Infection (Babylon 5)

Infobox Television episode
Title = Infection
Series = Babylon 5


Caption =
Season = 1
Episode = 4
Airdate = 18 February 1994
Production = 101
Writer = J. Michael Straczynski
Director = Richard Compton
Guests = David McCallum (Dr. Vance Hendricks)
Marshall Teague (Nelson Drake)
Episode list = List of "Babylon 5" episodes
Prev = Born to the Purple
Next = The Parliament of Dreams

"Infection" is an episode from the first season of the science-fiction television series "Babylon 5".

ynopsis

Dr. Vance Hendricks brings to Babylon 5 a deadly weapon from a long-dead civilization that is revived and wreaks havoc.

Arc significance

"Infection" marks the first mention of Interplanetary Expeditions, or IPX, an archaeological research corporation with ties to secret government projects and weapons research. The company is featured prominently in the third season episode "Messages from Earth," and Max Eilerson in the "Babylon 5" spin-off series "Crusade" is an IPX employee. Garibaldi has been fired from 5 different jobs for "unspecified personal problems". His assignment on Babylon 5 is probably his last shot in Earth Force.

The Vorlons have technology based on organic systems, and there is a strong hint that the Minbari do as well.

Production details

"Infection" was the first regular episode of Babylon 5 to be filmed.

A reference to Star Trek technical consultant Michael Okuda can be seen when a medical scan of the alien artefact shows "Okudazin" as one of the contents. Okuda himself inserted many in jokes into the LCARS computer displays for Star Trek referencing other science fiction franchises.

External links

* [http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/guide/004.html Infection] at "The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5"
* [http://babylon5.epguides.info/?ID=910 Infection] at [http://babylon5.epguides.info/ "Babylon 5 Episode Guide"]