Into the Fire (Babylon 5)

"Into the Fire"
Babylon 5 episode

Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 6
Directed by	Kevin Dobson
Written by	J. Michael Straczynski
Production code	406
Original air date	3 February 1997
Guest actors
Wayne Alexander (Lorien) Julian Barnes (Durano) Damian London (Minister) Ed Wasser (Morden)

"Into the Fire" is an episode from the fourth season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.

It marks the end of the "Shadow War" story arc.

Synopsis

At the height of the Shadow War, Sheridan stages a final showdown between the Vorlons and the Shadows at Coriana 6.

This episode uses a massive amount of CGI effects to show the strength of the fleet that Sheridan has amassed to confront the Vorlons and the Shadows. In one sense, it is similar to the Battle of the Line in the Earth-Minbari War–a desperate attempt to stop a seemingly unstoppable enemy.

Sheridan shows his strength as a leader by being able to assemble a fleet from so many diverse worlds, many of whom are historical enemies of one another, now united against common enemies.

Meanwhile, Londo commences plans to evict the Shadows from Centauri Prime. While doing so, he is given the upsetting news that the assassination of his beloved Adira had been orchestrated by none other than Morden, who then pinned the blame on Lord Refa so as to convince Londo to ask for his aid again. This gives Londo even more reason to confront Morden with his ultimatum: remove the Shadow vessels or else. When Morden refuses, Londo destroys the entire island upon which the ships were based and then orders Morden executed. He thinks he has removed the last reason for the Vorlons to attack Centauri Prime but forgets that he himself was once a Shadow associate and reason enough for the Vorlons to attack. He begs Vir to kill him - to remove the last trace of Shadow influence from Centauri Prime - and then tell the Vorlons that Londo is dead. Fortunately, the planet and Londo are spared when Sheridan's assault at Coriana 6 forces the Vorlons to summon away their remaining ships. Centauri Prime is safe, as is Londo, but Londo still has his future to consider.

The Vorlons and the Shadows make one last attempt to sway the younger races to follow them by explaining to Sheridan and Delenn their different viewpoints. Lorien secretly broadcasts these conversations to the entire assembled fleet. It is clear that the Vorlons and the Shadows have become so consumed in their own philosophies, they have forgotten that their original purpose was to help the younger races develop. The Vorlons and Shadows attempt to end the younger races' rebellion by destroying Sheridan and Delenn (and possibly Lorien), but allied ships sacrifice themselves to stop the resulting missiles, thereby establishing that Sheridan and Delenn speak for all of them. In the end Sheridan concludes the confrontation by telling them "Now get the hell out of our galaxy, the both of you!"

Lorien then tells the Vorlons and the Shadows, as well as the remaining First Ones that have been assembled, that their time is over and they must all go "beyond the rim." He assures them that he is going with them. This will leave the younger races to define their own history without interference.

The "Third Age of Mankind" has begun.

Arc significance

Morden is dead, fulfilling Vir's sarcastic wish from In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum when Morden asked what he wanted.
The Vorlons, Shadows and other First Ones have left the galaxy, leaving the younger races to fend for themselves, and marking the beginning of the "Third Age of Mankind."

Quotes

"Now GET THE HELL OUT OF OUR GALAXY, both of you!"

-- Sheridan to the Vorlons and the Shadows

"To live on as we have is to leave behind joy, and love, and companionship, because we know it to be transitory, of the moment. We know it will turn to ash. Only those whose lives are brief can imagine that love is eternal. You should embrace that remarkable illusion. It may be the greatest gift your race has ever received."

-- Lorien to Ivanova

"You just made a mistake, Londo! Even if my associates lose this war they have allies! They'll make sure Centauri Prime pays the price for what you've done here today!"

"What I've done?! Oh, Mr. Morden, I haven't even started with you yet."

-- Morden and Londo

"Will you come with us?"

"I have been here since the beginning. I will not leave you now. I will go with you beyond the rim. And we will see again all those who went ahead of us, all those who we have missed for so long."

"Then we will not be alone?"

"No, never alone."

-- Vorlons, Lorien, and the Shadows

"Strange. The galaxy seems somehow smaller now that the First Ones are gone forever. It feels like the magic's gone now."

"No, not gone. Now we make our own magic. Now we create our own legends. Now we build the future. Now we stop--"

"--being afraid of shadows."

-- Sheridan and Delenn

External links

Into the Fire at The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5

Babylon 5

Series	Episodes The Gathering In the Beginning Thirdspace The River of Souls A Call to Arms The Legend of the Rangers The Lost Tales Crusade Episodes

Characters	Lyta Alexander Zack Allan Marcus Cole Vir Cotto Delenn Stephen Franklin G'Kar Michael Garibaldi Susan Ivanova Kosh Naranek Lennier Elizabeth Lochley Londo Mollari Na'Toth John Sheridan Jeffrey Sinclair Talia Winters Lorien

Species	List of civilizations Centauri Drakh First One Human Minbari Narn Pak'ma'ra Vorlon Shadow

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Babylon 5 episodes

Season 1	Midnight on the Firing Line Soul Hunter Born to the Purple Infection The Parliament of Dreams Mind War The War Prayer And the Sky Full of Stars Deathwalker Believers Survivors By Any Means Necessary Signs and Portents TKO Grail Eyes Legacies A Voice in the Wilderness (Parts 1 & 2) Babylon Squared The Quality of Mercy Chrysalis

Season 2	Points of Departure Revelations The Geometry of Shadows A Distant Star The Long Dark Spider in the Web Soul Mates A Race Through Dark Places The Coming of Shadows Gropos All Alone in the Night Acts of Sacrifice Hunter, Prey There All the Honor Lies And Now for a Word In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum Knives Confessions and Lamentations Divided Loyalties The Long, Twilight Struggle Comes the Inquisitor The Fall of Night

Season 3	Matters of Honor Convictions A Day in the Strife Passing Through Gethsemane Voices of Authority Dust to Dust Exogenesis Messages from Earth Point of No Return Severed Dreams Ceremonies of Light and Dark Sic Transit Vir A Late Delivery from Avalon Ship of Tears Interludes and Examinations War Without End (Parts 1 & 2) Walkabout Grey 17 Is Missing And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place Shadow Dancing Z'ha'dum

Season 4	The Hour of the Wolf Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi? The Summoning Falling Toward Apotheosis The Long Night Into the Fire Epiphanies The Illusion of Truth Atonement Racing Mars Lines of Communication Conflicts of Interest Rumors, Bargains and Lies Moments of Transition No Surrender, No Retreat The Exercise of Vital Powers The Face of the Enemy Intersections in Real Time Between the Darkness and the Light Endgame Rising Star The Deconstruction of Falling Stars

Season 5	No Compromises The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari The Paragon of Animals A View from the Gallery Learning Curve Strange Relations Secrets of the Soul Day of the Dead In the Kingdom of the Blind A Tragedy of Telepaths Phoenix Rising The Ragged Edge The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father Meditations on the Abyss Darkness Ascending And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder Movements of Fire and Shadow The Fall of Centauri Prime The Wheel of Fire Objects in Motion Objects at Rest Sleeping in Light

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