Now nowBabylon 5 had a nicely planned plotline from the beginning, but only really worked until the commander was discovered to be dull, season 2 basically. Deep Space Nine on the other hand only kicked in by the third season and was pretty good from then on. It was nice to see such archs in any science fiction programmes at that time.
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