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It's kinda sad the way they flew up the station. I mean, Babylon 5 was the tool that allowed all the races to build a better future. It was a symbol of peace and empathy between diferent races. And in the end, they simply destroy it.
Babylon 5 is the greatest TV show of all time. Sleeping in Light is one of the reasons for that. Instead of ending the story in a flurry of action like DS9, BSG or Farscape, the final episodes of B5 are all about the characters, and contain almost no action. I love this show so much. I'm crying as I type this, thinking about all the great moments over the five seasons. Vale Rick, Andreas and Jeff.
@zingzangspillip1 - I have season 5 on DVD as a Christmas gift, & it's worth it just for the finale. DS9, Stargate SG1, SGA & BSG left some unresolved questions, but there was no doubt that this was THE END of Babylon 5 & there would be no " return " for Pres. Sheridan or no " Babylon 6 ". Crusade should've had a chance, though, even though it was neither a sequel nor a Caprica - like " prequel ".
I grew up watching this show, it was and is the BEST sci-fi show for me. I remember when i was a kid i cried when the station crumbled in fire, cried so much that i even ran away to hide. After that i haven't cried for about a decade or even more. And now here i am again, shedding tears for one of best things i had in my life. Babylon 5. God bless the entire cast and crew. I'll miss those who have passed away.
I still go back every 3-4 months and spend a week watching Babylon 5 from start to finish, all 5 seasons and the original movies. I really wish Crusade had been better, or watchable, but I own it too out of loyalty and I've watched the entire thing once.
But yeah, I watch this and I get a little choked up still, and I watch the Memorial video for Andreas and I cry, I got to meet him once, got his autograph, and then the next year he was dead, it was a shock. G'kar was as dynamic as it gets.
I must say that I am a big fan of Space Opera, and this is among the best of them ever. The acting for the most part was first rate, and the visual effects were better than any I have seen before or since for this genre. I never got to see the entire series, but for as long as I could, I watched it week after week without fail. It would be nice to see the show run again on TV so that those of us who missed some of the important events could finally see them.
Wow! I remember seeing the ending all those years ago and it still blows me away today. Babylon 5 really connected with me. Fantastic story, Great acting and special effects. Cant believe that Andreas Katsulas, Richard Biggs, Tim Choate and Jeff Conaway have passed away since then. It's as if I knew them personally.
It's made me want to see the whole thing all over again.
its 2011 and i finally watched babylon 5 on the ultimate boxset, all 5 seasons in a row, im a 27 man but i cried like a small girl when the ships all turned from babylon 5 and the ship blow up with that amazing music. what a amazing show.
@knoxvilleguy2 Except the main difference between BSG and Babylon 5 is that Babylon 5 did it a good 5 years before BSG was even thought to be remade. Just goes to show how many series steal from the greatness that is Babylon 5.
Marcus Cole: "Comments: Indefinite hold in the event of new resurrection technology. Requested by Commander S. Ivanova."
I missed that the first time, and seeing it now adds quite a punch. This is one of the greatest series finales on television, befitting one of the greatest science fiction shows of all time.
Say what you will, there's more punch in the last 15 minutes of this series finale than most of the Trek finales in their entirety. Except maybe for Next Gen's "All Good Things"
Mind too, I'm also a Trek fan... to many of their 'season finales' were so weak... Voyager especially, no tying up of loose ends. Just an ending that could have been the ending of any other episode in the series. :p
My friend recommended this show, and though it started off slow, the character interactions and personalities really made you care as the later seasons just got better and better. Enjoyed it a lot!!
Babylon 5 was the best sci-fi show ever in my opinion but the show never got the recognition it deserved especially here in the U.S. because it was overshadowed by Star Trek and The X-Files which was on the air at the same time as B5 and was virtually ignored by the mainstream media. I hope one day that Warner Bros. decide to make a Babylon 5 movie and see the Jeffrey Sinclair story arc the way it was originally intended and the war of the Shadows and Vorlons with the sfx they have today.
@HeroicSandwich You need to watch longer than 5 minutes, the 1st episode I was put off because of the bad hairday, but now i've watched all 5 seasons and movies. You need to look past the looks and live yourself into the story.
@IntangiblyEpic Because in general, it is. BSG had better effects, fairly better acting and was good in it's own right, but from beginning to end, B5 was simply better.
I even liked the last episode of Battlestar. Just not nearly as much as Sleeping in Light.
@TheHorribleSmell Better acting!!!!! All I have to say to that is Andreas Katsulas, Mira Furlan and Peter Jurasik. Act the socks off of anyone in BSG!!!!!
@ShortStackB5 I know. I meant that in the sense of everyone on the show. Some of B5's extras were a little off, and a lot of Season 1 was... eh.
I'm more than aware that no one on BSG was at Katsulas's or Jurasik's level, which is why I said "fairly better acting," not "better acting." And like I said, Babylon 5 was without question the better show.
@TheHorribleSmell - Some of the commenters here may want to skin me alive for saying this, but I saw some similarities btwn John / Delenn & Laura Roslin / Adama. Just generally. Sheridan had 20 years of life given to him after being brought back by Lorien. Laura R. had a reprieve from her cancer because of the Cylon child's cells given to her. Similarities btwn. Lennier / Felix Gaeta. Garibaldi / Saul Tigh. But B5's finale was MUCH better than BSG's.
They should have included Jeff O'Hare in the final credits, show him as Sinclair and as Valen. He was the star of season one after all, and his character was very important in the story.
i have such a strange feeling. im looking at garibaldi, franklin and other and im like oh my god, they experienced here sooo many. you can see how emotional it is for them and so it is for me. it bring tears to my eyes...
