[angry-tempest]

> Expanse has a tendency to get preachy, like BSG did, about politics. I found B5 a lot purer and more universal, but maybe that's just my selective memory/recollection

I agree but it's not fair to rate these series on that basis. BSG was really preachy at some points, but they got some of the other things so right, that it doesn't really matter.

> Still, I think B5, despite its many flaws, will always be the definitive TV space opera in terms of narrative arcs.

I think we would agree to disagree. Bears, Beets, BSG