Atonement (Babylon 5)
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| “Atonement” | |
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| Babylon 5 episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 9 |
| Guest stars | Brian Carpenter (Callenn) Reiner Schone (Dukhat) |
| Written by | J. Michael Straczynski |
| Directed by | Tony Dow |
| Production no. | 409 |
| Original airdate | 24 February 1997 |
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| List of Babylon 5 episodes | |
"Atonement" is an episode from the fourth season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Members of Delenn's clan decide that Delenn should return home to Minbar and justify her deepening relationship with John Sheridan. Delenn makes a discovery about her ancestry once she arrives on Minbar.
[edit] Arc significance
- It is learned that Delenn had given the order to go to war with humanity after the humans killed the Minbari leader Dukhat.
- It is learned the Delenn is a descendant of Valen, and one of many Minbari to be a mixture of human and Minbari as a result.
[edit] Production details
[edit] Trivia
- The episode concludes with Marcus Cole singing the beginning of the Major General's Song from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic operetta The Pirates of Penzance.
- Also JMS stated a dropped plot point, that Marcus and Dr. Franklin were going to pose as newlyweds on honeymoon.
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