7.2/10591 votes#1 - No Compromises
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/21/1998
Lochley takes command of Babylon 5 and Byron petitions her for asylum aboard the station. An assassin pledges to kill Sheridan at his inauguration.
Director: Janet Greek
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.8/10621 votes#2 - The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 1/28/1998
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.
Director: David J. Eagle
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.3/10557 votes#3 - The Paragon of Animals
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 2/4/1998
A small world plagued by raiders begs the alliance for help. Garibaldi tries forming an intelligence unit of telepaths.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.8/10698 votes#4 - A View from the Gallery
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 2/11/1998
We see the action from the viewpoint of two maintenance workers as a race of savage aliens attacks the station.
Director: Janet Greek
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski, Harlan Ellison
6.9/10550 votes#5 - Learning Curve
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 2/18/1998
Four rangers come from Minbar with a status report to Delenn, while a Downbelow racketeer decides it's time to get rid of Zack.
Director: David J. Eagle
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
6.8/10550 votes#6 - Strange Relations
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 2/25/1998
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.
Director: John C. Flinn III
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
6.5/10541 votes#7 - Secrets of the Soul
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 3/4/1998
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 revenge - against Byron's wishes. Meanwhile, Franklin tries to find out why the Hyach are hiding part of their medical history.
Director: Tony Dow
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.8/10675 votes#8 - Day of the Dead
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 3/11/1998
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.
Director: Doug Lefler
Writer: Neil Gaiman
7.2/10532 votes#9 - In the Kingdom of the Blind
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 3/18/1998
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 homeworld of their own.
Director: David J. Eagle
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.2/10536 votes#10 - A Tragedy of Telepaths
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 3/25/1998
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 the Centauri palace.
Director: Tony Dow
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
6.9/10523 votes#11 - Phoenix Rising
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 4/1/1998
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.
Director: David J. Eagle
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.4/10522 votes#12 - The Ragged Edge
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 4/8/1998
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 on the Drazi homeworld. Garibaldi is sent to find him, but the Intelligence Chief's alcohol problem complicates the mission. G'Kar returns to Babylon 5 to discover that his book has been published, and he is now a revered religious figure.
Director: John Copeland
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.5/10575 votes#13 - The Corps Is Mother, the Corps Is Father
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 4/15/1998
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.
Director: Stephen Furst
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.4/10520 votes#14 - Meditations on the Abyss
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 5/27/1998
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. Vir undergoes some dramatic changes when he learns that he is the new Centauri ambassador to Babylon 5.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
8.0/10528 votes#15 - Darkness Ascending
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 6/3/1998
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 discover he's drinking again.
Director: Janet Greek
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
8.5/10569 votes#16 - And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 6/10/1998
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 withdraw from the Alliance and make it clear that they will circumvent the blockade by force if necessary.
Director: Goran Gajić
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
8.6/10585 votes#17 - Movements of Fire and Shadow (1)
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 6/17/1998
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 destroyer class ship. Vir hires Franklin and Lyta to investigate why the Drazi don't return the bodies from destroyed Centauri ships.
Director: John C. Flinn III
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
8.9/10624 votes#18 - The Fall of Centauri Prime (2)
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 10/28/1998
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 from the Alliance, and use what's left as their new home.
Director: Douglas E. Wise
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.9/10540 votes#19 - The Wheel of Fire
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 11/4/1998
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 worshippers.
Director: Janet Greek
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
8.0/10555 votes#20 - Objects in Motion
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 11/11/1998
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, though not everybody is happy about it.
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski, Harlan Ellison
8.0/10564 votes#21 - Objects at Rest
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 11/18/1998
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, Sheridan and Delenn leave for Minbar, where the Alliance's recently finished headquarters are located.
Director: John Copeland
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
9.2/101,041 votes#22 - Sleeping in Light
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 11/25/1998
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.
Director: J. Michael Straczynski
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"No Compromises" is the best rated episode of "Babylon 5" season 5. It scored 7.2/10 based on 591 votes. Directed by Janet Greek and written by J. Michael Straczynski, it aired on 1/21/1998. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari".