Babylon-5 - Synopsis
Created | Updated Nov 23, 2016
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This article may contain spoilers. The author has done his utmost best to try and avoid giving away information that is vital to the plot. However, some information has to be supplied in order to make sense so it is possible that this article contains some spoilers.
The lowdown
Babylon 5 is a Science Fiction TV-series that was originally aired in the U.S.A. in the 1990s. The story-arcs revolve around a spacestation - Babylon 5 - that is the last to be built to try and ensure peace between spacefaring races, including the human race.
The Babylon-project was set up after the clash of Humans and Minbari (during the 'Earth-Minbari war') to prevent events from repeating themselves.
The first four Babylon-stations were lost during their construction or shortly afterwards. It has been decided that Babylon-5 will be the last effort made.
The series has gone on to be one of the most popular SF TV-series ever. The most important difference between Babylon 5 and other series is that it was written as one story that would span 5 years and 5 seasons of episodes. So from the start the outline was clear to the producers. This has resulted in a very consistent series.
Unfortunately it also requires the viewer to watch at least three contiguous episodes. Three episodes is usually enough to follow one complete sub-storyarc.
The main storylines
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Recommended episodes :
Born to the Purple (season one)
Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?(season four)
The Summoning(season four)
Falling Toward Apotheosis(season four)
The Long Night(season four)
Into the Fire(season four)
The Fall of Centauri Prime(season five)
A Call to Arms(Movie)
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