, No Retreat" in season four and "The Wheel of Fire" story in season five.

Babylon 5 carried on the tradition of having an opening monologue before the title credits for each episode. This technique has been used in several science fiction projects and began back in 1966 with the original Star Trek television series created by Gene Roddenberry. Another Roddenberry vehicle that continued the tradition was the 2000-2005 Canadian/US program Andromeda. The opening narrative of Babylon 5 is as follows:

It was the dawn of the third age of mankind, ten years after the Earth-Minbari War. The Babylon Project was a dream given form. Its goal: to prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could work out their differences peacefully. It's a port of call, home away from home for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs, and wanderers. Humans and aliens wrapped in two million, five hundred thousand tons of spinning metal, all alone in the night. It can be a dangerous place, but it's our last, best hope for peace. This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. The year is 2258. The name of the place is Babylon 5.

Cast[]

Season One[]

Actor Role
Michael O'Hare Commander Jeffrey Sinclair
Claudia Christian Lt. Commander Susan Ivanova
Jerry Doyle Security Chief Michael Garibaldi
Mira Furlan Delenn
Richard Biggs Dr. Stephen Franklin
Andrea Thompson Talia Winters
Stephen Furst Vir Cotto
Bill Mumy Lennier
Caitlin Brown Na'Toth
Andreas Katsulas G'Kar
Peter Jurasik Londo Mollari

Season Two[]

Actor Role
Bruce Boxleitner Captain John Sheridan
Claudia Christian Lt. Commander Susan Ivanova
Jerry Doyle Security Chief Michael Garibaldi
Mira Furlan Delenn
Richard Biggs Dr. Stephen Franklin
Andrea Thompson Talia Winters
Stephen Furst Vir Cotto
Bill Mumy Lennier
Mary Kay Adams Na'Toth
Robert Rusler Warren Keffler
Andreas Katsulas G'Kar
Peter Jurasik Londo Mollari

Season Three[]

Actor Role
Bruce Boxleitner Captain John Sheridan
Claudia Christian Commander Susan Ivanova
Jerry Doyle Security Chief Michael Garibaldi
Mira Furlan Delenn
Richard Biggs Dr. Stephen Franklin
Bill Mumy Lennier
Jason Carter Marcus Cole
Stephen Furst Vir
Jeff Conaway Zack Allan
Peter Jurasik Londo
Andreas Katsulas G'Kar

Season Four[]

Actor Role
Bruce Boxleitner Captain John Sheridan
Claudia Christian Commander Susan Ivanova
Jerry Doyle Security Chief Michael Garibaldi
Mira Furlan Delenn
Richard Biggs Dr. Stephen Franklin
Bill Mumy Lennier
Jason Carter Marcus Cole
Stephen Furst Vir
Jeff Conaway Zack Allan
Patricia Tallman Lyta Alexander
Andreas Katsulas G'Kar
Peter Jurasik Londo Mollari

Season Five[]

Actor Role
Bruce Boxleitner President John Sheridan
Jerry Doyle Michael Garibaldi
Mira Furlan Delenn
Richard Biggs Dr. Stephen Franklin
Bill Mumy Lennier
Tracy Scoggins Captain Elizabeth Lochley
Stephen Furst Vir Cotto
Jeff Conaway Security Chief Zack Allan
Patricia Tallman Lyta Alexander
Peter Jurasik Londo Mollari
Andreas Katsulas G'Kar

Episodes[]

Season One[]

Episode Title Airdate
1x1 Midnight on the Firing Line January 26th, 1994
1x2 Soul Hunter February 2nd, 1994
1x3 Born to the Purple February 9th, 1994
1x4 Infection February 16th, 1994
1x5 The Parliament of Dreams February 23rd, 1994
1x6 Mind War March 2nd, 1994
1x7 The War Prayer March 9th, 1994
1x8 And the Sky Full of Stars March 16th, 1994
1x9 Deathwalker April 20th, 1994
1x10 Believers April 27th, 1994
1x11 Survivors May 4th, 1994
1x12 By Any Means Necessary May 11th, 1994
1x13 Signs and Portents May 18th, 1994
1x14 TKO May 25th, 1994
1x15 Grail July 6th, 1994
1x16 Eyes July 13th, 1994
1x17 Legacies July 20th, 1994
1x18 A Voice in the Wilderness (Part 1) July 27th, 1994
1x19 A Voice in the Wilderness (Part 2) August 3rd, 1994
1x20 Babylon Squared August 10th, 1994
1x21 The Quality of Mercy August 17th, 1994
1x22 Chrysalis October 3rd, 1994


Season Two[]

