John Sheridan (Babylon 5)

John David Sheridan1(?? - 2281), played by Bruce Boxleitner, is a fictional character in the universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.

Z'ha'dum

The Shadows found that Sheridan's wife Anna was still alive, and that she was acting as the CPU for a Shadow vessel. The Shadows pulled her out as soon as they made the connection between her and Sheridan. Because of her time in the Shadow vessel, her original personality had died some time ago. A new personality had developed, which was totally loyal to the Shadows. They sent Anna to Babylon 5 to bring Sheridan to them on Z'ha'dum.

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Sheridan was once told by Kosh that if he went to Z'ha'dum he would die. During his vision of the future, that version of Delenn told him not to go to Z'ha'dum. During his vision of the future, Centauri Prime had been devastated. He began thinking that originally perhaps he had listened to Delenn and did not go to Z'ha'dum. He reasoned that if he did go to Z'ha'dum that the vision of the future he had seen would not occur. So he accompanied Anna on the White Star to Z'ha'dum. What he did not tell her or anyone else was that he had hidden two fusion bombs on to the ship.

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While on Z'ha'dum, the Shadows attempted to co-opt him to their side. Sheridan refused to cooperate. He revealed that he considered Anna to be dead, the Anna he knew never would have cooperated with the Shadows. Sheridan also revealed that he knew based on scarring on the back of her neck that she had been plugged into a Shadow vessel. They said that he was right. The first humans on Z'ha'dum were given a choice by the Shadows. Either work with the Shadows, or face enslavement or death by them. Anna refused to cooperate, and was thus enslaved by the Shadows. Sheridan escaped from the Shadows, and went to a balcony overlooking the capital city. He then activated the bombs, and put the White Star on a collision course with the city.

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Meanwhile, a group of Shadow Vessels had surrounded Babylon 5. Delenn was listening to a recording that he made. Sheridan explained his reasons for going to Z'ha'dum in the recording, and that he loved her.

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Anna tried one last attempt to get Sheridan to cooperate with the Shadows. He refused, and jumped off the balcony into a pit that was miles deep. At that moment, the White Star crashed into the city, and a huge nuclear explosion destroyed the capital city.

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When the capital city was destroyed, the Shadow vessels left Babylon 5. Sheridan's colleagues realized that he was now dead.

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