Babylon 5: Season 5

1998 · 22 episodes · ★ 7.3

Wheel of Fire

What Season 5 of Babylon 5

Season five takes place in 2262, when John Sheridan presides over the Interstellar Alliance and Babylon 5 welcomes Elizabeth Lochley as its new commanding officer. Attacks on the commercial routes of Alliance members keep growing. The central conflict pits Byron's telepaths, confined to the Down Below, against Bester's Psi Corps, which arrives at the station with its hounds to stop them. In parallel, Londo Mollari and G'Kar share the stage at Centauri Base, and Lennier secretly investigates the evidence behind these attacks. Hanging over all of them is the threat of open war.

22episodes

Jan 21, 1998premiered

Nov 25, 1998Latest episode

16.1 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 No Compromises
Jan 21, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 7.2
Lochley takes command of Babylon 5 and Byron petitions her for asylum aboard the station. An assassin pledges to kill Sheridan at his inauguration.
Directed by: Janet Greek · Written by: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Anthony Crivello, Robin Atkin Downes, Trevor Eyster, Mauricio Mendoza
5x02 The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari
Jan 28, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 7.5
Londo collapses from a heart attack, and must battle with his guilt in a dream state. Delenn learns that Lennier is planing to leave Babylon 5 to join the Rangers.
Directing: David J. Eagle · Writing: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Ross Kettle, Akiko Morison
5x03 The Paragon of Animals
Feb 4, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 7.2
A small world plagued by raiders begs the alliance for help. Garibaldi tries forming an intelligence unit of telepaths.
Directing: Michael Vejar · Writing: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Bart Johnson, Robin Atkin Downes, Daniel Bryan Cartwell, Kim Strauss
5x04 A View from the Gallery
Feb 11, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 7.0
We see the action from the viewpoint of two maintenance workers as a race of savage aliens attacks the station.
Directing: Janet Greek · Writing: Harlan Ellison, J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Raymond O'Connor, Robin Atkin Downes, Lawrence LeJohn, Josh Coxx
5x05 Learning Curve
Feb 18, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 6.6
Four rangers come from Minbar with a status report to Delenn, while a Downbelow racketeer decides it's time to get rid of Zack.
Directed by: David J. Eagle · Written by: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Brendan Ford, Trevor Goddard, Turhan Bey, Nathan Anderson
5x06 Strange Relations
Feb 25, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 6.8
Bester arrives at the station to arrest the Downbelow telepaths, and Londo barely escapes an assassination attempt when the ship he was to be aboard explodes.
Directing: John C. Flinn III · Writing: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Walter Koenig, James Lew, Robin Atkin Downes, Steven Lambert
5x07 Secrets of the Soul
Mar 4, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 6.7
As more telepaths arrive at the station, the denizens of Downbelow start taking notice. Tensions build until one of the telepaths is assaulted, and the others decide to take revenge - against Byron's wishes. Meanwhile, Franklin tries to find out why the Hyach are hiding part of their medical history.
Directing: Tony Dow · Writing: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Roger Hewlett, Skip Stellrecht, Robin Atkin Downes, Fiona Dwyer
5x08 Day of the Dead
Mar 11, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 7.2
The Brakiri buy a part of Babylon 5 for a religious ceremony where the dead are supposed to return. Comedians Rebo and Zooty arrive to do a show on the station.
Directed by: Doug Lefler · Written by: Neil Gaiman · Starring: Fabiana Udenio, Ed Wasser, Marie Marshall, Penn Jillette
5x09 In the Kingdom of the Blind
Mar 18, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 6.6
Londo starts to suspect that all is not right on Centauri Prime, when a good friend is murdered. On Babylon 5, Byron tries to force the council to give him and his telepaths a homeworld of their own.
Directing: David J. Eagle · Writing: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Victor Love, Robin Atkin Downes, Neil Hunt, Francis X. McCarthy
5x10 A Tragedy of Telepaths
Mar 25, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 6.9
The telepaths have barred themselves inside an area of Downbelow, and their telepathic tricks force Lochley to ask Bester for help. G'Kar finds an old friend locked in a cell in the Centauri palace.
Directing: Tony Dow · Writing: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Julie Caitlin Brown, Leigh McCloskey, Walter Koenig, Victor Love
5x11 Phoenix Rising
Apr 1, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 6.7
More bloodhound units arrive and the fight with the violent faction of Byron's followers intensifies until the rogues seize Medlab - with Garibaldi and Franklin in it.
Directed by: David J. Eagle · Written by: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Leigh McCloskey, Walter Koenig, Victor Love, Robin Atkin Downes
5x12 The Ragged Edge
Apr 8, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 7.1
