Babylon 5 episode
"Chrysalis"
Delenn ready to undergo change
Season	1
Episode no.	22
Prod. code	112
Airdate	9 February 1994
Writer(s)	J. Michael Straczynski
Director	Janet Greek
Guest star(s)	Julia Nickson (Catherine Sakai)
Year	2258
Episode chronology
Previous episode	The Quality of Mercy
Next episode	Points of Departure

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Plot synopsis

Garibaldi uncovers a plot to assassinate the Earth Alliance President, but is critically injured before he can stop the plan from being carried out. Ambassador Delenn begins a mysterious transformation. Michael Garibaldi, played by Jerry Doyle, is a fictional character in the universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... Delenn, played by Mira Furlan, is a fictional character in the universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ...

Arc significance

This is the final episode of the first series, so ends with a number of questions hanging.

• Delenn starts to undergo a transformation.
• There is a plot to kill President Luis Santiago.
• The Shadows attack a Narn world on behalf of Londo Mollari.
• It is evident Morden has some invisible masters/helpers.
• Garibaldi's aide has attempted to kill him to keep the assassination plot secret.
• Sinclair has proposed marriage to Catherine Sakai.

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Production details

Trivia

Clark's ceremony

LBJ's ceremony

• The episode was shot as number 112 in the series in order to allow enough time for the required extensive CGI effects to be finished.

• This episode marked the last appearance of Sinclair as a regular character.

• The image of President Santiago that appears in an ISN broadcast is actually Babylon 5 executive producer Douglas Netter, long-time creative partner of B5 creator J. Michael Straczynski, who jokes in the episode's DVD commentary that "… the first chance I had to kill him, I took it." ^[1]

• Vice President Clark's presidential swearing-in aboard EarthForce Two is an intentional homage to U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson's own ceremony aboard a plane, televised to the nation, immediately after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on 1963-11-22. (See comparison images at right.) According to JMS, it was coincidentally shot on the anniversary of Kennedy's death. ^[1]

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References

1. ^ ^a b Straczynski, J. Michael. "Chrysalis" commentary, Babylon 5: Season 1, disc 6.

External links

• Chrysalis at The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5
• The script for Chrysalis is in volume 2 of the Babylon 5 Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski