Babylon 5: Season 5
Babylon 5 Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes.
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Babylon 5 Season 4.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Season overview
Babylon 5 Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
No Compromises
Jan 21, 1998
Lochley takes command of Babylon 5 and Byron petitions her for asylum aboard the station. An assassin pledges to kill Sheridan at his inauguration.
The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari
Jan 28, 1998
Londo collapses from a heart attack, and must battle with his guilt in a dream state. Delenn learns that Lennier is planing to leave Babylon 5 to join the Rangers.
The Paragon of Animals
Feb 4, 1998
A small world plagued by raiders begs the alliance for help. Garibaldi tries forming an intelligence unit of telepaths.
A View from the Gallery
Feb 11, 1998
We see the action from the viewpoint of two maintenance workers as a race of savage aliens attacks the station.
Learning Curve
Feb 18, 1998
Four rangers come from Minbar with a status report to Delenn, while a Downbelow racketeer decides it's time to get rid of Zack.
Strange Relations
Feb 25, 1998
Bester arrives at the station to arrest the Downbelow telepaths, and Londo barely escapes an assassination attempt when the ship he was to be aboard explodes.
Secrets of the Soul
Mar 4, 1998
As more telepaths arrive at the station, the denizens of Downbelow start taking notice. Tensions build until one of the telepaths is assaulted, and the others decide to take reveng
Day of the Dead
Mar 11, 1998
The Brakiri buy a part of Babylon 5 for a religious ceremony where the dead are supposed to return. Comedians Rebo and Zooty arrive to do a show on the station.
In the Kingdom of the Blind
Mar 18, 1998
Londo starts to suspect that all is not right on Centauri Prime, when a good friend is murdered. On Babylon 5, Byron tries to force the council to give him and his telepaths a home
A Tragedy of Telepaths
Mar 25, 1998
The telepaths have barred themselves inside an area of Downbelow, and their telepathic tricks force Lochley to ask Bester for help. G'Kar finds an old friend locked in a cell in th
Phoenix Rising
Apr 1, 1998
More bloodhound units arrive and the fight with the violent faction of Byron's followers intensifies until the rogues seize Medlab - with Garibaldi and Franklin in it.
The Ragged Edge
Apr 8, 1998
It looks like the Alliance will get a break in the investigation of the recent shipping line attacks, when a possible witness may have survived the latest attack and taken refuge o
The Corps Is Mother, the Corps Is Father
Apr 15, 1998
A telepath murders his roommate and escapes on a ship bound for Babylon 5. Bester is given the job of capturing him, and brings along two PSI Cop interns to show them how he works.
Meditations on the Abyss
May 27, 1998
Delenn reassigns Lennier to a Ranger training mission on the border of Centauri space, hoping he can find some proof regarding the Centauri involvement in the shipping line attacks
Darkness Ascending
Jun 3, 1998
Lennier investigates Centauri signals that may be connected to the attacks. Lyta tries to continue Byron's dream of finding a homeworld for telepaths. Lise visits Garibaldi only to
And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder
Jun 10, 1998
The evidence collected against the Centauri is presented to the council of the Interstellar Alliance, and a boycott against the Centauri is issued. In reaction, the Centauri withdr
Movements of Fire and Shadow (1)
Jun 17, 1998
Sheridan finally authorizes the White Star fleet to participate in the war. Delenn travels to Minbar to start a Minbari-Earth joint project to build a prototype White Star destroye
The Fall of Centauri Prime (2)
Oct 28, 1998
As Centauri Prime is being bombarded, the Drakh, the real masters behind the war, reveal themselves to Londo. They force him to go along with their plan to alienate the Centauri fr
The Wheel of Fire
Nov 4, 1998
Earth Force orders the arrest of Lyta for financing terrorism against the PSI Corps. Sheridan confronts Garibaldi about his drinking. G'Kar struggles with his growing mass of worsh
Objects in Motion
Nov 11, 1998
Tessa Holloran, former Number One of the Mars resistance, arrives with a warning for Lise and Michael: an assassin has been hired to kill them. Meanwhile, G'Kar gets ready to leave
Objects at Rest
Nov 18, 1998
It is near the end of 2262, and many changes are abound. Londo, G'Kar and Garibaldi have already left, and Franklin will be taking up his new position on Earth shortly. Finally, Sh
Sleeping in Light
Nov 25, 1998
Twenty years after his death and resurrection at Z'ha'dum, Sheridan feels his life force ebbing away, and invites some old friends for a final gathering.