Because of this, he was the only one not to receive his invitation to Sheridan's farewell party in Sleeping in Light, though Allan would still meet Sheridan one more time as Sheridan took one last walk through the station. Jha'dur is a Dilgar specialist in biochemical, biogenetic, and cyber-organic weaponry, and was responsible for many of the atrocities committed by the Dilgar during the Dilgar war. Directed by Adam Nimoy. It took Delenn's honesty and willingness for self-sacrifice for the good of their people, and the revelation of the corruption rampant amongst his own caste's leadership, to make him change his mind (All Alone in the Night). He was defeated by Gray and Sinclair and sent back to Earth for investigation into his activities. With the aid of Lyta Alexander, he is able to free the hostages and kill the leader of the renegade telepaths. ", Kosh cryptically replies, "…in fire. After the transformation of Delenn in 2259, he replaced her on the Grey Council, creating for the first time an imbalance of power between the castes. It was written by J. Michael Straczynski and directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño. While the marriage didn't work out, they still have a mutual respect and appreciation. The ship carrying Branmer's body soon arrived at Babylon 5. Because the Great Machine required a sentient mind to function as its central operating system, Varn's declining health was causing systematic failures that threatened the planet's integrity. When she became President of the Earth Alliance, she appealed to the people of the Alliance to remain calm, and not to resort to committing acts of revenge against members of Clark's regime. However, as he demonstrates the differences to Ivanova, she (and the audience) are unable to detect any difference between one and the others, though it may simply be due to humans lacking the aural sensitivity to detect the subtle differences in the inflections. the Apollo exits hyperspace and destroys the final platform, General Lefcourt then welcomes Captain Sheridan home. Directed by Kevin G. Cremin. Mollari arranges to have this happen in order to help Vir further develop in his career, but privately admits to Delenn that he does not want Vir around with the events - namely the Shadow War - that are soon to come. Footage of Refa's death at the Narn's hands is intercut with a Baptist prayer service on Babylon 5, which includes a hymn called "There's No Hiding Place Down here"—about the inevitability of the punishment of a fleeing sinner. ", or "No one ever listens to poor Zathras, no, he's quite mad, they say. Directed by Menachem Binetski. However he explained to Marcus Cole that it was "not romantic love as you would understand it, something nobler." Cartagia went into a fit of rage about how this was not part of his destiny and reacting to being told to quiet down by Mollari, turned and punched him, knocking the device away. Most critical, however, is Lorien's role in bringing about the end of the Shadow War in 2261, by providing a stage for Sheridan and Delenn to speak to both the Shadows and the Vorlons, and showing the alliance races the truth behind the war. In the series it is stated that Lyta was trained by the Psi Corps, and that she briefly interned with the Psi Cops division. No consensus yet. Anna Sheridan (Melissa Gilbert) was John Sheridan's wife. As Kosh was dying, Sheridan had a dream in which Kosh appeared to him in the form of Sheridan's father. He was introduced in the season 5 episode "No Compromises" as a strong telepath (P12 rating). A slightly shaggy, slightly hunchbacked humanoid, Zathras is prone to deadpan delivery of somewhat cryptic, somewhat humorous, generally self-pitying statements, such as "Zathras is used to being beast of burden to other people's needs. [40][42][43][44], The cardio-vascular system of Centauri includes two hearts instead of the single heart that humans have. A member of the Centauri race, Virini is a Minister of the Centauri Imperial Court and later appointed Centauri Regent. The Dilgar were a race depicted in the show as an aggressive, warlike society who initiated a sudden and unexplained campaign of conquest against all neighboring worlds between 2229 and 2232. Galen had a vision of a future in which Vintari, after becoming Emperor, would wage war on Earth and kill billions. The book Out of the Darkness by Peter David suggested that as of 2278 Na'Toth was still alive and living on Narn. Once there, Franklin manages to convince her to stop her fellow members from attacking civilian targets. Whether or not this was intended to be Lyta, Straczynski confirmed Lyta did die in such an attack. The wealthy industrialist William Edgars, the plot's mastermind, believed that a civil war among humanity would be counterproductive no matter how totalitarian the current regime. Two episodes later it is revealed she died in an offscreen airlock accident, and she is replaced by Na'Toth. Franklin is the commander of the Earth Alliance 356th Infantry Division and is known by the nicknames "Old Firestorm", "Hero of the Canal Wars", "Scourge of Janos 7" and "Liberator of the African Block". Réalisée avec professionnalisme et originalité, en compagnie d`excellents acteurs, la serie Babylon Berlin est sortie en 2017, en DE; dans le genre : … 2266 • A Call to Arms (4th film) He held the position for many years; except for a brief stint back on Earth, he remained there until the station was decommissioned in 2281. He is both implicated in, and explicitly involved in, events that lead