Season 1 underrated?

Evening,

We just finished ST:VOY for the  3rd time in  8-ish years, so now we've
started B5 for the  3rd time in as many years. This is probably my  7th
or  8th watch-through. And apart from the usual "damn, this hits close
to home", I'm getting the feeling that I have previously greatly
undervalued Season  1.

Not sure why I didn't pick up on this before (at least not to this
extent), but: Several of the memorable dialogues I remember are from
Season  1, while I've been associating them with S2 or even later
episodes. There's also (even) more dark political undercurrents going on
than I've picked up on before, and some of the acting definitely seems
better than I remember.

So what's my problem? Have I been overly harsh in my "fair warnings" to
potential viewers about the weaknesses of S1? Have I just not paid
enough attention? Or have I grown softer and more nostalgic with age?

/Eirik

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