Babylon 5 Episode Guide

Episode 1: Midnight on the Firing Line

Raider attacks threaten shipping near Babylon 5 while renewed violence between the Narn and Centauri tests the station’s diplomatic purpose. Lieutenant Commander Susan Ivanova assumes additional responsibility as Commander Sinclair handles the crisis.

Episode 2: Soul Hunter

A damaged vessel brings a mysterious Soul Hunter aboard the station. Delenn reacts with alarm to his species and its practice of collecting souls, while the visitor becomes unusually interested in someone he believes is approaching death.

Episode 3: Born to the Purple

Londo begins a relationship with a Centauri dancer who is secretly being used to obtain sensitive information. Garibaldi discovers that someone is using the station’s communications equipment without authorisation.

Episode 4: Infection

An archaeologist brings ancient biotechnology aboard Babylon 5, where it transforms his assistant into a living weapon programmed to eliminate anything judged genetically impure. Doctor Franklin searches for a way to stop it.

Episode 5: The Parliament of Dreams

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Religious representatives gather to demonstrate the dominant beliefs of their worlds. G’Kar receives a warning that an assassin is coming, while Sinclair’s former partner Catherine Sakai arrives on the station.

Episode 6: Mind War

Psi Corps officers pursue a telepath whose abilities have expanded beyond human limits. Catherine investigates a supposedly uninhabited world and encounters a powerful life form that objects to her presence.

Episode 7: The War Prayer

Attacks against alien residents reveal a human supremacist movement operating aboard the station. Ivanova discovers that someone from her past has become involved with the organisation.

Episode 8: And the Sky Full of Stars

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Two men abduct Sinclair and use virtual-reality technology to interrogate him about the Battle of the Line. The experience forces him to confront the missing twenty-four hours in his memory.

Episode 9: Deathwalker

The notorious Dilgar war criminal Deathwalker arrives with a treatment capable of granting immortality. Every major power wants the formula, while victims of her wartime experiments demand justice.

Episode 10: Believers

Franklin can save a dying child through surgery, but the family’s religion teaches that opening the body will allow the soul to escape. Sinclair must decide whether the station should intervene.

Episode 11: Survivors

An explosion shortly before President Santiago’s visit places Garibaldi under suspicion. Evidence of his troubled past and struggles with alcohol makes him an easy target for those directing the investigation.

Episode 12: By Any Means Necessary

A fatal docking accident triggers a strike among Babylon 5’s workers. With negotiations failing and Earth demanding an immediate settlement, Sinclair searches for a solution within the government’s increasingly inflexible orders.

Episode 13: Signs and Portents

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Raiders pursue a powerful Centauri artefact brought aboard the station. Londo meets the enigmatic Mr Morden, whose unseen associates demonstrate that a much older and more dangerous power has returned.

Episode 14: TKO

Garibaldi’s former friend attempts to become the first human admitted to a brutal alien fighting tournament. Ivanova resists observing the traditional mourning rituals for her recently deceased father.

Episode 15: Grail

A traveller searching for the Holy Grail arrives on Babylon 5 and befriends an accused thief. A criminal uses an alien creature to impersonate the station’s feared disappearance myth.

Episode 16: Eyes

Earth investigators arrive to examine Sinclair’s command decisions and require senior officers to submit to telepathic scans. An increasingly hostile inquiry threatens both Sinclair and Ivanova.

Episode 17: Legacies

The body of a revered Minbari military leader disappears while lying in state. Meanwhile, Ivanova and Talia Winters disagree over the future of a teenage girl displaying powerful telepathic abilities.

Episode 18: A Voice in the Wilderness, Part I

A geological disturbance on Epsilon III reveals enormous machinery beneath the planet’s surface. An expedition discovers an ancient inhabitant while unrest on Mars creates further political pressure.

Episode 19: A Voice in the Wilderness, Part II

An alien vessel arrives to claim the technology beneath Epsilon III as Earth forces also attempt to take control. Sinclair must prevent a confrontation over machinery capable of devastating destruction.

Episode 20: Babylon Squared

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Babylon 4, the station that mysteriously vanished years earlier, suddenly reappears. Sinclair and Garibaldi join its evacuation while Delenn receives an extraordinary offer from the Minbari Grey Council.

Episode 21: The Quality of Mercy

Franklin investigates an unauthorised clinic in Downbelow and discovers a device with remarkable healing properties. Talia observes a convicted murderer’s personality being erased and replaced.

