Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Episode coverage task force
- Please read the debate on writing articles on individual television episodes.
Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to individual Television episodes. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.
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Parent Wikiprojects
The parent of this WikiProject is the Wikiproject Television
Participants
TV shows currently using these guidelines
TV shows not yet using these guidelines
Other series for which there exist numerous articles about invididual episodes, and for which formatting should be standardized:
- Star Trek and its many spinoffs
- Alias
- List of The Twilight Zone episodes
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Docter Who
- Babylon 5
Structure of an episode article
Infobox
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All episode articles should contain a {{Infobox Television episode}} as depicted to the right. There are a lot of related infoboxes in use and we need to clean it up:
- {{B5 episode}} Babylon 5
- {{ST episode}} Startrek
- {{Doctorwhobox}} Doctor Who
- {{Infobox Angel Television episode}}
- {{Infobox Television The Apprentice}}
- {{Infobox Arrested Development episode}}
- {{Infobox Ben 10 episode}}
- {{Infobox Futurama episode}}
- {{Infobox Simpsons episode}}
- {{Infobox South Park episode}}
- {{Infobox Roswell episode}}
- {{Infobox Weeds episode}}
- {{Infobox The West Wing episode}}
Introduction
"Midnight on the Firing Line" is the first regular episode of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.
Plot synopsis
During a shift change at the Centauri agricultural colony of Ragesh 3, a fleet of ships emerges from hyperspace and begins attacking the colony.
(Plot synposes will obviously vary in depth.)
Arc significance
"Midnight on the Firing Line" marks the first mention of Londo's dream fortelling his own death. The fulfillment of this prophecy is seen in "War Without End," although it takes place in a markedly different context than that which Londo anticipates in this episode.
Production details
"Midnight on the Firing Line" was originally titled "Blood and Thunder."
Although "The Gathering" was filmed as the pilot episode and was intended to be followed immediately with regular episodes, there was actually almost a year between the broadcast of the pilot and the broadcast of the first episode -- therefore "Midnight on the Firing Line" functioned in part as a second pilot.
Trivia
- When Londo approaches G'Kar to confront him about the attacks, G'Kar offers Londo spoo, noting that it is "quite fresh." In the fifth season episode "A Tragedy of Telepaths," we learn that the Centauri consider an offer of fresh spoo an insult.