I wouldn't want to break up the flow of Season 3 that way. (Similarly, we know when "Thirdspace" happens, but I wouldn't want to put it there; it's an out-of-sequence experience for a reason.)

Oh, it does. Watching it now blows most of the first season to bits, with large chunks of 2 and 3. Watching it after 3 you're mostly safe, but for complete accuracy, I'd say watch it when it aired…after season 4.

Oh, it does. Watching it now blows most of the first season to bits, with large chunks of 2 and 3. Watching it after 3 you're mostly safe, but for complete accuracy, I'd say watch it when it aired…after season 4.

Yeah, I don't recommend that approach. First, you miss a lot of metaplot and hints, and second, there are some good episodes in there.

Yeah, I don't recommend that approach. First, you miss a lot of metaplot and hints, and second, there are some good episodes in there.

As I mentioned below, the show didn't precisely have reliable air times…even if you were a devoted fan, you might end up missing episodes thanks to bad airtime, no advertising of time slots, no consistent time slot, and of course bumping for events like sports. Now, in the era of DVD and DVR, all that seems ridiculous…

As I mentioned below, the show didn't precisely have reliable air times…even if you were a devoted fan, you might end up missing episodes thanks to bad airtime, no advertising of time slots, no consistent time slot, and of course bumping for events like sports. Now, in the era of DVD and DVR, all that seems ridiculous…

I think you hit the nail on the head when you described the serialized shows as _The Sopranos_, _The Wire_, and _Battlestar Galactica_ (shows from the 2000s and forward) before saying that _B5_'s pilot is more like _Buffy_'s or _Trek: TNG_'s.

I think you hit the nail on the head when you described the serialized shows as _The Sopranos_, _The Wire_, and _Battlestar Galactica_ (shows from the 2000s and forward) before saying that _B5_'s pilot is more like _Buffy_'s or _Trek: TNG_'s.

As I understand it, the original intent was for Delenn to be male (as evidenced by the head crest) in the first season.

As I understand it, the original intent was for Delenn to be male (as evidenced by the head crest) in the first season.

I figure we have seen Ted Kord on the show. Yep, I'm calling it now: the shadow-voyeur (the Partner) is Ted. That sonic weapon he fired on the golem looked like Beetle's.

I figure we have seen Ted Kord on the show. Yep, I'm calling it now: the shadow-voyeur (the Partner) is Ted. That sonic weapon he fired on the golem looked like Beetle's.

Unfortunately, the Hugo Awards use Instant-Runoff Voting, which means that votes don't really split. (In short: Voters rank their choices, the choice that receives the fewest number of votes is eliminated, and those votes drop to their second choice and the system is recalculated.) Which is particularly frustrating in…