Question: I don't have much interest in plot line of season 4. If I skipped it (and just read Wikipedia summaries) how lost would I be if I went straight to season 5?
season 4 is largely character building, so if that's important to you, you'll miss a lot. we learn an Important Fact in the last episode, but other than that it doesn't advance the protomolecule part of the story much. you can probably just read the wiki for that. I will say the political shifts in season 5 are going to seem out of left field without the context of season 4.
I think you could do that / similar to many other shows/movies summaries online can be pretty descriptive. I've enjoyed watching all the seasons though.
it sets up the scene for a major series of events happening in the background of the main story, but you have to be attentive to catch those glimpses, as it doesn't appear in dialogues much, in passing at best. the background slowly becomes the foreground during the 5th season.
