Babylon 5
1994 · TV Series · TV-PG · 45 min · ★ 8.0 · 60% critics
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
- Critic score
- 60/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 (596 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
- CC
Claudia Christian
as Susan Ivanova
- MO
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
- AT
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