Babylon 5 is one of the best SciFi TV shows ever made.

This was a golden episode. “Never hand someone a gun unless you’re sure where they’re going to point it. You’re mistake.”

Classic Sinclair.

It's a great show. It talks with depth and feeling about rising authoritarianism, fascism, interacting with other faiths, faith vs. medicine, forgiveness, betrayal, war and peace. It's a wonderful show.

The whole series is absolutely worth watching. I've been through it twice. Always glad to see people discovering it years later.

This isn't confirmed, but it's widely circulated that JMS, the guy who made the show (J. Michael, I can't spell his last name, but I can say it), pitched the idea to Paramount during the run of Star Trek: The Next Generation. They turned down his idea, saying that Star Trek needs to be set on a ship, and then called in their writers to begin work on Deep Space Nine, based on ideas he presented. Either way, they are both great shows that are worth watching, and the viewers win for having both, whether it's the choice between one or the other (since you can't go wrong with either), or both.

I just watched that episode. It's pretty darn good. The first season is a bit rough, but once the series gets going it's some of the best TV ever.

What hit me in particular, while watching B5 for the first time during lockdown, was the pandemic episode.

B5 is the greatest! Love seeing more people learning about it. MJS is working on something new to the universe last I heard. Glad you gave it another chance!