The Parliament of Dreams

In The Beginning
The Parliament of Dreams
The Purple Files
In The Beginning
The Gathering
Signs and Portents
The Coming of Shadows
Point of No Return
No Surrender, No Retreat
Thirdspace
The Wheel of Fire
The River of Souls
A View from the Gallery
Secrets of the Soul
To Live and Die in Starlight
A Call to Arms
The Apocalypse Box
Crusade
The Lost Tales

The Earth military encounters an alien race called the Minbari. Through a series of accidents and misunderstandings, a war breaks out that nearly results in the death of every human on Earth...

In this TV-movie, Robin Sachs plays Coplann, a member of the Minbari Grey Council. In an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, Sachs plays an alien named Valen. In B5, Valen is the name of the Minbari holy figure who originally formed the Council.

Continuity error: During the "ambush" scene, a Star Fury and a Dreadnaught suddenly disappear as the jump point opens on a heavy cruiser

Continuity error: When Sheridan, Franklin and G'Kar are captured by the Minbari, Sheridan is punched by a guard and his rank pin is crooked. In the next shot, his pin is suddenly straight.

 

 

Londo Mollari: The humans, I think, knew they were doomed. But where another race would surrender to despair, the humans fought back with even greater strength. They made the Minbari fight for every inch of space. In my life, I have never seen anything like it. They would weep, They would pray, They would say goodbye to their loved ones, then throw themselves without fear or hesitation into the very face of death itself, never surrendering. No one who saw them fighting against the inevitable, could help but be moved to tears by their courage, their stubborn nobility. When they ran out of ships they used guns. When they ran out of guns they used knives and sticks, and bare hands. They were magnificent. I only hope that when it is my time, I may die with half as much dignity as I saw in their eyes in the end. They did this for two years. They never ran out of courage. But in the end, they ran out of time.

 

 

President: Are we on? This is... this is the President. I have just been informed that the midrange military bases at Beta Durani and Proxima 3 have fallen to the Minbari advance. We have lost contact with Io and must presume they have fallen to an advance force. Intelligence believes the Minbari intend to bypass Mars and hit Earth directly. They say the attack could come at any time. We have... we have continued to broadcast our surrender and a plea for mercy. They have not responded. We can only conclude that we stand at the twilight of the human race. To buy time for more evacuation transports to leave Earth, we ask for the support of every ship capable of fighting to take part in a last defense of our home world. We will not lie to you: survival is not a possibility. Those who enter the battle will never come back. But for every ten minutes we can delay the enemy advance, several hundred more civilians may be able to escape to neutral territory. Though Earth may fall, the human race must have a chance to continue elsewhere. No greater sacrifice has ever been asked of a people. But I ask you now to step forward one last time, one last battle to hold the line against the night. God go with you all.

 

 

General Fontaine: We've heard that certain elements of their government want a meeting to discuss finding a way out of this war that doesn't involve the annihilation of Earth.

G'Kar: Most progressive of them.

 

Bruce Boxleitner - Lt. John J. Sheridan

Mira Furlan - Satai Delenn

Richard Biggs - Dr. Stephen Franklin

Andreas Katsulas - G'Kar

Peter Jurasik - Londo Mollari

Theodore Bikel - Lenonn

Reiner Schöne - Dukhat

Michael O'Hare - Lt. Cmdr. Jeffrey Sinclair

Robin Atkin Downes - Morann

J. Patrick McCormack - General Lefcourt

Tricia O'Neil - Earth Alliance President

Robin Sachs - Coplann

James Patrick Stuart - Presidential Aide

Jason Ross-Azikiwe - Sterns

Yasemin Baytok - Centauri Woman

Kristin Birch - Woman 1

Justin Carroll - Lexington Communications Officer

Ardwight Chamberlain - Voices of Kosh & Ulkesh

Jacob Chase - Luc Deradi

Tim Colceri - Jankowski

Timothy Davis-Reed - Man 1

Pancho Demmings - Alpha 7

Steven Ford - Prometheus First Officer

Mio R. Jakula - Ganya Ivanov

Nick Jameson - Minbari Pilot

Mike Kennedy - General Fontaine

Erica Mer - Lyssa Deradi

Mark Rafael Truitt - Minbari Warrior

Claudia Christian - Susan Ivanova

Lane Davies - Callier

Steven St. Croix - Earthforce Pilot

Jeffrey Willerth - Vorlon Ambassador Kosh Naranek

 

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