Infection (Babylon 5)

"Infection"
Babylon 5 episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 4
Directed by	Richard Compton
Written by	J. Michael Straczynski
Production code	101
Original air date	18 February 1994
Guest appearance(s)
David McCallum (Dr. Vance Hendricks) Marshall Teague (Nelson Drake)
Episode chronology

"Infection" is an episode from the first season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.

Synopsis

A-Plot

Dr. Vance Hendricks brings to Babylon 5 a deadly weapon from a long-dead civilization that is revived and wreaks havoc on the station.

The artifacts are confiscated by EarthForce Bioweapons Division.

B-Plot

An ISN reporter attempts to interview Commander Sinclair, in the end succeeding, but not without some difficulty.

Arc significance

"Infection" marks the first mention of Interplanetary Expeditions, or IPX, an archaeological research corporation with ties to secret government projects and weapons research. The company is featured prominently in the third-season episode "Messages from Earth."
Garibaldi has been fired from 5 different jobs for "unspecified personal problems" (later revealed to be his alcoholism). His assignment on Babylon 5 is probably his last shot in Earth Force.
The Vorlons have technology based on organic systems, and there is a strong hint that the Minbari do as well.
Towards the end of the episode, Garibaldi comments on Sinclair's rash bravery, which seemed common among veterans of the Earth-Minbari War. He notes, "I think they're looking for something worth dying for because it's easier than finding something worth living for." This line of thinking is repeated by Lorien in the Season 4 episode Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?

Production details

"Infection" was the first regular episode of Babylon 5 to be filmed. Coincidentally, guest star Marshall R. Teague also appeared in "Objects at Rest", the final episode of the series to be filmed, in which he played Ta'Lon.
A reference to Star Trek technical consultant Michael Okuda can be seen when a medical scan of the alien artefact shows "Okudazin" as one of the contents. Okuda himself inserted many in jokes into the LCARS computer displays for Star Trek referencing other science fiction franchises.

Notes

This episode is often cited as the weakest episode of the series.

Memorable quotes

You forgot the first rule of a fanatic: when you become obsessed with the enemy, you become the enemy. - Michael O'Hare as "Jeffrey Sinclair"

External links

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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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