Babylon 5 is now free to watch on YouTube

Babylon 5 just jumped ship from Tubi and docked at YouTube, and fans are treating the station like it’s 1995 again—complete with weekly watch parties and heated threads. Warner Bros is uploading episodes on a slow-drip schedule starting with the pilot, and yes, people noticed they’ve posted episodes 1, 3, and 4 so far. Cue the memes: “Did the Minbari hide Episode 2?” Meanwhile, the uploads live on a Warner-affiliated channel with the wonderfully chaotic name Clipzone: Beyond Infinity—which some call clever marketing, and others side-eye as a funnel to merch and paid seasons.

The loudest chorus? Newcomers: stick with it. Veterans keep warning that Season 1’s “cringey humour” and bargain-bin effects are a rite of passage before the fireworks of Seasons 3 and 4. Old-school sci‑fi fans also resurrected the eternal Babylon 5 vs. Deep Space Nine debate, crediting both for pioneering long, novel-like story arcs, and turning the comments into a nostalgia-fueled treaties summit. But the spiciest take belongs to the “give us more” crowd: people are openly pledging vital organs for a continuation and chanting for creator J. Michael Straczynski to steer a reboot with full creative freedom.

Between the weekly cadence, the classic line—“Sooner or later everyone comes to Babylon 5.”—and fresh memes, the fandom has turned YouTube into a space station-sized reunion while keeping one wary eye on corporate strategy and the other glued to the next Thursday drop.