The weight of command...

Interesting. I didn't read it as wooden at all. I saw it as the demeanour
of a man who was totally competent at his job, and always weighing lots of
issues. The slightly distracted manner of someone with a lot of responsibilities
and a sharp mind.

I'm not sure what this refers to. Give him a chipper personality so he has
lots of room to get more serious later? He just didn't seem credible to
be selected for the position. I did miss a few episodes, though...

He was selected due to sentiments at home being that the Minbari had too much sway over B5. They chose Sinclair to run B5, for reasons evident later on, despite him being pretty far down the list for the job as far as Earth was concerned. They weren't in a position to argue at the time.
After Sinclair was gone, and pulled to Minbar, to follow him up Earth sent in the guy the Minbari hated most from the war. They figured they would use him to maintain human control over the station and that his reputation would keep the Minbari at a distance. They underestimated him and he turned out to be a far better (and smarter) diplomat and leader than they expected.

I'm sure you're right, I'm just having a hard time accepting Sheridan. I'm in "Connery to Moore" hell for the moment. Mind you, Sheridan is smiling a bit less, thank God. He was looking like an interstellar ad for Pepsodent.

"What's that, twenty people burned to death in a shuttle accident, gee... that makes me want to smile and relate a pleasing and unrelated story from my youth."

Anyway, I'm looking forward to some good Shadow war action.

I remember feeling exactly the same way when I heard that Boxleitner was coming on as the cmdr, "what, that 'Scarecrow and Mrs King' guy?!" But all turned out well in the end.

But his stories continue. LOL
They poke fun at that in Star Wreck in the Pirkining. The Sheridan-like character keeps going into speeches and stories at every opportunity. LOL

Correct. JMS even mentions this is one of the B5 audio commentaries.

Ya'll are lamenting Sinclair's departure but what about Dr. Kyle and Lt. Commander Takashima from "The Gathering"? Do they get no love?

They only had one episode, so people didn't have the chance to get as attached. I really wanted to like Sinclair, but something about O'Hare's performance just bugged me. I thought Boxleitner did a much better job, particularly later in the series.

No, I like their replacements too much. I also don't miss the androgynous Minbari.

I just watched the episode where ambassador Mollari divorces his wives. Peter Jurasik is great.

G'Kar's actor Andreas Katsulas, unfortunately died several years ago, as did the doctor from the show, Richard Biggs, Dr. Stephen Franklin

So sadly, if there ever was a new movie/show created, some of the original characters would be incapable of attending, unless a zombie theme were to come about...

Ah yes, "Born to the Purple". That's a good episode.

Jeff Conaway (Zack Allen) and Michael O'Hare (Sinclair) also have passed on.

Okay, I'm at S2E12 and Sheridan is becoming less irritating. The last few were good episodes. Fortunately good enough to mostly erase the drivel of the first few of S2 out of my mind.

About halfway through S3, you will see the truly compelling and bad ass Sheridan.

He has ben grumpy lately.

And I've seen him turn off the smile really quick when the person he's talking to leaves, so there is that impression he's being a Ken doll by design, not by nature.

I am enjoying the show, no question.

Well, there IS the conspiracy going on. At first the only person he knew he could trust was Ivanova.

S3 also has a gem of a performance by Brad Dourif in one of the episodes. Of all the one-time guest stars on B5, Dourif was the best IMHO.

Also Tim Choate (Zathras) a small but well remembered role.