Babylon 5 season 2The second season on DVD? check here: The second season episode guidePoints of Departure / season 2 - episode 1
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by: Janet Greek
Music by: Christopher Franke
Within three days of the president's assassination, Sinclair has been recalled to Earth. Captain John Sheridan of the starship Agamemnon is assigned to take command of B5, which is visited by Kalain, commander of the Minbari warship Trigati that has been missing since its crew defied the Grey Council's sudden cease-fire order that ended the Earth-Minbari War over a decade before. The Minbari protest the choice of Sheridan to command the station due to his service in the war, and Grey Council envoy Hedronn warns Sheridan of Kalain's presence and hostile intent.
Revelations / season 2 - episode 2
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by: Jim Johnston
Music by: Christopher Franke
G'Kar narrowly escapes the Shadows he has found on a distant planet, and returns to B5 to warn the Council of his discovery. At the same time, Sheridan's sister visits him for the first time in two years and is upset that he has buried the pain of his wife's death with his devotion to duty. Dr. Franklin makes an unprecedented gamble in an effort to bring Garibaldi out of his coma, but shortly after reviving him the doctor is called away to attend to Delenn, who has emerged from the chrysalis in a form completely bearing little resemblance to any Minbari.
The Geometry of Shadows / season 2 - episode 3
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by: Mike Laurence Vejar
Music by: Christopher Franke
A Centauri political plotter named Refa who, having heard of Londo's impressive feat at Quadrant 37, wants to enlist the ambassador's help in a possible coup to claim power on Centauri Prime. As Refa leaves the station, a group of human technomages arrives, "magicians" who use science and technology to achieve the illusion of magic. They are simply stopping off at B5 en route to a further destination, anticipating that they will be endangered by a coming apocalypse.
A Distant Star / season 2 - episode 4
Written by: D.C. Fontana
Directed by: Jim Johnston
Music by: Christopher Franke
The explorer ship Cortez puts in at B5, giving Sheridan the chance to reminisce with old friend Captain Maynard. The Cortez crew, having spent more time in hyperspace than just about anyone else, fields questions from Ivanova and Keffler about rumors that an unknown lifeform has taken up residence in the uninhabitable realm of hyperspace. Maynard and his crew admit to having seen something out there, though they don't know exactly what.
The Long Dark / season 2 - episode 5
Written by: Scott Frost
Directed by: Mario Di Leo
Music by: Christopher Franke
A sublight spacecraft carrying cryogenically frozen humans is discovered adrift in B5's vicinity. The ship is secured and one of its occupants is found to have been killed during the vessel's flight, which began from Earth over a century before. The surviving crewmember - and wife of the deceased - has no memory of what happened to her husband. Her arrival coincides with a series of grisly murders and the emergence of a lurker named Amis who warns that there's another passenger, an unwelcome one, on the sleeper ship.
Spider in the Web / season 2 - episode 6
Written by: Lawrence G. DiTillio
Directed by: Kevin G. Cremin
An old friend of Talia's, business executive Taro Isogi, arrives to open negotiations with Amanda Carter of the Mars provisional government, who herself is a former member of the radical Free Mars movement. After a successful meeting which seems to point to Isogi's corporation helping to stabilize the uncertain future of the Mars Colony, Taro and Talia are en route to dinner when a man stops them, electrocutes Taro by hand, says "Free Mars" and flees the scene, leaving Talia alive.
Soul Mates / season 2 - episode 7
Written by: Peter David
Directed by: John C. Flinn III
Music by: Christopher Franke
Londo's three wives arrive on B5, summoned by their husband for reasons unknown. Mystery also surrounds the arrival of Matthew Stoner, Talia's ex-husband. Londo has called his wives to the station on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his ascension so he can choose which of them to remain married to, since his gift from the Emperor is to be granted a painless divorce from two of them.
A Race Through Dark Places / season 2 - episode 8
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by: Jim Johnston
Music by: Christopher Franke
At Psi-Corps' headquarters on Mars, Bester interrogates a telepath for information on an underground railroad helping unregistered telepaths evade the Corps' rigorous supervision. Bester goes to B5, which he believes these telepaths are using as a way station. The Underground Railroad does turn out to be running through B5, and the telepaths try to kill Bester, who manages to take cover, though Talia is kidnapped.
The Coming of Shadows / season 2 - episode 9
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by: Janet Greek
Music by: Christopher Franke
When the Emperor of the Centauri decides to pay a surprise visit to B5, G'Kar decides to assassinate him. And he's not the only one with designs on the throne. Refa, a power-hungry associate of Londo's, wants Londo to deliver an address that will decry the Emperor's politics, a speech which will be remembered after the Emperor's death, already planned by Refa and his backers. But before either party can even touch the Emperor, he falls ill for the final time.
Gropos / season 2 - episode 10
Written by: Lawrence G. DiTillio
Directed by: Jim Johnston
Music by: Christopher Franke
A flotilla of Earthforce ships arrives at B5 to prepare for a top-secret raid on the planet Akdor, which has not only requested aid from Earth to quell a civil war, but is also conveniently close to Narn and Centauri territories in the event Earth should take a more active role in the emerging war. 25,000 Earthforce Marines are billeted at the station for a few days awaiting their mission - of which they know nothing - and they wreak havoc, crowd the station crew, start bar brawls, and threaten Delenn, among other things.
All Alone in the Night / season 2 - episode 11
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by: Mario Di Leo
Music by: Christopher Franke
Ships belonging to various races have been disappearing in B5's vicinity, and Sheridan decides to check the area out personally, despite the imminent arrival of General Hague, a member of Earthforce's Joint Chiefs of Staff. At the same time, Delenn has been summoned to a meeting of the Grey Council to determine whether she merits membership in that body after her metamorphosis.