Episode 22: Chrysalis

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As New Year approaches, evidence of a conspiracy places President Santiago in danger. Garibaldi investigates alone, Delenn begins a profound transformation and Londo accepts another offer from Morden.

Episode 1: Points of Departure

Captain John Sheridan takes command after Sinclair’s reassignment to Minbar. A renegade Minbari warship approaches Babylon 5, forcing Sheridan to confront resentment surrounding his actions during the war.

Episode 2: Revelations

G’Kar returns with evidence of an ancient enemy, while Delenn emerges from her transformation. Garibaldi awakens but cannot identify who shot him, and Sheridan receives troubling news about his wife.

Episode 3: The Geometry of Shadows

The technomages prepare to leave known space as signs of a coming darkness multiply. Ivanova attempts to settle a violent leadership dispute among the Drazi.

Episode 4: A Distant Star

A deep-space exploration ship commanded by one of Sheridan’s old friends arrives at Babylon 5. When the vessel becomes stranded in hyperspace, the station mounts a dangerous rescue.

Episode 5: The Long Dark

A centuries-old human vessel reaches the station carrying one surviving passenger. Something that travelled beside the ship begins attacking residents, and a traumatised veteran recognises the threat.

Episode 6: Spider in the Web

A businessman involved in negotiations over Mars is assassinated by a man believed to be dead. Talia becomes caught in an operation connected to a secretive Earth organisation.

Episode 7: Soul Mates

Three of Londo’s wives arrive after he is ordered to retain only one of them. Talia’s former husband visits with an offer that could transform telepathic relationships.

Episode 8: A Race Through Dark Places

Psi Corps intensifies its search for an underground network hiding rogue telepaths. Doctor Franklin’s involvement draws suspicion, while Sheridan discovers that Babylon 5 is part of the escape route.

Episode 9: The Coming of Shadows

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The Centauri Emperor visits Babylon 5 intending to make peace with the Narn. His declining health, an attempted assassination and Londo’s political ambitions push both powers towards catastrophe.

Episode 10: GROPOS

Thousands of ground troops arrive before a major military operation, including Doctor Franklin’s estranged father. The station crew forms brief friendships with soldiers who know they are heading into combat.

Episode 11: All Alone in the Night

Sheridan is captured while investigating the disappearance of ships near Babylon 5. Delenn faces opposition within the Grey Council as its members reconsider her place among them.

Episode 12: Acts of Sacrifice

The Centauri-Narn War sends refugees to Babylon 5, but other governments remain reluctant to intervene. Ivanova conducts an exhausting negotiation with a newly contacted species.

Episode 13: Hunter, Prey

Doctor Everett Jacobs, President Clark’s former physician, arrives with evidence that could expose the circumstances surrounding Santiago’s death. Earth security forces pursue him through the station.

Episode 14: There All the Honor Lies

Sheridan kills a Minbari warrior in self-defence but is accused of murder. The case threatens relations with Minbar while Babylon 5 prepares an alarmingly cheerful merchandising campaign.

Episode 15: And Now for a Word

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An Earth news team spends thirty-six hours documenting life aboard Babylon 5. Interviews with officers, ambassadors and residents reveal sharply different interpretations of the station’s purpose and current wars.

Episode 16: In the Shadow of Z’ha’dum

Sheridan discovers that Morden may know what happened to his wife’s expedition. His determination to extract answers risks exposing Babylon 5’s growing resistance to the Shadows.

Episode 17: Knives

An old friend asks Londo for help after losing a political contest on Centauri Prime. Sheridan begins experiencing disturbing visions following an encounter with an alien object.

Episode 18: Confessions and Lamentations

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A fatal disease spreads among the Markab population and threatens to eradicate the species. Franklin races to find a treatment while fear and religious belief undermine containment efforts.

Episode 19: Divided Loyalties

Lyta Alexander returns with a warning that someone in Sheridan’s command staff is an implanted agent. Identifying the operative requires a dangerous test with potentially devastating personal consequences.

Episode 20: The Long, Twilight Struggle

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The Centauri prepare a final assault against the Narn homeworld. G’Kar waits helplessly for news while Londo witnesses the devastating consequence of the alliance he has embraced.

Episode 21: Comes the Inquisitor

A Vorlon inquisitor arrives to test whether Delenn is suitable for her role in the coming war. G’Kar attempts to obtain weapons for the growing Narn resistance.

