Nearing the end of his 20 year life extension, Sheridan bids his farewells to all his friends and family, while the now obsolete Babylon 5 is prepared for decommissioning.Nearing the end of his 20 year life extension, Sheridan bids his farewells to all his friends and family, while the now obsolete Babylon 5 is prepared for decommissioning.Nearing the end of his 20 year life extension, Sheridan bids his farewells to all his friends and family, while the now obsolete Babylon 5 is prepared for decommissioning.
- Marcus Cole
- (archive footage)
- Lyta Alexander
- (archive footage)
- G'Kar
- (archive footage)
- Londo Mollari
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen the maintenance worker (executive producer, J. Michael Straczynski) shut down the lights, everyone on the set was in tears.
- GoofsDuring Sheridan's last supper, Emperor Vir comments that the Pak'ma'ra have beautiful singing voices to which Sheridan sounds surprised. However in "There All the Honor Lies" Ambassador Kosh shows Sheridan 'one moment of perfect beauty' which is a choir of singing Pak'ma'ra on Babylon 5 as part of his training for the oncoming Shadow War, however he may not have know they were Pak'ma'ra, as the singers were hooded and robed.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Susan Ivanova: Babylon 5 was the last of the Babylon stations. There would never be another. It changed the future and it changed us. It taught us that we have to create the future or others will do it for us. It showed us that we have to care for one another, because if we don't, who will? And that true strength sometimes comes from the most unlikely places. Mostly, though, I think it gave us hope, that there can always be new beginnings. Even for people like us.
Susan Ivanova: As for Delenn, every morning for as long as she lived, Delenn got up before dawn and watched the sun come up.
ISN newscaster: And now, for those of you that have been archiving this ISN Special Documentary, the people responsible.
[single frame stills of department-crews; then a shot of the whole crowd]
ISN newscaster: Funding for this program was made possible by grants from the Anla'shok Memorial Fund.
- Crazy creditsThe closing credits for the final episode, "Sleeping In the Light", include shots of all the major characters as they are when the episode took place (20 years after the events of the series), whether or not they are present in the episode. Ranger Marcus Cole, who sacrificed his life to save Ivanova, is represented by the control and information panel on a "coldsleep" hibernaculum -- presumably where his body is being kept until he can be revived.
- ConnectionsFeatures Babylon 5: Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993)
Not only does it tell a wonderful story, it does so with a beautiful sense of understatement.
The music, which as been stunning all the way through the series is perfectly balanced for the mood, especially 'Sleeping in Light', which plays when we see Sheridan's final scene.
And then top top it all off, we have JMS himself flicking the switch to turn off the lights, setting the final sequence in motion.
If TV was poetry, then this was pure Shakespeare.
- ThePsychicPotato
- Jul 18, 2009