Briggs', Kastulas', and Conaway's characters are all alive, but they're dead, while Boxlinter's, Tallman's, Mumy's, Carter's and Chamberlain's (Kosh) characters are dead.
Why's there in inverse live/death rule with the characters. From the looks of it, Boxlightner is gonna live forever.
sunday night 29/5/11 this show was one of the few things i could let myself go to the tears still flow every time i only ever cried once to star trek and that was when spock died and i was 10!
It brought tears to my eyes seeing this clip again and remembering that some of the people who brought something special to the show are no longer with us.
Katsulas, Biggs and now Conaway.... RIP to you all and thank you for making my childhood so unforgettable.
@olivemike81 - JMS explains that it was too costly to keep running when it wasn't been used, and turning a 5 mile long station into a museum would be a huge and expensive undertaking. Plus, the EA couldn't leave it there for squatters to use, abuse, or scavenge for weapons and tech. It had to go.
But what B5 did would live for a thousand years :) And the show...lives forever.
hi B5 fan forever,i just read that doctors in california are taking Jeff Conaway off life support then i came here and looked at this prefect ending to a great show that has graced us with its magic,power and insight into life from a different perspective
yes i do admit hearing about conaway and seeing this i did cry a little.very sad ending but it also enlightening the commentary from susan ivanova is so true."we have to creat the future and care for one another" and i agree blessing to all
@waveringthoughts They didn't cancel the show, it was always slated to be just a 5 year story arc. But since the producers arse-fucked it right from episode 1,it never did reach its true glory, but still came very close.
@freddifan73 It used to have it up, but it got taken down for copy right issues. Tis how I managed to see it for the first time (and cry like a baby).
You must see Babylon 5 movie "In The Beginning", then Season 3 episodes War Without End part 1&2, where you see the fate of Londo & G-Kar - chronological order will match.
i ve already seen it, but i still dont know how drakh were defeated? how vir coto was made the emperor? i ve found information that i have to read a book to find out what s happened (wtf!?)
@unt133 Some of the events are mentioned during the Babylon 5, of how Londo becomes emperor, as with Vir, but Vir can only be emperor after Londo dies (circa 2280s when he and G'kar kill each other). Others are mentioned in the various movie-sodes, such as TLT, where Prince Vintari (sp?) talks with Sheridan about the rumour of Vir killing his father (a hint of further things to come)
The Drakh storyline, truthfully, I was not that much interested, so I never bothered to research that properly.
@unt133 The show never gave you more than the basics. But there was a trilogy of books called "Legion Of Fire" which tells you everything that happens with the Centauri after Londo leaves to just after his death. It also tells you what happened with the Keeper that Londo left for the Sheridans's son, David.
I sometimes thought the filler episodes lacked a little. But the story arc ones were, imo, simply outstanding television. Congratulations to J. Michael Straczynski - you created a masterpiece that will live on forever. You have - in a sense - immortalized yourself.
you know althogh B5 was earths last chance of makeing a space station at least make engines in the back like B4 i know this has nothing to do with this
The gates can only really be extended to fit something thats nearly a mile in size (The vorlon object in thirdspace) B5 is to big & way to heavy to put through a jump gate as its 5 miles & 2 million 5 hundrad thousand tonnes & hyperspace would drag it down add to that you cant fly it, take it off its axis & all hell breaks loose. And yes i agree this episode brings me to tears not just for whats happening but the tune at the end as she is exploading. Fab stuff
The gates can only really be extended to fit something thats nearly a mile in size (The vorlon object in thirdspace) B5 is to big & way to heavy to put through a jump gate as its 5 miles & 2 million 5 hundrad thousand tonnes & hyperspace would drag it down add to that you cant fly it, take it off its axis & all hell breaks loose. And yes i agree this episode brings me to tears not just for whats happening but the tune at the end as she is exploading. Fab stuff
@ericdrumz It always sends a shiver down my spine and feels like I've lost an old friend. The series definently is one of the best and made you feel like you were apart of it and sad to see it end :(
@catleader2244 I am not sure it would fit through the gate would it? I think that it just was too outdatied to dissassemble and bring back to earth. they probably had better stuff orbiting earth.
@pazios2002 but in a episode of B5 lockly spread out the jump gate when the centori where atempting to destroy it. but other wise you're probibly right
One person posted it in another video about B5 and I completely agree: "this series has never been about Sheridan or Delenn, or Ivanova".
The main characters are Mollari and G'Kar and the main plot is their path to change, their stepwise growth as persons.
It is incredible how a story like that could be left in the shelves and never aired again. It is profound, creative, ample, very well tied up... I wish more people had the chance to see it, so it would enhance sci-fi a bit more.
So, I was watching the end of this, at the scene where Delenn is sitting on the bench, and I kid you not, a jet raced by overhead. It was the most perfect timing.
Couldn't agree more ... I've seen some parts from the first season many years ago. It left a sweet taste in my mouth ..:) Now I'm watching all of them (by order) and I can't sleep and do anything useful until get to the end. These are by all means the best sci-fi series ever made!
Which ST Series you talk about ? And what is BSG doing on your list ?
While I am huge fan of Babylon 5 and don't want to engage in d.... measuring contest between two epic series, I consider ST TNG to be more mature, relevant and overall better, especially later episodes.
Which ST Series you talk about ? And what is BSG doing on your list ?
While I am huge fan of Babylon 5 and don't want to engage in d.... measuring contest between two epic series, I consider ST TNG to be more mature, relevant, universall and overall better, especially later seasons. But it's bit apples to oranges. Anyway, no "Darmok", "Measure of Man", "Drumhead", "Inner Light" equivalents are in B5...