Episode 22: The Fall of Night

The Centauri pursue a Narn vessel into Babylon 5 territory as Earth adopts a policy of appeasement. Sheridan faces impossible orders and Kosh finally reveals himself to the station.

Episode 1: Matters of Honor

A Ranger brings information about the Shadows as Morden returns to the station. Sheridan and Delenn introduce the White Star, a vessel created to fight the ancient enemy.

Episode 2: Convictions

A series of bombings spreads fear through Babylon 5. G’Kar and Londo become trapped together in a damaged lift, giving them time for a calm and reasonable discussion about mutual hatred.

Episode 3: A Day in the Strife

An alien probe threatens to destroy the station unless its inhabitants answer a series of scientific questions. Franklin’s increasing dependence on stimulants begins affecting his judgement.

Episode 4: Passing Through Gethsemane

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Brother Edward experiences terrifying visions and learns that his identity was created through personality replacement. The discovery forces him to confront questions of guilt, punishment and redemption.

Episode 5: Voices of Authority

Ivanova connects with the Great Machine on Epsilon III and discovers evidence implicating President Clark. Sheridan receives a new political representative whose enthusiasm for closer cooperation rapidly becomes intrusive.

Episode 6: Dust to Dust

Bester arrives in pursuit of dealers distributing a drug that temporarily grants telepathic abilities. G’Kar uses the substance and experiences a revelation that changes his path.

Episode 7: Exogenesis

An alien organism appears to be taking control of residents in Downbelow. Franklin and Marcus investigate, while Ivanova tests whether Corwin can be trusted with the command staff’s secrets.

Episode 8: Messages from Earth

Evidence reveals that Earth’s government has recovered Shadow technology from beneath the surface of Ganymede. Sheridan takes the White Star into the Solar System to prevent its activation.

Episode 9: Point of No Return

President Clark declares martial law and orders military control of Babylon 5. Nightwatch members attempt to seize command while officials on Earth move openly against political opposition.

Episode 10: Severed Dreams

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Babylon 5 breaks away from the Earth Alliance after Clark attacks resisting colonies. EarthForce warships approach to retake the station, forcing Sheridan and his allies into their most desperate battle yet.

Episode 11: Ceremonies of Light and Dark

Nightwatch fugitives kidnap Delenn and attempt to force Sheridan into surrendering control. The command staff marks its independence while dealing with the human cost of the recent battle.

Episode 12: Sic Transit Vir

Vir returns from Minbar with a fiancée and several secrets. Londo discovers that his assistant has been using his diplomatic position to help Narns escape Centauri occupation.

Episode 13: A Late Delivery from Avalon

A man arrives dressed as King Arthur and carrying a sword, apparently reliving an ancient legend. Franklin attempts to uncover the trauma behind his delusion.

Episode 14: Ship of Tears

Bester asks Babylon 5 to help intercept a shipment connected to the Shadows. The cargo reveals what the enemy has been doing with captured human telepaths.

Episode 15: Interludes and Examinations

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Sheridan pressures Kosh to involve the Vorlons directly in the war. Franklin’s stimulant addiction reaches breaking point, while Morden seeks to repair his alliance with Londo.

Episode 16: War Without End, Part One

Babylon 4 begins moving through time as the current timeline collapses around Babylon 5. Sinclair returns to lead a mission connecting the missing station with the previous Shadow War.

Episode 17: War Without End, Part Two

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The mission aboard Babylon 4 reveals Sinclair’s destiny and the truth behind the legendary Minbari leader Valen. Sheridan witnesses a possible future under Centauri rule.

Episode 18: Walkabout

Franklin begins travelling through the station in search of himself after resigning as chief medical officer. Sheridan tests a new weapon against the Shadows with help from a visiting singer.

Episode 19: Grey 17 Is Missing

Garibaldi investigates a missing section of the station and discovers an isolated community. Delenn’s appointment as Ranger leader is challenged by a warrior seeking her death.

Episode 20: And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place

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Religious leaders visit Babylon 5 as Sheridan attempts to gather intelligence. Londo draws Lord Refa into an elaborate trap designed to end their political rivalry.

Episode 21: Shadow Dancing

The alliance prepares an enormous fleet to engage the Shadows at a strategically chosen location. Franklin’s walkabout reaches a violent and potentially fatal conclusion.

