Follow-Ups to Answer from Expert Steve John Perkins

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Martin wrote at 2006-10-18 16:20:55
I have just completed the B5 marathon again and agree with Steve's order, except for one important difference:



In my opinion, THE ABSOLUTELY BEST MOMENT TO WATCH IN THE BEGINNING IS DURING SEASON III, EXACTLY BETWEEN WAR WITHOUT END PART 1 AND WAR WITHOUT END PART 2!

Technically, the movie would fit in seamlessly if you watch the teaser for WWE 2 before stopping the episode and watching ItB, then return to WWE 2.



I don't want to spoil too much so I won't explain why this is the best moment in great detail.



Just this:

- ItB is a story of the past told from somebody in the future, and it affects the present (yeah, I know, crazy!)

- WWE blends past, present and future

- a major story arc chronologically starts with ItB, has its highlight with WWE and ends during the first half of Season IV (the episode 4x09 "Atonement")

- Contrary to the opinion of some fans, I think you should watch ItB BEFORE episode 4x09, "Atonement". The story makes more sense to me.

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Rawk wrote at 2007-10-24 20:44:23




The poster above says...



" midway through season 4 between the episodes of "Into the Fire" and "Moments of Transition" is the time to watch "Thirdspace" which is set between these 2 episodes and has no spoilers or anything as it is pretty self contained"      



Only following this advice I ran into one problem...



***SLIGHT SPOILER****



If you watch thirdspace in that spot you will wonder where mr garibaldi is and why he isnt in the movie.     You will also wonder why frank allen is now head of security of babylon 5.    



Thirdspace is self contained aside from those aspects,  I see no harm in watching a few episodes past moments of transition which will explain these things to you and thirdspace will still fit into the timeline just as tidy.  

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Rawk wrote at 2007-10-25 18:03:52
 **Correction**  I meant to type Zack Allen ,  not frank! Cheers.

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Kahless wrote at 2009-05-26 20:25:10
To help make sense of the text above which i found quite helpful I made this list for quick reference.



Babylon 5 Watch Order



•   Pilot: “The Gathering”

•   Season 1

•   Season 2

•   Season 3

•   Season 4 Up To E13 “Rumors, Bargains and Lies”

•   Movie: “Thirdspace”

•   Season 4 Resume E14 “Moments of Transition”

•   Movie: “In the Beginning”

•   Season 5 Up To E22 “Objects at Rest”

•   Movie: “River of Souls”

•   Movie: “Legend of the Rangers”

•   Movie: “A Call To Arms”

•   Watch 13 Episodes from “Crusade”

•   Season 5 Finale and Series Finale “Sleeping in the Light”

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Roman wrote at 2010-10-10 09:29:48
Hello. I have noticed that you've written that "Third Space" should be watched between "Into the fire" and "Moments of transition", but that is to jump a gun a little bit. "Third space" must have happened after the "Atonoment" because in the "Third Space" Zack Allan has the Black Minbari-made uniform and has the position of the Chief of Security which did not happen until the "Atonoment".

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BabFan wrote at 2011-03-24 02:39:36
The previous poster was pretty accurate, but there are a couple of points that I think I should add. Even though the OP has gotten their answer already, for the sake of people finding this post through search engines(it's one of the top listings when searching "babylon 5 viewing order") I thought I'd clarify a couple of points.



The previous poster suggested watching "Thirdspace" between the season 4 episodes "Into the Fire"(episode 6) and "Moments of Transition"(episode 14) however.....

Many suggest watching "Thirdspace" after season 4 episode 8 "The Illusion of Truth" and before episode 9 "Atonement" as a prominent character returns in episode 9 and is not present in the movie. So I would say between episodes 6 and 9 and no later.



The other point I'd like to make is that there is another movie that was released straight to DVD called "The Lost Tales – Voices in the Dark" in 2006(around the time the original post was made, which is probably why it wasn't mentioned)



It should be watched after the "Crusade" series but BEFORE season 5 episode 22 "Sleeping in the Light"



There was a plan to make another "Lost Tales" installment, and it was given the go-ahead after the success of DVD sales for the first "Lost Tales" installment. However, the creators were dissatisfied with "Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark" as it had the low budget of 2 million dollars and the second installment, which was supposed to center on Londo and Garibaldi was going to have a similarly low budget. So the creators decided not to make it on the grounds that they didn't want to further dilute the Babylon 5 legacy with sub-par and low budget installments.



Despite all this "The Lost Tales – Voices in the Dark" is well worth watching, despite it's low budget.



The creators have stated that they would be willing to make another installment if given a higher budget and were able to make a cinema released high budget feature film. With the success of the Star Trek movie, it seems to be a legitimate possibility. But that's probably just wishful thinking.

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BABYLONELY wrote at 2011-03-24 02:54:27
yes, Thirdspace, should be watched between episodes 8 and 9 of season 4 as any earlier and Zach Allan is not the head of security and any later and Garibaldi has returned to the station(he isn't in the movie as he's off being weird elsewhere until episode 9, although he leaves again after a couple of episodes), and furthermore in subsequent episodes there are few episodes where the full range of major characters are all on the station at once.



As such it only really fits between episode 8 "The Illusion of Truth" and before episode 9 "Atonement" however it can be watched after "Atonement" if you wish, but there is a feeling of loss of continuity.

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