to the death of Earth Alliance President Luis Santiago, and the "coming darkness.". Dr. Franklin falls in love with a singer during his walkabout. He is Minbari and acts as ambassadorial aide to Delenn throughout most of the series. This time he helped the crew of Babylon 5 make contact with an ancient race considered to be one of the First Ones. She is subsequently visited by Zoe, who confirms that she had in fact deliberately committed suicide by overdosing on drugs. Eventually it was revealed that Lennier was secretly in love with Delenn. When the device is finally reactivated, the Thirdspace aliens stream out from the portal in small fighters and begin a devastating assault on Babylon 5, obliterating large cruisers with little effort. After being forced into brief gladiatorial combat, they helped each other to escape and Ta'Lon returned to the Narn homeworld to recover from his wounds. Babylon 5 ist eine 1993 gestartete US-amerikanische Science-Fiction-Fernsehserie, die im fiktiven Babylon-5-Universum spielt. Despite Mollari's warning General Lefcourt decided to send a small task force to the border of Minbari space. Ta'Lon (Marshall R. Teague, credited as Marshall Teague) is a Narn soldier and pilot who encountered Captain John Sheridan when they were both captured and held aboard a Streib vessel. Na'Toth went home to Narn at some point during the second season. In 2257 Turhan appointed Londo Mollari to be the ambassador to Babylon 5. This sheds some new light on their somewhat uncomfortable friendship and his jealousy of her relationship with another telepath, Byron, that would occur in Season 5. Londo agrees, and the keeper leaves the Regent who then dies in Londo's arms. When Neroon opened the casket, Branmer's body was gone. Babylon 5 TV seasons and films 1993–2007 In order of series chronology: 2245–48 • In the Beginning (1st film) * 2256 • Babylon 5 station commissioned 2257 • The Gathering (Pilot) 2258 • Signs and Portents (Season 1) 2259 • The Coming of Shadows (Season 2) 2260 • Point of No Return (Season 3) 2261 • No Surrender, No Retreat (Season 4) ** Die dritte Staffel von „Babylon Berlin“ basiert auf dem Roman „Der stumme Tod“ von Volker Kutscher und spielt zehn Monate nach der Handlung der zweiten Season. She was played by Julie Caitlin Brown in the first season. In the commotion Mollari escorted Cartagia away from the fight and prepared to inject the poison into him. He then spent the next 10 years in a maximum-security prison, and died shortly after the death of John Sheridan in 2281. Seconds before it would have. Morden was played by Ed Wasser. This victory established Earth, previously considered a newcomer, as an interstellar power. [10] The experiments he had participated in had strengthened his abilities to the point where he could telekinetically manipulate matter at the subatomic level. When Cartagia was installed as emperor in 2259 by a group of Centauri politicians led by Lord Refa and Londo Mollari, he acted as, essentially, a powerless figurehead; however, he gradually amassed near-absolute power. The Minbari are an advanced race, who are a galactic superpower just like the Earth-Alliance. Bester didn't get along with the command staff, a point which continually occurred throughout the series. This alliance ends the great war between the Shadow and Vorlon races, and ushers in the Third age for Mankind - a great time of growth and change. According to Galen, he will become the Emperor of the Centauri Republic in 2291, succeeding Vir. Enroute to Earth, the transport carrying Jack and all of the evidence regarding Garibaldi's attempted murder, is intercepted by a second unknown EarthForce transport (later found out to have been sent by President Clark's agents) and taken away to safety; his ultimate fate is unknown. When Santiago was elected no one had doubts as to his Genevan expertise as he had already served as Vice President under President Elizabeth Levy during the tumultuous Earth-Minbari War. Here is where the surviving cast … When Mollari ascends to the throne as Emperor, he names Vir as the Ambassador to Babylon 5, by then an important position. His openness to peaceful relationships with alien races contrasts with that of Vice President Clark, who hid his xenophobic views until he became president after Santiago's assassination in 2259. Regarder; Saison 2. Sheridan was the "warrior", while she was the "spirit". The central theme of Thirdspace is hubris. He later arrived on Babylon 5 serving as a bodyguard to the representative of the Centauri-occupied Narn government, a position he soon left, and remained on the station becoming a member of the Narn Resistance and lieutenant to Citizen G'kar. Following Turhan's death, a number of Centauri families made challenges for the throne. In the comic, Rashok, a Minbari, attempts to speak to Valen, and Zathras prevents Rashok from doing so and is strong enough to overpower Rashok. [citation needed] J. Michael Straczynski was adamant throughout the run of the series that Franklin be a true individual who could have been played by an actor of any race. However, Morden takes this further, by poisoning her with a poison of Centauri origin, allowing Morden to convince Londo to place the blame on Lord Refa, whom Londo already knows is still upset about being "poisoned." They were one of the military forces of the younger races in the previous Shadow War (the Vorlons being the main force) which took place roughly in the Earth year 1260 A.D. Sakai is an independent planet surveyor and operates the survey ship "Skydancer". Any infected telepath would quickly die without regular doses of the antidote they had also created. Moved by her bravery, Neroon took her place in the wheel. When the war began, the Wind Swords approached the Grey Council and offered them devastating weapons that Jha'dur had developed in the preceding two decades. [6] Three novels - the last book of the Psi Corp trilogy, and the last two books of the Centauri Prime trilogy - the authors explore the period between the end of Babylon 5 and Sheridan's "death" in 2281. He had previously told Delenn that he had wished for a simple funeral followed by cremation. However, it ended up being the best science fiction television series of the 1990's. During the second and third seasons of the series he was a security officer on the Babylon 5 station. Ivanova blamed Psi Corps for her mother's suicide; her experience gave Talia her first opportunity to learn about the darker side of the Psi Corps. In one second-season episode ("And Now For a Word"), the Alliance is said to consist of 24 outposts and colonies in over a dozen solar systems. The Psi Corps Trilogy books by Gregory Keyes expand on this apparent crisis of conscience a little. The Babylon Podcast, Season Three. With Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan. She proved to be a strong and capable leader, finding solutions to many crises and coping with the ones that had no solutions. With Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan. Lennier, who had returned from training hoping to speak to a spirit as part of an alien religious observance, makes the mistake of asking Morden for wisdom. Marcus Cole joined the Rangers following the death of his brother, William, and at times he seems to have joined the Rangers as a form of guilt over his brother's death. Ko'Dath (Mary Woronov) is the aid to Narn ambassador, G'Kar, in the first season episode "Born to the Purple". The tips of their eyebrows are pointed, similar to Centauri eyebrows. Straczynski decided not to recast the Franklin character, and rewrote the script to remove him from the story. Schuck became unavailable due to commitments to a play, and producers did not want to cast a third actor for the role. In the episode, The Fall of Centauri Prime, the Regent introduces Mollari to a Drakh. 1:24. He was planned to appear in the Crusade episode "Value Judgments", written by Fiona Avery, on the run from the authorities and being sought by Garibaldi's agents. Exact matches only . 2262 • The Wheel of Fire (Season 5)† A number of the less powerful races make up the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, which assembled as a result of the Dilgar War, which occurred 30 years before the start of the series. He holds the rank of Chief Warrant Officer. In the first three seasons, Garibaldi serves as chief of security on board the space station Babylon 5. [21], In Season Five, Alexander became romantically involved with Byron, revealing to the telepaths that they had been created by the Vorlons as weapons for their war with the Shadows. I will see you again, in a million years." He then utilized the planet's defenses to destroy the violent separatists of Varn's species who had returned to take back its weapon systems. These speech patterns were patterned after J. Michael Straczynski's Polish-born grandmother's uneasy grasp of English.[53]. There, she was modified by the Vorlons, given gill-like implants to allow her to breathe in a Vorlon environment, the ability to "carry" a Vorlon consciousness, and tremendously increased telepathic and psychokinetic powers. While underground, she uncovered information regarding a mole among the Babylon 5 command staff, and returned to the station in late 2259 where she revealed Talia Winters as an unwitting mole for secret forces in EarthGov and Psi Corps. Although he spends most of the series in medlab saving lives, Franklin also sees his share of action and adventure during the series. [18], In Season Four, Lyta was key to eventual resolution of the Shadow War on Coriana 6, serving as the vessel through which Sheridan and Delenn confronted the elder races and forced them to leave the galaxy. Morden was killed and beheaded by Londo in 2261, during the efforts to expunge the Shadow influence from Centauri Prime. 2256 • Babylon 5 station commissioned [38]:110, The Centauri, a humanoid race similar in appearance to humans, are a proud and aristocratic people governed by an emperor and a nobility-driven senate called the Centaurum. Ironheart began to undergo destructive "mindquakes", releasing bursts of psychokinetic energy so powerful they threatened the station. Santiago had strong policies on opening trade relations and discussions with alien races and fully supported the efforts of the space station Babylon 5. However, most have gone on to new projects on the big and small screen. Defending Delenn during her transition to become "Ranger One", Cole engaged Neroon in a fierce one-on-one battle. Following the assassination of President Luis Santiago, the new President, Morgan Clark, formed Nightwatch (a pervasive secret police) and dissolved the Senate, turning Earth and her colonies into a totalitarian fascist state. As Cartagia turned to walk away, he was injected with the poison by Vir Cotto, who had picked up the device while Londo and Cartagia struggled. Earth Alliance had gained more technology than any other race in the known Babylon 5 universe: Dilgar, Narn, Centauri, Shadow, Minbari, and Vorlon tech all at one point in time. The actions of Byron's