Confessions and Lamentations
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| “Confessions and Lamentations” | |
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| Babylon 5 episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 18 |
| Guest stars | Jim Norton (Dr. Lazarenn) |
| Written by | J. Michael Straczynski |
| Directed by | Kevin Cremin |
| Production no. | 218 |
| Original airdate | 24 May 1995 |
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| List of Babylon 5 episodes | |
Confessions and Lamentations is an episode from the second season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
A deadly plague strikes the Markab race. Dr. Franklin desperately tries to understand the disease before it jumps species, which he succeeds in doing, but not before the Markab species becomes extinct.
The plague, with its attached religious taboos, is meant as an allegory for the AIDS epidemic.
[edit] Arc significance
- Develops Dr. Franklin's addiction to stims.
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