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Babylon 5: Infection (1994)
Contains seeds for the future
This one's got some nice foreshadowing buried in the plot: biological weapon systems, archaeologists unearthing unsuspected ancient evil, the past haunting the present, people cutting corners who get burned, old friends reappearing and providing "interesting" plot twists.
So I disagree with the first writer who said that it doesn't tie into later episodes. This is one of the earliest where you can say "this is where that storyline began" or "this is a hint of major plot lines which culminate in episode X".
This episode also is one which is a good example of B5's (Straczinski's) habit of locating older actors who are associated with quality work or science fiction acting in the "distant past". A lot of the one-shot parts in B5 get filled with well-known actors like Ian "Man from U.N.C.L.E" McCallum: people you recognize from the 60's and 70's and who do excellent work for the show.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Maybe not canon, but still like it
Not having been a reader of the source for LXG, I didn't carry the expectations into this that fans did. On the other hand, I am a great fan of JRRT and carried plenty of baggage into those movies.
Essentially, anyone going in to a movie about a book needs to take the movie on its own terms. LOTR was nice in many ways, but lost a lot in the translation. I still like it because it tried. I feel that LXG is similar. It set a good tone, had interesting characters and bits, and was consistent. Unlike something like Captain...and the World of Tomorrow (whatever the rest of that movie title was), which was flat, inconsistent, lacking in character, and generally wasn't much fun. LXG has a good mix of action, character, period fun, and concepts. And of course there's Sean Connery. The other actors a good, although N. Shah isn't given much to do, but Peta Wilson was quite good (IMO).