Atonement (Babylon 5)

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“Atonement”
Babylon 5 episode
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 9
Written by	J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by	Tony Dow
Guest stars	Brian Carpenter (Callenn) Reiner Schöne (Dukhat)
Production no.	409
Original airdate	24 February 1997
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"Atonement" is an episode from the fourth season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Arc significance 3 Production details 4 External links

[edit] Synopsis

As Babylon 5 recovers from the propaganda war started on ISN, Sheridan sends Marcus and Dr. Franklin to Mars. Along the journey, they annoy each other, including Marcus singing the Major-General's Song to Dr. Franklin's discontent.

Members of Delenn's clan decide that Delenn should return home to Minbar and justify her deepening relationship with John Sheridan. Delenn makes a discovery about her ancestry once she arrives on Minbar.

[edit] Arc significance

• It is learned that Delenn had given the order to go to war with humanity after the humans killed the Minbari leader Dukhat.
• It is learned the Delenn is a descendant of Valen, and one of many Minbari to be a mixture of human and Minbari as a result. Because she never was pure Minbari, even before undergoing her metamorphosis by the Triluminary, her clan relents and allows Delenn to marry John Sheridan.

[edit] Production details

[edit] External links

• Atonement at The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5