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The last, best hope for peace.
Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its 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, Minbari Federation, Centauri 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 travelers, traders, businessmen, criminals, and Rangers.
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Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its 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, Minbari Federation, Centauri 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 travelers, traders, businessmen, criminals, and Rangers.
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Episode 1
When the Narn attack a Centauri colony, Londo and G'Kar nearly come to blows. Meanwhile, raiders are attacking transport ships near the station.
Directed by Richard ComptonWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Paul Hampton, Peter Trencher, Jeff Austin, Douglas E. McCoy, Marianne Robertson, Douglas Netter, Derek Zemrak, Mark Hendrickson
Episode 2
A badly damaged ship is brought into the station and the strange alien inside is identified as a soul hunter - an immortal race who can sense death and supposedly steal someone's soul.
Directed by Jim JohnstonWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars William Morgan Sheppard, John Snyder, Toni Attell, Mark Conley, David D. Darling, Ted Henning, Marianne Robertson, Jim Bentley
Episode 3
Londo unknowingly falls for a beautiful slave, whose owner wants her to steal sensitive information. Garibaldi discovers that someone is using a restricted communications channel.
Directed by Bruce Seth GreenWritten by Larry DiTillioGuest stars Fabiana Udenio, Clive Revill, Jimm Giannini, Robert Phalen, Robert DiTillio, Mike Norris, Momo Yashima, Mary Woronov
Episode 4
Dr. Franklin gets a visit from an old friend and former mentor, xenoarchaeologist Dr. Vance Hendricks who wants Franklin's help to analyze some organic artifacts he found on a dead world. But the artifacts seem to have a will of their own and start to manipulate Hendricks' assistant.
Directed by Richard ComptonWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars David McCallum, Marshall R. Teague, Daniel Hutchison, Tony Rizzoli, Paul Yeuell, Sylva Kelegian, Sav Farrow, Patricia Healy
Episode 5
Sinclair's old flame, Catherine Sakai, arrives during a week-long festival when humans and aliens demonstrate their dominate religious beliefs. An old enemy sends an assassin to kill G'Kar.
Directed by Jim JohnstonWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Thomas Kopache, Julia Nickson, Calvin Jung, Michael McKenzie, Mark Hendrickson, Joy Hardin, Glen Robinson, Randall Kirby
Episode 6
The Psi-Cops arrive at the station to capture a rogue telepath, Talia's old Psi Corps instructor. Catherine Sakai is warned not to survey Sigma 957 by G'Kar.
Directed by Bruce Seth GreenWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Walter Koenig, William Allen Young, Julia Nickson, Felicity Waterman, Kevin Page, Elisa Gabrielli, Michael McKenzie, Don Dowe
Episode 7
A racist group is terrorizing non-humans on Babylon 5. Meanwhile Londo has trouble with two young Centauri who want to break with tradition by ignoring their arranged marriages, and instead marry for love.
Directed by Richard ComptonWritten by D.C. FontanaGuest stars Michael Paul Chan, Danica McKellar, Tristan Rogers, Nancy Lee Grahn, Rodney Eastman, Richard Chaves, Mark Hendrickson, Diane Adair
Episode 8
Sinclair is kidnapped and interrogated by two men determined to prove he betrayed earth during the Battle of the Line.
Directed by Janet GreekWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Judson Scott, Christopher Neame, Jim Youngs, Justin Williams, Mark Hendrickson, Fumi Shishino, Macaulay Bruton, Joe Banks
Episode 9
Na'Toth attacks an alien woman that has just arrived on the station, claiming that she is the Dilgar war criminal Jha'dur - known as Deathwalker. Meanwhile, Talia is hired by Kosh to oversee some rather strange negotiations.
Directed by Bruce Seth GreenWritten by Larry DiTillioGuest stars Sarah Douglas, Aki Aleong, Robin Curtis, Cosie Costa, Mark Hendrickson, Robert DiTillio, Sav Farrow, Marianne Robertson
Episode 10
An alien couple comes to Dr. Franklin with their fatally ill son. The child could be cured by a simple operation, but the parents' religion specifically forbids it. Meanwhile, Ivanova escorts a damaged star liner through raider territory.
Directed by Richard ComptonWritten by David GerroldGuest stars Tricia O'Neil, Silvana Gallardo, Stephen Lee, Jonathan C. Kaplan, Ardwight Chamberlain
Episode 11
There is an explosion in one of the fighter bays just days before the president is to visit Babylon 5. A dying man implicates Garibaldi, which is just what the head of presidential security wants to hear, as she blames him for her father's death.
Directed by Jim JohnstonWritten by Marc Scott ZicreeGuest stars Elaine Thomas, Tom Donaldson, José Ramón Rosario, Robin Wake, Rod Perry, Mark Hendrickson, Maggie Egan, David A. Cook
Episode 12
The station's dock workers stage an illegal strike after an accident in the docking bays. G'Kar tries to take part in a Narn religious ceremony, but must find a replacement G'Quan-Eth plant that was destroyed in the accident.
