Yep. And, in spite of a budget, they did some really nice things: for instance, they were totally out of the "bumpy-head" Star Trek template. Alien makeup was relatively very imaginative and normal looking. And the acting was extraordinary; I think of the nothing that Worf was, versus what intense feeling Andreas Katsulas got through the G'kar makeup. Same with Londo.
Then there was the fact that jms, an atheist, knew identifiable human religion wouldn't just be swept away by glorious humanism (Roddenberry's pipedream).
We've re-watched eps that I remembered as not being the best, and always there's more than I recalled.
Yep, great series. Pity jms had to juggle things under the constant threat of cancellation.
Dan
I always got a kick out of watching Londo and Garibaldi together, Dan.
I had to constantly remind myself that Pete Jurasick also played the superbly slimy and whiny "Sid, the Snitch" on "Hill Street Blues" about a year earlier opposite Dennis Franz as "Bad Sal" Benedetto" under all that make-up.
Ivanova and Emperor Kosh were great examples of "Less is More" in their style.
Jack.