Re-watching Deep Space Nine

[Keith1701]

Over the past few months, I have re-watching STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE on DVD. Currently, I'm on Season 7, and I thought that I would like ask what season of Deep Space Nine would most of you think is being the BEST of the seventh seasons? Please, let me know....

 

[Bad Thoughts]

As much as the best episodes of DS9 are in seasons 6 and 7, season five has the strongest overall quality. From my account, Season 7 has 10 winners and 6 losers and season 6 has 10 winner and 5 losers. On the other hand, Season 5 has 15 winners and 3 losers.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

They're all good

 

[Worf'sParmach]

So hard to choose! Seasons 4-6 to me is just one big blur of awesome.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I'd have to go with 6. It's got the Occupation arc, In The Pale Moonlight, and a few other of the series best episodes.

 

[Ro_Laren]

I enjoyed the 7th season, but I can't think of anything that stuck out.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Worf may have summed up season 7 quite nicely:

The only real question is whether you believe in the legend of Davy Crockett or not. If you do, then there should be no doubt in your mind that he died the death of a hero. If you do not believe in the legend, then he was just a man and it does not matter how he died.

There are few triumphs or feel good moments in season 7, if any. It's like 26 hours of Hard Time without a Far Beyond the Stars: there are few moments of relief, and when they come, they are intimate and private. Nonetheless, there are great things about season 7:

1. Treachery, Faith and the Great River and Chimera: two Odo episodes, both of which set up the resolution of the Dominion War, both highly polemical, deeply discussing religion, politics and identity. The former is among the best commentaries about the economy of the future.

2. The Siege Of AR558 and It's Only A Paper Moon: two episodes that ruin all our easy notions about heroism and sacrifice. Siege is Shimerman's best episode, confronting Nog about his choices in becoming a soldier.

3. The Cardassian Rebellion arc: both the culmination of the promise of Duet and a contemplation of the meaning of political change.

In the finale, military effort could not win the war. It required trust and communication. It was fitting that Sisko and Ross poured out their cups onto the ground: they didn't believe in heroism, and they did not see themselves as heroes.

 

[3chordboy]

So hard to choose! Seasons 4-6 to me is just one big blur of awesome.

this. haha. I loves the whole show but late series 2 it started to really click, then 3 took it up a gear and from series 4 it never looked back. i rewatched the entire series last year... really hope it makes an appearance in high-def format coz i would buy and watch it in an instant!

 

[Tosk]

There are few triumphs or feel good moments in season 7, if any. It's like 26 hours of Hard Time without a Far Beyond the Stars

I respectfully disagree. And not just because of the three episodes devoted purely to having a fun time.

 

[Worf'sParmach]

There are few triumphs or feel good moments in season 7, if any. It's like 26 hours of Hard Time without a Far Beyond the Stars: there are few moments of relief, and when they come, they are intimate and private. Nonetheless, there are great things about season 7:

I kind of agree with this. The last 10 are quite possibly the best run of the whole series. But to get to that there is a lot of filler, but there are a few real gems in that filler.

 

[Echtzeit]

I liked season 3 very much; ever since the Defiant was introduced, the show had a totally different pace. Plus, it was at a time when the Dominion was still one big mystery, and season 3 had super awesome episodes like "Improbable Cause" / "The Die is Cast", "Second Skin", "Destiny", "Visionary", "Distant Voices"... heck, I even like "Meridian"!

Sure, it became even more awesome during later seasons, but I will always remember that season 3 is when DS9 truly 'started' for me, it was kind of like a new beginning for me, and that is why I think it's the best imho.

Edited for a typo

 

[MacLeod]

DHard to pick as DSN amanged to maintain more or less a consistant level of qulaity. Sure there were a few duds mixed in.

 

[tomswift2002]

I find Season's 1-4 were the really great seasons. Sure they setup the Dominion, but you had more episodic shows in those Seasons that allowed the characters to be more fully explored. In Season 7, while they did explore Ezri Dax's character, they never did it as well, or were able to get different sides of Ezri that have since come out in the books. It almost felt tacked on and as a sort of afterthought.

But in the first four seasons I think of episodes like "Dax" and "Equilibrium", "The Maquis"
or Season 3's time travel 2-parter. Even "Rivals" from Season 2 explored Quark's character.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

The first half of season 7 was pretty weak. It had a few gems like Siege of AR-558 and I enjoyed the culmination of Kira and Odo's relationship, but in general they were racing to catch up on the Ezri Dax development, falling back on campy trying-too-hard comedy, and force-feeding us Voyager-style hologram stories.

The final ten episode stretch was awesome.

I like the early seasons too, but I would say the early seasons were trying to be TNG with moderate success and hadn't quite found their identity yet.

 

[AntiFacebook]

The season where Quark appeared the most

 

[Echtzeit]

or Season 3's time travel 2-parter.

I'm always amazed about how much tastes differ. As an avid season 3 fan, this particular two-parter was such a weak episode in my opinion. And now we see, that others enjoyed it.

How are we ever supposed to find "the best season" with so many different opinions? I'm fairly sure, that for every episode, even those generally considered "bad", there is someone out there who considers that one his or her favorite.

Love it.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I like the Farengi episodes where neither Moogie nor Zek are involved and hate most of the ones where they are (Not counting Magnificent Farengi, as Moogie is only in that one as a motivator to action).

I enjoy Past Tense, but it's definitely one of the more TNG of the DS9 episodes. I love that it's one of the only Trek episodes set in the near future rather than past or distant future, because that conveys Star Trek's general message really well that things got better but not till after they got worse.

 

[Seven of Five]

I think season five was probably the most consistent season, by having gems such as Trials and Tribble-ations, Nor the Battle to the Strong, In Purgatory's Shadow, By Inferno's Light, In The Cards and Call to Arms. The placement of arc episodes struck a good balance with stand-alones, and of course it helped when a lot of ongoing plots were dialled up to eleven.

Season six had the excellent Occupation Arc, but after Dax and Worf got married, the show lost its mojo, besides Waltz, Far Beyond the Stars and In The Pale Moonlight.

Season seven concludes in an epic way with the Final Chapter, but again the show meanders around until it gets there, aside from Treachery, Faith and the Great River, The Siege of Ar-558, It's Only a Paper Moon and Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges.