Exogenesis (Babylon 5)

"Exogenesis"
Babylon 5 episode

Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 7
Directed by	Kevin Cremin
Written by	J. Michael Straczynski
Production code	307
Original air date	12 February 1996
Guest appearance(s)
James Warwick (Matthew Duffin) Wylie Small (Jacque Lee) Aubrey Morris (Duncan)

Exogenesis is an episode from the third season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.

Synopsis

Lieutenant JG Corwin receives a promotion to full Lieutenant and Captain Sheridan asks Ivanova to "talk" to Corwin and determine if they can trust him enough to bring him into the "Conspiracy of Light". Ivanova asks Corwin to come her quarters for a talk, which he mistakes for an invitation for a date and buys her flowers. When Corwin realizes that it isn't a date, he claims to have found the flowers outside her door.

Meanwhile, Marcus is in the process of building an internal network on Babylon 5; he notices several of his contacts beginning to act strangely. In the midst of his investigation with Dr. Franklin they discover parasitic aliens attaching themselves to lurkers. The parasites turn out to be Vindrizi claiming to want to save lives. While incarcerated by the people controlled by the Vindrizi, Marcus asks Franklin his opinion of Ivanova, stating "I sense in her a key as yet unturned", to which Franklin responds by laughing at their situation.

One of the Vindrizi is dying during the melding. The others bring Franklin to save it, allowing an opening for Marcus to escape and rescue Franklin. During the rescue it is discovered the Vindrizi are 500,000 years old and are living records. They travel the galaxy in their host bodies and their current hosts have volunteered for this life in order to serve a purpose from within. In order to prove their sincerity to Marcus and Franklin, one of the hosts (a friend of Marcus) removes his symbiont, essentially returning him to normal.

In the end Ivanova decides that Lt. Corwin is unfit for the "Conspiracy of Light", and Franklin agrees to assist the Vindrizi in their mission. While talking with Ivanova and Garabaldi, Franklin tells Ivanova that Marcus would like a second chance. She believes Marcus is the one who sent the flowers and returns them. Caught unaware of the situation, Marcus is quite pleased that he received flowers from Ivanova stating, "I guess there's hope for us after all."

Arc significance

Lieutenant Corwin is deemed unsuitable to join the 'Conspiracy of Light'.
The 'package' for Marcus that is on its way from Mars would appear to be Dr Mary Kirkish, who appears in the next episode ("Messages from Earth").
Marcus begins to develop feelings for Ivanova

External links

Exogenesis at The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5

Babylon 5

Series	Episodes The Gathering In the Beginning Thirdspace The River of Souls A Call to Arms The Legend of the Rangers The Lost Tales Crusade Episodes

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

Species	List of civilizations Centauri Drakh First One Human Minbari Narn Pak'ma'ra Vorlon Shadow

Ships	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

Wars	Centauri-Narn War Dilgar War Earth Alliance Civil War Earth–Minbari War Shadow War Telepath War

Locations	Babylon 4 Babylon 5 Z'ha'dum

Organizations	Earth Alliance EarthForce Grey Council Interstellar Alliance League of Non-Aligned Worlds Minbari Warrior Caste Nightwatch Psi Corps Rangers Technomages

Miscellanea	Novels, short stories and comic books List of people involved with Babylon 5 List of people involved with Crusade Babylon 5 influences Babylon 5's use of the Internet Babylon 5 Wars Collectible Card Game Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game Babylon Park Battle of the Line The Be Five Book of G'Kar Foundationism Great Machine Lurker's Guide Mythology PPG Shon'Kar Spoo Triluminary Index of Babylon 5 articles

Category:Babylon 5

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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