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Great series, great season. Not as great as season 7, but still really good. The Dominion war rages on with the occasional "break from the war" to throw in a few different storylines. The best of these is when Captain Sisko has a vision from the Prophets (this vision later is revealed to be a false vision from the Pah Wraiths in season 7) about Benny, a reporter during the early 20th century, dealing with racism and oppression while writing the story of Deep Space Nine and her black captain. Solid writing throughout and you see quite a few episodes which grow Worf's character from TNG's comic relief and honor-obsessed outsider to an emotionally balanced well-rounded individual. In this season, Worf didn't run towards anyone with the ability to easily throw him across the room; not even once! The Odo and Kira story line is a good one, though at times its pretty obvious the actors aren't completely comfortable with what their characters are doing. And that damn lounge singer hologram gets more face time than Garak in this season, so if you're into Rat Pack style music delivered by a sentient hologram who can transfer his holomatrix between holodecks (something the station's first officer doesn't even understand) and activate the comm system (something the chief of security doesn't understand) but still speaks in 40's slang and doesn't seem to understand anything technical that any of the characters are talking about, this is the season for you.Read full review
Deep Space Nine season 6 is arguably the best story arc in Star Trek history. By now, the Federation and the Klingons are deep at war with the Dominion and Cardassia, leading to both epic battles and epic drama. It has some of the high points of the show for me... Gal Dukat's descent into madness (the climax of years of character development), Sisko's semi-conscious complicity in betrayal and murder for the greater good, Worf and Dax's wedding. Wonderful stuff! Star Trek unfortunately missed the modern story arc model perfected by later writers like Joss Whedon and J. Michael Strazynski, but the writers did what they could with the rich characters, despite the inherently episodic tendencies of the show. In a way, this season reminds me of season 3 of TOS, when the Kirk/Spock/McCoy thing was so well-fleshed that the writers could build lots of depth into the episodes.Read full review
If I have to admit to a single season as my favorite for the third of the Star Trek series, this one was it. The entire season marks the first half of the actual war with the evil Dominion. (Concluded with season seven.) Five episodes dealing just with the retaking of the station itself. Virtually every episode has a decent character development story for at least one of the main characters. The weirdness of the Prophets was at least set aside for most of the season, thank goodness. Several good stories involving the raw strangeness of the Star Trek universe, including the hilarious "The Magnificent Ferengi", where the most annoying species introduced are allowed to find their own strength, the first Klingon wedding is seen (as well as a Trill bachelorette party and Klingon bachelor party), the eternally silent barfly Morn has an entire episode devoted to his impact on everyone's lives following his death, another Defiant class vessel is introduced, and the entire main cast is allowed to step out of their make up for a fan favorite episode that allows the viewer to see everyone as they normally appear for a single episode. Yes, there are some turkey episodes, such as the horrible gender-bender "Profit and Lace", but the few are overshadowed by excellent writing, powerful performances, and plenty of space battles. Only the seventh season would offer more raw starship combat footage, but the sixth was the one that everyone remembers for really good battle sequences and usage of ship models. Also included are several nice behind the scenes extras, including the story behind making the Worf/Dax wedding episode, a sketchbook of images that would eventually be turned into sets and scenes, a thumbnail interview with the producers about their work this season, and a dossier on the character of Dr. Bashir. If you love Star Trek, this season is pretty much a must-have for your collection. It marked a show of dedication to the series by the creative teams, and began the weaving together of numerous complex plot stories from the previous seasons into a single tapestry. If you simply like science fiction shows with a more serious intrigue and combat orientation, this one fits the bill neatly. Even many of the critics that were urging the cancellation of the series changed their minds with this season. I purchased this one primarily because it marked the season that my local carrier dropped Star Trek all together, and I had to search other options for the episodes. I'd ended up only seeing about a third of this season's episodes by the time the series finally ended, and I wanted to make sure I had everything I had read about. I wasn't disappointed.Read full review
great series to give as a gift
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It great spin-off of the The Next Generation. It was a bit darker and gritter than the Star Trek. It dealt with the Federation during a long war. The set is a bit pricey. I admit that I rented inside of buying. I watched the series in order from the beginning to the end. It was a great arc. The Federation tries to build bridges between different societies with very different rules. Bajar rebuilding itself from the occupation. Quark would usually get me to laugh out loud. It is just a great show.
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