Acts of Sacrifice / season 2 - episode 12
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by: Jim Johnston
Music by: Christopher Franke
The Centauri-Narn War is heating up, and B5, with a sizeable population of both aboard, is also becoming an uneasy place. Both Centauri and Narn are gearing up to attack each other hand-to-hand, and both of their ambassadors know that violence on the station will serve no purpose in the war. G'Kar fights with his own people to persuade them to be at peace, or to enlist in the military if they feel there's no other option but to fight.
Hunter, Prey / season 2 - episode 13
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by: Menachem Binetski
Music by: Christopher Franke
B5 becomes the site of an intense manhunt when special government agents from Earth arrive in pursuit of a refugee who was a personal physician of the late President Santiago. A member of General Hague's patriot underground contacts Sheridan in private and reveals that the real reason Dr. Jacobs is being hunted down is that he has evidence that the then-vice-president was not at all sick when he claimed to be too ill to follow Santiago on the tour which ended with the destruction of Earthforce One.
There All the Honor Lies / season 2 - episode 14
Written by: Peter David
Directed by: Mike Laurence Vejar
Music by: Christopher Franke
Sheridan unwittingly walks into a trap set by two Minbari, in which he is forced to kill one of them in self-defense as the other witnesses the event. Immediately, all hell breaks loose when the Minbari government presses charges of murder, threatening to reignite the hostility between the two races. Even worse, Delenn's insistence that Minbari do not lie further clouds the issue as the surviving witness insists that Sheridan killed his fellow Minbari in cold blood.
And Now for a Word / season 2 - episode 15
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by: Mario Di Leo
Music by: Christopher Franke
An ISN reporter with a camera crew in tow makes a visit to B5 to observe 36 hours in the station's life. What they're not counting on is a sudden escalation of the hostilities between the Narn and Centauri immediately outside of the station which will ultimately result in the first Earth Alliance shots fired in the war, a possible first step in the human race becoming more involved with the conflict.
In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum / season 2 - episode 16
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by: David J. Eagle
Music by: Christopher Franke
Sheridan is going over the records of his late wife's doomed expedition to the rim when Garibaldi recognizes a face from the ship's crew manifest Morden, the mysterious human with whom Londo consults in matters concerning the Narn-Centauri War. Sheridan has Morden stopped before he can leave the station again and confined, and begins questioning him intensely regarding the fate of the mission. Morden has no memories of the expedition or of Anna Sheridan, and is impatient to be on his way, but Sheridan will not let him go.
Knives / season 2 - episode 17
Written by: Lawrence G. DiTillio
Directed by: Stephen L. Posey
Music by: Christopher Franke
Urza Jaddo, an old friend of Londo arrives on the station to see if Londo's influence can help him win a battle against opponents on Centauri Prime who are trying to blacklist Urza and his family. But when Londo finds out that his shady colleague Refa has led the smear campaign, the situation becomes muddier.
Confessions and Lamentations / season 2 - episode 18
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by: Kevin G. Cremin
Music by: Christopher Franke
A Markab ship turns up derelict, all of its passengers and crew dead of an unspecified illness. Dr. Franklin, who happens to be investigating a slightly higher death rate among the Markab on the station, can't seem to get his Markab medical colleague to reveal any reason for the increased mortality rate. When the Markab begin dying in greater numbers, however, Franklin discovers that a highly contagious disease is spreading which threatens to render the Markab extinct.
Divided Loyalties / season 2 - episode 19
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by: Jesus Trevino
Music by: Christopher Franke
A ship drifts through the jump gate near B5 and must be towed in since it has sustained heavy battle damage. Its one occupant turns out to be Lyta Alexander, the commercial telepath originally assigned to B5 until her contact with Ambassador Kosh left her disoriented and possibly mentally unstable. Having fled Psi Corps and joined a resistance group on Mars, Lyta has learned of a sleeper spy aboard the station - someone who, thanks to a telepathically implanted personality that can't be detected even on a deep mind-scan, is reporting back to Psi Corps and probably to the engineers of President Santiago's assassination as well.
The Long, Twilight Struggle / season 2 - episode 20
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by: John C. Flinn III
Music by: Christopher Franke
Londo has been recalled to Centauri Prime for consultations on the war effort. Current plans call for allowing the Narn to direct their entire fleet toward the Centauri supply planet as the bulk of the Centauri fleet converges on the Narn homeworld - and Refa expects Londo to deploy his "associates" to defend the Centauri supply world. In the meantime, Sheridan and Delenn are contacted by Draal, the Minbari who took over custodianship of the buried technological treasures of Epsilon 3.
Comes the Inquisitor / season 2 - episode 21
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by: Michael Vejar
Music by: Christopher Franke
Delenn is summoned by Kosh, who cryptically informs her that he has called for an inquisitor from the Vorlon homeworld, an interrogator who will determine Delenn's true allegiances and motivations in her preparation for the coming war. Sheridan greets the visitor, who presumably will be another Vorlon - though the newcomer turns out to be human. And not just any human, but a human from the 19th century who claims to have been whisked away from Earth by the Vorlons.
The Fall of Night / season 2 - episode 22
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by: Janet Greek
Music by: Christopher Franke
The Centauri conquest explodes into open aggression against races other than the Narn. A Narn ship arrives and requests safe haven at B5, to which Sheridan agrees. Representatives from the Earth government and the suspicious Ministry of Peace arrive, declaring that Earth has reached a peace accord with the Centauri. As part of the Ministry of Peace's Night Watch program, various paid informers among the station crew are obliged to report unusual events to the Ministry, including the hush-hush communication with the surviving Narn vessel. report error and omissions here
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