Ship of Tears
| "Ship of Tears" | |
|---|---|
| Babylon 5 episode | |
| Episode no. |
Season 3 Episode 14 |
| Directed by | Mike Vejar |
| Written by | J. Michael Straczynski |
| Production code | 314 |
| Original air date | 29 April 1996 |
| Guest actors | |
|
Joan McMurtrey (Carolyn) | |
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.
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