- Atonement (Babylon 5)
Infobox Television episode
Title = Atonement
Series = Babylon 5
Caption =
Season = 4
Episode = 9
Airdate =24 February 1997
Production = 409
Writer =J. Michael Straczynski
Director =Tony Dow
Guests =Brian Carpenter (Callenn)Reiner Schöne (Dukhat)
Episode list = List of "Babylon 5" episodes
Prev =The Illusion of Truth
Next =Racing Mars "Atonement" is an episode from the fourth season of the science-fiction television series "
Babylon 5 ".ynopsis
As Babylon 5 recovers from the propaganda war started on ISN, Sheridan sends Marcus and Dr. Franklin to Mars. Along the journey, they annoy each other, including Marcus singing the
Major-General's Song to Dr. Franklin's discontent.Members of Delenn's clan decide that Delenn should return home to Minbar and justify her deepening relationship with John Sheridan. Delenn makes a discovery about her ancestry once she arrives on Minbar.
Arc significance
* It is learned that
Delenn had given the order to go to war with humanity after the humans killed the Minbari leaderDukhat .
* It is learned the Delenn is a descendant ofValen , and one of many Minbari to be a mixture of human and Minbari as a result. Because she never was pure Minbari, even before undergoing her metamorphosis by the Triluminary, her clan relents and allows Delenn to marry John Sheridan.Production details
External links
* [http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/guide/075.html Atonement] at "
The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5 "
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