- "Ask ten different scientists about the environment, population control, genetics, and you'll get ten different answers. But there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on: whether it happens in a hundred years, or a thousand years, or a million years, eventually our sun will grow cold, and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us, it'll take Marilyn Monroe, and Lao-tsu, Einstein, Maruputo, Buddy Holly, Aristophanes, and all of this. All of this was for nothing unless we go to the stars."
- ―Jeffrey Sinclair
| "Infection" | |
|---|---|
| Series Babylon 5 Season 1, Episode 4 | |
| File:Babylon 5 1x04 003.jpg | |
| Air date | February 16th, 1994 |
| Writers | J. Michael Straczynski |
| Director | Richard Compton |
| Producers | Richard Compton; John Copeland; George Johnsen; Douglas Netter; J. Michael Straczynski |
| Starring | Michael O'Hare; Claudia Christian; Jerry Doyle; Mira Furlan; Richard Biggs; Andrea Thompson; Stephen Furst; Bill Mumy; Caitlin Brown; Andreas Katsulas; Peter Jurasik |
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"Infection" is the fourth episode of season one of the American science fiction television series Babylon 5. It was directed by Richard Compton and written by series creator J. Michael Straczynski. It first aired on the PTEN network on February 16th, 1994.
In this episode, an old colleague and mentor of Stephen Franklin named Doctor Vance Hendricks comes aboard Babylon 5. He brings with him a bizarre alien artifact that he had sneaked through quarantine. Before long however, the artifact proves itself as a bio-weapon that infects Hendricks' colleague Nelson Drake. Drake becomes host to an infection that threates to destroy everyone on the station.
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Guest Stars[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| David McCallum | Doctor Vance Hendricks |
| Marshall Teague | Nelson Drake |
| Patricia Healy | Mary Ann Cramer |
Co-Stars[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Sav Farrow | Tech #1 |
| Sylvia Kelegian | Tech #2 |
| Daniel Hutchison | Security guard |
| Tony Rizzoli | Guard |
| Marianne Robertson | Tech #3 |
| Paul Yeuell | Customs guard |
Notes & Trivia[]
- This episode is included in the Babylon 5: The Complete Universe DVD boxset collection and disc one of the Babylon 5: The Complete First Season DVD collection.
- Production code number: 101
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