As for TNG, while I did love the series, I feel saying it is more "mature" is a bit of a stretch. Star Trek will always hold a special place in my heart, but the overall concept of many of the individual episodes plus the general lack of solid ongoing story plot that spans multiple seasons, as opposed to Star early Star Trek series' knack for individual episode plots that all ended in moral teachings, means "mature" isn't the word I'd use.
@MrTankums Simply because BSG wasn't original. Not only was it a remake, but it contained a LOT of stolen plots from other series to make it anything more than a cheap rip-off designed to entertain those without the ability to think for themselves.
@TheAlperino Liked Star Trek, no interest in Stargate, do not like BSG. I totally agree that B5 trumps them all. I felt a great pang of sadness when it came to an end... looking forward to buying the full set on DVD.
Just watched this episode for the 5th time.... it still really chokes me up. I can't help but shed some tears... I pray someday to find my own "Delenn"... :(
Once the Alliance was formed B5 was no longer needed and there wasn't nearly as much traffic coming through it anymore. It was too costly to operate at that point and was also considered a hindrance to space travel. That's the official explanation anyway.
@Hereticked I see, but surely loads of pieces of wrecked space station that would take a lot of time and effort to clean up would be far more of a hindrance?
I'm just wondering why they didn't simply turn it into a museum.
@Keurosaur Well, whatever pieces were left would've been blasted in all different directions into space, so they wouldn't be in that lane of travel anymore. As for a museum, even that would need money and a staff to operate, and a museum that can hold 250,000 people but that nobody is visiting wouldn't be very practical either. I'm not saying JMS' reason for blowing it up was perfect, but it did make some sense. Mainly he did it to provide closure in the storyline.
@Keurosaur As Hereticked said, it costs money....and if I recall correctly, the space that B5 occupied had become at this point, with the emergence of the Interstellar Alliance, little more than a "backroad" so to speak. It was no longer the main jumping off point to the other Empires, since more direct routes were now available.
During the early years of B5, JMS was strictly opposed to this universe becoming a franchise ala Star Trek. I saw this as a means of closure and of preventing that.
I'm a dyed in the wool Trekker. But I miss B-5 more than I miss any Star Trek series. There is more to learn from B-5 than any Trek episode. I gues I'll give up my Trek ID, now. =Stefan=
ill admit i did cry when they blew the station up.
i loved babylon 5, and unlike most recent scifi franchises it actually reached its intended conclusion.
i really liked that it was gritty, had a hell of a cast and was believable, as much as i like Roddenberry's Star Trek, lets face it ... humans are never going to be like that, as a species we will always have an ugly side to us.
Claudia Christine (aka Susan Ivanov) did not sign a contract in time to be featured in the final season, they filmed the final episode in season 4 because strykynsi knew how he wanted bab5 to end ... which is a good thing, or she wouldnt of been shown in the final episode, the Episode "A long night in the life on londo Molori" was originally coined " A long Night In The Life Of Susan Ivanov" but was changed for the above mentioned reason that she did not sign her 5th season contract in time.
it's amazing how 15 years after it's showing we can begin to see the B5 universe begin to unfold what with the political intrigue, internet technology, and all....
@EasternMerchant Delenn had one of the best endings one could hope for, the same with Susan, when she took up job as head of the Rangers. Londo, Lennier, G'kar and Marcus were the characters that really got the short end of the stick.
@ColonelJester G'kar was good, but not my favourite character, even though he did understand things more than the others. Zack was great; I appreciated how he made it through everything at the end and still kept most of his humour
@Varrenify maybe so, but she became a Widow, and Susan still never found her soul mate becuase the others she gave her heart to always had a tragic end to their life. Sure Delenne will have a safe cushy life and be revered, and sure Susan got a huge promotion, but it's like having half of a cake. :\
I keep watching the series from beginning to end and I always find myself wishing for a continuation . Then I watched Star Trek enterprise and saw that they would have seriously killed the series if they did. YIKES I guess it must hard to do a continuation without taking away the original magic it brought.
@SecurityEscort well I respectfully disagree. Star Trek always seemed too utopian to me. Babylon 5 is at all that utopian. I always have a problem with that type of theme because I am a firm believer that mankind couldn't ever get to that point where we all start working together we fight over the dumbest things imaginable take the current situation in Cambodia for example that whole war is over a friggin temple for gods sakes how can we possibly work together when we squable over such things.
@bailong329 i respect ur opinion completely ... i even agree with u ... but still ... i am watching Star Trek since i am 1 year old ... i simply am a caonvinced trekkie ... nothings gonna chance that xD ... but still Babylon 5 is a great show and i enjoy watching it every time ...
Great show!
ValeriaMarket 1 day ago
fuck.... HOW I MISS THE REAL SCI-FI TV!! NOT THIS SHIT OF THIS GAY VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES, FUCK!!
malvelus 3 days ago
@malvelus Completely agree. There's no proper sci.fi show currently running today. It's sad.
Ribokt 18 hours ago
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This clip sends shivers down my back every time I see it.
phoenix1985 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
they could have recycled it.
chavejandro 1 week ago
It's kinda sad the way they flew up the station. I mean, Babylon 5 was the tool that allowed all the races to build a better future. It was a symbol of peace and empathy between diferent races. And in the end, they simply destroy it.
BlueEyesDudeDragon3 2 weeks ago 2
one of the most "final" series finale you could ever get. you feel that this truly is "the end" for good and it hurts.
this is the most emotionally charged series i've ever seen
thun5 2 weeks ago 3
Lights off for the very best syfy series in all times!
Than you and good bye!
