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Both two AMAZING space shows from the 90s with wars and politics and good ol' shenanigans
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So, the first season is kinda rocky. Many of the actors are struggling to come to terms with their makeup and costumes, the effects aren't all that great, and, not wishing to spoil, it's laying a LOT of groundwork for what is to come. The second and third seasons are AMAZING.
The fourth and fifth seasons...let's talk about them. What happened was, the network was going to shut down, meaning Babylon 5 wouldn't get it's planned 5th season, so they crammed as much A plot into the fourth season as possible to finish the main story. So it's a bit...intense. Then another network picked up the show for the fifth season after all...after some of the principal cast took other jobs. So they stretched out a lot of the B-plots that were supposed to be in Season 4 into full episodes in Season 5, and...what can I say they made a whole season of TV after the show's climax.
They made a cuddle season
If you enjoyed it and did a second watch through you see the immense world building they do in season 1 that ties into later season plots. On first watch through it sounds just like filler, or even just something specific the episode, but it wasn't as often as you'd think for a 90s show. Even though I grew up in the 80s and 90s I didn't watch Babylon 5 till about 10 years ago and I still found the first season rough, like close to TNG rough.