Thank god, I never watched more than two episodes of season 5.

The ISA definitely had some practical issues. But I never thought the Earth Alliance seemed unrealistic. It always seemed to me as something somewhere between the current European Union and the U.S.
The most improbable political situation, to me, is the Minbari Grey council. How does a government like that function?…

I read something about this regarding Star Trek once; the thing is that while most of these shows espouse generally liberal ideals. Their methods however are more traditionally conservative, with an emphasis on authoritarian structures.
Partially it's simply the result of the nature of this kind of show. With the kind…

There is something sad about that, though it probably speaks volumes to JMS inflated sense of self. However to some extent I can sort of understand why he would say it. B5 seemed like much more of an insular undertaking, with a far less certain future than its big rival. That seems like the kind of circumstance that…

Minbari at times are Vulcans, Klingons and Romulans, and of course Tolkien's elves. But the Minbari don't lie thing seems to me just the result of succesful marketing by themselves. There's tremendous advantage to be had in convincing people of stuff like that. Note that it's a Centauri, who have known the Minbari for…

This episode also had Betty Draper's dad as that shouty sergeant. But all I can think of for the regulars is Ivanova showing up on Freaks and Geeks twice.