"Babylon 5" Rumors, Bargains and Lies (1997)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Michael Vejar

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Babylon 5" (1994)

Original Air Date:

12 May 1997 (Season 4, Episode 13)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Delenn meets with Neroon to discuss the war that's torn their planet apart. She proposes a plan but she'll need his support...

Plot Keywords:

Space | Space Station | Saga | Mass Destruction | Fascism

Cast

Bruce Boxleitner	...	Capt. John Sheridan
Claudia Christian	...	Cmdr. Susan Ivanova
Jerry Doyle	...	Michael Garibaldi (credit only)
Mira Furlan	...	Delenn
Richard Biggs	...	Dr. Stephen Franklin
Bill Mumy	...	Lennier
Jason Carter	...	Marcus Cole
Stephen Furst	...	Vir Cotto (credit only)
Jeff Conaway	...	Zack Allan
Patricia Tallman	...	Lyta Alexander (credit only)
Andreas Katsulas	...	G'Kar (credit only)
Peter Jurasik	...	Londo Mollari
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ron Campbell	...	Drazi Ambassador
Jonathan Chapman	...	Brakiri Ambassador
Chard Hayward	...	Religious #2
Guy Siner	...	Religious #1
John Vickery	...	Neroon

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

[first lines]
Cmdr. Susan Ivanova: Good morning, captain.
Zack Allan: Top of the morning, captain.
Dr. Stephen Franklin: Captain.
Marcus Cole: Morning.
Zack Allan: So, captain, Ivanova tells me you convinced Londo and G'Kar to go along with your idea about putting White Star ships along their borders as a peacekeeping force.

This episode and the next are like one giant episode--you need to see them both

This episode concerns Delenn heading to Minbar in order to try to stop the civil war that has just broke out on the planet. The warrior caste, angry at being supplanted by the religious caste in the conflict with the Shadows, has decided to attack religious cities. In return, many within the religious caste seek retribution. Delenn and Neroon (two who were always at odds with each other in the past) discuss a possible alliance in order to put an end to the mess. Neroon seems oddly agreeable to her plans, so the viewer is left wondering if he truly is interested in a solution or dominance of the warrior caste.

A concurrent, and really cool theme, is Sheridan's new plan to strengthen the alliance. At this point, the alliance is fragmenting, as many of the nonaligned worlds now feel that with the Shadows gone, there's no more need for cooperation with other worlds. But, a bizarrely behaving Sheridan has a devious and funny plan in his mind that CAN unify these worlds IF the Centauri and Narn can cooperate. What this plan is, you'll have to see for yourself--but it's pretty clever and very funny.

A good episode and one worth seeing.