Babylon 5 (1993)

Action · Adventure · Drama

Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be worked out among duly appointed ambassadors. A council made up of representatives from the five major space-faring civilizations - the Earth Alliance, Minbari Federation, Centauri Republic, Narn Regime, and Vorlon Empire - work with the League of Non-Aligned Worlds to keep interstellar relations under control. Aside from its diplomatic function, Babylon 5 also serves as a military post for Earth and a port of call for travelers, traders, businessmen, criminals, and Rangers.

IMDb rating: 8.4 (37,644 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 -0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1993)

7.27 avg 23 episodes 6.5 → 8.6 46 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Babylon 5: The Gathering	6.5	10,253
1	Midnight on the Firing Line	7.2	1,413
2	Soul Hunter	6.8	1,309
3	Born to the Purple	7.0	1,209
4	Infection	6.4	1,149
5	The Parliament of Dreams	7.3	1,134
6	Mind War	7.6	1,156
7	The War Prayer	6.8	1,078
8	And the Sky Full of Stars	7.9	1,124
9	Deathwalker	7.5	1,068
10	Believers	7.1	1,116
11	Survivors	6.8	968
12	By Any Means Necessary	7.2	1,000
13	Signs and Portents	8.3	1,100
14	TKO	5.8	1,042
15	Grail	6.6	976
16	Eyes	7.2	965
17	Legacies	7.1	909
18	A Voice in the Wilderness: Part 1	7.8	970
19	A Voice in the Wilderness: Part 2	8.0	965
20	Babylon Squared	8.4	1,060
21	The Quality of Mercy	7.3	944
22	Chrysalis	8.6	1,052

Season 2 (1994)

7.80 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 9.1 43 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Points of Departure	7.7	950
2	Revelations	7.7	925
3	The Geometry of Shadows	7.7	959
4	A Distant Star	7.2	909
5	The Long Dark	6.7	906
6	Spider in the Web	7.1	880
7	Soul Mates	7.3	931
8	A Race Through Dark Places	7.7	908
9	The Coming of Shadows	9.1	1,168
10	GROPOS	7.3	968
11	All Alone in the Night	7.5	878
12	Acts of Sacrifice	7.7	901
13	Hunter, Prey	7.4	857
14	There All the Honor Lies	7.2	846
15	And Now for a Word	7.8	917
16	In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum	8.9	1,021
17	Knives	7.2	843
18	Confessions and Lamentations	7.9	897
19	Divided Loyalties	8.2	897
20	The Long, Twilight Struggle	9.2	1,083
21	Comes the Inquisitor	8.0	1,006
22	The Fall of Night	9.1	1,033

Season 3 (1995)

8.15 avg 22 episodes 8.3 → 9.4 44 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Matters of Honor	8.3	892
2	Convictions	7.4	849
3	A Day in the Strife	7.4	807
4	Passing Through Gethsemane	8.2	1,005
5	Voices of Authority	7.8	873
6	Dust to Dust	8.1	868
7	Exogenesis	6.8	827
8	Messages from Earth	8.6	922
9	Point of No Return	9.1	1,030
10	Severed Dreams	9.6	1,463
11	Ceremonies of Light and Dark	7.9	844
12	Sic Transit Vir	7.5	851
13	A Late Delivery from Avalon	7.0	876
14	Ship of Tears	8.3	876
15	Interludes and Examinations	8.7	886
16	War Without End: Part One	9.1	1,088
17	War Without End: Part Two	9.4	1,129
18	Walkabout	7.2	838
19	Grey 17 Is Missing	6.6	852
20	And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place	8.4	888
21	Shadow Dancing	8.5	826
22	Z'ha'dum	9.4	1,148

Season 4 (1996)

8.16 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 7.6 44 min avg

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Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Hour of the Wolf	8.1	816
2	Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?	8.2	809
3	The Summoning	8.4	790
4	Falling Toward Apotheosis	8.4	794
5	The Long Night	9.0	872
6	Into the Fire	8.9	881
7	Epiphanies	7.8	736
8	The Illusion of Truth	7.5	797
9	Atonement	7.7	770
10	Racing Mars	7.3	724
11	Lines of Communication	7.5	707
12	Conflicts of Interest	7.2	692
13	Rumors, Bargains and Lies	7.9	717
14	Moments of Transition	8.2	720
15	No Surrender, No Retreat	9.0	820
16	Exercise of Vital Powers	7.5	713
17	The Face of the Enemy	8.6	778
18	Intersections in Real Time	8.3	830
19	Between the Darkness and the Light	8.8	780
20	Endgame	9.2	944
21	Rising Star	8.5	770
22	The Deconstruction of Falling Stars	7.6	918

Season 5 (1998)

7.65 avg 22 episodes 7.1 → 9.2 44 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	No Compromises	7.1	669
2	The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari	7.8	700
3	The Paragon of Animals	7.3	634
4	A View from the Gallery	7.8	803
5	Learning Curve	6.9	633
6	Strange Relations	6.7	633
7	Secrets of the Soul	6.5	626
8	Day of the Dead	7.8	756
9	In the Kingdom of the Blind	7.2	604
10	A Tragedy of Telepaths	7.1	609
11	Phoenix Rising	6.9	602
12	The Ragged Edge	7.3	587
13	The Corps Is Mother, the Corps Is Father	7.5	645
14	Meditations on the Abyss	7.4	587
15	Darkness Ascending	7.9	587
16	And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder	8.5	632
17	Movements of Fire and Shadow	8.6	643
18	The Fall of Centauri Prime	8.9	690
19	The Wheel of Fire	7.9	599
20	Objects in Motion	8.0	610
21	Objects at Rest	7.9	624
22	Sleeping in Light	9.2	1,137

Babylon 5 (1993)

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