It's weird to me that we continue to enjoy these shows, despite their poor execution, lack of risk-taking, and punishing filler-episode drudgery. Babylon 5, though it's getting better, is still pretty consistently bad, and yet every day at lunch I've been queuing it up while eating a sandwich.

Maybe we just have a high tolerance for bullshit? Or we grow numb to it over time? Or, perhaps, the nuggets of awesome, the kernels of the truly intriguing storylines, characters, and science fiction elements are enough to sustain us through seasons of waist-deep inanity? Or maybe we just enjoy thinking on how much better the show would have been if they'd had decent writing?

Science fiction is hard to love. But then I still have a signed picture of Worf in his wedding regalia sitting above the wall of my cubicle.