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Series. "The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace. It failed. But in the year of the Shadow War, it became something greater: our last, best hope for victory." Babylon 5 is a 1990s Space Opera created by J. Michael Straczynski. A two-hour pilot movie, "The Gathering", was aired in 1993, with the ongoing series running from 1994-1998.
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Abandon Ship:. The first season episode Babylon Squared...
- Awesome
Sheridan nuking the Blackstar. Hell, any time John "Nuke...
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Thirty years before Babylon 5 the Dilgar race launched an...
- Tropes I to P
This page covers tropes found in Babylon 5. Tropes beginning...
- Characters
The scope of the Babylon 5 universe was truly epic. Over the...
- Recap
Babylon 5 was a science fiction television series, created...
- YMMV
Thankfully changed in season 4, to just "The year is 22XX....
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Under the leadership of its final commander, Babylon 5 was a...
- Tropes Q to Z
Babylon 5 loves this trope. Anytime someone comments that...
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In the span of few weeks (most of which Michael Garibaldi...
- Tropes a to H
Babylon 5 is a multimedia franchise created by J. Michael Straczynski. The original series follows the adventures of the crew of the titular space station, as they try to keep the peace between multiple races. Meanwhile, ancient races wage war against each other, including the Shadows, which threaten the galaxy.
The scope of the Babylon 5 universe was truly epic. Over the course of the series, the major characters evolved radically as the arc plot advanced. No summary can do more than scratch the surface of their complexities and their evolution—the only way to fully appreciate both is to watch the series.
Short Run in Peru: Babylon 5 aired in the US amid the then-usual reruns. What was not usual was that PTEN, Babylon 5's distribution network, typically held back the last four to five episodes of each season until the next season was ready to air. This meant season-ending story arcs intended to keep viewers intrigued over a hiatus between ...
This page covers tropes found in Babylon 5. Tropes beginning with letters A-H can be found at Babylon 5/Tropes A to H and tropes beginning with letters I-P can be found at Babylon 5/Tropes I to P. Subjective tropes go to the YMMV page.
—J. Michael Straczynski, 1995 Straczynski set five goals for Babylon 5. He said that the show "would have to be good science fiction". It would also have to be good television, "and rarely are SF shows both good SF *and* good TV; there're [sic] generally one or the other." It would have to do for science fiction television what Hill Street Blues had done for police dramas, by taking an adult ...
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