That's the whole thing I loved about the space battles.. they weren't there just for the effect, they were the only logical outcome of actions taken or not taken by the characters. DS9 is like comfort food TV. Very, very few shows I could drop in at any time and watch incessently and enjoy.
Nana Visitor (Kira) was incredibly hot through most of the series, as was Terry Farrel (Dax).
And I find both (and Ezri) to be far more attractive then Seven ;) Just me maybe.
The interesting thing about re-watching it is how much forshadowing about the dominion there was.. even in Season 1, by the end, there were rumors of it. That's some great follow through.
I think there is a great contrast in what you do with characters here.
I think Miles & Keiko make a great example of this.
If you look at Voyager, the other Trek show on at the same time, it later "borrowed" characters from TNG (Barkley). The DS9 writing team managed to build a backstory for...
The "Fun" side episodes in DS9 had a big benefit of meaning something about character development. Hell, having seen S6 again, while the "You are cordially invited.." was a "fun" episode about a wedding experience, it changed characters. I mean, in most other trek shows the characters were all...
I really think for consistency, S2 is maybe my favorite. I've just finished the series again. But after S2, almost every episode is rewatchable (with a few misses) and, when not dead on story wise, at least "fun". I love the way they take episodes that seem as though they stand alone (Beyond...
I'm part way into Season 5. Some of the eps really get me, I just finished "Paradise Lost" which at the time I thought was ridiculous, but seeing it now I think about it a lot differently.
And Quark is an excellent character.
I've been going back and watching the series in order.
To be honest, I was surprised at how solid season 1 is. But Season 2 is definitely a stand out. There are numerous episodes in season two, including the opening three episodes, that really set the tone for DS9.
It openly addresses...
I can understand people not liking anything, or people who like anything. Hell, different tastes. I hate any ice cream with nuts in it. My wife loves it. Just different tastes.
Back to the show.
You know, the thing that really gets me is how relevent DS9 seems to be years later, far more...
As I've noted in the Voyager thread, I finally made it through the series and was pretty disappointed. But I asked myself: why was I disappointed? And I have to say, Deep Space Nine is pretty much why I was disappointed.
Deep Space Nine was the trek that showed me what I thought Trek could...