It definitely blends action, drama, politics, and philosophy like Stat Trek does, but leans far more into drama/politics. I can understand why one might lose interest early on.

From what I remember it start a little slow, but it starts to pick up around half way of the first season and it's pretty consistenly great after that. It has been while since I rewatched it though

First season? Yeah that one is a bit rough. But the payoff is worth the setup.

I feel this. Sometimes I have to remind myself it took, like, 5 tries on Breaking Bad to get past Walter standing in a desert in his tightie whities.

I think B5 is the one where the test pilot goes too fast and winds up on a big alien spaceship?

Hmm give this one a go

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0517627/

While it's not quite the style of the show, it still a fun way to see the whole station and get a taste of the over arching plot stuff.

Get to episode 8, "And the Sky Full of Stars." If that doesn't grab you, then rest assured that the show is just not your thing.

It's just a one-off film from 2023, not a series. And it is also not really a true "spinoff" like Crusade, as it does focus on the same main characters from the series, just during an unexplored time period that had been glossed over before the series finale.

As for how enjoyable it is, I thought it was fine, but I am no film critic. Taken from Wikipedia:

On Rotten Tomatoes it has a score of 83% based on reviews from 6 critics.[12] Tara Bennett of IGN Movies rated it 7 out of 10 and wrote: "J. Michael Straczynski’s script stridently wears its heart on its sleeve, which will likely land for nostalgic old-timers but play a little cloying for those without prior investment."[13] Rob Owen of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review wrote: "As stories go, The Road Home is pretty meh, standard sci-fi fare with a sappy, humanistic overlay."[14]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_5:_the_Road_Home

Nah it was the latest film, done in animated form

I thought it was pretty bad. I got together with some friends to watch and we barely made it through. It was just boring.

It's available for free with ads, though thankfully the ad breaks are where they are supposed to be, on Tubi

https://www.amazon.com/Babylon-5-Season-1/dp/B000I5SYHS

Here. If you want it legally, at least. Believe it or not, Pirate Bay has the fandom-produced 1080p upscale. It looks really good, whoever did the render really put some love into it.