Episode 22: Z’ha’dum

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Sheridan’s wife Anna arrives and asks him to accompany her to the Shadow homeworld. Despite warnings about his death, Sheridan travels to Z’ha’dum with a plan of his own.

Episode 1: The Hour of the Wolf

Sheridan is presumed dead following the destruction on Z’ha’dum. Delenn searches for him while Londo returns to Centauri Prime and discovers Emperor Cartagia’s terrifying ambitions.

Episode 2: Whatever Happened to Mr Garibaldi?

Garibaldi awakens aboard an unfamiliar vessel with no memory of his disappearance. Sheridan encounters Lorien beneath Z’ha’dum and learns the price of returning.

Episode 3: The Summoning

Zack searches for Garibaldi while Ivanova and Marcus seek additional First Ones. Sheridan returns to unite the alliance as the Vorlons begin destroying entire worlds.

Episode 4: Falling Toward Apotheosis

Sheridan prepares to remove the replacement Vorlon ambassador from the station. Londo and Vir confront the scale of Cartagia’s madness and begin planning his overthrow.

Episode 5: The Long Night

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Londo and G’Kar put their plan against Cartagia into action. Sheridan sacrifices part of his fleet to convince the galaxy that the final confrontation is approaching.

Episode 6: Into the Fire

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Sheridan draws the Shadows and Vorlons into one decisive battle. Londo races to remove Shadow influence from Centauri Prime before a Vorlon planet-killer arrives.

Episode 7: Epiphanies

Earth prepares measures against Babylon 5 following the end of the Shadow War. Bester asks for help rescuing a telepath, while Garibaldi’s increasingly hostile behaviour concerns his friends.

Episode 8: The Illusion of Truth

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A journalist promises to present an honest account of life aboard Babylon 5. Sheridan grants access, only to discover how effectively truthful footage can be reshaped into propaganda.

Episode 9: Atonement

Delenn returns to Minbar to defend her relationship with Sheridan and uncovers a secret about her ancestry. Marcus and Franklin begin a covert journey to Mars.

Episode 10: Racing Mars

Franklin and Marcus make contact with the Mars resistance but face suspicion about their motives. Sheridan confronts Garibaldi over his resignation and increasingly bitter behaviour.

Episode 11: Lines of Communication

Delenn investigates attacks on Minbari allies and discovers a violent new movement. Franklin and Marcus attempt to persuade the Mars resistance to support Sheridan.

Episode 12: Conflicts of Interest

Garibaldi accepts a private security assignment involving his new employer’s daughter. Ivanova begins using Babylon 5’s communications system to counter Earth propaganda.

Episode 13: Rumors, Bargains and Lies

Sheridan spreads carefully designed rumours to persuade the League worlds to accept White Star patrols. Delenn attempts to prevent civil war on Minbar.

Episode 14: Moments of Transition

The Minbari civil war reaches its decisive confrontation as Delenn challenges the structure of the Grey Council. Bester offers Lyta work after her financial support is withdrawn.

Episode 15: No Surrender, No Retreat

Sheridan begins the campaign to liberate Earth Alliance colonies from Clark’s forces. His first target requires confronting commanders who still regard him as a traitor.

Episode 16: The Exercise of Vital Powers

Garibaldi travels to Mars and meets his secretive employer, William Edgars. Doctor Franklin investigates Shadow-altered telepaths as Sheridan looks for a non-lethal weapon against EarthForce crews.

Episode 17: The Face of the Enemy

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Garibaldi betrays Sheridan and delivers him into enemy hands. His connection to Edgars and the hidden influence behind his recent behaviour finally become clear.

Episode 18: Intersections in Real Time

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Earth interrogators attempt to break Sheridan through isolation, repetition and psychological manipulation. He must resist a carefully constructed version of reality designed to make surrender appear reasonable.

Episode 19: Between the Darkness and the Light

Garibaldi escapes Psi Corps conditioning and attempts to rescue Sheridan. Ivanova leads the White Star fleet against advanced Earth destroyers using Shadow technology.

Episode 20: Endgame

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Sheridan’s forces reach the Solar System for the final confrontation with Clark. The Mars resistance and altered telepaths become crucial as Earth’s defence grid turns towards the planet.

Episode 21: Rising Star

The aftermath of the civil war forces Sheridan to answer for his rebellion. Earth restructures its government while the alien powers consider a new interstellar alliance.

