"Babylon 5"
Strange Relations (1998)

Director:

John C. Flinn III

Writer:

J. Michael Straczynski (writer)

TV Series:

"Babylon 5" (1994)

Original Air Date:

25 February 1998 (Season 5, Episode 6)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | War

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Transformation | Space Opera | CGI | Garden | Bizarre

Cast

Bruce Boxleitner	...	President John Sheridan
Jerry Doyle	...	Michael Garibaldi
Mira Furlan	...	Delenn
Richard Biggs	...	Dr. Stephen Franklin
Bill Mumy	...	Lennier (credit only)
Tracy Scoggins	...	Capt. Elizabeth Lochley
Stephen Furst	...	Vir Cotto (credit only)
Jeff Conaway	...	Zack Allan
Patricia Tallman	...	Lyta Alexander
Peter Jurasik	...	Londo Mollari
Andreas Katsulas	...	G'Kar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Clarke Coleman	...	Telepath
Joshua Cox	...	Lt. David Corwin
Robin Atkin Downes	...	Byron
Clynell Jackson III	...	Security Guard
Walter Koenig	...	Alfred Bester
Steven Lambert	...	Bloodhound Teep #2
James Lew	...	Bloodhound Teep #1

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

[first lines]
Delenn: Good morning, captain.
Captain Elizabeth Lochley: Good morning, ambassador.
Delenn: Mind if I walk with you for a moment?
Captain Elizabeth Lochley: No, not at all. Is there something I can do for you?
Delenn: I spoke with John last night. He told me why he chose you for this position.

Let the snoring begin....

Season five for Babylon 5 was, generally speaking, a disappointment. As the Shadows AND the Earth had been defeated, there were no enemies when the season began and the episodes just seemed to be in limbo--probably because originally there wasn't even supposed to be a fifth season.

Considering that this episode involves Bester, it's amazing that it's as dull as it was. Usually Bester is good for an action-packed episode, but instead it's as if the episode is placed in neutral and nothing really is resolved. Worse, the telepaths on board really are a tad annoying--like having the sip overrun by hippies who break into choruses of songs like "We Are the World" as they sway back and forth. Yuck--I wanted some action, not a live action version of "Wee Pals".