Star Trek Deep Space Nine – The Complete Sixth Season
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Episodes: A Time to Stand, Rocks and Shoals, Sons and Daughters, Behind the Lines, Favor the Bold, Sacrifice of Angels, You Are Cordially Invited…, Resurrection, Statistical Probabilities, The Magnificent Ferengi, Waltz, Who Mourns for Morn?, Far Beyond the Stars, One Little Ship, Honor Among Thieves, Change of Heart, Wrongs Darker than Death or Night, Inquisition, In the Pale Moonlight, His Way, The Reckoning, Valiant, Profit and Lace, Time’s Orphan, The Sound of Her Voice, Tears of the Prophets. Amazon.com
Deep Space Nine’s sixth season began ambitiously with a six-part story arc devoted to the Dominion War. This was a brave move in many ways, but a sensible one too. Whereas other sci-fi shows wouldn’t commit to showing the impact of war (e.g., Babylon 5), here there were numerous visible sacrifices. Characters were frequently kidnapped and held prisoner, allowing screen time for other members of the ever-growing cast (at its peak there were as many as 18 individuals with speaking roles per episode). This year also introduced the idea of Starfleet Intelligence and its sinister Section 31; alliances were built only to crumble almost immediately; Sisko led a suicide mission and at long last his destiny as the Emissary took a serious turn.
Amid all this sturm und drang the writers felt it necessary to inject some levity. In fact, there was so much comedic sidetracking this year it actually seemed as if they were afraid of the series’ dark tone. Witness: Quark undergoing a temporary sex change, leading a Magnificent Seven-style band of Ferengi (with a cameo from Iggy Pop), Morn’s nonspeaking character being sorely missed, the blend of Troi and Guinan into ’60s crooner Vic Fontaine, and, in one fan favorite episode (”Far Beyond the Stars”), Sisko having visions of himself and the crew as 1950s staff writers on pulp magazine Incredible Tales. There were also cute reconciliations among Worf’s extended family (leading to Trek’s first cast wedding), and even the revelation of Bashir’s genetically enhanced origins quickly became a subject for easy jokes.
Any of these events would have been satisfactorily cute if the war had ended and the show had moved on. But it confused the viewer when every so often the battle would be rejoined mid-episode. The clinching proof that no grand design was really at work was in the sudden exit of Dax. Despite all the jarring humor scattered about after the strong opening, the show seemed unable to avoid reverting to shock tactics for its finale. All of which hardly made the promised final year seem a particularly enticing prospect. –Paul Tonks
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1:33 am on October 12th, 2009
Before you go laundering how great DS9 is I think you should watch B5 from season 1-5, then you release that DS9 is a copy.
For example from seasons 1-4 the programme was about finding all the missing Bajoran orbs, but after season 4 nothing is metioned of it, yes we have The Dominion War, and that was good, but then we have Bajoran profits vs Pi raths (or DS9’s response to Shadows v Vorlons) section 31 (DS9’s version of Nightwatch) not only was the change of direction bland, but it completly ruined the complex of the story!!!
Compared to B5 this is B side material, thank God it gets the recognition it deserves now, B5 showed the way forward and Star Trek ok maybe it adapted, but why this series, and it ruined it so much, the characters seemed to become different overnight, example Odo and Kira (DS9’s Sheridan & Delenn) all of a sudden fall in love with out any incling (from season 4, Odo is suddenly in love with Kira, although previously in other seasons there seemed no chemistry)
Not to say there aren’t good moments, the recapture of DS9 is great, and the death of Dax is a superb episode, and The Worf and Dax love relationship is the only one that I feel truely had any chemistry (Worf entered in season 4, hmmm I wonder???)
I actually really like Star Trek, I think TNG is the best series, followed by TOS, then Voyager (up till series 5, then it became Porno in space), DS9 (especially seasons 3 and 4), and then the real porno in space Enterprise!!!!
Rating: 2 / 5
4:26 am on October 12th, 2009
I like DS9, and I found that the series improved year after year. For a bunch of people wearing funny nose make-up there is a lot of drama, humor, and increasingly in the final three seasons, action.
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Rating: 5 / 5
7:00 am on October 12th, 2009
I am sorry but critics who are not Trek fans cannot wtite obectionable opinions of trek shows or movies. I am sorry but no one is un-biased in any way, wht I might like is not what you may like, so on and so forth. All I have to say is I LIKE it, and if no one else like star trek then don’t buy it, but DO NOT base your decision on someone else, becasue as I said what you like and what I like are two different things.
Rating: 4 / 5
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Rating: 5 / 5
10:13 am on October 12th, 2009
A Time To Stand- 5/10
Rocks And Shoals- 6/10
Sons And Daughters- 3/10
Behind The Lines- 3/10
Favor The Bold- don’t remember
Sacrifice Of Angels- 3/10
You Are Cordially Invited…- 4/10
Resurrection- 9/10
Statistical Probabilities- 8/10
The Magnificent Ferengi- 7/10
Waltz- 6/10
Who Mourns For Morn?- 4/10
Far Beyond The Stars- 10/10
One Little Ship- 9/10
Honor Among Thieves- 6/10
Change Of Heart- 5/10
Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night- 10/10
Inquisition- 6/10
In The Pale Moonlight- 10/10
His Way- 10/10
The Reckoning- 4/10
Valiant- 3/10
Profit And Lace- 2/10
Time’s Orphan- 10/10
The Sound Of Her Voice- 7/10
Tears Of The Prophets- 6/10
10- absolutely wonderful
9- really great
8- great
7- very good
6- pretty good
5- good
4- okay
3- so-so
2- bad
1- very bad
The best episodes of this season are: Wrong’s Darker Than Death or Night, His Way, One Little Ship, Time’s Orphan, In The Pale Moonlight, Far Beyond The Stars, Resurrection, The Magnificent Ferengi
The worst episodes of this season are: Profit and Lace, Sons and Daughters, Sacrfice Of Angels, Behind the Lines
Rating: 5 / 5