Season five is fucking great when you know the circumstances. This was a show with a meticulously planned five year arc. They abruptly got told “yeah nah, we’re cancelling you end of s4”. So a massive, massive rewrite to roll up and finish off the Shadow war and just after they pulled it off “actually the ratings pulled up, you can have your fifth season”
With no more arc.
So they pulled the entire fifth season out of their arses in a very short span of time. With no more story to tell. And you know what? It’s a fuckin’ testament to the skill of those involved it turned out half decent
Season 5 is worse than 2-4, but not worse than S1. The problem is that B5 was always on the verge of being canceled, and so I think they finished the main story in Season 4, and so there’s as much going on in Season 5, except for tying up loose ends and finishing character arcs. So, they added weak filler shit like the colony of rogue telepaths.
And then in season 5 it gets way worse. Those middle three are alright, though.
Season five is fucking great when you know the circumstances. This was a show with a meticulously planned five year arc. They abruptly got told “yeah nah, we’re cancelling you end of s4”. So a massive, massive rewrite to roll up and finish off the Shadow war and just after they pulled it off “actually the ratings pulled up, you can have your fifth season”
With no more arc.
So they pulled the entire fifth season out of their arses in a very short span of time. With no more story to tell. And you know what? It’s a fuckin’ testament to the skill of those involved it turned out half decent
Season 5 is worse than 2-4, but not worse than S1. The problem is that B5 was always on the verge of being canceled, and so I think they finished the main story in Season 4, and so there’s as much going on in Season 5, except for tying up loose ends and finishing character arcs. So, they added weak filler shit like the colony of rogue telepaths.