Brian Kidd
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B5 may have jumped the shark to some extent before the beginning of the fifth season, but that was through no fault of JMS. The cast and crew honestly didn't see the show lasting beyond season four. WB was going to pull the plug and they all knew it. JMS tried his best to tie up all of the threads that were supposed to last through season five and did a pretty damned good job of it. Then, out of the blue, TNT picks up the show for its fifth season. Oops. JMS did the best he could to keep the show going, but since the main story arc had been pretty much resolved by the end of S4, the show just kind of treaded water up until the last few episodes. It was still one of the best-written and acted SF shows ever.