What is the most pivotal sci-fi TV moment of the 1990s? While the Star Trek and X-Files franchises could dominate a list that answers that question, the little space station that could, Babylon 5, was consistently dropping banger after banger from 1994 to 1998. And on November 1, 1995, the second season of the show jammed in a crucial twist into the last few moments of the finale, “The Fall of Night.”
Though Babylon 5 would have a handful of memorable twists and finales across its five seasons, “The Fall of Night” is perhaps the most underrated of the pack, simply because it perfectly represents what made the series so smart: It made epic events into deeply personal moments.
