After all those years and all trouble with local stations quitting the series after one season and problems with malfunctioning DVD:s and such, I have finally watched the last episode of Deep Space Nine.
And it was all a wonderful experience. A fantastic series with wonderful, likeable characters!
What started as something I first saw as simply a TNG spin-off with the limitations of a space station located in the same area turned out to develope into something ocmpletly different. The journey together with Sisko's crew took me through many different scenarios with unexpected turns and unpredicted developments here and there. All the way from the Cardassian-Bajoran conflict to the first contact with the Dominion, the Klingon-Cardassian war, the Dominion invasion and finally the liberation of Cardassia and the defeat of the Dominion, all of it together with a bunch of wonderful characters.
What at first looked as what I use to call "TNG:s minor league team" (to use sports terms) dveloped into something much more, a bunch of likeable character who each developed in their own way due to the cicumstances.
Take Sisko for example. In the beginning, I found him a bit wooden. Moody and thougtful. But he devekoped into a real action bada** but without losing his original self or his humanity during all those years of adventures.
Kira, the hot-headed Bajoran freedom fighter turned out to be a responsible leader figure who ironically heled her old enemies, the Cardassians to get rid of the Dominion occupants.
Bashir, who did seem to be nervous and unsure of himself turned into a skilled doctor and important person overall, O'Brien, just a technician and transport chief from the start became a tower of strenght during all events. Nog's transformation from a spoined kid to a responsible Starfleet Officer is anoter example. And so on.
However, special favorite Quark remained himself all the way through the series and I'm actually happy for that!
The series also gave us some fearful but also interesting villains. The female Shapeshifter who I consider the most evil villain Star Trek has come up with, Gul Dukat, a constant nuisance for Sisko and the crew all the way from beginning to end, the sceming Kai Winn and the slimy Weyoun are some examples.
There was a time when I found the Cardassians being the meanest villains in Star Trek, even worse than the Borg but at the end of the series, I felt really sorry for them, especially when the Dominion tried to annihilate them at the end of the war.
here I must also mention Garak, who became my second favorite after Quark. From the beginning something of a minor character, then a mystery and then a hero which also sums up much of the character development in the series.
If I should come up with some minor criticism, then I would have liked tosee more action in the Gamma Quadrant. Unfortunately the war put an end to all that. It would have been interesting with a federation invasion of Dominion territory in the Gamma Quadrant. The war itself did from time to time seem to drag on forever but that's what wars often do.
Over-doing the Mirror Universe is my only real complaint. Tere were simply too many Mirror Universe episodes. The Pah-Wraith plot in season 7 was so-so but at leat it gave us the charming couple of Gul Dukat and Kai Winn
and a fitting end to both of them.
DS9 is sometimes considered to be much "darker" than TNG and Voyager. Maybe it is. But I don't consider DS9 to be a "dark" series. It's far from the "doom-and-gloom" series which are so common today. DS9 had it shares of dark moments, yes. But there were always some lighter episodes here and there to lighten up the mood, like some Ferengi episode or other funny event. In that matter DS9 is a typical Star Trek series where there is hope for mankind. Such series are rare today and unfortunately, there are no such quality series as DS9 around these days.
It feels a bit empty now when I've watched all episodes and the series is over. But fortunately there are DVD:s and if the prophets and the unreliable DVD:s in my collection are with me, it won't be long until I put a disc in my DVD player to watch "Emissary" again and here we go! DS) is definitely worth a couple of re-runs, just like my old favorites TNG, Voyager and TOS.
Thanks again Sisko and crew for a wonderful experience. I'll be joining you again soon!
And it was all a wonderful experience. A fantastic series with wonderful, likeable characters!
What started as something I first saw as simply a TNG spin-off with the limitations of a space station located in the same area turned out to develope into something ocmpletly different. The journey together with Sisko's crew took me through many different scenarios with unexpected turns and unpredicted developments here and there. All the way from the Cardassian-Bajoran conflict to the first contact with the Dominion, the Klingon-Cardassian war, the Dominion invasion and finally the liberation of Cardassia and the defeat of the Dominion, all of it together with a bunch of wonderful characters.
What at first looked as what I use to call "TNG:s minor league team" (to use sports terms) dveloped into something much more, a bunch of likeable character who each developed in their own way due to the cicumstances.
Take Sisko for example. In the beginning, I found him a bit wooden. Moody and thougtful. But he devekoped into a real action bada** but without losing his original self or his humanity during all those years of adventures.
Kira, the hot-headed Bajoran freedom fighter turned out to be a responsible leader figure who ironically heled her old enemies, the Cardassians to get rid of the Dominion occupants.
Bashir, who did seem to be nervous and unsure of himself turned into a skilled doctor and important person overall, O'Brien, just a technician and transport chief from the start became a tower of strenght during all events. Nog's transformation from a spoined kid to a responsible Starfleet Officer is anoter example. And so on.
However, special favorite Quark remained himself all the way through the series and I'm actually happy for that!
The series also gave us some fearful but also interesting villains. The female Shapeshifter who I consider the most evil villain Star Trek has come up with, Gul Dukat, a constant nuisance for Sisko and the crew all the way from beginning to end, the sceming Kai Winn and the slimy Weyoun are some examples.
There was a time when I found the Cardassians being the meanest villains in Star Trek, even worse than the Borg but at the end of the series, I felt really sorry for them, especially when the Dominion tried to annihilate them at the end of the war.
here I must also mention Garak, who became my second favorite after Quark. From the beginning something of a minor character, then a mystery and then a hero which also sums up much of the character development in the series.
If I should come up with some minor criticism, then I would have liked tosee more action in the Gamma Quadrant. Unfortunately the war put an end to all that. It would have been interesting with a federation invasion of Dominion territory in the Gamma Quadrant. The war itself did from time to time seem to drag on forever but that's what wars often do.
Over-doing the Mirror Universe is my only real complaint. Tere were simply too many Mirror Universe episodes. The Pah-Wraith plot in season 7 was so-so but at leat it gave us the charming couple of Gul Dukat and Kai Winn
and a fitting end to both of them.DS9 is sometimes considered to be much "darker" than TNG and Voyager. Maybe it is. But I don't consider DS9 to be a "dark" series. It's far from the "doom-and-gloom" series which are so common today. DS9 had it shares of dark moments, yes. But there were always some lighter episodes here and there to lighten up the mood, like some Ferengi episode or other funny event. In that matter DS9 is a typical Star Trek series where there is hope for mankind. Such series are rare today and unfortunately, there are no such quality series as DS9 around these days.
It feels a bit empty now when I've watched all episodes and the series is over. But fortunately there are DVD:s and if the prophets and the unreliable DVD:s in my collection are with me, it won't be long until I put a disc in my DVD player to watch "Emissary" again and here we go! DS) is definitely worth a couple of re-runs, just like my old favorites TNG, Voyager and TOS.
Thanks again Sisko and crew for a wonderful experience. I'll be joining you again soon!
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