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Babylon 5 successfully completed its five-year story arc on November 25, 1998, after five seasons and 109 aired episodes, when TNT aired the 110th episode "Sleeping in Light," which had been filmed as the Season 4 finale, when Babylon 5 was under threat of ending production at that point.
Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on the Babylon 5 space station: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262.
This is the real approved chronological viewing order of the B5 canon, from the In House reference The Babylon 5 Historical Database, researched and compiled by Terry Jones with the full input, cooperation and authorisation of J.Michael Straczynski.
The series consists of a five-year story arc taking place over five seasons of 22 episodes each. The first season, entitled Signs and Portents , is taken up largely with establishing the main characters.
“Babylon 5”, a towering achievement in the annals of television history, aired from 1994 to 1998, introducing viewers to an ambitiously crafted universe, replete with political dynamics,...
In the new Star Trek series, like Discovery and Picard, the whole season is a long story arc. All the episodes are really mixed together to the point that you can't watch a single episode on its own. I absolutely love the way that Babylon 5 manages to have the best from both worlds here.
"Babylon 5" is a complex tale told across 110 episodes, an early example of long-term serialized sci-fi storytelling on American television.
As Babylon 5 was conceived with an overall five-year story arc, the episode was written as both an individual story and with another level, where the hints of the larger story arc were given, such as Delenn's secrecy about her role on the Grey Council.
It was written as a 5 year story arc, novel-style, in advance. This has the distinction of being the first to to be planned for a specific 5-year story. With that amount of complexity, yes.
You focused almost entirely on arc relevance, but I tried to take episode quality into account as well. Also, it looks like you lent a little more weight to certain sub-arcs, like the Psi-Corps or The Great Machine. I think this would result in a more balanced viewing than mine does... I'm watching for the first time. Thanks for the guide.