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I finished watching all five seasons. It's an absolutely magnificent series. Now I can say with a clear conscience that space operas have consumed my brain.
I liked:
- The plot. It's cohesive and well-presented, with many interesting moments.
- The characters. They have well-defined personalities that develop and change throughout the story.
- The spaceships. They are diverse and beautiful.
- The humor. The station is a cylindrical gathering of trolls in a vacuum. But it's all quite moderate and doesn't devolve into farce.
- G'Kar and Londo. Perhaps the most ambiguous and incredibly charismatic characters in the series.
- Susan Ivanova. It's a pity she wasn't in the fifth season. She's a very bright personality.
- The atmosphere. It's there, and you can feel it; it's always appropriate and timely.
- Realism. No, I'm not talking about explosions in a vacuum or suspiciously human-like aliens. The relationships between the characters, their reactions to events, and the consequences of their decisions seem logical enough to make you forget about the fictional nature of what's happening.
I didn't like:
- The fifth season. Yes, it logically fits and continues the story, and yes, I know about the situation (two seasons were combined into one fourth, and the fifth season's plot was added later), but in my opinion, the season was saved by only two things. You guessed it, their names are Londo and G'Kar.
- Unlike the spaceships, the aliens aren't that diverse. I also understand that back then, it was easier to put makeup on an actor than to create something on a computer, but there are Vorlons, Shadows, some of the Ancients, and the mantis-like creature; they could have shown a couple more of these types of characters in the League.