It looks like the Alliance will get a break in the investigation of the recent shipping line attacks, when a possible witness may have survived the latest attack and taken refuge on the Drazi homeworld. Garibaldi is sent to find him, but the Intelligence Chief's alcohol problem complicates the mission. G'Kar returns to Babylon 5 to discover that his book has been published, and he is now a revered religious figure.
Directing: John Copeland · Writing: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: John Castellanos, Mirron E. Willis, Mark Hendrickson, Marshall R. Teague
5x13 The Corps Is Mother, the Corps Is Father
Apr 15, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 7.1
A telepath murders his roommate and escapes on a ship bound for Babylon 5. Bester is given the job of capturing him, and brings along two PSI Cop interns to show them how he works.
Directing: Stephen Furst · Writing: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Walter Koenig, Dana Barron, Reggie Lee, Dex Elliott Sanders
5x14 Meditations on the Abyss
May 27, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 7.2
Delenn reassigns Lennier to a Ranger training mission on the border of Centauri space, hoping he can find some proof regarding the Centauri involvement in the shipping line attacks. Vir undergoes some dramatic changes when he learns that he is the new Centauri ambassador to Babylon 5.
Directed by: Michael Vejar · Written by: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Carl Ciarfalio, Ron Campbell, Mark Hendrickson, Martin East
5x15 Darkness Ascending
Jun 3, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 7.7
Lennier investigates Centauri signals that may be connected to the attacks. Lyta tries to continue Byron's dream of finding a homeworld for telepaths. Lise visits Garibaldi only to discover he's drinking again.
Directing: Janet Greek · Writing: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Richard Yniguez, Ace Mask, Edmund L. Shaff, Tom McGreevy
5x16 And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder
Jun 10, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 7.8
The evidence collected against the Centauri is presented to the council of the Interstellar Alliance, and a boycott against the Centauri is issued. In reaction, the Centauri withdraw from the Alliance and make it clear that they will circumvent the blockade by force if necessary.
Directed by: Goran Gajić · Written by: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Kim Strauss, Jonathan Chapman, Vince Deadrick Jr., Tom McGreevy
5x17 Movements of Fire and Shadow (1)
Jun 17, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 7.8
Sheridan finally authorizes the White Star fleet to participate in the war. Delenn travels to Minbar to start a Minbari-Earth joint project to build a prototype White Star destroyer class ship. Vir hires Franklin and Lyta to investigate why the Drazi don't return the bodies from destroyed Centauri ships.
Directed by: John C. Flinn III · Written by: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Josh Clark, Tom McGreevy, Neil Bradley, Bart McCarthy
5x18 The Fall of Centauri Prime (2)
Oct 28, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 8.3
As Centauri Prime is being bombarded, the Drakh, the real masters behind the war, reveal themselves to Londo. They force him to go along with their plan to alienate the Centauri from the Alliance, and use what's left as their new home.
Directing: Douglas E. Wise · Writing: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Simon Billig, Damian London, Wayne Alexander, Robin Sachs
5x19 The Wheel of Fire
Nov 4, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 7.3
Earth Force orders the arrest of Lyta for financing terrorism against the PSI Corps. Sheridan confronts Garibaldi about his drinking. G'Kar struggles with his growing mass of worshippers.
Directing: Janet Greek · Writing: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Monique Edwards, Denise Gentile
5x20 Objects in Motion
Nov 11, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
Tessa Holloran, former Number One of the Mars resistance, arrives with a warning for Lise and Michael: an assassin has been hired to kill them. Meanwhile, G'Kar gets ready to leave, though not everybody is happy about it.
Directing: Jesús Salvador Treviño · Writing: Harlan Ellison, J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Denise Gentile, Walter Williamson, James Hornbeck, Neil Bradley
5x21 Objects at Rest
Nov 18, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 7.2
It is near the end of 2262, and many changes are abound. Londo, G'Kar and Garibaldi have already left, and Franklin will be taking up his new position on Earth shortly. Finally, Sheridan and Delenn leave for Minbar, where the Alliance's recently finished headquarters are located.
Directed by: John Copeland · Written by: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Simon Billig, Jennifer Balgobin, Marjorie Monaghan, Maggie Egan
5x22 Sleeping in Light Season Finale
Nov 25, 1998 · 44 min · ★ 8.3
Twenty years after his death and resurrection at Z'ha'dum, Sheridan feels his life force ebbing away, and invites some old friends for a final gathering.
Directed by: J. Michael Straczynski · Written by: J. Michael Straczynski · Starring: Claudia Christian, Wayne Alexander, Romy Rosemont, J. Michael Straczynski