A Day in the Strife is an episode from the third season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5

Babylon 5

Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on a space station named Babylon 5: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262...

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Synopsis

An alien probe approaches the station with a series of questions that have to be answered correctly within 24 hours, because otherwise Babylon 5 would be destroyed. G'Kar struggles to retain leadership of the Narn

Narn

The Narn are a fictional alien race in the universe of the Babylon 5 television series. Their homeworld is also called Narn.-Homeworld:Narn is the homeworld of the Narn and the Narn Regime. Its day is 31 hours long. Prior to the Centauri's first invasion, Narn was a healthy green planet. Now it...

 community aboard Babylon 5. Dr. Franklin

Stephen Franklin

Stephen Franklin is a lead character in the fictional universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by the late Richard Biggs. He serves as the chief medical officer on the Babylon 5 space station.-Personality:...

 is struggling with a Stim addiction and Garibaldi confronts him.

Arc significance

• Franklin's stim addiction has become readily apparent, and is confronted by Garibaldi.
• The Narn
  Narn
  The Narn are a fictional alien race in the universe of the Babylon 5 television series. Their homeworld is also called Narn.-Homeworld:Narn is the homeworld of the Narn and the Narn Regime. Its day is 31 hours long. Prior to the Centauri's first invasion, Narn was a healthy green planet. Now it...
  
  s on Babylon 5 have rallied around G'Kar, solidifying his status as a leader.
• Vir
  Vir Cotto
  Vir Cotto is a character from the fictional Babylon 5 universe, played on screen by Stephen Furst. He is a Centauri male who was from a family of minor nobility, who would eventually become the Centauri Ambassador to Babylon 5, and then became the Emperor of the Centauri Republic in 2278.Vir Cotto...
  
   is assigned to Minbar
  Minbari
  The Minbari are a fictional alien race featured in the television show Babylon 5. The Minbari characters of Delenn and Lennier figure prominently throughout the series; Neroon, Draal, and Dukhat are less prominent Minbari characters....
  
   as an emissary.
• The Narn that Sheridan
  John Sheridan (Babylon 5)
  John J. Sheridan is a lead character in the fictional universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Bruce Boxleitner. For most of the series, he is the commander of the Babylon 5 station; during the series' final season he is the President of the Interstellar...
  
  encountered on the Streib ship returns as Ta'Lon.