Babylon 5: 30 Years Later
By: Babylon 5 30 Years Later Podcast
Language: en
Categories: Fiction, Science, Drama, Tv, Film, Reviews
SAFE FOR FIRST TIME VIEWERS.Starting on January 19, 2024, Jon M. Wilson and W. Blaine Dowler take a look at every episode and movie of Babylon 5, released 30 years after the original airdate (with the only exceptions being The Gathering, since that aired almost a year before the next episode aired, and the final movies, which also came several years apart.)Babylon 5 is also easily spoiled, because there is a definite plan and a lot of foreshadowing. We will spoil the episodes as we discuss them only. The playwright Chekov said something along the lines of, "if you're going to use a...
Episodes
Novel #3: Blood Oath
Jan 08, 2026Jon and Blaine take a look at John Vornholt's second Babylon 5 tie-in novel, which feels like a direct sequel to season one's "Parliament of Dreams".
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Duration: 00:45:11Feedback Special #7 (Part 1)
Dec 30, 2025Jon and Blaine respond to feedback! There's a lot of it this time around, so it will be split into multiple feedback episodes.
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Duration: 01:43:083.04: Passing Through Gethsemane
Nov 27, 2025Jon and Blaine look at a mystery focused on Brother Edward, who is being tortured by persons unknown. One the one hand, this could be completely random targeting, but on the other hand, he's played by Brad Dourif.
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Duration: 00:46:453.03: A Day in the Strife
Nov 20, 2025Jon and Blaine have a challenge for our readers: develop a proof for the Riemann Hypothesis. If you succeed, we will share untold secrets. You don't want to fail.
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Duration: 00:39:233.02: Convictions
Nov 13, 2025Jon and Blaine look at a mad bomber and a life-or-death situation for Londo and G'Kar.
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Duration: 00:50:053.01: Matters of Honour
Nov 06, 2025Jon and Blaine are back for the third season of Babylon 5, looking at the introduction of Marcus Cole and the mysterious new ships that have been seen.
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Duration: 01:03:102.22: The Fall of Night
Nov 01, 2025Jon and Blaine look at the season two finale.
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Duration: 01:06:462.21: Comes the Inquisitor
Oct 25, 2025Jon and Blaine discuss Delenn's encounter with an unexpected Vorlon agent.
Please note: due to unforeseen circumstances and technical difficulties, Blaine's audio occasionally drops phonemes. His comments are still comprehensible, but the audio quality is not where we like it to be.
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Duration: 00:39:292.20: The Long, Twilight Struggle
Oct 18, 2025Jon and Blaine look at the end of the Narn/Centauri War.
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Duration: 00:46:592.19: Divided Loyalties
Oct 11, 2025Jon and Blaine examine the possibility of a Psi Corps mole on the station.
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Duration: 01:00:21Comics 9-11
Sep 13, 2025Jon and Blaine take a look at the final issues of the official tie-in comic.
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Duration: 01:13:51Accusations (Babylon 5 Novel #2)
Aug 16, 2025Ivanova is accused of murder in the second Babylon 5 novel. Jon and Blaine accuse author Lois Tilton of being very good at her job.
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Duration: 00:56:52Babylon 5 Comics #5-8
Jul 19, 2025Jon and Blaine discuss the next arc of the comic series, and have some positive things to say about Warren Keffer.
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Duration: 01:19:41Feedback Special #6
Jun 21, 2025Jon and Blaine share all feedback received on or before June 8, 2025. (Sorry Douglas; your email will come in the next feedback special!)
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Duration: 02:05:582.18: Confessions and Lamentations
May 24, 2025Jon and Blaine take a detailed look at the Markab for the first and last time.
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Duration: 00:41:042.17: Knives
May 17, 2025Jon and Blaine take a look at Larry DiTillio's final episode of the series.
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Duration: 00:40:082.16: In the Shadow of Z'Ha'Dum
May 10, 2025John Sheridan and Jon Wilson learn that Mr. Morden was on the Icarus for the mission that left Anna Sheridan presumed dead, and now he's on the station.
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Duration: 00:50:262.15: And Now For a Word
May 03, 2025Jon and Blaine have great seats to watch as ISN does a report on the station.
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Duration: 00:53:582.14: There All the Honor Lies
Apr 26, 2025Jon and Blaine look into the time John Sheridan was framed for murder by a lying Minbari.
