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• The origins of the series and characters
• His relationships with the cast and crew
• The triumphs and tragedies that took place behind the scenes

• The original treatment used to sell Babylon 5 to the network
• The Babylon 5 Writer's Bible
• "The Book of the War," an unfinished comic book script JMS wrote to introduce
• Marcus Cole
• Storylines for unfilmed episodes of Babylon 5
• The premise for Babylon 5: Rangers, a spin-off conceived prior to Crusade

• Early character sketches of:
• Jeffrey Sinclair
• Laurel Chang (later renamed Takashima)
• Michael Garibaldi
• Dr. Chakri Mendak (later renamed Benjamin Kyle)
• Delenn
• Londo Mollari
• G'Kar
• Kosh and his lifemate Velana (both in and out of their encounter suits)

• Logos
• Technology
• Ships both Human and alien
• Signage designed to be seen on the station
• Uniforms and insignia
• Vorlon encounter suits
• Plus early drawings of the interior and exterior of the Babylon 5 station itself

• JMS at the first Babylon 5 presentation
• The cast of The Gathering at the first Babylon 5 read through
• Mira Furlan and Peter Jurasik at their first convention
• The Babylon 5 station under construction
• Mira Furlan's makeup tests
• Peter Jurasik in Londo's wig for the first time
• The first sculpture of G'Kar's prosthetic
• Andreas Katsulas's first wardrobe and makeup test
• The first photo of Ambassador Kosh
• The Ikarran war machine and a plethora of other aliens designed for the pilot and
• series
• n'grath without the benefit of shadows to hide his shortcomings
• Rehearsals photos from key episodes like "And the Sky, Full of Stars" and "War
• Without End"
• The assembled Earth religions from "The Parliament of Dreams"
• The flyers and frilly underthings related to "Lyta's Lingerie"
• The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
• Harlan Ellison's cartoon lamenting the loss of B5's fifth season
• Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan, Bruce Boxleitner, Tracy Scoggins and Jeff Conaway
• celebrating the one hundredth episode of B5
• G'Kar's costume at the Museum of Television and Radio

• "And the Sky, Full of Stars"
• "The Parliament of Dreams"
• "Mind War"
• "Divided Loyalties"
• "Comes the Inquisitor"
• "Voices of Authority"
• "War Without End"
• and "Sleeping in Light," featuring JMS as the maintenance worker who shuts down the station
• Plus candid photos of the cast and crew at work and play, including Claudia Christian and Jerry Doyle armed with bananas during the shooting of "Babylon Squared"

• B5's Alien Sector
• Casting
• CGI
• Characters (with early notes on Captain John Strider)
• Costumes (Earthforce Uniforms and Insignia, Alien Attire and Encounter Suits)
• Logos
• Long-range planning for upcoming seasons
• Music (featuring notes to Christopher Franke about the theme music)
• Promotional spots (including JMS's ideas for advertising the show)
• Prosthetics
• Special Effects
• Storylines (some of which were never used)
• Title Sequences (images, music and narration)
• Unused Characters (The Boss, Idori Shima and Laura James)
• Weaponry (how the PPGs should work)

• JMS's frank critique of the pilot movie
• Notes to Bruce Boxleitner and Claudia Christian detailing the upcoming stories for
• their characters
• JMS's thank you to the cast and crew
• And even the plans drawn up to deal with the loss of the show's fifth season

• Shooting schedules for all the actors
• Script timings
• Visual effects tracker and storyboards

• The Gathering (with JMS's handwritten notes)
• Midnight on the Firing Line
• Soul Hunter
• Infection
• The Parliament of Dreams
• Mind War
• And the Sky, Full of Stars
• Signs and Portents
• A Voice in the Wilderness, Part One
• A Voice in the Wilderness, Part Two
• Babylon Squared
• The Quality of Mercy
• Chrysalis
• Points of Departure
• Revelations
• The Geometry of Shadows
• A Race Through Dark Places
• The Coming of Shadows
• All Alone in the Night
• Acts of Sacrifice
• Hunter, Prey
• And Now For a Word
• In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum
• Confessions and Lamentations
• Divided Loyalties
• The Long, Twilight Struggle
• Comes the Inquisitor
• The Fall of Night
• Matters of Honor
• Convictions
• A Day in the Strife
• Passing Through Gethsemane
• Voices of Authority
• Dust to Dust
• Exogenesis
• Messages From Earth
• Point of No Return
• Severed Dreams
• Ceremonies of Light and Dark
• Sic Transit Vir
• A Late Delivery From Avalon
• Ship of Tears
• Interludes and Examinations
• War Without End, Part One
• War Without End, Part Two
• Walkabout
• Grey 17 Is Missing
• And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place
• Shadow Dancing
• Z'ha'dum
• The Hour of the Wolf
• Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?
• The Summoning
• Falling Toward Apotheosis
• The Long Night
• Into the Fire
• Epiphanies
• The Illusion of Truth
• Atonement
• Racing Mars
• Lines of Communication
• Conflicts of Interest
• Rumors, Bargains and Lies
• Moments of Transition
• No Surrender, No Retreat
• The Exercise of Vital Powers
• The Face of the Enemy
• Intersections in Real Time
• Between the Darkness and the Light
• Endgame
• Rising Star
• Sleeping in Light (including pages featuring JMS's director's notes and
• reproductions of a script signed by the cast and crew)
• The Deconstruction of Falling Stars
• No Compromises
• The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari
• The Paragon of Animals
• A View From the Gallery
• Learning Curve
• Strange Relations
• Secrets of the Soul
• In the Kingdom of the Blind
• A Tragedy of Telepaths
• Phoenix Rising
• The Ragged Edge
• The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father
• Meditations on the Abyss
• Darkness Ascending
• And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder
• Movements of Fire and Shadow
• The Fall of Centauri Prime
• The Wheel of Fire
• Objects in Motion
• Objects at Rest
• In the Beginning

• The original 1989 version of the Babylon 5 pilot
• An alternate version of "And the Sky, Full of Stars," featuring Laurel Takashima
• The aborted version of "Soul Hunter" that JMS withdrew from the producers shortly after he turned it in
• The unfinished script for "Festival!"--an early version of "The Parliament of Dreams," featuring Mr. Jones
• The first draft of "Matters of Honor," featuring Simon Drake, the creator of the Babylon Project
• The joke pages from "The Exercise of Vital Powers," featuring a romantically involved Londo and G'Kar

AS WELL AS JOE CUTS: A page-by-page, scene-by-scene inventory of additions, deletions and alterations made to the Babylon 5 scripts between the time they left JMS's word processor and the moment they appeared on the television screen. Instead of scrounging around on the cutting room floor, let this detailed guide direct you to the scenes you couldn't see on TV, like the murder of a Ranger by Morden's Shadow bodyguards that was cut from "Interludes and Examinations."

And -- saving the best for last -- JMS'S ORIGINAL SYNOPSIS OF HOW BABYLON 5 WOULD HAVE DEVELOPED IF JEFFREY SINCLAIR HAD REMAINED IN COMMAND.