Hello, friends! Many thanks, first of all, to rukbat3 for assembling the survey that was used to vote on the numerous issues that cropped up due to airing/production orders for this show; it made assembling this list much easier. Thank you to everyone who discussed this in the comments, too; you’re all greatly appreciated and have made me even more excited to watch this show and talk about it with all of you.
Obviously, this is not a definitive order or a sanctioned one; it’s just the one I’ll be using to watch the show in as faithful and sensible of a manner. I have also been warned to avoid many of the DVD covers and the opening bits in the menus (also thanks to rukbat3 for that!), so I should be good to go at this point to remain UNSPOILED throughout my viewing.
So, here’s the official order for Mark Watches Babylon 5:
The Gathering
Season 1 in DVD order EXCEPT move 1×14 and 1×17, in that order, to after 1×21
Season 2 in DVD order EXCEPT swap episodes 2×07 and 2×08 AND swap episodes 2×16 and 2×17
Season 3 in DVD order
Season 4, 4×01 through 4×08
Thirdspace
Season 4, 4×09 through the end
In the Beginning
Season 5 in DVD order
River of Souls
The Legend of the Rangers
A Call to Arms
Crusade, with the order below:
1×01 – War Zone
1×02 – The Long Road
1×04 – The Path of Sorrows
1×06 – Ruling from the Tomb
1×08 – Appearances and Other Deceits
1×09 – Racing the Night
1×11 – The Needs of Earth
1×10 – The Memory of War
1×12 – Visitors from Down the Street
1×13 – Each Night I Dream of Home
1×05 – Patterns of the Soul
1×03 – The Well of Forever
1×07 – The Rules of the Game
The Lost Tales
As of this post, the entire show has been commissioned; only some of the films and all but one episode of Crusade is left, so you’re welcome to claim any of those!Â
