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I find this season difficult to assess
I think that I would have rated it at 3 stars, except that the finale, Sleeping in Light is perfect both as an individual episode and as the epilogue for this whole gigantic, epic, series. The sense at the beginning of this season though was a lack of balance and focus. The abrupt resurrection of the series from its premature demise in Season 4, threw off much of the series' established dynamic, and like the fledging alliance, left the series on tottering feet. So they lurched and stumbled about for most of the season, only occasionally hitting the confident stride (okay I am pushing the metaphor a bit much), of previous seasons.
In particular the Londo and G'Kar arc continues to delight as they enter into a new stage in their love - hate (okay... mainly hate - hate, with a bit of ambivalence and some lothario bonding)relationship, that results in G'Kar acting as Londo's bodyguard on Centauri Prime. It is wonderful how these two characters have grown since we were first introduced to them.
The telepath subplot that extended threough the first half of the season had some intriguing moments, but was ultimately poorly executed, acted and resolved (with exception of Koenig's Alfred Bester character who is always wonderfully malicious and entertaining). The same could be said for Garribaldi's decline this season, which offered intriguing possibilities, but really didn't deliver. Also Captain Lochley, Ivonova's replacement, just was not as entertaining as her prickly, irascible and frankly paranoid predecessor.
As a final note the element that I missed most in Season 5 was the relationship between Sheridan and Delenn. In previous seasons these characters came to life in each others presence, with a palpable chemistry. I supposed that given the demands the characters were facing within the season a cooling of their passion is to be expected, but made them far less compelling to watch. One of the wonderful things about Sleeping in Light as a coda for the series is that it brought back the romance between these two iconic figures.
A dismal season with a few strong points
The season would have been great without the psi-corp part. Lyta has always been one of the weekest characters of the show so putting her in a more central role made the plot drag. Byron wasn't too hot either.
The redeeming part of the season was the Centari War. I was literary on the edge of my seat reminding me that this was the greatest of all sci-fi out there.
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