Episode 22: The Deconstruction of Falling Stars

Future generations reinterpret Sheridan, Delenn and Babylon 5 through politics, religion, propaganda and historical reconstruction, showing how facts are reshaped long after witnesses disappear.

Episode 1: No Compromises

Captain Elizabeth Lochley takes command of Babylon 5 as Sheridan prepares for his inauguration. An assassin threatens the ceremony, and a group of telepaths seeks sanctuary.

Episode 2: The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari

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Londo suffers a serious medical crisis and experiences visions forcing him to confront his choices. His survival may depend upon admitting a truth he has avoided for years.

Episode 3: The Paragon of Animals

The Interstellar Alliance struggles to define its purpose while raiders attack an isolated world. Sheridan asks member races to contribute intelligence to a shared information network.

Episode 4: A View from the Gallery

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Two maintenance workers observe the station’s senior officers during an alien attack. Their perspective reveals the ordinary labour sustaining Babylon 5 while history unfolds above them.

Episode 5: Learning Curve

Two Ranger trainees arrive on the station and become involved with a criminal gang in Downbelow. Their teacher demonstrates the philosophy guiding the organisation’s methods.

Episode 6: Strange Relations

Bester arrives to arrest Byron and his telepath followers. Lochley must balance Earth law against Sheridan’s decision to grant them sanctuary.

Episode 7: Secrets of the Soul

Franklin studies the medical history of a secretive alien species. Byron’s telepaths uncover hidden information about the origins of human telepathy.

Episode 8: Day of the Dead

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Part of Babylon 5 falls under the influence of the mysterious Brakiri Day of the Dead. Several residents encounter people they have lost, receiving comfort, questions and warnings.

Episode 9: In the Kingdom of the Blind

Byron’s followers use their discoveries to demand a homeworld for human telepaths. Londo and G’Kar travel to Centauri Prime, where political behaviour is becoming increasingly strange.

Episode 10: A Tragedy of Telepaths

The telepath crisis escalates as Byron’s group barricades itself inside part of the station. Sheridan searches for a peaceful resolution while Bester waits for permission to intervene.

Episode 11: Phoenix Rising

The confrontation with the telepaths reaches a violent conclusion. Bester exploits divisions within the group, forcing Byron to decide how far he will go to protect his followers.

Episode 12: The Ragged Edge

Garibaldi travels to the Drazi homeworld to investigate attacks on Alliance shipping. His returning alcoholism places both the mission and his closest relationships at risk.

Episode 13: The Corps Is Mother, the Corps Is Father

Bester leads two trainee Psi Cops in pursuit of a dangerous telepathic killer. The story presents Psi Corps from inside the institution and through those shaped by it.

Episode 14: Meditations on the Abyss

Delenn secretly sends Lennier to investigate the attacks on Alliance vessels. His mission aboard a Ranger training ship tests his judgement and motives.

Episode 15: Darkness Ascending

Lennier discovers evidence identifying the force behind the shipping attacks. Garibaldi’s drinking worsens as he fails to recognise how severely it is affecting his work.

Episode 16: And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder

The Interstellar Alliance confronts the Centauri Republic with evidence linking it to attacks on civilian shipping. Diplomacy collapses as member worlds prepare for war.

Episode 17: Movements of Fire and Shadow

Alliance forces attack Centauri targets while Delenn and Lennier search for the true perpetrators. Londo discovers that events on Centauri Prime have moved beyond his control.

Episode 18: The Fall of Centauri Prime

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The Centauri homeworld suffers a devastating bombardment. Londo finally learns who engineered the conflict and accepts a terrible burden to save his people from complete destruction.

Episode 19: The Wheel of Fire

Earth authorities prepare to prosecute Garibaldi, while Londo begins his reign as emperor. Sheridan and Delenn receive life-changing personal news amid the political aftermath.

Episode 20: Objects in Motion

Former Babylon 5 personnel become targets of an assassination attempt. Garibaldi and Franklin prepare to leave the station and begin the next stages of their lives.

Episode 21: Objects at Rest

Sheridan and Delenn depart Babylon 5 for Minbar as Lochley continues commanding the station. Lennier makes a devastating mistake that changes his relationship with Delenn.

Episode 22: Sleeping in Light

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Twenty years later, Sheridan gathers his surviving friends for one final reunion. With his life approaching its foretold end, he returns to Babylon 5 before travelling beyond the rim.