Racing Mars

"Racing Mars"
Babylon 5 episode
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 10
Directed by	Jesus Trevino
Written by	J. Michael Straczynski
Production code	410
Original air date	21 April 1997
Guest appearance(s)
Jeff Griggs (Dan Randall) Clayton Landey (Number Two) Marjorie Monaghan (Number One) Mark Schneider (Wade) Donovan Scott (Captain Jack)
Episode chronology

"Racing Mars" is an episode from the fourth season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.

Synopsis

Dr Franklin and Marcus arrive on Mars to begin coordinating with the resistance.

Arc significance

We see signs of friction between Garibaldi and Sheridan.
The creature that controlled Captain Jack will later be identified as the Drakh keeper, which made its first appearance (chronologically) in Epiphanies

Production details

The Identicards given to Marcus and Franklin are for Jim Fennerman and Daniel Lane, respectively. Their backstory is that they are a young married couple on holiday to Mars on their honeymoon. This is a rare look at human social issues in the Babylon 5 universe and insinuates that by the 23rd century, same-sex marriage is perfectly legal not only on Earth but throughout Earth-controlled space. Same-sex relationships and themes in television SF were not typical at this time. In a 2014 interview, show creator J. Michael Straczynski said that "We didn't make a big deal out of them being married. We played it exactly as if it was a male-female couple being married, or pretending to be married. I think it didn't have much of a fuss about it because it's science fiction, you're expected to be able to do those sorts of things more readily than you can in a mainstream show. But yeah, we were out there in the forefront of these things 20 years ago."^[1]

External links

Racing Mars at The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5

References

↑ Reiher, Andrea (31 January 2014). "'Babylon 5' turns 20: Creator J. Michael Straczynski reflects on the show's legacy". Zap2it.com. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

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Characters	Lyta Alexander Zack Allan Alfred Bester Byron Marcus Cole Vir Cotto Delenn Dukhat Stephen Franklin G'Kar Michael Garibaldi Susan Ivanova Kosh Naranek Lennier Elizabeth Lochley Lorien Londo Mollari Morden Na'Toth Lord Refa John Sheridan Jeffrey Sinclair Ulkesh Talia Winters Zathras

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Ships	Agamemnon Black Star Excalibur Explorer class starship Frazi heavy fighter G'Quan class heavy cruiser Hyperion class heavy cruiser Liandra Nial class heavy fighter Nova class dreadnought Olympus class corvette Omega class destroyer Primus class battlecruiser Raider Fighter Sentri medium fighter Shadow Planet Killer Sharlin Class Warcruiser Starfury Sun Hawk class gunship T'Loth class cruiser Trigati Valen class cruiser Vorchan White Star

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Babylon 5 episodes

Season 1	Midnight on the Firing Line Soul Hunter Born to the Purple Infection The Parliament of Dreams Mind War The War Prayer And the Sky Full of Stars Deathwalker Believers Survivors By Any Means Necessary Signs and Portents TKO Grail Eyes Legacies A Voice in the Wilderness (Parts 1 & 2) Babylon Squared The Quality of Mercy Chrysalis

Season 2	Points of Departure Revelations The Geometry of Shadows A Distant Star The Long Dark Spider in the Web Soul Mates A Race Through Dark Places The Coming of Shadows Gropos All Alone in the Night Acts of Sacrifice Hunter, Prey There All the Honor Lies And Now for a Word In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum Knives Confessions and Lamentations Divided Loyalties The Long, Twilight Struggle Comes the Inquisitor The Fall of Night

Season 3	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 (Parts 1 & 2) Walkabout Grey 17 Is Missing And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place Shadow Dancing Z'ha'dum

Season 4	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 The Deconstruction of Falling Stars

Season 5	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 Day of the Dead 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 Sleeping in Light

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