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 (37,494 votes)
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	10,225
1	Midnight on the Firing Line	7.2	1,393
2	Soul Hunter	6.8	1,293
3	Born to the Purple	7.0	1,196
4	Infection	6.4	1,134
5	The Parliament of Dreams	7.3	1,120
6	Mind War	7.6	1,142
7	The War Prayer	6.8	1,066
8	And the Sky Full of Stars	7.9	1,111
9	Deathwalker	7.5	1,053
10	Believers	7.1	1,101
11	Survivors	6.8	956
12	By Any Means Necessary	7.2	989
13	Signs and Portents	8.3	1,082
14	TKO	5.8	1,029
15	Grail	6.6	961
16	Eyes	7.2	950
17	Legacies	7.1	896
18	A Voice in the Wilderness: Part 1	7.8	960
19	A Voice in the Wilderness: Part 2	8.0	956
20	Babylon Squared	8.4	1,050
21	The Quality of Mercy	7.3	935
22	Chrysalis	8.6	1,043

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	942
2	Revelations	7.7	917
3	The Geometry of Shadows	7.7	953
4	A Distant Star	7.2	905
5	The Long Dark	6.7	898
6	Spider in the Web	7.1	874
7	Soul Mates	7.3	922
8	A Race Through Dark Places	7.7	903
9	The Coming of Shadows	9.1	1,161
10	GROPOS	7.3	962
11	All Alone in the Night	7.5	873
12	Acts of Sacrifice	7.7	895
13	Hunter, Prey	7.4	850
14	There All the Honor Lies	7.2	838
15	And Now for a Word	7.8	909
16	In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum	8.9	1,014
17	Knives	7.2	837
18	Confessions and Lamentations	7.9	891
19	Divided Loyalties	8.2	890
20	The Long, Twilight Struggle	9.2	1,072
21	Comes the Inquisitor	8.0	999
22	The Fall of Night	9.1	1,026

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	888
2	Convictions	7.4	842
3	A Day in the Strife	7.4	799
4	Passing Through Gethsemane	8.2	994
5	Voices of Authority	7.8	864
6	Dust to Dust	8.1	858
7	Exogenesis	6.7	816
8	Messages from Earth	8.6	911
9	Point of No Return	9.1	1,016
10	Severed Dreams	9.6	1,446
11	Ceremonies of Light and Dark	7.9	832
12	Sic Transit Vir	7.5	838
13	A Late Delivery from Avalon	7.0	860
14	Ship of Tears	8.3	863
15	Interludes and Examinations	8.7	873
16	War Without End: Part One	9.1	1,073
17	War Without End: Part Two	9.4	1,112
18	Walkabout	7.2	825
19	Grey 17 Is Missing	6.6	838
20	And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place	8.4	876
21	Shadow Dancing	8.5	813
22	Z'ha'dum	9.4	1,136

Season 4 (1996)

8.17 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	806
2	Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?	8.2	800
3	The Summoning	8.4	782
4	Falling Toward Apotheosis	8.4	786
5	The Long Night	9.0	863
6	Into the Fire	8.9	870
7	Epiphanies	7.8	728
8	The Illusion of Truth	7.6	790
9	Atonement	7.7	762
10	Racing Mars	7.3	714
11	Lines of Communication	7.5	699
12	Conflicts of Interest	7.2	684
13	Rumors, Bargains and Lies	7.9	708
14	Moments of Transition	8.2	712
15	No Surrender, No Retreat	9.0	811
16	Exercise of Vital Powers	7.5	704
17	The Face of the Enemy	8.6	768
18	Intersections in Real Time	8.3	822
19	Between the Darkness and the Light	8.8	772
20	Endgame	9.2	936
21	Rising Star	8.5	764
22	The Deconstruction of Falling Stars	7.6	913

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	664
2	The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari	7.8	697
3	The Paragon of Animals	7.3	631
4	A View from the Gallery	7.8	798
5	Learning Curve	6.9	626
6	Strange Relations	6.7	627
7	Secrets of the Soul	6.5	619
8	Day of the Dead	7.8	750
9	In the Kingdom of the Blind	7.2	598
10	A Tragedy of Telepaths	7.1	602
11	Phoenix Rising	6.9	595
12	The Ragged Edge	7.3	580
13	The Corps Is Mother, the Corps Is Father	7.5	639
14	Meditations on the Abyss	7.4	580
15	Darkness Ascending	7.9	580
16	And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder	8.5	625
17	Movements of Fire and Shadow	8.6	636
18	The Fall of Centauri Prime	8.9	682
19	The Wheel of Fire	7.9	590
20	Objects in Motion	8.0	602
21	Objects at Rest	7.9	616
22	Sleeping in Light	9.2	1,128

Babylon 5 (1993)

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