Is DS9 worth binging?

[Turtletrekker]

Yes. Yes, it is.

 

[vfxart]

Watching, yes. Binging, no.
You're going to want time to catch the different ramp-ups and testing of characters and plot. It'll pay off to go easy on this. You could do an ep/day, but might find that's rushing too...

 

[FlyingWave]

bingin DS9 2d-4th seasons fried me up fast. and i even skipped some episodes. i will get back to it eventually. the problem is when you watch an episode you dident like then you get de-motivated to continue. and who would have thought that it was the critically acclaimed

Spoiler: episode

area 51

episode that made me stop watching. i absolutly hated this episode.

 

[DonIago]

bingin DS9 2d-4th seasons fried me up fast. and i even skipped some episodes. i will get back to it eventually. the problem is when you watch an episode you dident like then you get de-motivated to continue. and who would have thought that it was the critically acclaimed

Spoiler: episode

area 51

episode that made me stop watching. i absolutly hated this episode.

I have to admit that if a viewer can be demotivated to continue after one episode they don't like then it kind of makes me wonder whether there are other factors involved or whether they just weren't really enjoying the series anyway.

I've taken pauses from my binges in the past, but if I was overall enjoying a show I always got back to it. No show has no weak episodes.

 

[Zolkar]

It's my favorite Trek, but I don't really recommend binging it. Take your time to enjoy it.

 

[ParaTulip]

Having tried to both binge watch and take DS9 at an episode a day or less, the latter experience is a lot better. The variation in tone between episodes and only mild serialization makes it so watching one episode after another feels bleh.

 

[DonIago]

I kind of assumed the question basically meant just watching DS9 at a rate of 1-3 episodes a day. As others have noted, "binging" is a bit of an ambiguous term.

I usually will watch one episode of something per night, though I've been known to make exceptions if I got especially hooked. I just have too many other things to do with my time.

 

[Leviathan]

The 2-parters - yes. The rest are great to savour.

 

[Jedi Marso]

Binge-able or not, I cherry pick this series pretty intensively when watching it. Highs are pretty high, lows are pretty cringy/boring. I do the same thing with all the Berman-era Trek, TBH.

 

[Saul]

It's worth binging from season 3 in my opinion. The first two seasons are great but episodes are pretty much standalone. They don't have the hook or the background of the Dominion. But from season 3 onwards, things are happening and even if you have standalone episodes the stories and the atmosphere of those episodes are colored by what's going on with the Dominion.

 

[Legate Duhmar]

Besides, if you don't watch the bad episodes then you don't get to grouse about them in perpetuity like the rest of us.

One of us, one of us...

This, plus one persons bad episode can be another's great one, Allamarain aside of course. But DS9 is arguably the most bingeworthy of all Star Trek series and like others have stated, all episodes add to the characters and the world in a way that made DS9 feel like a real place in a way Star Trek has failed to capture since the show ended.

It really is a great show and arguably the best written and acted overall. The first couple of seasons can feel a bit sluggish at times but the world building is always present and in some ways the station feels more 'lived in' than it does in later seasons.