Rolf,
Hello Old friend (sound familiar!!),
You may have guessed from the opening line that I'm also a sad git , having all the vids of B5 (will eventually get the DVD's if only for the gag reels) and I thoroughly enjoyed the series.
Everyone has their favourite episodes/seasons , but I agree with You and Buddah that season 1 showed great promise.It's a shame that Sinclair didn't continue to season 2 as Bruce took a while to "fit in" to the show , but was superb in the "shadow wars" era.
As with most US series , it didn't know if there would be a next season , and having to shift the episodes around made the final season a bit on the weak side (unless you loved Lyta).
You really got to know all the characters and enjoy watching the things that happen to them.The actors made it so real You actually feel for them (wait till the last episode and try not to weep).
Sadly Crusade was never a patch on B5 , possibly because there was no time to explore the crew , or ,as I found, they just annoyed the sh*t out of Me (including Gary "I've been in loads of SciFi" Cole , to My mind a poor choice.
"The Legend of the Rangers - To live and die in Starlight" was well worth watching and kept the B5 storyline going a bit longer (nice to see G'Kar again) but like You I'm having to keep the faith watching the vids (or DVD's).
Hope you enjoy the rest of the seasons and get on better with Crusade than I did !!
See You again where no Shadows fall,
Cheers
Old Geezer