Interestingly, although Strazynski is an atheist (or was at the time), he didn't shy from illustrating that beings in his story could be religious, and he didn't ridicule religion either. One particularly seizing episode revolved around a race that like Christian Scientists did not believe in using medicine for religious reasons. They had a mortally child that the station's doctor (an atheist) was convinced he could save, but he needed the captain to authorize him to take the child by force. The captain refused, stating he had a duty to honor everyone's culture and beliefs.
Another episode made a hugely striking directorial decision. The captain had been captured by enemies and was being interrogated and tortured. Then entire episode was a camera on the captain during his interrogation. There was no "meanwhile, back at the ranch" cutaway to any other characters. It was the captain being tortured during every moment of screen time.
When the captain passed out from torture, the program cut to a commercial. The program returned to show the captain regaining consciousness for the next round of interrogation. I think maybe back in the old "writer-driven" days of television, they might have done something like that, but it was an interesting technique.
Strazynski was still doing his weekly conversations with fans online, and I couldn't wait to congratulate him.