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The Worst Episodes of Babylon 5

Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain...

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  1. Background image for TKO
    5.4/10(13 votes)

    #1 - TKO

    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.

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  2. Background image for Born to the Purple
    6.0/10(16 votes)

    #2 - Born to the Purple

    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.

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  3. Background image for Convictions
    6.0/10(12 votes)

    #3 - Convictions

    S3:E2

    A bomber is loose on Babylon 5; setting of bombs with seemingly no pattern. G'Kar blames the Centauri, Londo blames the Narn - and in it all, Lennier is critically injured. At the same time, a group of monks request permission to live on the station.

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  4. Background image for Infection
    6.3/10(14 votes)

    #4 - Infection

    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.

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  5. Background image for Grail
    6.3/10(13 votes)

    #5 - Grail

    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.

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  6. Background image for The War Prayer
    6.4/10(17 votes)

    #6 - The War Prayer

    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.

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  8. Background image for Eyes
    6.4/10(12 votes)

    #7 - Eyes

    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.

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  9. Background image for Survivors
    6.5/10(12 votes)

    #8 - Survivors

    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.

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  10. Background image for Exogenesis
    6.5/10(11 votes)

    #9 - Exogenesis

    S3:E7

    Marcus starts snooping around Downbelow when some of his contacts start behaving unusually and a lurker is found dead with a strange creature bonded to his spine. Ivanova investigates Corwin's loyalties when he receives a promotion.

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  11. Background image for Secrets of the Soul
    6.5/10(584 votes)

    #10 - Secrets of the Soul

    S5:E7

    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.

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  12. Background image for A Late Delivery from Avalon
    6.6/10(13 votes)

    #11 - A Late Delivery from Avalon

    S3:E13

    A mysterious man comes to Babylon 5 dressed in chainmail and armed with a sword. His name? King Arthur - Son of Uther Pendragon, come to help when he is needed most.

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  13. Background image for The Parliament of Dreams
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    #12 - The Parliament of Dreams

    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.

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  14. Background image for The Long Dark
    6.7/10(843 votes)

    #13 - The Long Dark

    S2:E5

    A 100-year-old space exploration ship appears near Babylon 5 with two passengers - a woman in cryogenic sleep, the corpse of her husband, and something sinister that has unfinished business with a half mad lurker.

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    Director:Mario DiLeo
  15. Background image for Voices of Authority
    6.7/10(13 votes)

    #14 - Voices of Authority

    S3:E5

    Delenn decides it's time to try to contact some of the first ones and enlists the help of Draal, while Babylon 5 is assigned a political officer.

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  16. Background image for Grey 17 Is Missing
    6.7/10(13 votes)

    #15 - Grey 17 Is Missing

    S3:E19

    Garibaldi investigates an area where a maintenance worker disappeared and finds a whole floor that was forgotten after construction, including its rather strange inhabitants. Meanwhile, Delenn is about to take on the role of Ranger One, but Neroon swears to stop her.

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  17. Background image for Strange Relations
    6.7/10(594 votes)

    #16 - Strange Relations

    S5:E6

    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.

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  18. Background image for Midnight on the Firing Line
    6.8/10(24 votes)

    #17 - Midnight on the Firing Line

    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.

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  19. Background image for The Quality of Mercy
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #18 - The Quality of Mercy

    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.

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  20. Background image for Believers
    6.9/10(13 votes)

    #19 - Believers

    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.

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  21. Background image for Lines of Communication
    6.9/10(11 votes)

    #20 - Lines of Communication

    S4:E11

    Delenn investigates attacks on ships of races allied with the Minbari, and encounters the Drakh for the first time. On Mars, Franklin rallies the resistance leaders to Sheridan's cause.

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  22. Background image for Learning Curve
    6.9/10(593 votes)

    #21 - Learning Curve

    S5:E5

    Four rangers come from Minbar with a status report to Delenn, while a Downbelow racketeer decides it's time to get rid of Zack.

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  23. Background image for Phoenix Rising
    6.9/10(566 votes)

    #22 - Phoenix Rising

    S5:E11

    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.

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  24. Background image for Soul Hunter
    7.0/10(20 votes)

    #23 - Soul Hunter

    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.

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  25. Background image for Deathwalker
    7.0/10(14 votes)

    #24 - Deathwalker

    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.

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  26. Background image for By Any Means Necessary
    7.0/10(13 votes)

    #25 - By Any Means Necessary

    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.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"TKO" is the worst rated episode of "Babylon 5". It scored 5.4/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by John C. Flinn III and written by Larry DiTillio, it aired on 5/25/1994. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Born to the Purple".