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Messages From Earth

Air no.: #52

Production no.: #308

First aired: 12.02.1996

Director: Mike Vejar

Script: JMS

Cast: Bruce Boxleitner [Captain John Sheridan], Claudia Christian [Commander Susan Ivanova], Jerry Doyle [Chief Michael Garibaldi], Mira Furlan [Delenn], Richard Biggs [Dr. Stephen Franklin], Bill Mumy [Lennier], Jason Carter [Marcus Cole], Stephen Furst [Vir Cotto], Jeff Conaway [Zack Allen], Peter Jurasik [Londo Mollari], Andreas Katsulas [G'Kar]

Guests: Nancy Stafford [Dr. Kirkish], [Duncan], James Warwick [Matthew Duffin], Merrin Oungey [guard], Vimi Mani [news caster], Loraine Shields [cook]

Synopsis: Dr. Mary Kirkish tells of a dig on Mars in 2253 that found a buried Shadow ship. Another has just been found on Ganymede. Clark's government intends to use it as a weapon against his opponents. Sheridan and Delenn take the White Star to Ganymede to destroy the newly found ship. As they arrive, Shadow ship absorbs a volunteer into its central core and awakens, destroying the Ganymede base. Sheridan lures it in the Jovian gravity well, causing it to be crushed.