You will be missed!!
lintu25 3 weeks ago
Babylon 5 is the greatest TV show of all time. Sleeping in Light is one of the reasons for that. Instead of ending the story in a flurry of action like DS9, BSG or Farscape, the final episodes of B5 are all about the characters, and contain almost no action. I love this show so much. I'm crying as I type this, thinking about all the great moments over the five seasons. Vale Rick, Andreas and Jeff.
zingzangspillip1 3 weeks ago
@zingzangspillip1 - I have season 5 on DVD as a Christmas gift, & it's worth it just for the finale. DS9, Stargate SG1, SGA & BSG left some unresolved questions, but there was no doubt that this was THE END of Babylon 5 & there would be no " return " for Pres. Sheridan or no " Babylon 6 ". Crusade should've had a chance, though, even though it was neither a sequel nor a Caprica - like " prequel ".
knoxvilleguy2 3 weeks ago
I grew up watching this show, it was and is the BEST sci-fi show for me. I remember when i was a kid i cried when the station crumbled in fire, cried so much that i even ran away to hide. After that i haven't cried for about a decade or even more. And now here i am again, shedding tears for one of best things i had in my life. Babylon 5. God bless the entire cast and crew. I'll miss those who have passed away.
Arr4err 3 weeks ago
i just finished watching season 3 and season 4 of babylon 5. God bless Jeff Conaway !
Babylon 5 was the best sci fi show so far.
TheDravidianwolf 1 month ago
I still go back every 3-4 months and spend a week watching Babylon 5 from start to finish, all 5 seasons and the original movies. I really wish Crusade had been better, or watchable, but I own it too out of loyalty and I've watched the entire thing once.
But yeah, I watch this and I get a little choked up still, and I watch the Memorial video for Andreas and I cry, I got to meet him once, got his autograph, and then the next year he was dead, it was a shock. G'kar was as dynamic as it gets.
dbrown8918 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
this is my fave movie series
happyducklink 1 month ago
I must say that I am a big fan of Space Opera, and this is among the best of them ever. The acting for the most part was first rate, and the visual effects were better than any I have seen before or since for this genre. I never got to see the entire series, but for as long as I could, I watched it week after week without fail. It would be nice to see the show run again on TV so that those of us who missed some of the important events could finally see them.
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Wow! I remember seeing the ending all those years ago and it still blows me away today. Babylon 5 really connected with me. Fantastic story, Great acting and special effects. Cant believe that Andreas Katsulas, Richard Biggs, Tim Choate and Jeff Conaway have passed away since then. It's as if I knew them personally.
It's made me want to see the whole thing all over again.
shoti66 2 months ago
can u believe Jerry Doyle isnt acting anymore? He's doin books n radio on politics or something.....
alimilq 2 months ago
its 2011 and i finally watched babylon 5 on the ultimate boxset, all 5 seasons in a row, im a 27 man but i cried like a small girl when the ships all turned from babylon 5 and the ship blow up with that amazing music. what a amazing show.
TheJonmather 2 months ago 5
@TheJonmather It was so amazing, my fav sci fi series of all time
lopido 1 month ago
Damn i mis this so much
AgentX619 2 months ago
Probably the only show that will ever make me cry over the destruction of an inanimate object.
xxxNewEyesxxx 3 months ago 18
This was best series finale i ever seen.
heckknight 3 months ago in playlist heckknight's favorites 2
I still get tears in my eyes no matter how many times I watch this.
andystruth 3 months ago
This is why B5 is better than star trek, every time the Enterpise is destroyed they build another one. Babylon 5 is ireplaceable
pearsonm957 3 months ago 4
THE best sci fi ever created. Paved the way for other quality project like BSG.
RIP Andreas Katsulas, Richard Biggs, Tim Choate and Jeff Conaway. You are missed.
tgmuneer 3 months ago 12
I got one word for you....
PEACE!
lintu25 3 months ago
Made me cry
It's incredible. Arguable one of the BEST SciFi series ever created.
marcisb73 3 months ago 4
Love them showing the show's crew in the final credits, too. Also, don't forget to RIP Tim Choate (Zathras), killed in a motorbike accident in 2004.
arwelp 3 months ago 2
@arwelp they forgot to add Michael O'hare
ingotjuh 3 months ago
@ingotjuh you are right i for got about that
thominaterx 2 months ago
@thominaterx Michael O'Hare made this series big. He was the power that kept people watching through Season 1! THE BASTARDS OF ISN!
ingotjuh 2 months ago
@knoxvilleguy2 Except the main difference between BSG and Babylon 5 is that Babylon 5 did it a good 5 years before BSG was even thought to be remade. Just goes to show how many series steal from the greatness that is Babylon 5.
harkeill 3 months ago
Babylon 5 is/was and probably always will be the best stroy arc ever on TV.
Djinnmeister 3 months ago 4
Marcus Cole: "Comments: Indefinite hold in the event of new resurrection technology. Requested by Commander S. Ivanova."
I missed that the first time, and seeing it now adds quite a punch. This is one of the greatest series finales on television, befitting one of the greatest science fiction shows of all time.
Buttersbot2 4 months ago 2
Such an excellent show.
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ShangoRaiden 4 months ago
Tears falling on my face.
lintu25 4 months ago
Say what you will, there's more punch in the last 15 minutes of this series finale than most of the Trek finales in their entirety. Except maybe for Next Gen's "All Good Things"
Mind too, I'm also a Trek fan... to many of their 'season finales' were so weak... Voyager especially, no tying up of loose ends. Just an ending that could have been the ending of any other episode in the series. :p
KaneinEncanto 4 months ago 2
awesome! just awesome! I too like so many fans tear up during this scene... especially when J Michael is the one who flips the switch!
shad0fx 4 months ago
My friend recommended this show, and though it started off slow, the character interactions and personalities really made you care as the later seasons just got better and better. Enjoyed it a lot!!
