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   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Daniel60  wrote:   
   >Panthera Tigris Altaica wrote on 13/09/2018 12:04 AM:   
      
   >>Babylon 5 wasn't bad. There were some subpar episodes ("Gray 13 is   
   >>Missing" and most of Season 5) but overall it was superior to most SF on   
   >>TV at the time.   
      
   >I did read (probably on UseNet or Similar) that JMS did originally   
   >planned/storyboard Bab5 to have a five year arc, but then, early in year   
   >four, he heard that year five was a no-go, so tried to squeeze some of   
   >the year five storyline into year four .. which, sort of, completed the   
   >storyline.   
      
   >Then the network *did* confirm year five funding, so JMS had to come up   
   >with a year five storyline!!   
      
   >Of course, this could just be here-say!!   
      
   He must have had script outlines, at the very least, for season 5 before   
   he learned that PTEN wouldn't broadcast Season 5. I guess it was   
   completely out of business.   
      
   The scripts that ended up in season 5, as aired on TNT, were planned.   
      
   In other words, no, the hideous Byron story arc was planned and cannot   
   be blamed on the demise of PTEN and the need for last-minute stories   
   once he got the 22-episode order for season 5 from TNT.   
      
   In fact, the Byron story arc was supposed to finish out season 4, so can   
   you imagine that bad taste tha would have left in everyone'e mouth,   
   instead of season 4 going out on the end of the Shadow War and a high note?   
      
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