This is not to take away from the brilliance that is season 4, especially G'kar and Londo, or the tension or the events of the war. It was all beautifully and unforgettably done.
But. This was the year JMS had to unravel his tapestry. He didn't have a choice - there was a better than good chance the series would be canceled then, and he wouldn't have a chance to complete his five year arc as planned, but he needed to give us, his loyal fans, an ending of some sort. So he unraveled the complex cloth he was weaving and put it together a little simpler, just so he'd have time to finish the big plot.
And then he was picked up, and he had to take the left over yarns and do something for the fifth season, and the fifth season had its moments, too, but it was even simpler - plotlines that could have been developed in the background of season four had to come out full blown here.
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The season it unraveled.
This is not to take away from the brilliance that is season 4, especially G'kar and Londo, or the tension or the events of the war. It was all beautifully and unforgettably done.
But. This was the year JMS had to unravel his tapestry. He didn't have a choice - there was a better than good chance the series would be canceled then, and he wouldn't have a chance to complete his five year arc as planned, but he needed to give us, his loyal fans, an ending of some sort. So he unraveled the complex cloth he was weaving and put it together a little simpler, just so he'd have time to finish the big plot.
And then he was picked up, and he had to take the left over yarns and do something for the fifth season, and the fifth season had its moments, too, but it was even simpler - plotlines that could have been developed in the background of season four had to come out full blown here.