Season One

Signs and Portents

"It was the Dawn of the Third Age of Mankind, ten years after the Earth- Minbari War. The Babylon Project was a dream given form. Its goal: to prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could work out their differences peacefully. It's a port of call, home away from home for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs and wanderers. Humans and aliens wrapped in two million, five hundred thousand tons of spinning metal...all alone in the night. It can be a dangerous place, but it's our last, best hope for peace. This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. The year is 2258. The name of the place...is Babylon 5."

-- Commander Jeffrey Sinclair

The Haiku Guide to Season One

Listed in airing order, with production order noted at side. "Legacies" and "The Quality of Mercy" were actually flip-flopped due to a scheduling error, which creates one minor continuity glitch.

1. (103) Midnight on the Firing Line

   Ragesh 3 attacked!
   The flip side of next year's
   "The Coming of Shadows"

2. (102) Soul Hunter

   A stealer of souls
   Wanting Delenn for his stash
   Visits the station.

3. (104) Born to the Purple

   Londo is bewitched,
   Purple files are stolen,
   And a slave is freed.

4. (101) Infection

   Franklin's old mentor;
   Organic technology:
   Then Sinclair plays Kirk.

5. (108) The Parliament of Dreams

   Sharing of beliefs,
   A plot against G'Kar's life:
   Unique solutions?

6. (110) Mind War

   Psi Corps experiment:
   Jason Ironheart evolves.
   Talia is enhanced.

7. (107) The War Prayer

   A poet branded
   By Earth isolationists.
   Sign of things to come?

8. (106) And the Sky Full of Stars

   

   Battle of the Line:
   What's missing from Sinclair's mind?
   Why is Delenn there?

9. (113) Deathwalker

   Na'Toth wants vengeance.
   An alien fountain of youth?
   Dilgar Mengele.

10. (105) Believers

    A boy is dying.
    But did Doctor Franklin cure
    The boy or the shell?

11. (111) Survivors

    Garibaldi framed:
    HomeGuard threat to President.
    Drunk again, Michael?

12. (114) By Any Means Necessary

    The dock workers strike
    Government to use extreme force
    Sinclair saves the day

13. (116) Signs and Portents

    Meet Mister Morden.
    Raiders attack for the Eye,
    But what do you want?

14. (119) TKO

    Susan's rabbi arrives.
    Why has she not sat shiva?
    Aliens kickbox??

15. (109) Grail

    The Babylon curse
    Embarks on a sacred quest:
    Stop Kosh sucking brains!

16. (122) Eyes

    Sinclair loses command.
    "Half a dream is better than none."
    Susan won't be scanned!

17. (115) Legacies

    Teen Teep activates.
    A warrior's body is missing:
    Pak'ma'ra hors'derve?

18. (120) A Voice in the Wilderness, Part I

    Epsilon 3 stirs.
    Forbidden Planet homage?
    Mars is revolting!

19. (121) A Voice in the Wilderness, Part II

    Fight for the planet.
    A new "heart of the machine".
    When the time is right...

20. (118) Babylon Squared

    A cry from the past:
    Babylon Four is returned!

    

    Glimpse of the future?

21. (117) The Quality of Mercy

    Killer on the loose.
    An alien healing machine
    May come in handy.

22. (112) Chrysalis

    Sinclair is engaged.
    "Nothing's the same any more."
    Watch your back, Michael!

Unfilmed scripts

• "Target: Unknown" and "Metaphors and Body Counts" by David Gerrold