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Duration: 00:43:50Voices (Babylon 5 Novel #1)
Apr 12, 2025Jon and Blaine discuss the first novel published as an official tie-in to Babylon 5.
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Duration: 00:57:13Feedback Special #5
Apr 05, 2025Jon and Blaine return with your feedback!
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Duration: 01:07:24Babylon 5 Comics #1-4
Mar 22, 2025Blaine and Jon look at tie-in media for the first time, but far from the last time. This time, it's the first four issues of the DC Comics series.
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Duration: 01:10:082.13: Hunter, Prey
Mar 01, 2025Jon and Blaine discuss House (1985), Due South, amateur electrical work, and a little show called Babylon 5. President Clark's doctor is on the loose, and different people want him for different reasons.
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Duration: 01:03:382.12: Acts of Sacrifice
Feb 22, 2025Jon and Blaine look at various acts of sacrifice with an undercurrent of eugenics.
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Duration: 00:56:462.11: All Alone in the Night
Feb 15, 2025Jon and Blaine look at Babylon 5's take on alien abduction.
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Duration: 00:52:592.10: GROPOS
Feb 08, 2025Jon and Blaine discuss a sudden influx of "ground pounders", en route to a suicide mission led by Dr. Franklin's father.
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Duration: 00:49:432.09: The Coming of Shadows
Feb 01, 2025John Siuntres of WordBalloon joins us to discuss the episode which is the namesake of the second season.
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Duration: 01:03:022.08: A Race Through Dark Places
Jan 25, 2025Jon, Blaine, and a couple of birds get together to discuss the return of Alfred Bester.
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Duration: 00:44:49Feedback Special #4
Jan 11, 2025Jon and Blaine respond to all feedback received by the end of 2024. Stay tuned past our sign off for additional information and corrections, as well as a surprise guest.
Blaine would like to apologize for the small reduction in audio quality. We have a 150 MB limit on our podcast host, and the original file was 192 MB, so I had to tinker with quality settings to make it work.
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Duration: 02:17:512.07: Soul Mates
Dec 14, 2024Jon and Blaine take a look at Babylon 5 marriages: current, former, unhappy, and.... no, they're all unhappy.
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Duration: 00:50:112.06: Spider in the Web
Dec 07, 2024Jon and Blaine discuss secret Psi Corps projects and some impressive guest stars.
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Duration: 00:41:472.05: The Long Dark
Nov 30, 2024Jon and Blaine discuss the time Franklin gets involved with a patient right after she finds out her husband is dead, even though that patient is the prime suspect in murders on the station.
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Duration: 00:47:042.04: A Distant Star
Nov 23, 2024Jon and Blaine check out meal plans and mysteries in hyperspace when D.C. Fontana makes her final contribution to Babylon 5.
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Duration: 00:44:022.03: The Geometry of Shadows
Nov 16, 2024Van Allen Plexico (of the White Rocket Entertainment Network) joins Jon and Blaine to discuss this early season two episode. Perhaps it's named the "White Rocket Network" because the green and purple rockets were already taken.
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Duration: 00:53:572.02: Revelations
Nov 09, 2024Jon and Blaine discuss the fallout from the second season premier.
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Duration: 00:55:132.01: Points of Departure
Nov 02, 2024A new season brings a new station commander. One the Minbari don't like.
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Duration: 01:04:511.22: Chrysalis
Oct 26, 2024Trey Hooks joins Jon and Blaine as we discuss the final episode of season one, where stuff most definitely happens.
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Duration: 01:36:50Special - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Oct 12, 2024Jon and Blaine are joined by Trey Hooks (and some random birds) to discuss Straczynski's first paid work in television: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
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Duration: 01:19:10Feedback Special #3
Sep 14, 2024Your feedback has been received, and Jon and Blaine are ready to respond!
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Duration: 01:14:001.21: Quality of Mercy
Aug 17, 2024Jon and Blaine discuss the limits of medical ethics and Centauri appendages.
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Duration: 00:42:101.20: Babylon Squared
Aug 10, 2024Jon and Blaine discuss a visitor from the past of our future.
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Duration: 01:02:481.19: A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 2
Aug 03, 2024Jon and Blaine look at the second half of our first two part episode.
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Duration: 00:43:521.18: A Voice in the Wilderness Part 1
Jul 27, 2024Jon and Blaine discuss the first part of our first two part episode, along with tangents into WKRP in Cincinnati and more.