XCodiaX1 4 months ago
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Derek! Babylon 5's a big pile of shit!
g2g4m10 4 months ago
I loved this series, it was amazing
athb4hu 4 months ago
Babylon 5 was the best sci-fi show ever in my opinion but the show never got the recognition it deserved especially here in the U.S. because it was overshadowed by Star Trek and The X-Files which was on the air at the same time as B5 and was virtually ignored by the mainstream media. I hope one day that Warner Bros. decide to make a Babylon 5 movie and see the Jeffrey Sinclair story arc the way it was originally intended and the war of the Shadows and Vorlons with the sfx they have today.
brunoman17 5 months ago 2
Maybe I'm just put off because the centauri look retarted. Lol.
HeroicSandwich 5 months ago
@HeroicSandwich You need to watch longer than 5 minutes, the 1st episode I was put off because of the bad hairday, but now i've watched all 5 seasons and movies. You need to look past the looks and live yourself into the story.
timtallisman 5 months ago
Everytime this ending makes my cry. And I have seen Spartacus, and every other good serie. In my heat, Babylon 5 is the best, now and forever.
EmpirioN1 5 months ago 2
How could someone call this better than BSG?
IntangiblyEpic 5 months ago
@IntangiblyEpic Because it is :)
MrDobrodruh 5 months ago 2
@IntangiblyEpic Because Babylon 5 didn't fuck up it's ending, actually had some humour and was far more emotionally fulfilling then BSG
ScreamingTc 5 months ago 2
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@ScreamingTc EXACTLY. BSG was just way too damn depressing! You have to have hope and there just didn't seem to be any hope in that story....
spacestevie2 5 months ago
@IntangiblyEpic Because in general, it is. BSG had better effects, fairly better acting and was good in it's own right, but from beginning to end, B5 was simply better.
I even liked the last episode of Battlestar. Just not nearly as much as Sleeping in Light.
TheHorribleSmell 5 months ago
@TheHorribleSmell Better acting!!!!! All I have to say to that is Andreas Katsulas, Mira Furlan and Peter Jurasik. Act the socks off of anyone in BSG!!!!!
ShortStackB5 5 months ago
@ShortStackB5 I know. I meant that in the sense of everyone on the show. Some of B5's extras were a little off, and a lot of Season 1 was... eh.
I'm more than aware that no one on BSG was at Katsulas's or Jurasik's level, which is why I said "fairly better acting," not "better acting." And like I said, Babylon 5 was without question the better show.
TheHorribleSmell 5 months ago
@TheHorribleSmell Season 1 was a great season. Don't talk shite
ingotjuh 4 months ago
@ingotjuh Oh, Goddamn it, I give up.
TheHorribleSmell 4 months ago
@TheHorribleSmell - Some of the commenters here may want to skin me alive for saying this, but I saw some similarities btwn John / Delenn & Laura Roslin / Adama. Just generally. Sheridan had 20 years of life given to him after being brought back by Lorien. Laura R. had a reprieve from her cancer because of the Cylon child's cells given to her. Similarities btwn. Lennier / Felix Gaeta. Garibaldi / Saul Tigh. But B5's finale was MUCH better than BSG's.
knoxvilleguy2 4 months ago
Anyone know what happened to Sharon Annett who played Garibaldis daughter?
According to IMDb she never apeared in anything else after this.
michaelstup 5 months ago
Now you know how the people at NASA felt when the Space Shuttle Program came to an end. :(
MAUEN88 5 months ago
The best damn sci-fi series of all time. The Battlestar Galactica reboot runs a close second though.
powermetal2000 6 months ago 3
Just as Sinclair saw in his vision.
The shuttle leaving, then the destruction of Babylon 5.
Guess he didn't change anything after all.
TheJboy88 6 months ago
@TheJboy88 Context is everything. He didn't stop the station from being destroyed, but he changed the reason *why* it was destroyed. That was enough.
Raguleader 5 months ago
I cry every time I watch this.
I saw it on TV when I was a kid, and I bawled.
FelisHaww 6 months ago 2
the scene where Delen is sitting alone on the bench, and then the camera angle changes and Sinclair is sitting by her.... pure genius
gkapitso 6 months ago 3
@gkapitso
Sinclair!!??
Usul573 6 months ago
@gkapitso
lol
Sinclair. What is he doing together with Delenn? ;)
Morukan1 5 months ago
the best sci-fi serie
FBOVISION 6 months ago
They should have included Jeff O'Hare in the final credits, show him as Sinclair and as Valen. He was the star of season one after all, and his character was very important in the story.
Mrblancnoir 6 months ago
@Mrblancnoir I've been saying the same thing man! And if you notice at the toast, nobody said goodbye to Lyta or Sinclair.
DrMalHarkness 6 months ago
Rest In Peace.. Jeff Conway.. (sob) :u(
Y9Power 6 months ago
@Y9Power No way, him too? Damn..
0pteryx 6 months ago
i have such a strange feeling. im looking at garibaldi, franklin and other and im like oh my god, they experienced here sooo many. you can see how emotional it is for them and so it is for me. it bring tears to my eyes...
WillySurfound 6 months ago
Waterfalls each time!! What a farewell!
Mandalander 7 months ago 2
The best sci-fi series ever.Nothing else is even close.
klongyaw7 7 months ago 8
Goodbye Zack Allen...... Jeff Conaway
ntkernel 7 months ago 26
I just love the music at 1:57. Certainly the best of the series.
This show was so great. I just finished it a week ago. Haven't seen the movies, though!
GrahamNificent 7 months ago
and thus Draal is left to watch the events of the time go by, waiting for another to come and build a station around Epsilon III
SgtSplatter782 7 months ago 19
i crying :D
schuggi999 7 months ago
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Briggs', Kastulas', and Conaway's characters are all alive, but they're dead, while Boxlinter's, Tallman's, Mumy's, Carter's and Chamberlain's (Kosh) characters are dead.
