"Babylon 5" A Tragedy of Telepaths (1998)

Director:

Tony Dow

Writers:

J. Michael Straczynski (creator)
J. Michael Straczynski (writer)

TV Series:

"Babylon 5" (1994)

Original Air Date:

25 March 1998 (Season 5, Episode 10)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Space | Space Station | Saga | Alien | Space Opera

Cast

Bruce Boxleitner	...	President John Sheridan
Jerry Doyle	...	Michael Garibaldi
Mira Furlan	...	Delenn
Richard Biggs	...	Dr. Stephen Franklin (credit only)
Bill Mumy	...	Lennier (credit only)
Tracy Scoggins	...	Capt. Elizabeth Lochley
Stephen Furst	...	Vir Cotto (credit only)
Jeff Conaway	...	Zack Allan
Patricia Tallman	...	Lyta Alexander
Peter Jurasik	...	Londo Mollari
Andreas Katsulas	...	G'Kar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Caroline Ambrose	...	Lara
Freddy Andreiuci	...	Worker
Tom Billett	...	Centauri Guard
Julie Caitlin Brown	...	Na'Toth
Jonathan Chapman	...	Brakiri Ambassador
Robin Atkin Downes	...	Byron
Christina Gavin	...	Telepath
Walter Koenig	...	Alfred Bester
Leigh McCloskey	...	Thomas (as Leigh J. McCloskey)
Haley McLane	...	Computer (voice)
Kim Strauss	...	Drazi Ambassador

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

[first lines]
Capt. Elizabeth Lochley: Personal log June 16, 2282. My first CO once told me: "Wen someone asks you why you took on a job, the worst answer you can give is 'Because a friend asked me to.'" I should have listened. This place is one long exercise in frustration. After I denied permission to the telepaths who came here asking to form a colony President Sheridan overode my decision. Now they've walled themselves up in Brown Sector...

Byron

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Hi, sorry if my English is incorrect. I will do my best.

I pretty much agree with the user comment, except for Byron. It's always the same. When a character shows some high sensibility, depth, vulnerability, he's called «the whiniest of all» or something like that.

Byron is a wonderful character. He's touching, he's on the way of becoming a kind of a Gandhi but makes mistakes and pays a high price. It takes courage to end like he chose to end, and to fight the way he fought. He knows the way of the heart, he's got culture, he's caring, understanding, loving, and he's trying hard to become more than he is. I'm a writer (in French) and this kind of character is very hard to create. It think the B5 team did a good job on this one.

Except for that, I found the comment useful. And I liked the telepath subplot. What Lyta makes of it later is very impressive.