At first glimpse, B5 looked hokey. It didn’t take long watching to realize how in-depth the show was. Great acting from Mira and rest of the cast made that possible.
Yes, season one is somewhat weak and episodic, until after watching later seasons you see how he was setting up the chessboard.
Most assumptions about the characters and races you would make based only on season one are wrong, very, very wrong...
The cast often joked about how they rented space at a hotub manufacturer/warehouse in a small industrial park north of Burbank to use as their studio. They would laugh at the image of Andreas Katsulas in full costume standing out on the street smoking a cigarette while everyone else would stare at him.
-PJ