Why's there in inverse live/death rule with the characters. From the looks of it, Boxlightner is gonna live forever.
P.S. This ending ALWAYS gives me tears.
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DrMalHarkness 8 months ago
sunday night 29/5/11 this show was one of the few things i could let myself go to the tears still flow every time i only ever cried once to star trek and that was when spock died and i was 10!
tighty13 8 months ago
sunday night 29/5/11 this show was one of the few things i could let myself go to the tears still flow every time
tighty13 8 months ago
It brought tears to my eyes seeing this clip again and remembering that some of the people who brought something special to the show are no longer with us.
Katsulas, Biggs and now Conaway.... RIP to you all and thank you for making my childhood so unforgettable.
SeleucusNicator 8 months ago 4
Why would you blow up something so impiortant to your history? Why not make it a museum?
olivemike81 8 months ago
@olivemike81 seriously, 5 miles of station, talk about a huge museum of the wars!
DrMalHarkness 8 months ago
@olivemike81 seriously, 5 miles of station, talk about a huge museum of the wars!
RIP Jeff, Richard, Andreas.
DrMalHarkness 8 months ago 4
@olivemike81 - JMS explains that it was too costly to keep running when it wasn't been used, and turning a 5 mile long station into a museum would be a huge and expensive undertaking. Plus, the EA couldn't leave it there for squatters to use, abuse, or scavenge for weapons and tech. It had to go.
But what B5 did would live for a thousand years :) And the show...lives forever.
AngellisAOC 8 months ago
RIP Jeff.
MrReinholder 8 months ago in playlist Babylon 5
RIP Jeff, you helped make a wonderful story.
ScreamingTc 8 months ago
Sleeping in light: Richard Biggs (Dr. Franklin), Andreas Katsulas (G'Kar), and Jeff Conaway (Zack Allan). Till we meet beyond the rim.
colonsmoke 8 months ago
They finally turned off the lights Jeff R.I.P Good sir <3
sionfish 8 months ago
hi B5 fan forever,i just read that doctors in california are taking Jeff Conaway off life support then i came here and looked at this prefect ending to a great show that has graced us with its magic,power and insight into life from a different perspective
yes i do admit hearing about conaway and seeing this i did cry a little.very sad ending but it also enlightening the commentary from susan ivanova is so true."we have to creat the future and care for one another" and i agree blessing to all
hanno21664 8 months ago
So sad that Richard Biggs never got to see grey hair.
turricaned 8 months ago
There are so few films or TV shows that make me emotional, but I cry every time I watch that last episode.
strakha0 8 months ago 4
When they cancelled Babylon 5 I cried for 3 hours. This show will forever have a special place in my heart.
waveringthoughts 8 months ago 3
@waveringthoughts They didn't cancel the show, it was always slated to be just a 5 year story arc. But since the producers arse-fucked it right from episode 1,it never did reach its true glory, but still came very close.
Gallowell 8 months ago
The honor guard is totally badass
Vazruden 8 months ago
would be nice if youtube had full episodes
freddifan73 8 months ago
@freddifan73 It used to have it up, but it got taken down for copy right issues. Tis how I managed to see it for the first time (and cry like a baby).
ScreamingTc 8 months ago
sheridan and g'kar where babylon 5 for me
lopido 8 months ago 4
Everytime I have a decent lengthy vacation that space station reassembles and I watch the entire series. Utter bliss.
BigMrFirebird 8 months ago
@unt133
You must see Babylon 5 movie "In The Beginning", then Season 3 episodes War Without End part 1&2, where you see the fate of Londo & G-Kar - chronological order will match.
stescooter100 9 months ago
@stescooter100
i ve already seen it, but i still dont know how drakh were defeated? how vir coto was made the emperor? i ve found information that i have to read a book to find out what s happened (wtf!?)
unt133 9 months ago
@unt133 Some of the events are mentioned during the Babylon 5, of how Londo becomes emperor, as with Vir, but Vir can only be emperor after Londo dies (circa 2280s when he and G'kar kill each other). Others are mentioned in the various movie-sodes, such as TLT, where Prince Vintari (sp?) talks with Sheridan about the rumour of Vir killing his father (a hint of further things to come)
The Drakh storyline, truthfully, I was not that much interested, so I never bothered to research that properly.
Gallowell 8 months ago
where i can find the solution of situation in centauri!? i mean londo and g kar death etc? ths 4 all answer!
unt133 9 months ago
@unt133 The show never gave you more than the basics. But there was a trilogy of books called "Legion Of Fire" which tells you everything that happens with the Centauri after Londo leaves to just after his death. It also tells you what happened with the Keeper that Londo left for the Sheridans's son, David.
JimmyDaKoik 8 months ago
@JimmyDaKoik tks for the answer, it was what i had been looking for!! :) i wish it had been movie about londo story....:)
unt133 8 months ago
I sometimes thought the filler episodes lacked a little. But the story arc ones were, imo, simply outstanding television. Congratulations to J. Michael Straczynski - you created a masterpiece that will live on forever. You have - in a sense - immortalized yourself.
McRocket 9 months ago 4
epic
istimester89 9 months ago
you know althogh B5 was earths last chance of makeing a space station at least make engines in the back like B4 i know this has nothing to do with this
Niytiy 9 months ago
Only if there were something to unite our world b5 united the galaxy... best show ever!
