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The Emmy-winning Babylon 5 brought many exciting innovations to science fiction television. Computer-generated effects, five-year story arcs, and elaborate mythology made this series stand apart from what came before and point the next generation of sci-fi/fantasy series in bold new directions. This show realized creator J. Michael Straczynski's vision of creating a five-season novel for television. Its stories proved that one person can make a difference, the choices we make (right or wrong, good or bad) have far-reaching consequences, and humanity is far greater and nobler than we give ourselves credit for being.
Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, it's goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be worked out among duly appointed ambassadors. A council made up of representatives from the five major space-faring civilizations - the Earth Alliance, Mimbari Federation, Centarui Republic, Narn Regime, and Vorlon Empire - work with the League of Non-Aligned Worlds to keep interstellar relations under control. Aside from its diplomatic function, Babylon 5 also serves as a military post for Earth and a port of call for travellers, traders, businessmen, criminals, and Rangers.
A floating city home to a quarter of a million humans and aliens is bound to experience problems; Babylon 5 has problems in abundance. Its senior staff of Earth Alliance officers - along with the most prominent members of the diplomatic community - deal with personal problems, cultural differences, threats to station security, and interstellar crises on a regular basis. Old prejudices and unresolved issues leftover from the Earth-Mimbari War and the Centauri occupation of Narn lead to unexpected developments. Pro-Human groups and a corrupt government make the Earth of the future far from paradise. Telepaths seek refuge from the militant Psi Corps while the Mars colony desires support in its bid for independence. And then there is the growing presence of Shadows in regions close by and on the Outer Rim of known space. Fate has decreed that Babylon 5 be crucial to deciding the outcome of all of these conflicts.
Latest Episode
Series 0 - Episode 7 - Voices in the Dark: Over Here
Aired - 31 July 2007
Episode summary:
Col. Lochley asks a Catholic priest to come to Babylon 5 a few days before President Sheridan is to arrive for the Interstellar Alliance’s tenth anniversary celebration. A crew member who recently returned from a vacation on Earth had been complaining of hearing voices before finally barricading himself in a section of the station. The crewman, Burke, is now restrained within a security cell and claiming to be possessed by a demonic spirit. The priest is skeptical at first, suspecting mental illness or some kind of hoax. But after a demonstration of the being’s power, he is convinced. He is unsure whether or not to try to perform an exorcism immediately, or summon additional help from Earth. If he calls for help, the word of the reason will spread. And while this may cause some panic, it would also lead to a renewed purpose for a Church that has been declining toward irrelevance. The demonic being claims this is, in fact, its purpose – that it was trapped in space by God so that starfaring humans would find reason to believe. The being’s apparent eagerness to be exorcised gives Lochley and the priest pause – there is another agenda here. But denying the demon’s wish would seem to condemn Burke to suffer, and that responsibility may be too much to bear.
Episode summary:
Col. Lochley asks a Catholic priest to come to Babylon 5 a few days before President Sheridan is to arrive for the Interstellar Alliance’s tenth anniversary celebration. A crew member who recently returned from a vacation on Earth had been complaining of hearing voices before finally barricading himself in a section of the station. The crewman, Burke, is now restrained within a security cell and claiming to be possessed by a demonic spirit. The priest is skeptical at first, suspecting mental illness or some kind of hoax. But after a demonstration of the being’s power, he is convinced. He is unsure whether or not to try to perform an exorcism immediately, or summon additional help from Earth. If he calls for help, the word of the reason will spread. And while this may cause some panic, it would also lead to a renewed purpose for a Church that has been declining toward irrelevance. The demonic being claims this is, in fact, its purpose – that it was trapped in space by God so that starfaring humans would find reason to believe. The being’s apparent eagerness to be exorcised gives Lochley and the priest pause – there is another agenda here. But denying the demon’s wish would seem to condemn Burke to suffer, and that responsibility may be too much to bear.
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Watch A Voice In The Wilderness, Part II
Sinclair and the Babylon 5 crew become involved in a political struggle for control of a planet that contains a revolutionary super-technology.Second of a two-part episode.
Watch A Voice In The Wilderness, Part I
While investigating seismic activity on a supposedly uninhabited planet, Sinclair and Ivanova discover the remnants of a technically advanced ancient civilization, guarded by a dying alien who threatens to destroy Babylon 5.First of a two-part episode.
Watch A Voice In The Wilderness, Part I
While investigating seismic activity on a supposedly uninhabited planet, Sinclair and Ivanova discover the remnants of a technically advanced ancient civilization, guarded by a dying alien who threatens to destroy Babylon 5.First of a two-part episode.
Watch A Voice In The Wilderness, Part II
Sinclair and the Babylon 5 crew become involved in a political struggle for control of a planet that contains a revolutionary super-technology.Second of a two-part episode. View More Links
+ Series 5
+ Episode - 22 Sleeping in Light
Aired - 25 November 1998
+ Episode - 21 Objects at Rest
Aired - 18 November 1998
+ Episode - 20 Objects in Motion
Aired - 11 November 1998
+ Episode - 19 The Wheel of Fire
Aired - 04 November 1998
+ Episode - 18 The Fall of Centauri Prime (2)
Aired - 28 October 1998
+ Episode - 17 Movements of Fire and Shadow (1)
Aired - 17 June 1998
+ Episode - 16 And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder
Aired - 10 June 1998
+ Episode - 15 Darkness Ascending
Aired - 03 June 1998
+ Episode - 14 Meditations on the Abyss
Aired - 27 May 1998
+ Episode - 13 The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father
Aired - 15 April 1998
+ Episode - 12 The Ragged Edge
Aired - 08 April 1998
+ Episode - 11 Phoenix Rising
Aired - 01 April 1998
+ Episode - 10 A Tragedy of Telepaths
Aired - 25 March 1998
+ Episode - 9 In the Kingdom of the Blind
Aired - 18 March 1998
+ Episode - 8 Day of the Dead
Aired - 11 March 1998
+ Episode - 7 Secrets of the Soul
Aired - 04 March 1998
+ Episode - 6 Strange Relations
Aired - 25 February 1998
+ Episode - 5 Learning Curve
Aired - 18 February 1998
+ Episode - 4 A View from the Gallery
Aired - 11 February 1998
+ Episode - 3 The Paragon of Animals
Aired - 04 February 1998
+ Episode - 2 The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari
Aired - 28 January 1998
+ Episode - 1 No Compromises
Aired - 21 January 1998
+ Episode - 0
Aired - Air date unknown.
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