Viewing order of the Babylon 5 episodes

2008-03-24

Originally based on The Lurker’s Guide to Babylon 5, but with some errors corrected.

In The Beginning should not be watched in the beginning. It would be a major spoiler. I agree with the commenter who said it fits very well just after 4x09 Atonement.

I’ve reverted Lurker’s Guide’s change to the position of 1x14 TKO. Certain events in the episode were said to happen months after certain events in an earlier episode. TKO is already positioned about a dozen episodes after the earlier episode. I don’t really see a need to move it further.

5x22 Sleeping in Light should be the last thing to watch indeed.Thanks for the comments!

Season 1

1x00: The Gathering 1x01: Midnight on the Firing Line 1x02: Soul Hunter 1x03: Born to the Purple 1x04: Infection 1x05: The Parliament of Dreams 1x06: Mind War 1x07: The War Prayer 1x08: And the Sky Full of Stars 1x09: Deathwalker 1x10: Believers 1x11: Survivors 1x12: By Any Means Necessary 1x13: Signs and Portents 1x14: TKO 1x15: Grail 1x16: Eyes 1x18: A Voice in the Wilderness (1) 1x19: A Voice in the Wilderness (2) 1x20: Babylon Squared 1x21: The Quality of Mercy 1x17: Legacies 1x22: Chrysalis

Season 2

2x01: Points of Departure 2x02: Revelations 2x03: The Geometry of Shadows 2x04: A Distant Star 2x05: The Long Dark 2x06: Spider in the Web 2x08: A Race Through Dark Places 2x07: Soul Mates 2x09: The Coming of Shadows 2x10: GROPOS 2x11: All Alone in the Night 2x12: Acts of Sacrifice 2x13: Hunter, Prey 2x14: There All the Honor Lies

2x15: And Now for a Word 2x17: Knives 2x16: In the Shadow of Z’ha’dum 2x18: Confessions and Lamentations 2x19: Divided Loyalties 2x20: The Long Twilight Struggle 2x21: Comes the Inquisitor 2x22: The Fall of Night

Season 3

3x01: Matters of Honor 3x02: Convictions 3x03: A Day in the Strife 3x04: Passing Through Gethsemane 3x05: Voices of Authority 3x06: Dust to Dust 3x07: Exogenesis 3x08: Messages from Earth (1) 3x09: Point of No Return (2) 3x10: Severed Dreams (3) 3x11: Ceremonies of Light and Dark 3x13: A Late Delivery from Avalon 3x12: Sic Transit Vir 3x14: Ship of Tears 3x15: Interludes and Examinations 3x18: Walkabout 3x16: War Without End (1) 3x17: War Without End (2) 3x19: Grey 17 Is Missing 3x20: And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place 3x21: Shadow Dancing 3x22: Z’ha’dum

Season 4

4x01: The Hour of the Wolf 4x02: What Ever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi? 4x03: The Summoning 4x04: Falling Towards Apotheosis 4x05: The Long Night 4x06: Into the Fire 4x07: Epiphanies 4x08: The Illusion of Truth Movie: Thirdspace 4x09: Atonement Movie: In the Beginning 4x10: Racing Mars 4x11: Lines of Communication 4x12: Conflicts of Interest 4x13: Rumors, Bargains and Lies 4x14: Moments of Transition 4x15: No Surrender, No Retreat 4x16: Exercise of Vital Powers 4x17: The Face of the Enemy 4x18: Intersections in Real Time 4x19: Between the Darkness and the Light 4x20: Endgame

4x21: Rising Star 4x22: The Deconstruction of Falling Stars

Season 5

5x01: No Compromises 5x02: The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari 5x03: The Paragon of Animals 5x04: A View from the Gallery 5x05: Learning Curve 5x06: Strange Relations 5x07: Secrets of the Soul 5x09: In the Kingdom of the Blind 5x10: A Tragedy of Telepaths 5x11: Phoenix Rising 5x12: The Ragged Edge 5x08: Day of the Dead 5x13: The Corps Is Mother, the Corps Is Father 5x14: Meditations on the Abyss 5x15: Darkness Ascending 5x16: And All My Dreams Torn Asunder 5x17: Movements of Fire and Shadow (1) 5x18: The Fall of Centauri Prime (2) 5x19: The Wheel of Fire 5x20: Objects in Motion 5x21: Objects at Rest Movie: River of Souls Movie: The Legend of the Rangers Movie: A Call to Arms

Crusade

Crusade 1x01: War Zone Crusade 1x02: The Long Road Crusade 1x03: The Well of Forever Crusade 1x04: The Path of Sorrows Crusade 1x05: Patterns of the Soul Crusade 1x06: Ruling from the Tomb Crusade 1x07: The Rules of the Game Crusade 1x08: Appearances and Other Deceits Crusade 1x09: Racing the Night Crusade 1x10: The Memory of War Crusade 1x11: The Needs of Earth Crusade 1x12: Visitors from Down the Street Crusade 1x13: Each Night I Dream of Home

The rest

6x01: The Lost Tales: Voices in the Dark 5x22: Sleeping in Light

Best movie order is as follows:

1. Watch "The Gathering" pilot movie

2. Watch all of Seasons 1, 2 and 3.

3. Watch Season 4 up to Episode 8

4. Watch B5 Movie "Thirdspace"

5. Watch Season 4 Episode 9 with Delenn as she goes into the dreaming. This is good background material for the next movie

6. Watch "In The Beginning" immediately after Season 4 Episode 9 and before Episode 10. This is the best time to watch the movie as you don't get spoilers and it ties in really well with episode 9 in Season 4.

7. Watch the rest of Season 4

8. Watch Season 5 right up to the episode BEFORE "Objects In Motion"

9. Watch "Legend Of the Rangers" A lot of people slag this movie, but for G'Kar alone it is worth watching and infinitely better than Star Trek V.

10. Watch "A Call To Arms" which sets up the spin off show Crusade.

11. Watch the 13 episode series Crusade next.

12. Watch "The Lost Tales" the 2007 I think it was, direct to DVD movie.

13. Watch the Season 5 episode "Objects in Motion".

14. Watch the movie "River of Souls" as this takes place in the year 2263 between "Objects in Motion" and "Objects at Rest" in Season 5 and makes the most sense to watch here.

15. Watch "Objects at Rest" and the grande finale "Sleeping In Light" Watching these 2 episodes back to back has the best emotional impact.

Mo matter what "Sleeping In Light" should be watched absolutely LAST.