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Encyclopedia > Mind War
“Mind War”
Babylon 5 episode
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 6
Guest stars William Allen Young (Jason Ironheart)
Felicity Waterman (Kelsey)
Julia Nickson (Catherine Sakai)
Walter Koenig (Bester)
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by Bruce Seth Green
Production no. 110
Original airdate 2 March 1994
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"Mind War" is an episode from the first season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. The episode marks the first appearance of Walter Koenig as the recurring character of Alfred Bester. Babylon 5 is an epic American science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... William Allen Young (born in 1953 in Washington, District of Columbia) is an African American actor best known to play a role of Frank Michell in Moesha but was in many movies and guest-starred in many shows. ... Felicity Waterman is an actress best known for her role as Vanessa Hunt during the final two seasons of the television drama series Knots Landing. ... Julia Nickson-Soul (b. ... Walter Marvin Koenig (born September 14, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, writer, teacher and director, best known for his roles as Chekov in Star Trek, and as Bester on the series Babylon 5. ... Alfred Bester is the name of a fictional character in the television series Babylon 5, played by Walter Koenig. ... Joseph Michael Straczynski (born July 17, 1954) is an award-winning American writer/producer of television series, novels, short stories, comic books, and radio dramas. ... Bruce Seth Green is a director who has worked on several major television productions in the last three decades, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawsons Creek, and Gilmore Girls. ... March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... The Parliament of Dreams is an episode from the first season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... The War Prayer is an episode from the first season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... This is a list of Babylon 5 episodes. ... Babylon 5 is an epic American science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... Walter Marvin Koenig (born September 14, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, writer, teacher and director, best known for his roles as Chekov in Star Trek, and as Bester on the series Babylon 5. ... Alfred Bester is the name of a fictional character in the television series Babylon 5, played by Walter Koenig. ...

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Plot synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Talia Winters' old instructor at Psi-Corps, Jason Ironheart, whom she was also romantically linked with him in the past, arrives on the station. Andrea Thompson as Talia Winters in Babylon 5 Talia Winters is a character appearing on the science fiction television show Babylon 5 during its first and second seasons. ... Spoiler warning: In the fictional universe of Babylon 5, the Psi Corps was an agency of the Earth Alliance responsible for telepathic individuals. ... The list of Babylon 5 Characters contains major characters from the entire Babylon 5 franchise. ...


Alfred Bester also arrives on the station, in pursuit of Jason. Bester is a Psi-Cop, powerful telepath members of Psi Corps that pursue "rogue" telepaths under the premise that the general population is in danger from them. Warning: This is NOT a scientific article. ...


Catherine Sakai plans to go to a planet named Sigma 957 but is warned by G'kar of the dire consequences of doing so. The Babylon 5 Universe: Topic index - Episode list - People list Articles by category Characters - Crusade - Episodes Films - Novels - Planets - Races - Ships - Wars GKar, played by the late Andreas Katsulas, is a fictional character in the universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ...


Arc significance

  • Catherine Sakai is warned by G'Kar not to survey the planet she has in mind, Sigma-957.
  • First appearance/Hint of the First Ones.
  • Introduces the Psi Corps and the character of Bester.
  • Introduces Jason Ironheart's gift to Talia.

The Babylon 5 Universe: Topic index - Episode list - People list Articles by category Characters - Crusade - Episodes Films - Novels - Planets - Races - Ships - Wars GKar, played by the late Andreas Katsulas, is a fictional character in the universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... The First Ones is the collective name of a group of aliens from the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. ... Spoiler warning: In the fictional universe of Babylon 5, the Psi Corps was an agency of the Earth Alliance responsible for telepathic individuals. ... Alfred Bester is the name of a fictional character in the television series Babylon 5, played by Walter Koenig. ... Andrea Thompson as Talia Winters in Babylon 5 Talia Winters is a character appearing on the science fiction television show Babylon 5 during its first and second seasons. ...

Production details

Trivia

The character of Bester is named after science fiction writer Alfred Bester, whose novels The Demolished Man and The Stars My Destination provide some of the inspiration for aspects of telepathy in the Babylon 5 universe. Alfred Bester Alfred Bester (born December 18, 1913 in New York City, died September 30, 1987) was a science fiction author and the winner of the first Hugo Award in 1953 for his novel The Demolished Man. ... The Demolished Man is a 1951 science fiction novel by Alfred Bester, and was the first Hugo Award winner in 1953. ... Galaxy magazine cover from October 1956 The Stars My Destination (also called Tiger! Tiger!) is a science fiction novel by Alfred Bester, first published in Galaxy magazine in October 1956. ... (this article is about the parapsychological phenomenon. ...


Bester uses the phrase "Be seeing you" as a farewell to Commander Sinclair near the end of the episode, along with a gesture where his thumb and forefinger formed a circle over one of his eyes, which he then tipped forward in a salute. This was the form of farewell used in The Prisoner television series. The Prisoner was a 1967 UK science fiction television series, starring Patrick McGoohan. ...


Quantium-40 is revealed as a necessary substance for the manufacture of jump gates.


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