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The Best Episodes of Babylon 5 Season 1

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 22 - Chrysalis
    8.6/10(1076 votes)

    S1:E22

    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 find out what his informant stumbled upon that got him killed.

    Director:Janet Greek
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  2. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 20 - Babylon Squared
    8.4/10(1083 votes)

    S1:E20

    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 Grey council. They inform her that they have selected a new leader - her.

    Director:Jim Johnston
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  3. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 13 - Signs and Portents
    8.3/10(1121 votes)

    S1:E13

    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 an unusual question.

    Director:Janet Greek
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  4. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 19 - A Voice in the Wilderness (2)
    8.0/10(986 votes)

    S1:E19

    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 the planet and Babylon 5.

    Director:Janet Greek
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  5. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 8 - And the Sky Full of Stars
    7.9/10(1150 votes)

    S1:E8

    Sinclair is kidnapped and interrogated by two men determined to prove he betrayed earth during the Battle of the Line.

    Director:Janet Greek
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  6. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 18 - A Voice in the Wilderness (1)
    7.8/10(991 votes)

    S1:E18

    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, Garibaldi worries about a lover he left back on Mars, when fighting breaks out there.

    Director:Janet Greek
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  7. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 6 - Mind War
    7.6/10(1181 votes)

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Bruce Seth Green
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  8. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 9 - Deathwalker
    7.5/10(1090 votes)

    S1:E9

    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 to oversee some rather strange negotiations.

    Director:Bruce Seth Green
    Writer:Larry DiTillio

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  9. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 5 - The Parliament of Dreams
    7.3/10(1156 votes)

    S1:E5

    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 kill G'Kar.

    Director:Jim Johnston
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  10. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 21 - The Quality of Mercy
    7.3/10(964 votes)

    S1:E21

    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 murderer waits for his sentence to be carried out - the death of personality.

    Director:Lorraine Senna
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  11. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 1 - Midnight on the Firing Line
    7.2/10(1451 votes)

    S1:E1

    When the Narn attack a Centauri colony, Londo and G'Kar nearly come to blows. Meanwhile, raiders are attacking transport ships near the station.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  12. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 12 - By Any Means Necessary
    7.2/10(1021 votes)

    S1:E12

    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-Eth plant that was destroyed in the accident.

    Director:Jim Johnston
    Writer:Kathryn M. Drennan

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  13. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 16 - Eyes
    7.2/10(986 votes)

    S1:E16

    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 Lennier shows great interest in Garibaldi's attempt at assembling a 1990's motorcycle.

    Director:Jim Johnston
    Writer:Larry DiTillio

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  14. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 10 - Believers
    7.1/10(1138 votes)

    S1:E10

    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, Ivanova escorts a damaged star liner through raider territory.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:David Gerrold

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  15. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 17 - Legacies
    7.1/10(928 votes)

    S1:E17

    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 telepathic powers.

    Director:Bruce Seth Green
    Writer:D.C. Fontana

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  16. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 3 - Born to the Purple
    7.0/10(1235 votes)

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Bruce Seth Green
    Writer:Larry DiTillio

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  17. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 2 - Soul Hunter
    6.8/10(1339 votes)

    S1:E2

    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 soul.

    Director:Jim Johnston
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  18. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 7 - The War Prayer
    6.8/10(1106 votes)

    S1:E7

    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, and instead marry for love.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:D.C. Fontana

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  19. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 11 - Survivors
    6.8/10(989 votes)

    S1:E11

    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 security wants to hear, as she blames him for her father's death.

    Director:Jim Johnston
    Writer:Marc Scott Zicree

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  20. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 15 - Grail
    6.6/10(1001 votes)

    S1:E15

    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 mind-wiping all who oppose him.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Christy Marx

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  21. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 4 - Infection
    6.4/10(1171 votes)

    S1:E4

    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 world. But the artifacts seem to have a will of their own and start to manipulate Hendricks' assistant.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  22. Babylon 5 Season 1 Episode 14 - TKO
    5.8/10(1068 votes)

    S1:E14

    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.

    Director:John C. Flinn III
    Writer:Larry DiTillio

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Chrysalis" is the best rated episode of Babylon 5 season 1. It scored 8.6/10 from 1,076 votes. Directed by Janet Greek and written by J. Michael Straczynski, it aired on October 3, 1994. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Babylon Squared".