It had a chance at greatness, but just didn’t connect like DS9.
Later seasons just seem to be all over the place. Still love the show.
Maybe you misunderstood me. B5 was, IMHO, far and away the better show. B5 was a trailblazer for many modern series with a long, overarching plotline going across episodes and seasons.
I also felt B5 only improved in seasons 2-4 as small hints and plot elements right back in the pilot have their significance revealed. I have watched the whole series from beginning to end at least 5 times and still catch new things. As far its ambitions go, only the MCU compares, abet with much bigger budgets and names.
Season 5 of B5 was a little weak because JMS had to rush the climax in season 4 when he wasn’t sure he would get a season 5. Still B5 season 5 wipes the floor with any season of DS9.
And DS9 at its weakest was some of the best Trek, which is to say that most Trek was dreadful. TOS had a few really outstanding episodes and still love WoK. I was excited with TNG when it first came out because I was young and dumb and thought Trek was cool, but stopped watching it with any regularity in the last few seasons as I became less dumb and enchanted with it. I have yet to watch any of the TNG movies. Don’t get me started on how bad Voyager or Enterprise were. I hear there is a new series out but I just can’t be bothered.