"Babylon 5" Hunter, Prey (1995)

Director:

Menachem Binetski

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Babylon 5" (1994)

Original Air Date:

1 March 1995 (Season 2, Episode 13)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A fugitive with secret Earth Force data flees to Babylon 5. |

Plot Keywords:

Space | Space Station | Saga | Empath | Head On Stake

Cast

Bruce Boxleitner	...	Capt. John Sheridan
Claudia Christian	...	Cmdr. Susan Ivanova
Jerry Doyle	...	Michael Garibaldi
Mira Furlan	...	Delenn (credit only)
Richard Biggs	...	Dr. Stephen Franklin
Andrea Thompson	...	Talia Winters (credit only)
Stephen Furst	...	Vir Cotto (credit only)
Bill Mumy	...	Lennier (credit only)
Robert Rusler	...	Lt. Warren Keffer (credit only)
Mary Kay Adams	...	Na'Toth (credit only)
Andreas Katsulas	...	G'Kar (credit only)
Peter Jurasik	...	Londo Mollari (credit only)
Bernie Casey	...	Derek Cranston
Jeff Conaway	...	Zack Allan
Wanda De Jesus	...	Sarah

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

[first lines]
David Corwin: Can I help you?
Michael Garibaldi: Yea. I'm looking for the captain and Ivanova.
David Corwin: They went down to Bay 13. I can link in if you want.
Michael Garibaldi: No, that's okay. I need to talk to them in person. Thanks. - Bay 13? Nobody goes into Bay 13.

The conspiracy widens

This isn't a great episode, but is pretty good and it really contributes quite a bit to the overall subplot of the upcoming Shadow war as well as the conspiracy within the government of Earth.

Babylon 5 is told that the new president's doctor is a danger to Earth and he MUST be stopped at all costs! In fact, despite him being an old man (the same guy, by the way, that played Socrates in BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE), they are told to shoot first and ask questions later!! This really makes no sense and why this is such an urgent order is odd to say the least. However, Sheridan's contacts within a growing resistance movement soon contact him and tell him it's imperative that the doctor escape because he can prove that the previous president was murdered and Clark was behind it!!! So, it's a race against time to try to find the doctor before the Earth Force security people do.

Solid writing, action and an interesting and exciting conclusion make this a very good episode.