Babylon 5
1994 · TV Series · TV-PG · 45 min
★ 8.0(612)unSUB Rating
On a massive space station in neutral territory, human and alien ambassadors try to keep a fragile peace through tense negotiations and uneasy alliances. As travelers, traders, and criminals pass through, the station also serves as a military outpost, where personal loyalties and political pressures can collide.
Also known as B5
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Details
- Years
- 1994–1998
- Release date
- 1994-01-26
- Network
- Syndication, TNT
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 45 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 8.0/10 (612 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a serialized space drama with politics, shifting alliances, and long-term payoffs, similar to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; not for you if you prefer fast starts, standalone episodes, or consistently polished performances.
Pros: ambitious long-running story; big space politics; memorable character arcs | Cons: slow early stretch; uneven acting and dialogue; filler and weak final season
Themes
- prophecy
- space colony
- transformation
- time travel
- space station
- space opera
- future war
- alien civilization
- mental telepathy
- dramatic
- critical
- advanced ancient civilization
Awards & recognition
- Bradbury Award
Cast & crew
Bruce Boxleitner
as John Sheridan
Jerry Doyle
as Michael Garibaldi
Claudia Christian
as Susan Ivanova
Michael O'Hare
as Jeffrey Sinclair
Mira Furlan
as Delenn
Richard Biggs
as Stephen Franklin
Andreas Katsulas
as G'Kar
Peter Jurasik
as Londo Mollari
Andrea Thompson
as Talia Winters
Stephen Furst
as Vir Cotto
Directed by Stephen Furst, J. Michael Straczynski, John C. Flinn III +22 more
Created by J. Michael Straczynski
Episodes5 seasons · 110 episodes
Season 122 episodes
- S1E1Midnight on the Firing Line45m
- S1E2Soul Hunter45m
- S1E3Born to the Purple45m
- S1E4Infection45m
- S1E5The Parliament of Dreams45m
- S1E6Mind War45m
- S1E7The War Prayer45m
- S1E8And the Sky Full of Stars45m
- S1E9Deathwalker45m
- S1E10Believers45m
- S1E11Survivors45m
- S1E12By Any Means Necessary45m
- S1E13Signs and Portents45m
- S1E14TKO45m
- S1E15Grail45m
- S1E16Eyes45m
- S1E17Legacies45m
- S1E18A Voice in the Wilderness (1)45m
- S1E19A Voice in the Wilderness (2)45m
- S1E20Babylon Squared45m
- S1E21The Quality of Mercy45m
- S1E22Chrysalis45m
Season 222 episodes
- S2E1Points of Departure45m
- S2E2Revelations45m
- S2E3The Geometry of Shadows45m
- S2E4A Distant Star45m
- S2E5The Long Dark45m
- S2E6Spider in the Web45m
- S2E7Soul Mates45m
- S2E8A Race Through Dark Places45m
- S2E9The Coming of Shadows45m
- S2E10GROPOS45m
- S2E11All Alone in the Night45m
- S2E12Acts of Sacrifice45m
- S2E13Hunter, Prey45m
- S2E14There All the Honor Lies45m
- S2E15And Now for a Word45m
- S2E16In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum45m
- S2E17Knives45m
- S2E18Confessions and Lamentations45m
- S2E19Divided Loyalties45m
- S2E20The Long, Twilight Struggle45m
- S2E21Comes the Inquisitor45m
- S2E22The Fall of Night45m
Season 322 episodes
- S3E1Matters of Honor45m
- S3E2Convictions45m
- S3E3A Day in the Strife45m
- S3E4Passing Through Gethsemane45m
- S3E5Voices of Authority45m
- S3E6Dust to Dust45m
- S3E7Exogenesis45m
- S3E8Messages from Earth45m
- S3E9Point of No Return45m
- S3E10Severed Dreams45m
- S3E11Ceremonies of Light and Dark45m
- S3E12Sic Transit Vir45m
- S3E13A Late Delivery from Avalon45m
- S3E14Ship of Tears45m
- S3E15Interludes and Examinations45m
- S3E16War Without End (1)45m
- S3E17War Without End (2)45m
- S3E18Walkabout45m
- S3E19Grey 17 Is Missing45m
- S3E20And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place45m
- S3E21Shadow Dancing45m
- S3E22Z'ha'dum45m
Season 422 episodes
- S4E1The Hour of the Wolf45m
- S4E2Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?45m
- S4E3The Summoning45m
- S4E4Falling Toward Apotheosis45m
- S4E5The Long Night45m
- S4E6Into the Fire45m
- S4E7Epiphanies45m
- S4E8The Illusion of Truth45m
- S4E9Atonement45m
- S4E10Racing Mars45m
- S4E11Lines of Communication45m
- S4E12Conflicts of Interest45m
- S4E13Rumors, Bargains and Lies45m
- S4E14Moments of Transition45m
- S4E15No Surrender, No Retreat45m
- S4E16Exercise of Vital Powers45m
- S4E17The Face of the Enemy45m
- S4E18Intersections in Real Time45m
- S4E19Between the Darkness and the Light45m
- S4E20Endgame45m
- S4E21Rising Star45m
- S4E22The Deconstruction of Falling Stars45m
Season 522 episodes
- S5E1No Compromises45m
- S5E2The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari45m
- S5E3The Paragon of Animals45m
- S5E4A View from the Gallery45m
- S5E5Learning Curve45m
- S5E6Strange Relations45m
- S5E7Secrets of the Soul45m
- S5E8Day of the Dead45m
- S5E9In the Kingdom of the Blind45m
- S5E10A Tragedy of Telepaths45m
- S5E11Phoenix Rising45m
- S5E12The Ragged Edge45m
- S5E13The Corps Is Mother, the Corps Is Father45m
- S5E14Meditations on the Abyss45m
- S5E15Darkness Ascending45m
- S5E16And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder45m
- S5E17Movements of Fire and Shadow (1)45m
- S5E18The Fall of Centauri Prime (2)45m
- S5E19The Wheel of Fire45m
- S5E20Objects in Motion45m
- S5E21Objects at Rest45m
- S5E22Sleeping in Light45m