Fightforfreedom99 9 months ago
That made B5 sound special when Ivanova said there will never be another.
michaelhviper 9 months ago
It was very touching to see ships from all the minor races showing their respects.
nr900 9 months ago 4
Oh, how I loved this show. What an amazing ride.
ohtheprofanity 9 months ago
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The gates can only really be extended to fit something thats nearly a mile in size (The vorlon object in thirdspace) B5 is to big & way to heavy to put through a jump gate as its 5 miles & 2 million 5 hundrad thousand tonnes & hyperspace would drag it down add to that you cant fly it, take it off its axis & all hell breaks loose. And yes i agree this episode brings me to tears not just for whats happening but the tune at the end as she is exploading. Fab stuff
MrGingerninjer1 10 months ago
The gates can only really be extended to fit something thats nearly a mile in size (The vorlon object in thirdspace) B5 is to big & way to heavy to put through a jump gate as its 5 miles & 2 million 5 hundrad thousand tonnes & hyperspace would drag it down add to that you cant fly it, take it off its axis & all hell breaks loose. And yes i agree this episode brings me to tears not just for whats happening but the tune at the end as she is exploading. Fab stuff
MrGingerninjer1 10 months ago
This scene (especially the music) brings tears to my eyes no matter how many times I see it....
ericdrumz 10 months ago 59
@ericdrumz It always sends a shiver down my spine and feels like I've lost an old friend. The series definently is one of the best and made you feel like you were apart of it and sad to see it end :(
RicoADF 5 months ago 2
@ericdrumz I'm exactly the same!!!
graveheart1138 5 months ago
@ericdrumz Me to, I think it's the whole switching off the lights bit for me, then blowing up the station we'd come to know and love over 5 seasons.
jboweruk 3 months ago
why not bring it back to earth so that if needed to use it agien
catleader2244 10 months ago
@catleader2244 I am not sure it would fit through the gate would it? I think that it just was too outdatied to dissassemble and bring back to earth. they probably had better stuff orbiting earth.
pazios2002 10 months ago
@pazios2002 but in a episode of B5 lockly spread out the jump gate when the centori where atempting to destroy it. but other wise you're probibly right
catleader2244 10 months ago
@catleader2244 Oh crap you are right, I forgot about that. LOL
pazios2002 10 months ago
@pazios2002 its okay but it could but that wold ruin the drama effect
catleader2244 10 months ago
Man, why blow up aperfectky good space station. You think maybe someone else could have used it? ;)
Defenstrator 10 months ago
One person posted it in another video about B5 and I completely agree: "this series has never been about Sheridan or Delenn, or Ivanova".
The main characters are Mollari and G'Kar and the main plot is their path to change, their stepwise growth as persons.
It is incredible how a story like that could be left in the shelves and never aired again. It is profound, creative, ample, very well tied up... I wish more people had the chance to see it, so it would enhance sci-fi a bit more.
JulioMarco 10 months ago
So, I was watching the end of this, at the scene where Delenn is sitting on the bench, and I kid you not, a jet raced by overhead. It was the most perfect timing.
jedifaramir 10 months ago
I have seen Star Trek....
I have seen Stargate.....
I have seen Battlestar Galactica....
But this series my friends is the best sci-fi series in my books
TheAlperino 10 months ago 100
@TheAlperino
Couldn't agree more ... I've seen some parts from the first season many years ago. It left a sweet taste in my mouth ..:) Now I'm watching all of them (by order) and I can't sleep and do anything useful until get to the end. These are by all means the best sci-fi series ever made!
elbulgarian 10 months ago
@TheAlperino
Which ST Series you talk about ? And what is BSG doing on your list ?
While I am huge fan of Babylon 5 and don't want to engage in d.... measuring contest between two epic series, I consider ST TNG to be more mature, relevant and overall better, especially later episodes.
AnteyPL 7 months ago
@TheAlperino
Which ST Series you talk about ? And what is BSG doing on your list ?
While I am huge fan of Babylon 5 and don't want to engage in d.... measuring contest between two epic series, I consider ST TNG to be more mature, relevant, universall and overall better, especially later seasons. But it's bit apples to oranges. Anyway, no "Darmok", "Measure of Man", "Drumhead", "Inner Light" equivalents are in B5...
AnteyPL 7 months ago
@AnteyPL
Why wouldn't BSG be on the list?
As for TNG, while I did love the series, I feel saying it is more "mature" is a bit of a stretch. Star Trek will always hold a special place in my heart, but the overall concept of many of the individual episodes plus the general lack of solid ongoing story plot that spans multiple seasons, as opposed to Star early Star Trek series' knack for individual episode plots that all ended in moral teachings, means "mature" isn't the word I'd use.
MrTankums 7 months ago 5
@MrTankums Simply because BSG wasn't original. Not only was it a remake, but it contained a LOT of stolen plots from other series to make it anything more than a cheap rip-off designed to entertain those without the ability to think for themselves.
Gallowell 7 months ago
@TheAlperino Coming from someone who has watched the exact same series, I agree
Gearz909 6 months ago
@TheAlperino Liked Star Trek, no interest in Stargate, do not like BSG. I totally agree that B5 trumps them all. I felt a great pang of sadness when it came to an end... looking forward to buying the full set on DVD.
OldFireStick 5 months ago
You maniacs you blew it up! God, damn you! Damn you all to hell! :P lol
CharlieCollyer 11 months ago 4
1 of best sci fi series made
It was so sad to watch the last episode i had tear in my eye
b7fan 11 months ago 2
@b7fan So did I. :(
kenporich2006 10 months ago
It was rather sad to see the destruction of the Babylon 5 station realizing that it fufilled its purpose and what an end it was to a 5 year journey.
monstermayhem32 11 months ago
Still amazing :)
Finlandcitizen 11 months ago
Just watched this episode for the 5th time.... it still really chokes me up. I can't help but shed some tears... I pray someday to find my own "Delenn"... :(
ShadowArtist 11 months ago
WHY did they decommission B5?
Think about it, how impractical was that?
