Bill Pragnell wrote:
>> It's only a particular type of series which fits this format (would it
>> be called an episodic show?).  There's plenty of shows in which the plot
>> follows an arc from beginning to end of the entire series.
> 
> Staying in the SF genre, Babylon5 is one of the superior examples of this. It
> begins with an episodic format much like Trek, exploring the show's universe
> and developing the characters, then starts introducing the greater story arcs,
> until by the final season the governments and equilibria that were described in
> the earlier seasons have been transformed by the events of the story. Cracking
> stuff.

I was thinking of Bablyon 5 too -- great show.

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