Well kind of like captains and 2nd officers on the Enterprise constantly go off on dangerous "away missions" even though they have hundreds of crew members and a full security staff.
At least B5 tried to explain it away many times with needing to log flight hours and the characters just wanting the change of scenery. …

brivari for everyone!

I didn't mean to disagree wth stjulien- sorry, I suppose I should have provided better context.
In fact I was supporting him/her in that I am seeing anti-Mann snark here and all over the 'webs and I just don't get it.

I didn't mean to disagree wth stjulien- sorry, I suppose I should have provided better context.
In fact I was supporting him/her in that I am seeing anti-Mann snark here and all over the 'webs and I just don't get it.

So, Aimee Mann is another thing I'm supposed to hate?  I didn't realize that was a thing.
Unfortunately, I'm a fan.  Darn, it's so hard to keep up with culture.

So, Aimee Mann is another thing I'm supposed to hate?  I didn't realize that was a thing.
Unfortunately, I'm a fan.  Darn, it's so hard to keep up with culture.

My gramma was a hotel maid in Israel and ended up cleaning up Danny Kaye's room.  She said he was a slob but then when she came to clean he'd get embarrassed and start trying to tidy up himself.  At the time she only vaguely knew he was some kind of actor but only later actually saw all his movies and became a fan,…

My gramma was a hotel maid in Israel and ended up cleaning up Danny Kaye's room.  She said he was a slob but then when she came to clean he'd get embarrassed and start trying to tidy up himself.  At the time she only vaguely knew he was some kind of actor but only later actually saw all his movies and became a fan,…

IMO B5's first season is better than first seasons of shows at the time.  It was just the nature of TV that shows had to take a while to figure themselves out.

IMO B5's first season is better than first seasons of shows at the time.  It was just the nature of TV that shows had to take a while to figure themselves out.

Not time management- emotional and political turmoil.  Clearly he had time to visit Delenn, he was at a bar.  But as Joe V points out, Garibaldi was shot and possibly dying, and also a shocking event that hit all humans hard (analogous to what happened to JFK 50 years ago, which people are STILL shocked about).

Not time management- emotional and political turmoil.  Clearly he had time to visit Delenn, he was at a bar.  But as Joe V points out, Garibaldi was shot and possibly dying, and also a shocking event that hit all humans hard (analogous to what happened to JFK 50 years ago, which people are STILL shocked about).

Maybe you're thinking of the 5th season president, the Russian lady?

Maybe you're thinking of the 5th season president, the Russian lady?

Caught one of the Rambo movies on tv the other day and… I'm pretty sure that was Catherine Sakai, as a Vietnamese soldier type speaking hilariously terrible English.
Man was she a cutey.

Caught one of the Rambo movies on tv the other day and… I'm pretty sure that was Catherine Sakai, as a Vietnamese soldier type speaking hilariously terrible English.
Man was she a cutey.

Yeah you could tell that JMS and the writers/producers spend a lot of time thinking through the "practical," physical realities of what it might be like to be a young space-faring culture.  And so you have political discord, constant concern about resources, safety/security, workers, economic classes, etc.

Yeah you could tell that JMS and the writers/producers spend a lot of time thinking through the "practical," physical realities of what it might be like to be a young space-faring culture.  And so you have political discord, constant concern about resources, safety/security, workers, economic classes, etc.

I've been an uber-fan for a while and I don't remember anything about Babylon Prime.

I've been an uber-fan for a while and I don't remember anything about Babylon Prime.