'Babylon 5: Signs and Portents (Season by Season Guides)' is a guide for the first season of Babylon 5. It contains a synopsis of every episode of the 22 episodes of the first season and background information on what went right, what went wrong and memories of how the creators approached storylines and how it fits into the big story arc. The information comes directly from the cast, the directors and the series creator J. Michael Straczynski, who comments on every episode.
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Now in its fifth season, BABYLON 5 - TV's hottest interstellar science-fiction phenomenon - has spawned its own series of definitive episode guides! Catch up on all the action, show by show, from the very beginning with the Babylon 5: Season by Season guidebooks.
Babylon 5: Signs and Portents, kicks off with a foreword by actor Michael O'Hare, better known to viewers as Commander Sinclair, and features a fascinating look at how series creator J. Michael Straczynski brought his ambitious vision to the screen.
Then launch into a comprehensive overview of the groundbreaking premiere season, including in-depth, episode-by-episode summaries of all of the first twenty-two shows - from the pilot, "The Gathering," through the climatic season finale, "Chrysalis" - with analysis by author and B5 expert Jane Killick.
Veteran viewers or first-time fans, relive the adventure - or find out what you've been missing - with the complete companions to Babylon 5!
Contents[]
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Babylon 5's First Season
- Signs and Portents Episode Guide
- Pilot: "The Gathering"
- 1 Midnight on the Firing Line
- 2 Soul Hunter
- 3 Born to the Purple
- 4 Infection
- 5 The Parliament of Dreams
- 6 Mind War
- 7 The War Prayer
- 8 And the Sky Full of Stars
- 9 Deathwalker
- 10 Believers
- 11 Survivors
- 12 By Any Means Necessary
- 13 Signs and Portents
- 14 TKO
- 15 Grail
- 16 Eyes
- 17 Legacies
- 18 A Voice in the Wilderness, Part I
- 19 A Voice in the Wilderness, Part II
- 20 Babylon Squared
- 21 The Quality of Mercy
- 22 Chrysalis
| Babylon 5 Reference Books | ||
| Reference Books | ||
| 'Babylon 5 Security Manual' • 'Dining on Babylon 5' • 'Creating Babylon 5' • 'The A to Z Guide of Babylon 5' | ||
| Episode Guides | ||
| 'Signs and Portents' • 'The Coming of Shadows' • 'Point of No Return' • 'No Surrender, No Retreat' • 'The Wheel of Fire' | ||
| B5scripts.com | ||
| 'Babylon 5 Scripts: Vol 1-15 & Other Voices: Vol 1-3' • 'Across Time and Space: The Chronologies of Babylon 5' • 'Asked & Answered: Vol 1-5' • 'In Purple...I'm Stunning!:Quotations from Babylon 5' • 'Crusade: Behind the Scenes' • 'Crusade: What the Hell Happened? Vol 1-4' | ||
| Babylon 5 franchise |
| Babylon 5 & Crusade Episodes by Season |
| Signs and Portents • The Coming of Shadows • Point of No Return • No Surrender, No Retreat • Wheel of Fire • Crusade: Season 1 • Unfilmed Episodes |
| Movies |
| The Gathering • In the Beginning • Thirdspace • River of Souls • A Call to Arms • The Legend of the Rangers • Voices in the Dark • The Road Home |
| Printed Media |
| Novels • Comic Books • Short Stories • Reference books • Magazines |
| Other Media |
| DVD Releases • VHS Home Video • The Official Guide to Babylon 5 • Babylon 5: Into the Fire |