JMS has two directorial credits to his name: "Sleeping in Light," the last episode of B5, and Babylon 5: The Lost Tales. So hardly "most" of the episodes.
JMS commonly said in interviews when B5 was airing that his big doc on the show was double or triple encrypted on his computer. In actually, he just had it in a binder sitting on a shelf in his office.
So much this.
But how can I lord over lesser nerds if I don't?
We're Star Trek nerds, we find a way.
To be fair, in the 60s no one expects it to last this long.
That's what happens when a franchise grows in such popularity, that it's out of the creators hands and takes on a life of it's own.
Yes, but that doesn't make it anymore clearly defined. The rules are nebulous early on, as is very common in TV shows. And then fans take it and make it something else and demand it conform to standards or memorizing details not considered important by the writers.
That's on the original creator and their writing staff to do that.
Sadly, most shows don't define those rules well enough early on.
That's true with most shows.
I had Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise describing the TWOK Enterprise.
We can pick and choose what we all think about what was ridiculous about that show. There are choices aplenty. As if they didn't lose my attention beforehand the turbolift roller coaster of doom sealed that deal for good.
