Star Trek Deep Space Nine – The Complete Seventh Season
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Episodes: Image in the Sand, Shadows and Symbols, Afterimage, Take Me Out to the Holosuite, Chrysalis, Treachery Faith and the Great River, Once More Unto the Breach, The Siege of AR-558, Covenant, It’s Only a Paper Moon, Prodigal Daughter, The Emperor’s New Cloak, Field of Fire, Chimera, Badda-Bing Badda-Bang, Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges, Penumbra, ‘Til Death Do Us Part, Strange Bedfellows, The Changing Face of Evil, When It Rains…, Tacking Into the Wind, Extreme Measures, The Dogs of War, What You Leave Behind Parts I and II. Amazon.com
Deep Space Nine’s seventh and final season came down to loose ends, tying some existing ones together while allowing others to unravel. Symptomatic of the unwillingness to let DS9 go was the immediate arrival of a replacement Dax, though poor Nichole deBoer as Ezri Dax had to have known she’d already missed the boat. Her appearance encouraged last-minute romances to blossom, with Bashir finally getting some action, Odo finally getting together with Kira, and Sisko finally proposing to Kassidy. Another contributing cute factor were numerous trips to the holosuite wherein the all-knowing Vic Fontaine dished out philosophical advice. That was when the crew wasn’t in there to play baseball against the Vulcans, or when Nog wasn’t commiserating about the loss of a leg.
Oh yes, and don’t forget the War! There was an early announcement that the show would attempt a 10-part resolution to the Dominion War, but viewers could be forgiven for forgetting all about it with so much sentimental distraction. When the horrors of war did resurface, they at least injected a few surprises into the mix. Odo and his ambiguously “evil” Founders were hit with a melting disease, prompting a backstabbing race for the power of developing and owning a cure. The original baddie Cardassians finally settled on the Federation’s side. Contrary to these interesting twists, however, were the unexpected turns taken by matters relating to Sisko’s spiritual destiny. Suddenly the mystery of the wormhole and an entire religious belief system was reduced to the problem of correctly translating the words of a sacred book. The struggle to join with some evil aliens significantly diluted the attempt at resolving what had begun seven years before in the show’s pilot episode. Ultimately, Sisko’s destiny, as with all those who’d followed him to the open-ended climax, was to be decided elsewhere. In a move that was either bold and daring–or possibly born of desperation for not having thought things through properly–the show’s storylines were to be continued in a series of spin-off books. –Paul Tonks
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6:16 am on October 18th, 2009
I think that this season is your average season. There were to many of the last episodes that the Federation was getting ready to fight but never had hardly any major battles like season six. I know with the Breen weapon that Star Fleet had a problem defending thereselves but there could of been more action pack episodes than there were. What You leave Behind Part 1 was a great episode but episode 2 [stunk] because Sisko was gone in the prophets forever. Over all I will give this season 5 stars just because the crew and their lives live on in the Star Trek World and you never know when the crew will met again on DEEP SPACE NINE
Rating: 5 / 5
6:47 am on October 18th, 2009
Ezri Dax climbs aboard…making a dismal replacement for Jadzia Dax. The final conflict vs. The Dominion and Gul Dukat steals the show.
Rating: 4 / 5
6:48 am on October 18th, 2009
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Rating: 5 / 5
9:15 am on October 18th, 2009
This season of DS9 is good, but previous seasons easily outdo it. Ezri Dax was completely pointless and totally irritating…perhaps they should’ve eliminated the Dax character altogether after Jadzia died and not introduce any new characters in her place. The continuing conflict with the Dominion, and the Cardassian rebellion were wonderful, but pointless episodes like “Take Me Out to the Holosuite” and “It’s Only a Paper Moon” dragged this season down. Why was there ever a Vic Fontaine? Easily one of the most ridiculous episodes in the series was “The Emperor’s New Cloak”. Unfortunately the writers seemed to be suffering from amnesia in this episode, since in “Through the Looking Glass” it was already proven that the Alliance had cloaking technology. It was terribly frustrating to see the Alliance not get a fair shake at the end; at least in “What You Leave Behind” the Dominion puts up one hell of a fight, yet in this episode the only Alliance ship we see is Worf’s flagship. And, once again it seems the station has magically re-orbited itself back into Bajor, since in “Shattered Mirror” there’s no sign of the planet anywhere. However, this begs the question, if Bajor is a member of the Klingon/Cardassian Alliance, then why didn’t they just send an assault force once the station fell into Terran hands and retake Terok Nor? I doubt the rebels on the station would’ve been a match for an entire planet. This just proves that Star Trek needs to get better and more competent writers pronto, especially with all the screw ups going on in Enterprise.
Rating: 3 / 5
10:47 am on October 18th, 2009
Many problems in this last season. Other reviewers have pointed them out but I will also join them in their points. First, the Ezri character was a huge blunder. Talk about awkward story lines and feeling, she just didn’t fit in or mesh on the show at all. I don’t blame the actress, I have seen her in other works and she is a fine actress. The character simply was badly written.
Second, poor plots in general. Some really silly episodes like the one where they go play a baseball game devolve the show into a parody.
Third, the romance between Odo and Kira was ineptly handled and even embarrassing at times. Why they tried to make Odo and Kira interaction into some sort of beauty and the beast type relationship was ridiculous. Odo’s makeup slowly becomes more and more absurd, it is laughable.
It is strange, but also the character of Kira changes for the worse. She for many years was a linchpin of the show, but watch when she changes her hairstyle from the “rebel” type look into a straight conventional style, that is a cue for when her character starts to go out the window. She goes from a passionate, lively and fascinating character into a total run-of-the-mill sci fi character and dullsville. I’m not sure of the exact episode this happens, it might have been in a late episode of season six.
Overall, not to sound like I dislike the show, I’m a huge fan and watch it all the time on TV although I have seen just about every episode numerous times. I consider it the finest of all the Star Trek series and a masterpiece in its own right. 5 stars for seasons one through six, but skip this seventh season is my suggestion.
Rating: 2 / 5