Star Trek Deep Space Nine - The Complete Second Season Review
In my mind I pair Seasons One and Two and then Seasons Three through Seven. I enjoyed both the first two seasons and both are thoroughly enjoyable. The series got a whole lot better after these two seasons, but that isn't at all to suggest that these are not good. They are and had the next five seasons been only as good as these first two it would have gone down as a very good series, but it was the final seasons that really put the series on the TV SF map and made it, in my opinion, the best of the STAR TREK franchise.
Although it did not develop yet the story arcs that would dominate the show in future seasons, the show nonetheless improved through a deepening of character development and a number of fascinating episodes. There are a lot of people who feel that the nineties was the finest decade ever for TV SF (and based on sheer numbers I think that may be true, if you include FARSCAPE, which started in 1999, and such non-space SF shows like THE X-FILES). Certainly among the top SF series of the nineties, DS9 is near the top. While this decade has seen some great SF -- in particular BATTLESTAR GALACTICA -- one can only hope that we will someday see the sheer quantity that we saw with DS9, FARSCAPE, BABYLON 5, ST:THE NEXT GENERATION, SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND, STAGATE SG-1, STAR TREK VOYAGER, THE X-FILES, EARTH 2, and ROSWELL. There has been a great deal of SF in this decade, but most of it has been of the non-outer space kind. Unfortunately, with the towering exception of BSG, too much of the outer space SF has either been merely a carry over of nineties shows, spin offs of those shows, tragically cancelled way too soon (FIREFLY), or of unbelievably low quality (how did ANDROMEDA last so long?). Wouldn't it be wonderful to see a new space opera on TV? I'm loving STARGATE UNIVERSE, but it is a spin off. I'd really love to see something something entirely original. AMC is exploring the possibility of a TV adaptation of Kim Stanley Robinson's great Mars Trilogy. As it stand right now, however, the only space opera is STARGATE UNIVERSE. CAPRICA looks like it will be a splendid BSG prequel, but it isn't clear that it isn't going to have any outer space elements at all.
After watching the first two seasons I've moved right into Season Three. As good as the first two seasons are, it really gets better once, as they say, the plot thickens. Frankly, I had forgotten how good this was. It is always great when you remember something as being good, but when you rewatch it, you discover that it is even better than you remembered. 26 episodes on 7 discs: The Homecoming, The Circle, The Siege, Invasive Procedures, Cardassians, Melora, Rules of Acquisition, Necessary Evil, Second Sight, Sanctuary, Rivals, The Alternate, Armageddon Game, Whispers, Paradise, Shadowplay, Playing God, Profit and Loss, Blood Oath, The Maquis Part I, The Maquis Part II, The Wire, Crossover, The Collaborator, Tribunal, The Jem'Hadar.
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one of the best "trek" permutations - Sarah Shaver - West Virginia
Our family, especially my husband, really enjoys Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I know many in the fandom give it no love, and it died a sort of ignoble death the last season or so. The actors and their characters, especially Avery Brooks' Capt. Sisko, were so dynamic - perhaps the best Trek cast, imho. I'll admit the series had to grow on me, as I was angry at the cancellation of "ST:NG." In the second season the show really found it's legs and became more than "that show that replaced STNG." The great mythology deepened - what does it mean for Sisko to be the Emissary? Who are the Prophets? - and the relationships between the characters does as well. We get to know Quark and his Ferengi clan better, and Odo's mysterious life is addressed. The box and case the DVDs come in is very handsome and sturdy. Great to watch these after all these years!
DS9 is growing on me.. - Nom de Plume - St Johns, Fl
I guess you could call me a big fan. I have all episodes of TOS,TNG,VOY and all the movies on DVD. I never got into DS9 when I was younger, so I thought I'd give it another shot. I'm glad I did. DS9 is gritty and real. In TNG for example, everyone got along and there was no real conflict between the characters. DS9 offers a more realistic look at people. They get angry, fight, and even hate each other at times, but when you get down to brass tacks, they get the job at hand done regardless of how they feel about each other. I can't wait to buy seasons 3-7.
Jun 30, 2010 19:43:06