Directed by Jim JohnstonWritten by Kathryn M. DrennanGuest stars Katy Boyer, Aki Aleong, John Snyder, Michael McKenzie, José Rey, Floyd Van Buskirk, Patricia Healy, Ricardo Martínez
Episode 13
A Centauri noble comes to Babylon 5 to transport an important relic in Londo's possession back to the homeworld. And a mysterious man visits all the alien ambassadors asking them an unusual question.
Directed by Janet GreekWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Whip Hubley, Gerrit Graham, Ed Wasser, Fredi Olster, Anita Brabec, Douglas E. McCoy, Robert Silver, Lynn 'Red' Williams
Episode 14
Garibaldi is surprised when an old friend comes to Babylon 5 to fight in the "Mutai" - a savage alien fighting arena. Meanwhile, Ivanova has trouble dealing with her father's death.
Directed by John C. Flinn IIIWritten by Larry DiTillioGuest stars Theodore Bikel, Soon-Tek Oh, Robert Phalen, Don Stroud, Lenore Kasdorf, Gregory McKinney, James Jude Courtney, Michael McKenzie
Episode 15
A man comes to Babylon 5 asking the alien ambassadors for information that can help him with his quest to find the Holy Grail, while a Downbelow gangster gives security problems by mind-wiping all who oppose him.
Directed by Richard ComptonWritten by Christy MarxGuest stars Jim Norton, David Warner, William Sanderson, Tom Booker, Linda Lodge, John C. Flinn III, Marianne Robertson, Ardwight Chamberlain
Episode 16
Sinclair's decisions the last year catch up with him, when an internal affairs investigator arrives to test the crew's loyalty to Earth Force with the help of a telepath. And Lennier shows great interest in Garibaldi's attempt at assembling a 1990's motorcycle.
Directed by Jim JohnstonWritten by Larry DiTillioGuest stars Jeffrey Combs, Gregory Paul Martin, Macaulay Bruton, Marie Chambers, Frank Farmer, Drew Letchworth, Marianne Robertson, David L. Crowley
Episode 17
A Minbari war cruiser comes to Babylon 5 to display the body of a recently dead Minbari leader, while Ivanova and Talia battle for the fate of a young girl with newly discovered telepathic powers.
Directed by Bruce Seth GreenWritten by D.C. FontanaGuest stars John Vickery, Patrick Thomas O'Brien, Grace Una, Richard Henry, Marianne Robertson, Josh Coxx
Episode 18
Strange signals start coming from Epsilon 3, the planet below Babylon 5. A science ship is sent to investigate, but is fired upon by a defense system on the planet. Meanwhile, Garibaldi worries about a lover he left back on Mars, when fighting breaks out there.
Directed by Janet GreekWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Ron Canada, Kat Cressida, Lenore Kasdorf, Jim Ishida, Patty Toy, Curt Lowens, Langdon Bensing, Kelly Coyle
Episode 19
The situation heats up when an Earth Force heavy cruiser arrives to "protect Earth's interests", and the fusion reactors on Epsilon 3 start going out of control, and may blow up the planet and Babylon 5.
Directed by Janet GreekWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Ron Canada, Aki Aleong, Michelan Sisti, Lenore Kasdorf, Curt Lowens, Denise Gentile, Louis Turenne, Chip Heller
Episode 20
Babylon 4 reappears at the same place it disappeared four years before, and Sinclair and Garibaldi lead an expedition to evacuate its crew. Meanwhile, Delenn is summoned by the Grey council. They inform her that they have selected a new leader - her.
Directed by Jim JohnstonWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Kent Broadhurst, Tim Choate, Thomas Rosales Jr., Mark Hendrickson, Denise Gentile, Frank Costa, Douglas E. McCoy, Marianne Robertson
Episode 21
Dr. Franklin investigates an unlicensed medical practitioner in Downbelow, while Londo takes Lennier for a tour of Babylon 5's seedier locales. And in the brig, a convicted murderer waits for his sentence to be carried out - the death of personality.
Directed by Lorraine SennaWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Jim Norton, Mark Rolston, Kate McNeil, June Lockhart, Lynn Anderson, Constance Zimmer, Damian London, Philippe Bergeron
Episode 22
The Centauri are about to withdraw from a quadrant of space because the Narn are harassing them, when Londo gets an offer to take care of the problem. Meanwhile, Garibaldi tries to find out what his informant stumbled upon that got him killed.
Directed by Janet GreekWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Julia Nickson, Ed Wasser, Fumi Shishino, Bergen Williams, Edward Conery, Cheryl Francis Harrington, Mark Hendrickson, James Kiriyama-Lem
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Bruce BoxleitnerJohn Sheridan
Jerry DoyleMichael Garibaldi
Claudia ChristianSusan Ivanova
Michael O'HareJeffrey Sinclair
Mira FurlanDelenn
Richard BiggsStephen Franklin
Andreas KatsulasG'Kar
Peter JurasikLondo Mollari
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