Z'ha'dum

Season 3, Episode 22, Aired
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After he has recovered from the shock of seeing her, Anna Sheridan gives John Sheridan an ultimatum - come to Z'ha'dum with her, or never know what happened to her there.
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  • Z'ha'dum

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    By TrueTvWatcher, Jan 15, 2011 Report Abuse
    Z'ha'dum was a really perfect, shocking, and entertaining episode of Babylon 5. I really enjoyed watching this episode because it was full of action, drama, intrigue, and revelations about what it's all really about from the Shadow's perspective. I found this episode very interesting and fun to watch. I thought it was really cool to see what happened to Anna Sheridan. I thought Z'ha'dum was had cool facilities and the massive underground city was spectacular. I really enjoyed the ending of this episode. Sheridan's plan was perfect and it was cool to see he still had a piece of Kosh with him. This was a perfect season three finale of Babylon 5!!!!!!!moreless

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  • jump now

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    By seaqueastdsv, Nov 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this season final we see that captain sherdian wife has return to the station to see delenn in sherdian room. anna has come back to take john back to zhadum. sherdian is in total shock to see anna alive. john gets steven to run tests on anna. he finds out that anna has had shadow impants put into her. sherdian tells anna that he will go to zhadum with her if she tells him what had happen to her and the others. as sherdian says hes goodbyes to everyone he leaves a message for delenn declaring his love to her. as he goes to zhadum he has a plan. he takes a bomb with him and deciceds to blow up zhadum.moreless

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  • Moment feared...

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    By Parricida, Dec 18, 2009 Report Abuse
    I have no words. This is beautiful episode, having every hard piece of decision on it.. bringing all those hints together, having the final stay.. Brilliant.

    I loved the whole thing around Sheridan. The web of lies he thought he found himself and how he dealt with it. I do not only mean Delenn and her thought that Anna would not go with it, but also those shadow agents. Morden, Justine.. all those.. Loved the ending scenes, the jump.. the explosion.

    And if the action on episode is not enough.. G'Kar's words in the end. I think this is probably one of the best ways of ending a season (series ending is probably better but..). The power of those words, amazing.moreless

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  • Doom at Z'ha'dum

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    By Revolos55, Apr 03, 2008 Report Abuse
    Seeing the title of the episode, my first thought was "Oh, this can't be good". A fairly accurate assessment, I think. Sheridan kicked some ass on Z'ha'dum with the White Star, but last we saw he'd just jumped into a bottomless pit. Garibaldi's ship is strapped to a Shadow vessel. When Kenickie said he hadn't come back I thought maybe he went off to Z'ha'dum to look for Sheridan, but I can't tell if he's hitchhiking a ride to the planet and being sneaky, or if he was captured. It looks more like captured, but I'm still an optimist (don't ask me why or how). Hearing the Shadow philosophy is interesting, but my brain is buzzing too much to decide if it makes sense or not. It's brutal and destructive, but "survival of the fittest" has always been the dominant rule of nature. I just don't know if the artificial stimulation of conflict can be said to produce the same results as the gradual evolution of species and society. And I certainly don't believe that the Shadows have the best interests of the universe at heart.moreless

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  • Definitely a turning point in the war with the Shadows as Sheridan travels to the home world of the mysterious enemy race.

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    By Spirit9Alex, Feb 25, 2006 Report Abuse
    Directed by Adam Nimoy (Leonard "Spock" Nimoy's son) with an eye for the characters who drive the show. This episode stands out as both a key episode in the war with the Shadows and as an emotional rollercoaster for the relationship between John Sheridan (Boxleitner) and Delenn (the wonderful Mira Furlan, who was later cast in LOST as the mysterious French Woman). The episodes Special Guest Star does a decent job taking our heroic Captain on his journey into the heart of darkness. This is the best cliffhanger of the whole series and carries over for about four episodes into the next season. Probably a top ten episode of all the ones produced but there are at least five better!moreless

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    • In the previous episode Delenn, Ivanova, and Sheridan were reviewing Sheridan's visions on the Streib ship and one of the last ones was the 'Man Inbetween' who was Sheridan's equal and opposite and was looking for Sheridan now. On Z'ha'dum Justin says "Think of me as a middle man." Justin is Sheridan's counterpart on the Shadow side, the 'Nexus' as he calls Sheridan but for the Shadows and their servant races. Justin was the Shadows' tool to influence the younger races that agreed with them, just as Sheridan was the Vorlons' tool to galvanize the younger races into a single force. Edit
    • The wedding pictures Anna is looking at while she is in John's quarters are the actual pictures from Bruce Boxleitner's and Melissa Gilbert's wedding. Edit
    • When Sheridan is brought before Justin, Sheridan asks "Who are you?" of Justin. Justin became visibly annoyed at the question since it is the basic philosophical question of the Vorlons. The question that Justin's masters, the Shadows, ask is "What do you want?" Edit

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    • This episode won the SFX Award for "Best Individual Episode of an SF/Fantasy TV Show in 1996". Edit
    • The wedding picture you see in this episode is the actual wedding picture of Bruce Boxleitner and Melissa Gilbert from January 1, 1995. Edit

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    • Anna Sheridan: As soon as we landed we picked up an energy source. We were told to check it out. And that's where we found them. John Sheridan: The Shadows. Anna Sheridan: Well, it's a very dramatic name but not a very descriptive one. Their actual name is 10.000 letters long. I couldn't pronounce it if I tried. And I have. They were quite approachable. John Sheridan: Tell that to the rest of the crew. Edit
    • Sheridan: Who are you? Justin: Who decides that the workday is from nine to five instead of eleven to four? Who decides that the hemlines will be below the knee this year, and short again next year? Who draws up the borders, controls the currency, handles all of the decisions that happen transparently around us? Sheridan: I don't know. Justin: Ahhh... I am with them. Same group, different department. Think of me as a sort of middle man. And the name is Justin. Edit
    • Delenn: John, you must believe me. I didn't know she was alive. We assumed that she had died with the rest of the crew of the Icarus. That only Morden had survived. Sheridan: And had you known, would you have told me? Delenn: It would depend. It would depend on what she had become. Z'Ha'Dum is the homeworld of the Shadows. No one leaves there the same as they arrived. Sheridan: You would've denied me the right to make that choice? How can you say that, and expect me to ever trust you again? Delenn: John... I do love you. If you believe nothing else I ever say, please... Please believe that. Edit

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