Babylon 5 No Surrender, No Retreat [Paperback]

A comprehensive episode-by-episode guide to the fourth thrilling season ofBabylon 5!

Filled with stunning revelations and explosive plot twists and turns,Babylon 5: No Surrender, No Retreatsums up the spellbinding fourth season. Culminating in some of the most dramatic events in television history, Captain Sheridan is pronounced missing and presumed dead on Z'ha'dum, while Delenn feverishly rallies support for an all-out offensive against the invading Shadow forces. Internal strife on Centauri erupts in a shocking and violent betrayal. Garibaldi resigns as Security Chief and turns to treachery, plotting against his comrades. And Earth launches a war against Babylon 5.

From “The Hour of the Wolf” through the shattering finale of “The Deconstruction of Falling Stars,” B5 expert Jane Killick's episode-by-episode summaries and analyses capture all the action and intrigue of Babylon 5 circa 2261— the year everything changed.

Veteran viewers or first-time fans, relive the adventure—or find out what you've been missing—with the complete companion volumes toBabylon 5!Before an actor can step in front of the camera, there must be a story to
tell. There must be words for him to speak, a costume for him to wear, a
set for him to stand in, and a camera crew to film him. All this takes a
great deal of planning and coordination, from putting the first words of a
script down on paper through designing and making costumes, sets, and
alien makeups and organizing the filming schedule. An episode may last
only forty-four minutes, but it is the result of many hundreds of
man-hours.

But before there are individual episodes, there is an overall plan. This
started in the late 1980s as a five-year story plan that has been added to
and changed as the series has developed. The man who created the story
arc, J. Michael Straczynski, keeps his notes in a "hodgepol³Á