>I liked B5 far more, it tended to show people as real people. Absolutely. I just rewatched S02E05 ("The Long Dark") that had Dwight Schultz[0] as a guest sta

>I liked B5 far more, it tended to show people as real people. Absolutely. I just rewatched S02E05 ("The Long Dark") that had Dwight Schultz[0] as a guest star. While watching it (and not for the first time), it occurred to me that in that one single episode on Babylon 5, Schultz showed us more humanity than in all the dozen or so Star Trek: TNG/Voyager episodes he was in as Lieutenant Barclay. In both roles, Shultz's character is emotionally damaged, which causes problems for them, but in the Star Trek roles it's mostly played for comedy and the issues around his dysfunction aren't addressed at all. As the B5 character, his PTSD (based on serious trauma as a soldier) made him a homeless substance abuser. The plot pushed him to examine and face the source of his trauma. While I wouldn't call it a "powerful" performance, the B5 character was much more believable and human than the ST character. Same actor, incredibly different on-screen results. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Schultz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Schultz