BABYLON 5  &   CRUSADE
Episode RATINGS List

This is purely a list of all Babylon 5 and Crusade episodes, with a subjective letter grade assigned to each.  For full commentary and analysis of each, visit the Episodes page, and click on an individual title.

Season One:  Signs and Portents     overall grade:  B- 
(I've switched the numbering to the more simple broadcast order, 1-22, each season)

101  Midnight on the Firing Line   B

102  Soul Hunter  B

103  Born to the Purple   C-

104  Infection  C-

105  The Parliament of Dreams   B

106   Mind War   B

107 The War Prayer   C+

108  And The Sky Full Of Stars   B-

109  Deathwalker   A-

110  Believers   D+

111  Survivors   D+

112  By Any Means Necessary   C-

113  Signs and Portents   A-

114  TKO    D+

115  Grail   C-

116  Eyes   B+

117  Legacies   C-

118  A Voice in the Wilderness part 1    B+

119  A Voice in the Wilderness part 2    A-

120  Babylon Squared   A

121  The Quality of Mercy   B-

122  Chrysalis   A-

Season Two:  The Coming Of Shadows  overall grade: B+

201 Points of Departure   B+

202 Revelations   A-

203 The Geometry of Shadows   A

204 A Distant Star   A-

205 The Long Dark   B-

206 A Spider in the Web   C-

207 Soul Mates   B+

208  A Race Through Dark Places   B

209 The Coming of Shadows   A+

210 GROPOS   B-

211 All Alone in the Night   B

212 Acts of Sacrifice  B-

213 Hunter, Prey   C+

214 There All the Honor Lies   C

215 And Now For a Word    B-

216 In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum   A

217 Knives   C-

218 Confessions and Lamentations   B-

219 Divided Loyalties   B+

220 The Long, Twilight Struggle   A

221 Comes the Inquisitor   A-

222 The Fall of Night    A

Season Three:  Point of No Return  overall grade: A

301 Matters of Honor   B

302 Convictions  B-

303 A Day in the Strife   B

304 Passing Through Gethsemane   B

305 Voices of Authority   A-

306 Dust to Dust   B+

307 Exogenesis   C+

308 Messages from Earth   A-

309 Point of No Return    A

310 Severed Dreams    A+

311 Ceremonies of Light and Dark   B+

312 Sic Transit Vir    B-

313 A Late Delivery from Avalon   C+

314 Ship of Tears   A-

315 Interludes and Examinations   A

316 War Without End, Part One   A

317 War Without End, Part Two   A

318 Walkabout   B+

319 Grey 17 Is Missing    B-

320 And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place     A

321 Shadow Dancing   A

322 Z'ha'dum    A+

Season Four:  No Surrender, No Retreat   overall grade: A

401 The Hour of the Wolf   A-

402 Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?   A-

403 The Summoning   A

404 Falling Toward Apotheosis   A

405 The Long Night   A

406 Into the Fire   A+

407 Epiphanies   A-

408 The Illusion of Truth    B

409 Atonement   B

410 Racing Mars   B+

411 Lines of Communication   B+

412 Conflicts of Interest   B+

413 Rumors, Bargains and Lies   B+

414 Moments of Transition   B+

415 No Surrender, No Retreat   A-

416 The Exercise of Vital Powers   A-

417 The Face of the Enemy   A

418 Intersections in Real Time   B

419 Between the Darkness and the Light   A-

420 Endgame   A

421 Rising Star   A

422 The Deconstruction of Falling Stars   A-

Season Five:  Wheel of Fire  overall grade: B

501 No Compromises   B-

502 The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari    B

503 The Paragon of Animals   C+

504 A View from the Gallery   B-

505 Learning Curve   C+

506 Strange Relations   B-

507 Secrets of the Soul   B-

508 In the Kingdom of the Blind   B-

509 A Tragedy of Telepaths   B

510 Phoenix Rising   B+

511 Day of the Dead   A-

512 The Ragged Edge   B

513 The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father    B+

514 Meditations on the Abyss   B+

515 Darkness Ascending   A-

516 And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder   A-

517 Movements of Fire and Shadow   A-

518 The Fall of Centauri Prime   A-

519 Wheel of Fire   A-

520 Objects in Motion   A-

521 Objects at Rest   A-

522 Sleeping in Light   A+

Movies

The Gathering (Pilot)   C-

The Gathering (Revised TNT movie)   C+

In the Beginning   A-

Thirdspace   A-

The River of Souls   B

A Call to Arms   B+

Crusade   overall rating: started out in the C+ range, but was rapidly improving before cancellation.  B
[I've listed broadcast order as well as production order here-- it's particularly relevant for Crusade]

1 108 War Zone    C+

2 107 The Long Road     B-

3 106 The Well of Forever    B

4 109 The Path of Sorrows    B+

5 110 Patterns of the Soul    C+

6 111 Ruling from the Tomb   C+

7 112 The Rules of the Game   C+

8 113 Appearances and Other Deceits   B-

9 103 Racing the Night   A

10 102 The Memory of War   A

11 101 The Needs of Earth   B-

12 104 Visitors from Down the Street   A-

13 105 Each Night I Dream of Home   C+

14  114 Value Judgments *   B

15  115  To the Ends of the Earth *   A-

16  122  End of the Line *   A

*Unproduced scripts.