Soul Hunter (Babylon 5)
| "Soul Hunter" | |
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| Babylon 5 episode | |
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Sinclair and Delenn |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Jim Johnston |
| Written by | J. Michael Straczynski |
| Production code | 102 |
| Original air date | 2 February 1994 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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W. Morgan Sheppard (The Soul Hunter) |
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W. Morgan Sheppard (The Soul Hunter)
"Soul Hunter" is an episode from the first season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.
Lt. Cmdr. Susan Ivanova and Commander Jeffrey Sinclair stand near one of Babylon 5's entry bays, waiting for the station's new medical chief of staff, Dr. Stephen Franklin. Sinclair introduces Franklin to Ivanova; Franklin is eager to begin his duties, but is surprised at how busy the station is.
In C&C, a crew member informs Sinclair of an unidentified ship emerging from the jumpgate on a collision course with the station.
Sinclair takes a Starfury out to grapple the vessel — a potential first contact — and tow it away before impact, but has the station's defensive grid armed, just in case. Sinclair successfully brings the ship in.
On his way to the medical bay, Sinclair passes Delenn, who offers to accompany him to identify the unknown occupant. Franklin is unable to determine if he is injured; but Delenn recognizes him. She seizes Michael Garibaldi's gun and nearly fires on the alien before Sinclair wrestles the weapon away from her. "You don't know what that thing is," she declares. "It is Shak Tot. It is a Soul Hunter."
Back in Delenn's quarters, she explains to Sinclair that the Soul Hunters are an ancient alien order, who capture and preserve the souls of distinguished individuals at the time of death. The Minbari consider them thieves and kidnappers; she urges him to send it away while he still can.
In the mess hall, Sinclair, Ivanova, and Garibaldi comment on how the alien population has gone into hiding and how several ships have asked to depart ahead of schedule. In Downbelow, a fight breaks out over a gambling dispute, while simultaneously the Soul Hunter begins to awaken. As a lurker is chased and stabbed, the Soul Hunter stands and begins to speak: "Can you feel it?" he asks. "It comes." The injured victim is brought into Medlab as the Soul Hunter narrates his death in metaphorical terms. The medical staff's efforts to save the stabbing victim are unsuccessful, and the Soul Hunter comments: "Gone now. Gone. Gone. Gone. If you could only see..."
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