I just finished watching Babylon 5… more or less.
The cool thing about B5 is that the story was preconceived from the start. There is an overarching story, which spans the entire series. Well, as I found out, more or less. Originally, there was one nice, overarching storyline. Obviously this involved several plots — we are talking about a multiple-season series here. Unfortunately, at the beginning of the 4th season (or so Wikipedia tells us at the above link), it wasn’t clear if there would be a fifth season. In order to wrap up the story before cancellation, the main story thread was wrapped up early on in season 4. (To be precise, season 4 episode 6).
And so, having seen that, I feel kind of robbed. Not that it was bad, far from it. But: eventually they got another season approved, and apparently also some TV-movies. So they wrapped up their main story line, and had a sort of happily-ever-after-errr-what-do-we-do-now-the-future-awaits-us end. And then there’s a next episode.
That sucks. I’m not sure if I’ll continue B5 or not. Right now it is a nice done deal, and even though some story lines have yet to be resolved, 1 season (22 episodes) + 16 episodes seems like a ludicrous amount. Not to mention the movies, which apparently also carry part of the story.
In short: happy about the story so far, not happy that it didn’t end. Then again, not bad for a series that ran from ’93 till ’98 :)