Atonement (Babylon 5)

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“Atonement”
Babylon 5 episode
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 9
Written by	J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by	Tony Dow
Guest stars	Brian Carpenter (Callenn) Reiner Schöne (Dukhat)
Production no.	409
Original airdate	24 February 1997
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"Atonement" is an episode from the fourth season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.

Synopsis

As Babylon 5 recovers from the propaganda war started on ISN, Sheridan sends Marcus and Dr. Franklin to Mars. 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 leader Dukhat.
• It is learned the Delenn is a descendant of Valen, and one of many Minbari to be a mixture of human and Minbari as a result.

Production details

Trivia

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• The episode concludes with Marcus Cole singing the beginning of the Major General's Song from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic operetta The Pirates of Penzance.
• Even though he is mentioned in various episodes before and after this, this episode was the first time the character of Dukhat was seen by audiences.

External links

• Atonement at The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5