Babylon 5: Signs and Portents
Season 1 of Babylon 5 is set in the year 2258 aboard the eponymous five‑mile‑long space station, a fully self‑sufficient outpost constructed by the Earth Alliance during the 2250s. Described as a United Nations‑like neutral zone, the station was created to serve as a sanctuary where humans and a wide variety of alien species can resolve grievances and conduct negotiations under the guidance of appointed ambassadors a
Season overview
Season 1 of Babylon 5 is set in the year 2258 aboard the eponymous five‑mile‑long space station, a fully self‑sufficient outpost constructed by the Earth Alliance during the 2250s. Described as a United Nations‑like neutral zone, the station was created to serve as a sanctuary where humans and a wide variety of alien species can resolve grievances and conduct negotiations under the guidance of appointed ambassadors and a governing council of representatives. The series presents the station as a focal point for interplanetary intrigue, where mystery, suspense and adventure unfold amid a backdrop of conspiracies and betrayals among the myriad life‑forms living and working together. The overarching premise positions Babylon 5 as “the last, best hope for peace,” emphasizing its role in fostering diplomatic dialogue and preventing conflict across the galaxy
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Midnight on the Firing Line
Jan 26, 1994 · 45 min
When the Narn attack a Centauri colony, Londo and G'Kar nearly come to blows. Meanwhile, raiders are attacking transport ships near the station.
Soul Hunter
Feb 2, 1994 · 45 min
A badly damaged ship is brought into the station and the strange alien inside is identified as a soul hunter - an immortal race who can sense death and supposedly steal someone's s
Born to the Purple
Feb 9, 1994 · 45 min
Londo unknowingly falls for a beautiful slave, whose owner wants her to steal sensitive information. Garibaldi discovers that someone is using a restricted communications channel.
Infection
Feb 16, 1994 · 45 min
Dr. Franklin gets a visit from an old friend and former mentor, xenoarchaeologist Dr. Vance Hendricks who wants Franklin's help to analyze some organic artifacts he found on a dead
The Parliament of Dreams
Feb 23, 1994 · 45 min
Sinclair's old flame, Catherine Sakai, arrives during a week-long festival when humans and aliens demonstrate their dominate religious beliefs. An old enemy sends an assassin to k
Mind War
Mar 2, 1994 · 45 min
The Psi-Cops arrive at the station to capture a rogue telepath, Talia's old Psi Corps instructor. Catherine Sakai is warned not to survey Sigma 957 by G'Kar.
The War Prayer
Mar 9, 1994 · 45 min
A racist group is terrorizing non-humans on Babylon 5. Meanwhile Londo has trouble with two young Centauri who want to break with tradition by ignoring their arranged marriages, an
And the Sky Full of Stars
Mar 16, 1994 · 45 min
Sinclair is kidnapped and interrogated by two men determined to prove he betrayed earth during the Battle of the Line.
Deathwalker
Apr 20, 1994 · 45 min
Na'Toth attacks an alien woman that has just arrived on the station, claiming that she is the Dilgar war criminal Jha'dur - known as Deathwalker. Meanwhile, Talia is hired by Kosh
Believers
Apr 27, 1994 · 45 min
An alien couple comes to Dr. Franklin with their fatally ill son. The child could be cured by a simple operation, but the parents' religion specifically forbids it. Meanwhile, Ivan
Survivors
May 4, 1994 · 45 min
There is an explosion in one of the fighter bays just days before the president is to visit Babylon 5. A dying man implicates Garibaldi, which is just what the head of presidential
By Any Means Necessary
May 11, 1994 · 45 min
The station's dock workers stage an illegal strike after an accident in the docking bays. G'Kar tries to take part in a Narn religious ceremony, but must find a replacement G'Quan
Signs and Portents
May 18, 1994 · 45 min
A Centauri noble comes to Babylon 5 to transport an important relic in Londo's possession back to the homeworld. And a mysterious man visits all the alien ambassadors asking them a
TKO
May 25, 1994 · 45 min
Garibaldi is surprised when an old friend comes to Babylon 5 to fight in the "Mutai" - a savage alien fighting arena. Meanwhile, Ivanova has trouble dealing with her father's death
Grail
Jul 6, 1994 · 45 min
A man comes to Babylon 5 asking the alien ambassadors for information that can help him with his quest to find the Holy Grail, while a Downbelow gangster gives security problems by
Eyes
Jul 13, 1994 · 45 min
Sinclair's decisions the last year catch up with him, when an internal affairs investigator arrives to test the crew's loyalty to Earth Force with the help of a telepath. And Lenni
Legacies
Jul 20, 1994 · 45 min
A Minbari war cruiser comes to Babylon 5 to display the body of a recently dead Minbari leader, while Ivanova and Talia battle for the fate of a young girl with newly discovered te
A Voice in the Wilderness (1)
Jul 27, 1994 · 45 min
Strange signals start coming from Epsilon 3, the planet below Babylon 5. A science ship is sent to investigate, but is fired upon by a defense system on the planet. Meanwhile, Gari
A Voice in the Wilderness (2)
Aug 3, 1994 · 45 min
The situation heats up when an Earth Force heavy cruiser arrives to "protect Earth's interests", and the fusion reactors on Epsilon 3 start going out of control, and may blow up th
Babylon Squared
Aug 10, 1994 · 45 min
Babylon 4 reappears at the same place it disappeared four years before, and Sinclair and Garibaldi lead an expedition to evacuate its crew. Meanwhile, Delenn is summoned by the Gre
The Quality of Mercy
Aug 17, 1994 · 45 min
Dr. Franklin investigates an unlicensed medical practitioner in Downbelow, while Londo takes Lennier for a tour of Babylon 5's seedier locales. And in the brig, a convicted murdere
Chrysalis
Oct 3, 1994 · 45 min
The Centauri are about to withdraw from a quadrant of space because the Narn are harassing them, when Londo gets an offer to take care of the problem. Meanwhile, Garibaldi tries to