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Babylon 5 viewing order

My own viewing order, compiled from a multitude of sources and my own opinions on continuity issues as I watch the series.

Sources:

Pilot/Intro

  1. The Gathering

Season One ("Signs and Portents")

  1. 1x01 Midnight on the Firing Line
  2. 1x02 Soul Hunter
  3. 1x03 Born to the Purple
  4. 1x04 Infection
  5. 1x05 The Parliament of Dreams
  6. 1x06 Mind War
  7. 1x07 The War Prayer
  8. 1x08 And The Sky Full Of Stars
  9. 1x09 Deathwalker
  10. 1x10 Believers
  11. 1x11 Survivors
  12. 1x12 By Any Means Necessary
  13. 1x13 Signs and Portents
  14. 1x14 TKO
  15. 1x15 Grail
  16. 1x16 Eyes
  17. 1x18 A Voice in the Wilderness part 1
  18. 1x19 A Voice in the Wilderness part 2
  19. 1x20 Babylon Squared
  20. 1x21 The Quality of Mercy
  21. 1x17 Legacies
  22. 1x22 Chrysalis

Season Two ("The Coming Of Shadows")

  1. 2x01 Points of Departure
  2. 2x02 Revelations
  3. 2x03 The Geometry of Shadows
  4. 2x04 A Distant Star
  5. 2x05 The Long Dark
  6. 2x06 A Spider in the Web
  7. 2x08 A Race Through Dark Places
  8. 2x07 Soul Mates
  9. 2x09 The Coming of Shadows
  10. 2x10 GROPOS
  11. 2x11 All Alone in the Night
  12. 2x12 Acts of Sacrifice
  13. 2x13 Hunter, Prey
  14. 2x14 There All the Honor Lies
  15. 2x15 And Now For a Word
  16. 2x17 Knives
  17. 2x16 In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum
  18. 2x18 Confessions and Lamentations
  19. 2x19 Divided Loyalties
  20. 2x20 The Long, Twilight Struggle
  21. 2x21 Comes the Inquisitor
  22. 2x22 The Fall of Night

Season Three ("Point of No Return")

  1. 3x01 Matters of Honor
  2. 3x02 Convictions
  3. 3x03 A Day in the Strife
  4. 3x04 Passing Through Gethsemane
  5. 3x05 Voices of Authority
  6. 3x06 Dust to Dust
  7. 3x07 Exogenesis
  8. 3x08 Messages from Earth
  9. 3x09 Point of No Return
  10. 3x10 Severed Dreams
  11. 3x11 Ceremonies of Light and Dark
  12. 3x13 A Late Delivery From Avalon
  13. 3x12 Sic Transit Vir
  14. 3x14 Ship of Tears
  15. 3x15 Interludes and Examinations
  16. 3x18 Walkabout
  17. 3x16 War Without End, Part One
  18. 3x17 War Without End, Part Two
  19. 3x19 Grey 17 Is Missing
  20. 3x20 And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place
  21. 3x21 Shadow Dancing
  22. 3x22 Z'ha'dum

Season Four ("No Surrender, No Retreat")

  1. 4x01 The Hour of the Wolf
  2. 4x02 Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?
  3. 4x03 The Summoning
  4. 4x04 Falling Toward Apotheosis
  5. 4x05 The Long Night
  6. 4x06 Into the Fire
  7. 4x07 Epiphanies
  8. (First 2 minutes only, stop after scene with Zach) 4x09 Atonement
  9. Thirdspace
  10. 4x08 The Illusion of Truth
  11. 4x09 Atonement
  12. In The Beginning
  13. 4x10 Racing Mars
  14. 4x11 Lines of Communication
  15. 4x12 Conflicts of Interest
  16. 4x13 Rumors, Bargains and Lies
  17. 4x14 Moments of Transition
  18. 4x15 No Surrender, No Retreat
  19. 4x16 The Exercise of Vital Powers
  20. 4x17 The Face of the Enemy
  21. 4x18 Intersections in Real Time
  22. 4x19 Between the Darkness and the Light
  23. 4x20 Endgame
  24. 4x21 Rising Star
  25. 4x22 The Deconstruction of Falling Stars

Season Five

You can pretty much consider this entire season as one long epilogue. It's enjoyable, but the main storyline wraps up after season 4, so don't set your expectations too high for this season.

  1. 5x01 No Compromises
  2. 5x02 The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari
  3. 5x03 The Paragon of Animals
  4. 5x04 A View from the Gallery
  5. 5x05 Learning Curve
  6. 5x06 Strange Relations
  7. 5x07 Secrets of the Soul
  8. 5x09 In the Kingdom of the Blind
  9. 5x10 A Tragedy of Telepaths
  10. 5x11 Phoenix Rising
  11. 5x12 The Ragged Edge
  12. 5x08 Day of the Dead
  13. 5x13 The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father
  14. 5x14 Meditations on the Abyss
  15. 5x15 Darkness Ascending
  16. 5x16 And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder
  17. 5x17 Movements of Fire and Shadow
  18. 5x18 The Fall of Centauri Prime
  19. 5x19 Wheel of Fire
  20. 5x20 Objects in Motion
  21. 5x21 Objects at Rest
  22. [1 year later] River of Souls
  23. [2 years later] (not really worth it IMO, and has chronology issues) The Legend of the Rangers
  24. [5 years later] A Call To Arms
  25. [10 years later] (skip the first episode, it's ridiculous) The Lost Tales / Voices in the Dark
  26. [20 years later] 5x22 Sleeping in Light

Misc

I didn't watch any of these, but if you want to, they go after A Call To Arms at the end of Season 5

Crusade e01-e13 (see: Lurker's Guide for order)

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cloaked2222 commented Dec 29, 2020 •
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FYI, the most popular Babylon 5 Viewing Orders for all TV Episodes and Movies are now listed here: https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Viewing_Order

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