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What order should I watch episodes in? What about movies? Are there any "fluff" episodes that I can ignore?

Departures from the original US airing order are marked with a +.

Props to [1]

note to self: [2]

The numbers on the left are the season, disk, episode - production code. So s1,cd1/1 - 103 is season one, CD one, episode one.

Items marked with a + are out-of-order from the original air date.

1. film: Babylon 5 - The Gathering
2. s1,cd1/1 - 103 [3] Midnight on the Firing Line
3. s1,cd1/2 - 102 [4] Soul Hunter
4. s1,cd1/3 - 104 [5] Born to the Purple
5. s1,cd1/4 - 101 [6] Infection
6. s1,cd2/1 - 108 [7] The Parliament of Dreams
7. s1,cd2/2 - 110 [8] Mind War
8. s1,cd2/3 - 107 [9] The War Prayer
9. s1,cd2/4 - 106 [10] And The Sky Full Of Stars
10. s1,cd3/1 - 113 [11] Deathwalker
11. s1,cd3/2 - 105 [12] Believers
12. s1,cd3/3 - 111 [13] Survivors
13. s1,cd3/4 - 114 [14] By Any Means Necessary
14. s1,cd4/1 - 116 [15] Signs and Portents
15. s1,cd4/3 + 109 [16] Grail
16. s1,cd4/4 - 122 [17] Eyes
17. s1,cd5/2 - 120 [18] A Voice in the Wilderness part 1
18. s1,cd5/3 - 121 [19] A Voice in the Wilderness part 2
19. s1,cd5/4 - 118 [20] Babylon Squared
20. s1,cd6/1 - 117 [21] The Quality of Mercy
21. s1,cd4/2 + 119 [22] TKO
22. s1,cd5/1 + 115 [23] Legacies
23. s1,cd6/2 - 112 [24] Chrysalis
24. s2,cd1/1 - Points of Departure
25. s2,cd1/2 - Revelations
26. s2,cd1/3 - The Geometry of Shadows
27. s2,cd1/4 - A Distant Star
28. s2,cd2/1 - The Long Dark
29. s2,cd2/2 - A Spider in the Web
30. s2,cd2/4 + A Race Through Dark Places
31. s2,cd2/3 + Soul Mates
32. s2,cd3/1 - The Coming of Shadows
33. s2,cd3/2 - GROPOS
34. s2,cd3/3 - All Alone in the Night
35. s2,cd3/4 - Acts of Sacrifice
36. s2,cd4/1 - Hunter, Prey
37. s2,cd4/2 - There All the Honor Lies
38. s2,cd4/3 - And Now For a Word
39. s2,cd5/1 + Knives
40. s2,cd5/2 - 218 Confessions and Lamentations
    1. RE-CHECK :: My notes say to put 218 (this) before 217. That would shift it from before 'Divided Loyalties'.
41. s2,cd4/4 + 217 In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum
42. s2,cd5/3 - Divided Loyalties
43. s2,cd5/4 - The Long, Twilight Struggle
44. s2,cd6/1 - Comes the Inquisitor
45. s2,cd6/2 - The Fall of Night
46. s3,cd1/1 - Matters of Honor
47. s3,cd1/2 - Convictions
48. s3,cd1/3 - A Day in the Strife
49. s3,cd1/4 - Passing Through Gethsemane
50. s3,cd2/1 - Voices of Authority
    1. This was originally meant to air before "Passing Through Gethsemane," but since the events of this episode tie into the beginning of "Dust to Dust," and aren't mentioned at all in "Gethsemane," the initial airing order is actually an improvement.
51. s3,cd2/2 - Dust to Dust
52. s3,cd2/3 - Exogenesis
53. s3,cd2/4 - Messages from Earth
54. s3,cd3/1 - Point of No Return
55. s3,cd3/2 - Severed Dreams
56. s3,cd3/3 - Ceremonies of Light and Dark
57. s3,cd4/1 + A Late Delivery From Avalon
58. s3,cd3/4 + Sic Transit Vir
59. s3,cd4/2 - Ship of Tears
60. s3,cd4/3 - Interludes and Examinations
61. s3,cd5/2 + Walkabout
62. s3,cd4/4 - War Without End, Part One
63. s3,cd5/1 - War Without End, Part Two
64. s3,cd5/3 - Grey 17 Is Missing
65. s3,cd5/4 - And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place
66. s3,cd6/1 - Shadow Dancing
67. s3,cd6/2 - Z'ha'dum
68. s4,cd1/1 - The Hour of the Wolf
69. s4,cd1/2 - Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?
70. s4,cd1/3 - The Summoning
71. s4,cd1/4 - Falling Toward Apotheosis
72. s4,cd2/1 - The Long Night
73. s4,cd2/2 - Into the Fire
    1. This is noted as going before 414 / Moments of Transition
74. s4,cd2/3 - Epiphanies
75. s4,cd2/4 - The Illusion of Truth
76. film: Babylon 5 - Thirdspace
    1. Definitely watch after 406 "Into the Fire" and before 414 "Moments of Transition".
77. s4,cd3/1 - Atonement
78. s4,cd3/2 - Racing Mars
79. s4,cd3/3 - Lines of Communication
80. s4,cd3/4 - Conflicts of Interest
81. s4,cd4/1 - Rumors, Bargains and Lies
82. s4,cd4/2 - Moments of Transition
    1. This is noted as going after 406 / Into the Fire
83. s4,cd4/3 - No Surrender, No Retreat
84. s4,cd4/4 - The Exercise of Vital Powers
85. s4,cd5/1 - The Face of the Enemy
86. s4,cd5/2 - Intersections in Real Time
87. s4,cd5/3 - Between the Darkness and the Light
88. s4,cd5/4 - Endgame
89. s4,cd6/1 - Rising Star
90. s5,cd1/1 - No Compromises
91. s5,cd1/2 - The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari
92. s5,cd1/3 - The Paragon of Animals
93. s5,cd1/4 - A View from the Gallery
94. s5,cd2/1 - Learning Curve
95. s5,cd2/2 - Strange Relations
96. s5,cd2/3 - Secrets of the Soul
97. s5,cd3/1 + In the Kingdom of the Blind
98. s5,cd3/2 - A Tragedy of Telepaths
99. s5,cd3/3 - Phoenix Rising
100. s5,cd3/4 - The Ragged Edge
101. s5,cd2/4 + Day of the Dead
102. s5,cd4/1 - The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father
103. s5,cd4/2 - Meditations on the Abyss
104. s5,cd4/3 - Darkness Ascending
105. s5,cd4/4 - And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder
106. s5,cd5/1 - Movements of Fire and Shadow
107. s5,cd5/2 - The Fall of Centauri Prime
108. s5,cd5/3 - Wheel of Fire
109. s5,cd5/4 - Objects in Motion
110. s5,cd6/1 - Objects at Rest

1. film: Babylon 5 - The River of Souls
2. film: Babylon 5 - A Call to Arms
   1. Oh. My. God. Bad music!!!
3. film: Babylon 5 - The Legend of the Rangers
   1. I'm tempted to put this far earlier, but they finally tie into the overarching storyline very late in the film.
4. s5,cd6/2 - Sleeping in Light

1. s4,cd6/2 - The Deconstruction of Falling Stars
   1. This one goes very far into the future of things. I'd personally move it so it's seen at the end of season five somewhere.
2. film: Babylon 5 - In the Beginning
   1. Originally noted to be at the end of season four, but it should probably instead be around the end of season five.