The question has been answered already but yeah, it does get better. A LOT better.


Personally, Season 1 = Babylon Squared. That's THE episode you have to keep close to your chest. Two seasons later ....

+1

Yes, that one too. I should have mentioned that aspect in my initial response! Heck, the entire way "In the Beginning" is framed is a major spoiler with the Centauri but I'll leave it at that.

+2

How many movies have had slow starts, where the first 30 mins seem dull? Think of B5 as one long movie and you'll see the correlation.

Granted the best films manage to make the entire thing engaging, but in B5's case the middle and end are so good that it more than makes up for the start.



The Jedi Master

One of the great all-time sci-fi series, so yes, it gets way better, be patient!

-10

It doesn't say what's going on, and the story also goes on beyond that before the show is over. It's not a spoiler, it's a tantalizer. I'd only seen a few episodes here and there, but then they put that movie out and started showing it from the beginning on TNT, it really got me into the show. Left a lot of questions but I was anxious to find out the answers by watching every single episode. Whenever I re-watch the series, I always lead off with ITB and TG.


BTW, when the show started, Sinclair made me lose interest, but not quite as much as Londo's hair. Oh boy. LOL
I ended up liking Sinclair/O'Hare a lot more later, but he's certainly no TRON...er Boxleitner. Bruce was MADE for this role. The show ends up being absolutely epic.

I would definitely *NOT* watch "In the Beginning" first.

I remember I was very apprehensive about watching season 1 after I watched "The Gathering" for the first time since I thought it had so many issues but it was the character of Londo Mollari that grabbed my interest enough to stick with the show. I'm glad I did!! I've now watched the show in its entirety 3 times.

I concur with the suggestion of not watching "In The Beginning" first.