more aggressive followers along with Alfred Bester's own violence against them arguably form the opening moves of the Telepath War. This article is about the TV Series. The first Zathras travelled 1,000 years into the past on Babylon 4 with Jeffrey Sinclair, who (during the trip) transformed into the Minbari religious figure Valen in order to help the Minbari defeat the Shadows. The next year, Draal appeared to Captain John Sheridan and put the Great Machine at the disposal of Sheridan and his allies in the fight against the Shadows. Edgars insisted that Garibaldi draw out Sheridan before he would bring Garibaldi fully into his confidence. Turhan succeeded his father as Emperor of the Centauri Republic. Because of the great distance from Babylon 5 to Earth, Ivanova enlists the assistance of Draal and the Great Machine to provide the massive power needed to enhance the broadcast signal across the divide. Because the mother's caste takes precedence in Minbari society, Branmer began life as a member of the religious caste. The line was a subtle eulogy to both actors. He did not appear in any of the Babylon 5 television episodes or made-for-television movies, but was featured in Out of the Darkness, the third novel in the canon Legions of Fire novel series. Undeterred, Morden approaches and re-establishes his business relationship with Refa, much to Londo's dismay, especially considering Refa then encourages Emperor Cartargia to engage in a dozen simultaneous and pointless wars with various neighboring powers. After Sheridan and Babylon 5 break away from Earth, it is Delenn who rescues the station with a fleet of Minbari ships, but the cost of destroying the symbolic circle of the Grey Council. A slight suspicion of foul play is hinted at by the ISN feed. Furthermore, Sheridan confronts Galen, who is seemingly upset at the thwarting of his plan, and all but makes him admit that the Technomage's actual plan was to manipulate Sheridan into making the moral decision he made. Disguising himself as station Commander Jeffrey Sinclair, the would-be assassin poisoned Kosh. When first appearing as the Minbari ambassador to Babylon 5, Delenn initially hides her status of being a leader of the Grey Council. The Minbari considered him one of their greatest leaders, second only to the legendary Valen. Mollari had arranged for the chains on G'Kar's restraints to be weakened, to distract Cartagia long enough for Londo to act. Some attribute this to Ivanova's previous history of disastrous romantic relationships, such as her relationship with Talia Winters. Garibaldi resigns from his job as chief of security to work as an independent investigator, helping people find what they had lost during the war. Dukhat was portrayed by Reiner Schöne. 3x7 - Exogénèse. Sakai went missing in late 2259, while on a mission for the Rangers. While underground, she uncovered information regarding a mole among the Babylon 5 command staff, and returned to the station in late 2259 where she revealed Talia Winters as an unwitting mole for secret forces in EarthGov and Psi Corps. G'Kar was eventually kidnapped by the assassin. d'épisodes 22 Chronologie Saison 3 Saison 5 Liste des épisodes modifier Cet article présente le guide de la quatrième saison de la série télévisée américaine Babylon 5 . Later that year Draal used the Great Machine to expand the temporal rift in sector 14, where the Babylon 4 station had been. Later, this group stages a coup when the ailing Turhan pays a visit to Babylon 5. He is played by Wayne Alexander. A disgraced boxer comes to Babylon 5 to compete in the Mutai, an alien fighting match. Despite being warned by Mollari to send only a single ship to make contact with the Minbari lest they are perceived as a threat, Lefcourt brashly asserted that the Earth Alliance had taken care of the Dilgar and it could take care of the Minbari as well. [13] Lyta's role in the series was largely taken up by Andrea Thompson, who was cast as Talia Winters, a telepath who took over Lyta's responsibilities in the station. The Apollo made a timely arrival, and President Clark - in a final vindictive act before committing suicide - had ordered the planetary defence grid to fire on Earth. Zathras is the name shared by a group of characters, all portrayed by Tim Choate. However, after Michael Garibaldi was captured during an attack by the Shadows on the station, Bester was able to secretly recover and capture him in turn. Former Narn Ambassador G'Kar took her with him on a mission of exploration. The oldest Zathras is the oldest living (110 years old) caretaker of the Great Machine, in the service of the mysterious and messianic "The One" when first appearing. 3x5 - Les voix de l'autorité. [11] Although she knew one such sleeper had been sent to Babylon 5 to spy on its command staff, she did not know the identity of the spy. He exploited Garibaldi's inherent traits of paranoia and distrust of authority, correctly believing that the conspiracy would view Garibaldi as a prime recruit once alienated from his friends and work. In defiance, Dukhat ordered that the Council travel directly to the planet Z'ha'dum to investigate the rumors more closely. He asked his Prime Minister and close friend Malachi (also named for the actor who portrayed him—Malachi Throne) to remain behind on Centauri Prime during this time. On his first visit, Refa makes it clear to Londo that he speaks for a group of Centauri politicians who are interested in making a move for the throne after the death of Turhan, whose health is in rapid decline.