Babylon 5: Season 5

Wheel of Fire 1998
TV-PG

  • 1998-01-22T00:00:00Z on Prime Time Entertainment Network
  • 45m
  • 16h 30m (22 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
In 2262, longstanding conflicts between telepaths and normal humans lead to a major clash on the space station. A new captain takes over, and Sheridan continues Babylon 5's peacekeeping mission by forming the InterStellar Alliance.

22 episodes

Season Premiere

1998-01-22T00:00:00Z

5x01 No Compromises

Season Premiere

5x01 No Compromises

  • 1998-01-22T00:00:00Z45m

Lochley takes command of Babylon 5 and Byron petitions her for asylum aboard the station. An assassin pledges to kill Sheridan at his inauguration.

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.

1998-02-05T00:00:00Z

5x03 The Paragon of Animals

A small world plagued by raiders begs the alliance for help. Garibaldi tries forming an intelligence unit of telepaths.

1998-02-12T00:00:00Z

5x04 A View from the Gallery

We see the action from the viewpoint of two maintenance workers as a race of savage aliens attacks the station.

1998-02-19T00:00:00Z

5x05 Learning Curve

5x05 Learning Curve

  • 1998-02-19T00:00:00Z45m

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

1998-02-26T00:00:00Z

5x06 Strange Relations

5x06 Strange Relations

  • 1998-02-26T00:00:00Z45m

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.

1998-03-05T00:00:00Z

5x07 Secrets of the Soul

5x07 Secrets of the Soul

  • 1998-03-05T00:00:00Z45m

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.

1998-03-12T00:00:00Z

5x08 Day of the Dead

5x08 Day of the Dead

  • 1998-03-12T00:00:00Z45m

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.

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.

1998-03-26T00:00:00Z

5x10 A Tragedy of Telepaths

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.

1998-04-02T00:00:00Z

5x11 Phoenix Rising

5x11 Phoenix Rising

  • 1998-04-02T00:00:00Z45m

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.

1998-04-08T23:00:00Z

5x12 The Ragged Edge

5x12 The Ragged Edge

  • 1998-04-08T23:00:00Z45m

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.

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.

1998-05-27T23:00:00Z

5x14 Meditations on the Abyss

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.

1998-06-03T23:00:00Z

5x15 Darkness Ascending

5x15 Darkness Ascending

  • 1998-06-03T23:00:00Z45m

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.

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.

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.

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.

1998-11-05T00:00:00Z

5x19 The Wheel of Fire

5x19 The Wheel of Fire

  • 1998-11-05T00:00:00Z45m

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.

1998-11-12T00:00:00Z

5x20 Objects in Motion

5x20 Objects in Motion

  • 1998-11-12T00:00:00Z45m

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.

1998-11-19T00:00:00Z

5x21 Objects at Rest

5x21 Objects at Rest

  • 1998-11-19T00:00:00Z45m

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.

Season Finale

1998-11-26T00:00:00Z

5x22 Sleeping in Light

Season Finale

5x22 Sleeping in Light

  • 1998-11-26T00:00:00Z45m

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.

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