Yes! Sheridan's fun in his own way, but it's really great to watch Sinclair scheme his way out of things.

Heh. I think it's exactly the right kind of not-quite-dark humor, perhaps?

And yes! There are a lot of little ways in which Babylon 5 is like Lord of the Rings, and apparently one of them is Morden wearing a ring on a chain while working for the Shadows.