Season 4 began on a high point with the Centauri Prime in the grip of the insane Emperor Cartagia (Wortham Krimmer) and a run of six shows leading to the climax of the war against the Shadows in "Into the Fire." If this colossal narrative was resolved a little too easily and the ultimate aim of the Shadows turned out to be a tad disappointing, it still proved to be the most powerful slice of space opera to ever grace the small screen. In the aftermath the sheer scale dropped back a little but the pace never slowed as the rest of the season played out in one relentless cycle of conspiracy, betrayal and conflict, Babylon 5 siding with the rebel Mars colony against the totalitarian Earth.
Meanwhile Delenn came increasingly into conflict with her
own people and, paralleling her relationship with Sheridan,
Garibaldi became involved with his ex-fiancée Lise Hampton
(Denise Gentile), while an intense platonic love grew
between Ivanova and Marcus Cole. On an unstoppable wave
fuelled by roller-coaster plot twists and spectacular action
shows from "No Surrender, No Retreat"--when Sheridan avows
to overthrow EarthGov--to "Rising Star"--when the aim is
realized--Babylon 5 achieved a consistent excellence
rare in television. Yet within that run "Intersections in
Real Time" stood out as a bold experiment; essentially a
two-hand drama taking place entirely within one dimly lit
room. Beyond this a major character died and Sheridan and
Delenn married before the season finale again broke with
expectation. In "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars," a
future descendant of humanity one million years hence
reviews excerpts from the history of Babylon 5. In
one sequence set in 2762, a Brother is devoted to the
preserving of history some time after the "Big Burn." A
homage to Walter M. Miller's classic
A Canticle for Leibowitz, Sheridan and Delenn have
themselves become the stuff of legend. --Gary S. Dalkin
Product Description
The future begins - or ends - here and now. Here is the huge
space station Babylon 5. Now is the fateful year 2261.
Commander John Sheridan has already declared the station
free, breaking the ties between it and Earth Alliance. It
was perhaps only a matter of time before he would have to
fight to remain free. That time has come in this complete
22-episode fourth-season adventure presented on six discs
and featuring an exciting array of exclusive extras.
