The Best Episodes of Babylon 5 Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.1/10(1339 votes)

   #1 - Midnight on the Firing Line

   S1:E11/26/1994

   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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   Director:Richard Compton

   Writer:J. Michael Straczynski
2. 

   6.8/10(1242 votes)

   #2 - Soul Hunter

   S1:E22/2/1994

   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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   Director:Jim Johnston

   Writer:J. Michael Straczynski
3. 

   7.0/10(1149 votes)

   #3 - Born to the Purple

   S1:E32/9/1994

   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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   Director:Bruce Seth Green

   Writer:Larry DiTillio
4. 

   6.4/10(1087 votes)

   #4 - Infection

   S1:E42/16/1994

   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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   Director:Richard Compton

   Writer:J. Michael Straczynski
5. 

   7.3/10(1080 votes)

   #5 - The Parliament of Dreams

   S1:E52/23/1994

   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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   Director:Jim Johnston

   Writer:J. Michael Straczynski
6. 

   7.6/10(1102 votes)

   #6 - Mind War

   S1:E63/2/1994

   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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   Director:Bruce Seth Green

   Writer:J. Michael Straczynski
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7. 

   6.8/10(1029 votes)

   #7 - The War Prayer

   S1:E73/9/1994

   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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   Director:Richard Compton

   Writer:D.C. Fontana
8. 

   7.9/10(1085 votes)

   #8 - And the Sky Full of Stars

   S1:E83/16/1994

   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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   Director:Janet Greek

   Writer:J. Michael Straczynski
9. 

   7.5/10(1016 votes)

   #9 - Deathwalker

   S1:E94/20/1994

   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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   Director:Bruce Seth Green

   Writer:Larry DiTillio
10. 

    7.1/10(1063 votes)

    #10 - Believers

    S1:E104/27/1994

    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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    Director:Richard Compton

    Writer:David Gerrold
11. 

    6.8/10(921 votes)

    #11 - Survivors

    S1:E115/4/1994

    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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    Director:Jim Johnston

    Writer:Marc Scott Zicree
12. 

    7.2/10(953 votes)

    #12 - By Any Means Necessary

    S1:E125/11/1994

    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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    Director:Jim Johnston

    Writer:Kathryn M. Drennan
13. 

    8.3/10(1057 votes)

    #13 - Signs and Portents

    S1:E135/18/1994

    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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    Director:Janet Greek

    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski
14. 

    5.8/10(984 votes)

    #14 - TKO

    S1:E145/25/1994

    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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    Director:John C. Flinn III

    Writer:Larry DiTillio
15. 

    6.6/10(927 votes)

    #15 - Grail

    S1:E157/6/1994

    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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    Director:Richard Compton

    Writer:Christy Marx
16. 

    7.2/10(916 votes)

    #16 - Eyes

    S1:E167/13/1994

    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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    Director:Jim Johnston

    Writer:Larry DiTillio
17. 

    7.1/10(867 votes)

    #17 - Legacies

    S1:E177/20/1994

    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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    Director:Bruce Seth Green

    Writer:D.C. Fontana
18. 

    7.8/10(936 votes)

    #18 - A Voice in the Wilderness (1)

    S1:E187/27/1994

    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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    Director:Janet Greek

    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski
19. 

    8.0/10(932 votes)

    #19 - A Voice in the Wilderness (2)

    S1:E198/3/1994

    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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    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski
20. 

    8.5/10(1032 votes)

    #20 - Babylon Squared

    S1:E208/10/1994

    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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    Director:Jim Johnston

    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski
21. 

    7.3/10(901 votes)

    #21 - The Quality of Mercy

    S1:E218/17/1994

    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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    Director:Lorraine Senna

    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski
22. 

    8.6/10(1024 votes)

    #22 - Chrysalis

    S1:E2210/3/1994

    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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    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski