Let’s boldly go from last to first.
Today, youd be hard-pressed not to encounter a Niner at most science fiction conventions.
But how did its individual seasons stack up against one-another?
Lets take a look.
), frequently at odds with its own premise.
DS9 promised the opportunity for more serialized storytelling than most of what TV had on tap in the 1990s.
But long before Netlixs binge model gained traction, such continuous plotlines were deemed risky investments.
How could audiences possibly be expected to keep up?
While few among them havequitethe punch of second-half Deep Space Nine bests-of-the-best, they are excellent nevertheless.
Invasive Procedures is awkward.
Second Sight, Sanctuary, and Paradise are dismal.
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Second Skin is an excellent waking-nightmare Kira episode which pushes her hatred of Cardassians in an unexpectedly poignant direction.
Set a course for every almost-captain major character in the series.
In the interim, season four rather puts its hair down, so to speak.
Character interplay is fully-formed, and the dynamics at play are nearly flawless in execution.
Occasional like the quasi-space-vampire episode The Muse cant keep Deep Space Nine down.
More on that later, of course.
In season five, the show refocuses its efforts on the Dominion, and it does so with aplomb.
Things really heat up, and the writing is firing on all cylinders.
The serialization sharpens, and the groundwork thats been laid in past seasons begins to pay off.
Did somebody need a doctor?
2Season Seven (1998-1999)
Hey, look.
We finally shifted things around a tad.
Most fandom discourse surrounding season seven justifiably centers on its nine-part, ten-hour (!!
), finale arc, which Paramount appropriately billed as collectively The Final Chapter.
I’ll be a good Quinton, just give me this one thing.
We disagree on both counts, but we cant deny the deleterious effect on the shows pacing.
Prodigal Daughter exemplifies this, although Ezri does get a better opportunity in Field of Fire.
Chrysalis and The Emperors New Cloak are both pretty bad.
Possibly in all of Star Trek.
Call to Arms gave the station and Bajor to the Dominion.
Gul Dukat was at the height of his resurgence in supremacy.
Starfleet was fighting a losing war.
Our beloved ensemble cast was separated by serious circumstances, uncertain whether theyd ever see each other again.
- made good on the premise.
It was event television in a way which only season sevens endgame could rival.
What do they mean?
Computer, erase that entire personal log.
Setting a course for home, one season at a time.
