Gag.....
What was good about it? Where was the space travel. A bunch of diplomats and their intrigues. Yes there was some space travel...a minor amount. But really. So you have revisionist history between B5 and DS9....big deal, ds9 was the second worse ST just above Voyager which, except for Jeri Ryan was unwatchable ( and she did cause Obama to be elected so she is on my $h!tlist too).
I tried numerous times to watch B5. Never got through more than 20 minutes. Boring and poorly written.
Babylon 5 Seasons 3 and 4 were masterpieces—imho the best science fiction in a video format ever.
But the series got off to a slow start in the early seasons.
Just try Season 3 and see what you think—it is truly creative edge of the chair stuff.
And—the Vorlons were totally amazing—once you figured out what they were about...
There were some stinker episodes, and it sounds to me like you found them all. There were quite a few epic space battles.
The one thing I will give you is that the last season was a stinker. It was supposed to be a five year story, and they finished it in four because they were worried it would be cancelled. Then when they got the fifth season JMS had no idea what to do with it and it shows.