"Babylon 5"
Into the Fire (1997)

Director:

Kevin James Dobson

Writer:

J. Michael Straczynski (writer)

TV Series:

"Babylon 5" (1994)

Original Air Date:

3 February 1997 (Season 4, Episode 6)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | War

Plot:

Sheridan has managed to get the Vorlons and Shadows into one sector, where they are not attacking each other directly...

Plot Keywords:

Transformation | Space Opera | CGI | Garden | Bizarre

Cast

Bruce Boxleitner	...	Capt. John Sheridan
Claudia Christian	...	Cmdr. Susan Ivanova
Mira Furlan	...	Delenn
Richard Biggs	...	Dr. Stephen Franklin
Bill Mumy	...	Lennier
Jason Carter	...	Marcus Cole
Stephen Furst	...	Vir Cotto
Patricia Tallman	...	Lyta Alexander
Peter Jurasik	...	Londo Mollari
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wayne Alexander	...	Lorien
Julian Barnes	...	Durano
Ardwight Chamberlain	...	Vorlon (voice)
Damian London	...	Minister
Ed Wasser	...	Morden

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

[first lines]
Cmdr. Susan Ivanova: Commander's personal log: We're still searching for First Ones to use in our war with the Vorlons and the Shadows. There's less that 24 hours left before everything hits the fan...

A surprisingly limp and "talky" conclusion to the Shadow War

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Well, for the past several seasons, the show has built up to this final ultimate showdown between the Vorlons, Shadows and the forces organized by Sheridan. This buildup was wonderful and helped make this a great sci-fi series. The problem here, though, is that although this final showdown IS exciting, it's also pretty talky and preachy--at least to me. Instead of the expected shooting and devastation, when all the species converge in one place in space, Lorien, Sheridan and Delenn work out the problem in a mystical way that left me pretty flat. This isn't to say it's bad, but I just expected more than "Okay, we're sick of you--now go away"! But, oddly, the Shadows and Vorlon listen and go!! I just expected more.