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.
Big fan of B5 here!
Every so often I re-watch it ! A breakthrough series in many ways. I really felt it lost something when the Sinclair character was replaced by Sheridan. I know it was necessary because of O’Hare’s illness. I never Boxleitner ever fit well into the roll or maybe the Sheridan character always seemed like badly placed rivet that was necessary but in the way. Yes season 5 was weak!