B5 is a little special in that regard. The lead of S1 had to leave because of schizophrenia. Straczynski essentially retooled the whole series afterward. New lead with a new tone.
Then S5 is shit because they were expecting to be done after S4. Rushed the ending of S4 to wrap up all the point points and then had to pull another season out of his ass. Lost actors to contract stuff, etc.
That said, I personally think B5 is overhyped. I really like a lot of the characters, but the pacing was a mess and you could feel the production issues Then again, he was trying to do serialized TV in an episodic genre in the early 90s. It's great for what it was, when it was.
B5 is a little special in that regard. The lead of S1 had to leave because of schizophrenia. Straczynski essentially retooled the whole series afterward. New lead with a new tone.
Then S5 is shit because they were expecting to be done after S4. Rushed the ending of S4 to wrap up all the point points and then had to pull another season out of his ass. Lost actors to contract stuff, etc.
That said, I personally think B5 is overhyped. I really like a lot of the characters, but the pacing was a mess and you could feel the production issues Then again, he was trying to do serialized TV in an episodic genre in the early 90s. It's great for what it was, when it was.