"War Without End" (Babylon 5)
Season 3, Episodes 16 and 17
Air Date (US):	13 May 1996 (part 1) 20 May 1996
Production No.:	315 (part 1), 316 (part 2)
Written by:	J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by:	Mike Vejar
Guest Stars:	Tim Choate    (Zathras) Time Winters    (Rathenn) Michael O'Hare    (Amb. Jeffrey Sinclair) Kent Broadhurst    (Major Krantz) Bruce Morrow    (B4 First Office)
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War Without End is a two-part episode from the third season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.

Contents

1 Plot synopsis 2 Arc significance 3 Production details 4 Trivia 5 External link

Plot synopsis

The Babylon 5 crew must venture through time to take Babylon 4 into the past.

Arc significance

• The fate of Babylon 4 is finally revealed. Babylon 4 was taken into the distant past, and became the base of operations for the Minbari and the Vorlons during the last war with the Shadows.

• The ultimate fate of Ambassador Sinclair is revealed - he traveled with the station into the past. Sinclair used the triluminary to transform himself into the Minbari Valen, and completed the circle.

Production details

Trivia

During the first season, the episode Babylon Squared showed the station's reappearance, and the rescue of the station's crew. In War Without End, viewers see the Babylon 4 story from a behind the scenes angle, and learn what truly happened to the station.

External link

• Lurker's Guide Episode Page (Part 1)
• Lurker's Guide Episode Page (Part 2)