Darkness Ascending

DARKNESS ASCENDING
Babylon 5, Episode 5x15 Production number: 516 First aired: 3 June 1998 103rd Babylon 5 episode to be aired
Production Credits
Written By: J. Michael Straczynski Directed By: Janet Greek Executive Producer: Douglas Netter & J. Michael Straczynski Producer: John Copeland Production Designer: John Iacovelli Director of Photography: John C. Flinn, III A.S.C. Editor: Kathie Burr Music By: Christopher Franke
Episode Chronology
Story Date: July 13th - 15th, 2262 ^[1]
Chronological Order
Preceded by: Meditations on the Abyss
Followed by: And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder
Broadcast Order
Preceded by: Meditations on the Abyss
Followed by: And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder
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Production InformationEdit

This episode, along with the other 21 from Season 5 have been released on DVD with extensive Special Features.

Curiously, there are two date related continuity errors in this episode. Specifically, Lyta mentions the last time she & G'Kar sat and spoke was "Summer, 2257", when it had been previously established in ("Divided Loyalties") that Lyta came aboard "January 3, 2257" and "left about six weeks later". Secondly Garibaldi mentions that Catherine Sakai "disappeared over a year ago", which while technically correct is misleading as the events of her disappearance as depicted in ("To Dream in the City of Sorrows") take place in November 2259, fully two and a half years prior to this episode.
The Terry Jones timeline printed in Across Time and Space, has the events occurring on July 13th - 15th, 2262.
The I. Marc Carlson timeline has the events occurring in September.

Babylon 5 Season 5 "Wheel of Fire"
<<< Previous Season • "No Compromises" • "The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari" • "The Paragon of Animals" • "A View from the Gallery" • "Learning Curve" • "Strange Relations" • "Secrets of the Soul" • "Day of the Dead" • "In the Kingdom of the Blind" • "A Tragedy of Telepaths" • "Phoenix Rising" • "The Ragged Edge" • "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father" • "Meditations on the Abyss" • "Darkness Ascending" • "And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder" • "Movements of Fire and Shadow" • "The Fall of Centauri Prime" • "Wheel of Fire" • "Objects in Motion" • "Objects at Rest" • "Sleeping in Light"