Keurosaur 11 months ago
Once the Alliance was formed B5 was no longer needed and there wasn't nearly as much traffic coming through it anymore. It was too costly to operate at that point and was also considered a hindrance to space travel. That's the official explanation anyway.
Hereticked 10 months ago
@Hereticked I see, but surely loads of pieces of wrecked space station that would take a lot of time and effort to clean up would be far more of a hindrance?
I'm just wondering why they didn't simply turn it into a museum.
Keurosaur 10 months ago
@Keurosaur Well, whatever pieces were left would've been blasted in all different directions into space, so they wouldn't be in that lane of travel anymore. As for a museum, even that would need money and a staff to operate, and a museum that can hold 250,000 people but that nobody is visiting wouldn't be very practical either. I'm not saying JMS' reason for blowing it up was perfect, but it did make some sense. Mainly he did it to provide closure in the storyline.
Hereticked 10 months ago
@Keurosaur As Hereticked said, it costs money....and if I recall correctly, the space that B5 occupied had become at this point, with the emergence of the Interstellar Alliance, little more than a "backroad" so to speak. It was no longer the main jumping off point to the other Empires, since more direct routes were now available.
During the early years of B5, JMS was strictly opposed to this universe becoming a franchise ala Star Trek. I saw this as a means of closure and of preventing that.
JimmyDaKoik 10 months ago
@JimmyDaKoik but then they made the crusade series. LOL Well people change their minds I guess.
pazios2002 10 months ago
*J. Michael Straczynski turns out the lights*
Crap I forgot a flashlight...Hey guys?.....Hello?
*On the shuttle*
Hey garabaldi, do you feel like we forgot something?
Naw, I raided the bar before we left and grabbed that bottle of 2209...Although...OH CRAP!
*BOOM*
JWA8402 11 months ago 3
What a great Sci-Fi show ... love it almost as much as Star trek ...
SecurityEscort 11 months ago
The Best of al Babylon 5
weingaertnerhermann 11 months ago
Best Sci-fi show ever, no contest.
TryfanL 11 months ago
Anyone else was expecting Babylon 5 to be transported to the future?
tomersde 11 months ago
I am IN LOVE with Babylon 5 and all of it's characters )':
BodhiOfMind 11 months ago
I'm a dyed in the wool Trekker. But I miss B-5 more than I miss any Star Trek series. There is more to learn from B-5 than any Trek episode. I gues I'll give up my Trek ID, now. =Stefan=
chengloki 11 months ago 4
ill admit i did cry when they blew the station up.
i loved babylon 5, and unlike most recent scifi franchises it actually reached its intended conclusion.
i really liked that it was gritty, had a hell of a cast and was believable, as much as i like Roddenberry's Star Trek, lets face it ... humans are never going to be like that, as a species we will always have an ugly side to us.
TyriaelSoban 11 months ago 4
Claudia Christine (aka Susan Ivanov) did not sign a contract in time to be featured in the final season, they filmed the final episode in season 4 because strykynsi knew how he wanted bab5 to end ... which is a good thing, or she wouldnt of been shown in the final episode, the Episode "A long night in the life on londo Molori" was originally coined " A long Night In The Life Of Susan Ivanov" but was changed for the above mentioned reason that she did not sign her 5th season contract in time.
TyriaelSoban 11 months ago
it's amazing how 15 years after it's showing we can begin to see the B5 universe begin to unfold what with the political intrigue, internet technology, and all....
EasternMerchant 11 months ago
it seems like a bittersweet ending for Delenne, Molari, Lennier & Susan...
EasternMerchant 11 months ago 2
@EasternMerchant Delenn had one of the best endings one could hope for, the same with Susan, when she took up job as head of the Rangers. Londo, Lennier, G'kar and Marcus were the characters that really got the short end of the stick.
Varrenify 11 months ago
@Varrenify I think G'Kar had a good send off..he had the message recorded for Ta'lon near the end of season 5.
ColonelJester 11 months ago
@ColonelJester G'kar was good, but not my favourite character, even though he did understand things more than the others. Zack was great; I appreciated how he made it through everything at the end and still kept most of his humour
Varrenify 11 months ago
@Varrenify maybe so, but she became a Widow, and Susan still never found her soul mate becuase the others she gave her heart to always had a tragic end to their life. Sure Delenne will have a safe cushy life and be revered, and sure Susan got a huge promotion, but it's like having half of a cake. :\
EasternMerchant 11 months ago
I miss this show
Wheeljack35 11 months ago
I keep watching the series from beginning to end and I always find myself wishing for a continuation . Then I watched Star Trek enterprise and saw that they would have seriously killed the series if they did. YIKES I guess it must hard to do a continuation without taking away the original magic it brought.
bailong329 11 months ago
THIS SHOW COULD KICK STAR TREK'S ASS ANY DAY OF THE WEEK!
bailong329 11 months ago 51
@bailong329 hey ... i am a Star Trek and a Babyon 5 Fan ... i find both the series equal ...
SecurityEscort 11 months ago
@SecurityEscort well I respectfully disagree. Star Trek always seemed too utopian to me. Babylon 5 is at all that utopian. I always have a problem with that type of theme because I am a firm believer that mankind couldn't ever get to that point where we all start working together we fight over the dumbest things imaginable take the current situation in Cambodia for example that whole war is over a friggin temple for gods sakes how can we possibly work together when we squable over such things.
bailong329 11 months ago
@bailong329 Sorry thats suppose to be Babylon 5 is not at all Utopian.
bailong329 11 months ago
@bailong329 i respect ur opinion completely ... i even agree with u ... but still ... i am watching Star Trek since i am 1 year old ... i simply am a caonvinced trekkie ... nothings gonna chance that xD ... but still Babylon 5 is a great show and i enjoy watching it every time ...
SecurityEscort 11 months ago