Introduction

Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centres on the Babylon 5 space station: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257-2262. With its prominent use of planned story arcs, the series was often described as a “novel for television”.

Series 04 was titled Babylon 5: No Surrender, No Retreat.

Part of the Babylon 5 franchise.

Outline

Sheridan returns from Z’ha’dum with the help of a strange being known as Lorien, who has given Sheridan 20 more years to live. The Vorlons alarm the other races when they begin destroying entire planets that have been influenced by the Shadows. Mollari, fearing the Vorlons will destroy Centauri Prime, destroys the Shadow base there and executes Mr. Morden. Sheridan learns that the Vorlons and Shadows were tasked as caretakers for younger races in the galaxy, but due to profound differences in ideology have been at war for eons, using the younger races as pawns in a proxy war. With the help of other ancient races, Sheridan convinces the Vorlons and Shadows to leave and cease interfering with the younger races.

Garibaldi returns to Babylon 5, with no explanation for his disappearance. He has unexplained changes in behavior and distances himself from the command staff, resigning and relocating to Mars to work with tycoon William Edgars. He also subdues Sheridan, allowing the latter to be kidnapped. It is revealed that Garibaldi was co-opted by the Psi-Corps to spy on Edgars, who is found to be developing a virus to destroy telepaths.

With the Vorlons and Shadows gone, Earth’s totalitarian government attempts to use the captured Sheridan as a propaganda tool, but Garibaldi – now free from Psi-Corps influence – rescues him. A brief civil war breaks out on Earth, culminating in President Clark’s suicide and Sheridan’s surrender to Earth forces. Ivanova is critically injured in the war, and leaves the station to take command of her own vessel.

The League of Non-Aligned Worlds are reorganised into an Interstellar Alliance with Earth, Minbar, Narn, and Centauri acting as a United Nations across the galaxy, with the Rangers as their enforcers. Sheridan is made president of the Alliance, and he and Delenn marry.

Babylon 5 Series

• Episode 01: The Hour of the Wolf.
• Episode 02: Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?.
• Episode 03: The Summoning.
• Episode 04: Falling Toward Apotheosis.
• Episode 05: The Long Night.
• Episode 06: Into the Fire.
• Episode 07: Epiphanies.
• Episode 08: The Illusion of Trust.
• Episode 09: Atonement.
• Episode 10: Racing Mars.
• Episode 11: Lines of Communication.
• Episode 12: Conflicts of Interest.
• Episode 13: Rumours, Bargains and Lies.
• Episode 14: Moments of Transition.
• Episode 15: No Surrender, No Retreat.
• Episode 16: The Exercise of Vital Powers.
• Episode 17: The Face of the Enemy.
• Episode 18: Intersections in Real Time.
• Episode 19: Between the Darkness and the Light.
• Episode 20: Endgame.
• Episode 21: Rising Star.
• Episode 22: The Deconstruction of Falling Stars.

Production & Filming Details

• Release Date: 04 November 1996 to 27 October 1997.
• Rating: 12.
• Running Time: 45 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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