Episode Title Airdate
2x1 Points of Departure November 2nd, 1994
2x2 Revelations November 9th, 1994
2x3 The Geometry of Shadows November 16th, 1994
2x4 A Distant Star November 23rd, 1994
2x5 The Long Dark November 30th, 1994
2x6 Spider in the Web December 7th, 1994
2x7 Soul Mates December 14th, 1994
2x8 A Race Through Dark Places January 25th, 1995
2x9 The Coming of Shadows February 1st, 1995
2x10 GROPOS February 8th, 1995
2x11 All Alone in the Night February 15th, 1995
2x12 Acts of Sacrifice February 22nd, 1995
2x13 Hunter, Prey March 1st, 1995
2x14 There All the Honor Lies April 26th, 1995
2x15 And Now for a Word May 3rd, 1995
2x16 In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum May 10th, 1995
2x17 Knives May 17th, 1995
2x18 Confessions and Lamentations May 24th, 1995
2x19 Divided Loyalties July 25th, 1995
2x20 The Long, Twilight Struggle August 1st, 1995
2x21 Comes the Inquisitor August 8th, 1995
2x22 The Fall of Night August 15th, 1995


Season Three[]

Episode Title Airdate
3x1 Matters of Honor November 6th, 1995
3x2 Convictions November 13th, 1995
3x3 A Day in the Strife November 20th, 1995
3x4 Passing Through Gethsemane November 27th, 1995
3x5 Voices of Authority January 29th, 1996
3x6 Dust to Dust February 5th, 1996
3x7 Exogensis February 12th, 1996
3x8 Messages from Earth February 19th, 1996
3x9 Point of No Return February 26th, 1996
3x10 Severed Dreams April 1st, 1996
3x11 Ceremonies of Light and Dark April 8th, 1996
3x12 Sic Transit Vir April 15th, 1996
3x13 A Late Delivery from Avalon April 22nd, 1996
3x14 Ship of Tears April 29th, 1996
3x15 Interludes and Examinations May 6th, 1996
3x16 War Without End (Part 1) May 13th, 1996
3x17 War Without End (Part 2) May 20th, 1996
3x18 Walkabout August 18th, 1996
3x19 Grey 17 Is Missing September 1st, 1996
3x20 And the Rock Cried Out, Hiding Place September 8th, 1996
3x21 Shadow Dancing September 15th, 1996
3x22 Z'ha'dum September 22nd, 1996

Season Four[]

Episode Title Airdate
4x1 The Hour of the Wolf November 4th, 1996
4x2 Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi? November 11th, 1996
4x3 The Summoning November 18th, 1996
4x4 Falling Toward Apotheosis November 25th, 1996
4x5 The Long Night January 27th, 1997
4x6 Into the Fire February 3rd, 1997
4x7 Epiphanies February 10th, 1997
4x8 The Illusion of Truth February 17th, 1997
4x9 Atonement February 24th, 1997
4x10 Racing Mars April 21st, 1997
4x11 Lines of Communication April 28th, 1997
4x12 Conflicts of Interest May 5th, 1997
4x13 Rumors, Bargains and Lies May 12th, 1997
4x14 Moments of Transition May 19th, 1997
4x15 No Surrender, No Retreat May 26th, 1997
4x16 Exercise of Vital Powers June 2nd, 1997
4x17 The Face of the Enemy June 9th, 1997
4x18 Intersections in Real Time June 16th, 1997
4x19 Between the Darkness and the Light October 6th, 1997
4x20 Endgame October 13th, 1997
4x21 Rising Star October 20th, 1997
4x22 The Deconstruction of Falling Stars October 27th, 1997

Season Five[]

Episode Title Airdate
5x1 No Compromises January 21st, 1998
5x2 The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari January 28th, 1998
5x3 The Paragon of Animals February 4th, 1998
5x4 A View from the Gallery February 11th, 1998
5x5 Learning Curve February 18th, 1998
5x6 Strange Relations February 25th, 1998
5x7 Secrets of the Soul March 4th, 1998
5x8 Day of the Dead March 11th, 1998
5x9 In the Kingdom of the Blind March 18th, 1998
5x10 A Tragedy of Telepaths March 25th, 1998
5x11 Phoenix Rising April 1st, 1998
5x12 The Ragged Edge April 8th, 1998
5x13 The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father April 15th, 1998
5x14 Meditations of the Abyss May 27th, 1998
5x15 Darkness Ascending June 3rd, 1998
5x16 And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder June 10th, 1998
5x17 Movements of Fire and Shadow June 17th, 1998
5x18 The Fall of Centauri Prime October 28th, 1998
5x19 The Wheel of Fire November 4th, 1998
5x20 Objects in Motion November 11th, 1998
5x21 Objects at Rest November 18th, 1998
5x22 Sleeping in Light November 25th, 1998


Films[]

Collections[]

Incomplete

Comics[]

Awards[]

Notes & Trivia[]

  • The main title sequence for the series was designed by John Copeland. Compton also served as a producer on the entire series as well as the director of three episodes.
  • Series regulars Bruce Boxleitner and Peter Jurasik both appeared together in the 1982 film Tron - another project known for it's state of-the-art visual effects. Boxleitner played the titular role of the sentient computer program Tron as well as the program's user, Alan Bradley. Jurasik played the role of Crom.

See also[]

Media

The World of Babylon 5

Babylon 5 miscellaneous

External Links[]



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This article related to television programs within the Babylon 5 franchise. The original series ran from 1994 to 1998. A spin-off series was produced in 1999.
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