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jordanlund, 1 year ago to quarks in What's the consensus here regarding Babylon Five?

I’m in the minority who believes Fox was right to start Firefly with the Train Robbery, so what do I know? :) (I know my wife fell asleep 1/2 way through the original pilot.)

jordanlund, 1 year ago to quarks in What's the consensus here regarding Babylon Five?

There are problems with Season 1, Season 2 has a better hook and because they replaced the commander and are doing a bunch of catch up work, there’s no harm starting there then circling back.

Season 1 is a slow burn and there are a lot of filler episodes that don’t go anywhere (looking at you Infection, Deathwalker, Believers, TKO).

That being said, the must watch season 1 episodes:

1-3, 5-8, 11-13, 16-20, 22.

jordanlund, 1 year ago to quarks in What's the consensus here regarding Babylon Five?

It’s not that season 5 is bad, it’s that they pretty much resolved everything in season 4 when they didn’t think they were getting a season 5.

Then, after they hit it out of the park with 4, TNT comes along and goes “So about season 5…”

“Uhh… yeah… season 5… heh.” 💧💧😅💧💧

jordanlund, 1 year ago to quarks in What's the consensus here regarding Babylon Five?

First season is all setup. Really, start with season 2.

Season 4 is the single best season of sci fi television ever done.

Here’s what I would do…

Burn through season 2 and 3, then go back and watch season 1 so you can see all the seeds they planted there before hitting season 4.

Season 5 is the “Oh, crap, we thought we weren’t getting a season 5…”