Babylon 5

Infection was a great episode of Babylon 5. I enjoyed watching this episode because there was a lot of character development, action, and drama. I think this series was way ahead of its time. I really enjoyed watching this episode because of the characters, action, and story line. This episode gave viewers a deeper look into the main characters. I look forward to watching more Babylon 5 and seeing where this series is going. I think Babylon 5 may be one of the greatest syfy originals to ever be on television. I can't wait to watch the next episode of Babylon 5!!!!!!!

There are very few episodes of Babylon 5 that I did not liked but this is one of them - it just did not get to me. I do not think Franklin is weak char. There is nothing like that in Babylon 5 but something on this episode just had no magic. The plot was maybe not the best, I am not sure. Anyway, if not think on the negative sides, this episode did have some great things - like the actions what lead to the final conversation between Sinclair and Garibaldi. That was a really great one - maybe the pearl of the episode and then Sinclair saying to the journalist why this place is worth it.



It had great moments too, see...

Babylon 5 series 1 continues with alternating between the G'Kar / Londo axis and the Sinclair / Delenn / Franklin stories, as we see more about the backstory of Commander Sinclair.



A bounty hunter, Vance Hendricks, arrives at the station, and turns out to be an old tutor of Franklin. He's discovered some kind of organic technology on a dead planet. Hendricks has an assistant (Nelson) who gets a little too close to the tech and ends up being turned into a cyborg! Every time anyone tries to kill the hybrid, it simply absorbs the energy and get stronger! Sinclair and Garibaldi realise they'll need to take out the dude in short order or the whole of Babylon5 will blow...



Sinclair goes all gung-ho and launches into the fray, eventually luring the by-now-totally-consumed Nelson into an air lock. At the same time, he figures out that the organic part of the cyborg has a name, a memory and a personality - and it turns out to be a space age version of a Nazi who wans to purify his home planet of all interbreeding. It's a pity that this theme isn't developed - in fact, I didn't even notice it first time through.



This is an action-orientated episode, with a lot of shooting and running around - but there is a lot more going on beneath the surface that lays down markers for later. We learn that Franklin is deeply moralistic, that Garabaldi has a troubled past, and that Sinclair hasn't ever been the same since the Earth-Minbari war. We also learn that not everyone on Earth thinks the sun shines out of Babylon5 (there is a short sub-plot involving a visiting network TV reporter)



Solid episode. Not the best in season 1, but a bit more involving than it seems at first look.

this is not my favourite out of this seasons but its ok. this story is mostly based around the new doctor. dr steven franklin. while in the med lab an old freind of stevens arrives on the station with an artafacts. which he brough onto babylon 5. the mans assistant kills a security man who is checking the goods. after a powersirch the item transfrom the man into this strong deadly creature. who is terrorisng the station. the cheif of security michael garibaldi and the commandar go down below to stop the creature from doing any more harm. and place the creature back to his own world.

This episode focuses on an old mentor of Dr. Franklins coming to the station to ask for help examining some artefacts he has found on an expedition to a dead world. The interesting thing being these artefacts are organic weapons that caused the destruction of the world they came from.



I quite liked this episode even though once again it did not have a lot to do with the overall plot. We do get more of an introduction to the doctor who we don’t really know much about at this point. There is also a guest appearance from David McCallum (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Sapphire and Steel). This episode also features the most action we have seen so far with several firefights going on.



The talk between Sinclair and Garibaldi at the end showed us a bit more about their friendship and was a nice touch. So overall not the best episode but a nice filler that showed us a bit more about some of the characters.