Ohhhhh my god! How could I forget to mention B5?? I didn't watch it, but I know you are right and that it paved new inroads for the genre. And it's neat to find out that it may have been the pioneer of the continuing plot arc storyline. That shows up a lot in series now: Firefly and S:A&B, to name only two...

Excellent comment, love. Thanks for reminding me.