A Distant Star
| "A Distant Star" | |
|---|---|
| Babylon 5 episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 4 |
| Directed by | Jim Johnston |
| Written by | D.C. Fontana |
| Production code | 204 |
| Original air date | 23 November 1994 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Russ Tamblyn (Captain Jack Maynard) |
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Russ Tamblyn (Captain Jack Maynard)
Daniel Beer (Patrick)
Art Kimbro (Ray Galus)
Miguel A. Nunez, Jr. (Orwell)
Patty Toy (Ogilvie)
"A Distant Star" is an episode from the second season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.
In the opening scenes of the episode, an EarthForce Explorer-class ship, the EAS Cortez, is seen. The ship's captain, Jack Maynard, is an old friend of Babylon 5 commander Captain John Sheridan. Maynard decides to take the Cortez to Babylon 5 to be resupplied; during the stopover he plans to visit his friend Sheridan before the Cortez returns to the remote galactic rim.
The Cortez arrives. Sheridan shows Maynard around Babylon 5, but during his tour Maynard observes that being a space-station bureaucrat doesn't seem to suit a "die-hard spacer" like his friend John, something which upsets Sheridan, who begins to wonder if he's in the right job.
Maynard tells Sheridan, Lt. Keffer and others about a strange experience he had on the galactic rim; while patrolling near the Cortez in a shuttle Maynard spotted what he believed to be a huge, dark, ominous vessel hovering nearby. The vessel vanished before his co-pilot could see it, but Maynard is clearly troubled by the incident as he tells it to Sheridan.
Minbari Ambassador Delenn is being questioned by her own people as to whether or not she is still "one of them"; her physical change into a Minbari/Human hybrid has apparently led some Minbari to reject her. Despite her attempts to answer the concerns of the Minbari on Babylon 5, some of the station's Minbari still reject her authority and insist on dealing with their government at home, something she reluctantly agrees to allow.
Commander Ivanova is still recovering from the broken foot she suffered while trying to stop a Drazi riot (in an earlier episode), and Security Chief Garibaldi is also still recovering from being shot in the back.
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