Ship of Tears

Ship of Tears is an episode from the third season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.

Synopsis

Bester returns to Babylon 5 and proposes an unlikely alliance. A convoy of "weapons supplies" for the Shadows is intercepted in hyperspace by the White Star.

Arc significance

• ISN comes back online, this time as a propaganda tool.
• The Shadows have infiltrated the Psi Corps to acquire telepaths for use as living processor cores to protect the connection between the being and the ship from telepathic interference.
• A woman Bester is in love with is one of the telepaths to be used by the Shadows, giving him a reason to temporarily side with Babylon 5.
• The war room is seen for the first time.
• A thousand years ago the Narn telepaths sacrificed themselves to drive the Shadows from their homeworld.
• The Shadows invade Brakiri space.
• The overt Shadow War begins.

Production details

External links

• Ship of Tears at The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5