"Points of Departure" is the first episode of the second season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.
Earth Alliance Destroyer EAS Agamemnon is seen orbiting an unspecified planet. Captain John Sheridan is heard informing an unspecified party that if they have any further trouble with hijackers to contact him and he will handle the situation. Sheridan then receives an incoming message from General William Hague, the Chairman of the ...
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"Points of Departure" is the first episode of the second season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.
Earth Alliance Destroyer EAS Agamemnon is seen orbiting an unspecified planet. Captain John Sheridan is heard informing an unspecified party that if they have any further trouble with hijackers to contact him and he will handle the situation. Sheridan then receives an incoming message from General William Hague, the Chairman of the EarthForce Joint Chiefs of Staff informing him of sightings of a renegade Minbari warcruiser, the Trigati, and orders for "one other mission."
In a voice-over we learn that Lieutenant Commander Ivanova is temporarily in command of Babylon 5 and that Jeffrey Sinclair, the Commander of Babylon 5, has been reassigned to Earth. The events from the last episode of season one are recounted.
Ivanova then receives a message from Hague; he informs her that Sinclair is being reassigned permanently. Sheridan has been appointed as the new commanding...
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