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Duration: 00:53:381.17: Legacies
Jul 20, 2024A latent telepath spawns and the body of a Minbari VIP disappears.
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Duration: 00:32:121.16: Eyes
Jul 13, 2024Jon and Blaine discuss a visit from Internal Investigations, as well as Star Trek, Lost in Space, and a brief history of television on DVD and VHS.
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Duration: 00:51:571.15: Grail
Jul 06, 2024A man comes through the station looking for the holy grail, at the same time that it seems Kosh is attacking people on behalf of a mobster.
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Duration: 00:52:59Feedback Special #2
Jun 23, 2024Jon and Blaine read the latest batch of feedback, up to and including that for episode 1.14: TKO.
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Duration: 01:28:021.14: T.K.O.
May 25, 2024Jon and Blaine discuss a mixed martial arts tournament and Ivanova's personal choices.
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Duration: 00:52:141.13: Signs and Portents with Bethany Kesler
May 18, 2024Bethany Kesler of The Superman and Lois Tapes and more joins Jon and Blaine to discuss "Signs and Portents".
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Duration: 01:19:121.12: By Any Means Necessary
May 11, 2024Jon and Blaine talk about the effects of taking employees for granted.
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Duration: 00:37:351.11: Survivors with episode writer Marc Scott Zicree
May 04, 2024Jon and Blaine discuss Survivors, and are elated that episode writer Marc Scott Zicree was able to join them for the conversation!
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Duration: 01:07:301.10 - Believers
Apr 27, 2024Jon and Blaine discuss David Gerrold's first contribution to the series, as Franklin wrestles with an ethical dilemma and Blaine wrestles with a new microphone stand.
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Duration: 00:42:431.09 - Deathwalker
Apr 20, 2024Jon and Blaine discuss a space Hitler with an immortality drug, while Kosh and a Vikker discuss, well, something.
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Duration: 00:45:43Feedback Special #1
Apr 13, 2024Jon and Blaine read and respond to the feedback we have received. Thank you to all who contributed!
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Duration: 01:13:18"The War Prayer" by Mark Twain
Mar 23, 2024A reading of Mark Twain's "The War Prayer", which was one of the inspirations of the seventh episode of the season with which it shares a name.
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Duration: 00:05:171.08 - And the Sky Full of Stars
Mar 16, 2024Jon and Blaine break out their freshly cleaned pretzel bowls to gain a new perspective on "And the Sky Full of Stars".
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Duration: 00:56:191.07 - The War Prayer
Mar 09, 2024Blaine and Jon talk about loves that deserve to be lost and loves worth fighting for.
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Duration: 00:58:571.06: Mind War
Mar 02, 2024Two Psi Cops, telepaths who police telepaths, come to the station and make their presence felt.
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Duration: 00:57:471.05: The Parliament of Dreams
Feb 23, 2024While most races on Babylon 5 are demonstrating their world's primary religious beliefs, G'Kar tries to stay a few steps ahead of the assassin hired to kill him.
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Duration: 00:53:361.04: Infection
Feb 16, 2024An old mentor of Dr. Franklin drops by with some interesting new artifacts. Meanwhile, a reporter keeps trying to get an interview with Sinclair.
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Duration: 00:54:081.03: Born to the Purple
Feb 09, 2024Londo meets the love of his life... he hopes.
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Duration: 00:43:081.02: Soul Hunter
Feb 02, 2024Jon and Blaine discuss an episode with surprisingly few regular cast members, as a dangerous alien ends up on the station, with digressions into Doctor Who, current research into particle physics, and more.
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Duration: 00:41:461.01: Midnight on the Firing Line
Jan 26, 2024The Centauri agricultural colony Ragesh 3 is attacked without warning, and the League of Non-Aligned Worlds will convene to determine the next steps.
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Duration: 00:50:581.00: The Gathering
Jan 19, 2024Jon and Blaine wanted to kick off the podcast with something special. They reached out, and like a good neighbour, Paul Spataro was there. In this crossover with Is It Jaws?, the boys discuss the two hour pilot episode for Babylon 5.
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Duration: 01:33:12Our Histories with "Babylon 5"
Jan 19, 2024Jon and Blaine detail their previous histories with and exposure to Babylon 5.
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Duration: 00:35:42Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later Podcast Promo
Jan 01, 2024Announcing the goal of this podcast. Join us as we journey through every episode of the original "Babylon 5", as well as the movies and "Crusade".
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Duration: 00:00:50