Babylon 5 Retrospective/Review - Part 1: In the late 1980s science fiction on the small screen was dominated by the pop culture sensation Star Trek. With Star Trek The Next Generation securing the franchises legacy for decades to come, there was seemingly no room for anything else. That is until writer/producer J.Michael Straczynski and producers John Copeland and Douglass Netter created Babylon 5. The epic space opera was one of the first real attempts at creating a television novel with serialised long form storytelling. While it never reached the heights of popularity as Star Trek, its impact on the genre and the TV landscape in general cannot be understated.

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00:00 Intro
01:29 Origins
07:56 Casting
11:59 Production
15:21 The Gathering
19:51 Season 1
25:08 Sinclair and the Battle of the Line
26:13 Mind War
28:44 Believers
30:23 Signs and Portents
32:29 Babylon Squared
33:18 A Voice in the Wilderness
34:18 Chrysalis
35:34 Michael O'Hare's Departure
36:56 Season 2
38:24 Points of Departure
40:06 Season Highlights/The PsiCorps
41:41 The Coming of Shadows/Londo and G'Kar
47:31 And Now For a Word
49:09 In the Shadow of Z'Ha'Dum
50:39 Confessions and Lamentations
52:28 Divided Loyalties/Ivanova and Talia
54:20 The Long Twilight Struggle
56:07 Comes the Inquisitor
58:18 The Fall of Night
58:52 Season 3
1:00:51 Season Highlights
1:01:59 President Clarke Storyline
1:04:59 Severed Dreams
1:08:43 Marcus and Ivanova
1:10:00 Dr Franklin's Stim Addiction
1:11:11 War Without End
1:12:15 The Shadow War/Kosh
1:15:33 Z'ha'Dum/Sheridan and Delenn
1:18:51 Season 4
1:21:13 Sheridan's Return
1:22:57 Emperor Cartagia/Vir/Mr Morden
1:27:07 The Shadow War Ends
1:28:31 Minbari Civil War/Delenn
1:30:18 Garibaldi's Manipulation
1:31:09 The Illusion of Truth/Racing Mars
1:31:22 Earth Alliance Civil War
1:33:42 Intersections in Real Time
1:35:38 President Clarke's Downfall/Marcus and Ivanova
1:37:58 The Deconstruction of Falling Stars
1:38:37 Last Minute Renewal
1:39:19 Outro

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