The writers primary goal during season 5 was to get the show back on the track theyd been on in season 3, i. Ds9 hit the airways in 1993 i was stationed with the u. The season begins three months into the dominion war, and things do not go well for the former crew of deep space 9. Sisko, dax, odo and garak find themselves in the past when the cardassians controlled the station, and a crime that odo investigated may be the key. Call to arms this episode represents one of the best season closing episodes in star trek. Deep space nine is the mostly forgotten star trek series, which is really unfortunate because there was a lot going on with its characters. The dominion and the cardassians are finally coming to take over ds9. This season was broadcast concurrent with star trek. The final season of deep space nine provides a satisfying conclusion to one of the franchises most beloved voyages. The panelists included ira steven behr, marc zicree, cirroc lofton, aron.
Impressed by arissas beauty and uncanny powers of observation, odo is both shocked and disillusioned when arissa is. While worf helps quark to pursue his former wife grilka, obrien and kira grow uncomfortably close to each other. Instead of waiting for the jemhadar to attack, sisko wants to try a different tactic. Trek author and expert keith decandido rewatches star trek.
A serialized drama based in a universe where the underlying theme was to boldly go, ds9 instead stayed planted solidly in bajoran space. Ds9 season 8 episode 1 ds9 documentary trek central. Sisko, odo, dax and garak are shifted into the past, when ds9 was known as terok nor. The crew is forced to retreat in a crashed jemhadar ship after an attack by the jemhadar. Day young guest stars as arissa, a young woman who odo meets in quarks bar. Although sisko commands deep space 9, the station actually belongs to the inhabitants of nearby bajor, who requested.
May 19, 2019 the ds9 writers room reunites in the documentary. Season 1 like all of the new star trek series, deep space nine required a warmup period. Rapture is the tenth episode of the fifth season of the television science fiction program series star trek. If you want to know which episodes are essential to watch and which to avoid. Deep space nine is the third liveaction television series in the star trek franchise and aired in syndication from january 1993 through june 1999.
Deep space nine with fresh eyes, including lots of great trivia, analysis, and behindthescenes information. Trek today news jones on season three of star trek. Sisko and crew must find a way to mine the entrance to the wormhole, evacuate the. This kind of meddling could have been a disaster, but ds9 rolled with the punches and produced an incredible season.
Episode 6, trials and tribbleations speaking of the shows love of the 1960s, the 30th anniversary of star trek s debut gave the show a chance to go back in time literally, with the. Deep space nine ive compiled an episode guide for star trek. Kira has a showdown with her romulan allies on ds9. According to dvd commentary accompanying voyager s second season, jetrel was a conscious effort to use a similar delivery to create a metaphor for the aftermath of the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki.
There were a total of 176 episodes over the shows seven seasons, which are listed here in chronological order by original airdate, which match the episode order in each seasons dvd set. Commander sisko, dax, kira, quark, odo, and chief obrien are back for more galactic space station adventure. What we left behind, the new documentary looking back on the legacy of star trek. Tbonz on may 1 fullers discovery mirror universe vision by. Episode 6, trials and tribbleations speaking of the shows love of the 1960s, the 30th anniversary of star treks debut gave the show a chance to go back in time literally, with the. Deep space nine may be described as the show as its most next generationish attributes. Deep space nine has been both praised and derided as the black sheep of the star trek universe. Meanwhile sisko finds out peace talks between the dominion and the federation have already started. Now, almost 25 years after the series debuted, some of. Unknown sisko, odo, dax and garak are shifted into the past, when ds9 was known as terok nor. A new deep space nine documentary reveals what would have. Sisko and his away team volunteer to stay with a besieged unit at an isolated outpost. Although sisko commands deep space 9, the station actually belongs to the inhabitants of nearby bajor, who requested starfleets protective presence after.
Tbonz on may 6 mcneill and wang trying to revive captain proton by. Deep space nine ds9 is an american science fiction television series created by rick berman and michael piller. There were a total of 176 episodes over the shows seven seasons, which are listed here in chronological order by original airdate, which match the episode order in each season s dvd set. Voyager attempted to recreate the critical success of duet with their firstseason episode jetrel. It has the awesome war arc, lots of weyoun and damar, the beginning of odo and kiras romance, more depth to the relationship between worf and jadzia, the best ferengi episode, and even though dukat went. There were a total of 176 episodes over the shows seven seasons, which are listed here in chronological order by original airdate, which match the episode order in each seasons dvd set the pilot episode. It is the 108th episode overall and the first to feature the new film style starfleet uniform following on from star trek. Now, almost 25 years after the series debuted, some of the shows stars and writers are coming. Deep space nine is getting a next act the star trek series, which ran for seven seasons from 1993 to 1999, broke ground for the franchise by featuring morally ambiguous characters, dark themes.
Moore, who is now known for the battlestar galactica reboot, began writing. Season 2, episode 5 october 24, 1993 a young cardassian orphan arrives at ds9, embroiling dr. To each other, they appear normal, but to others they. Bashir and garak in political intrigue involving the boys father and gul dukat. This shows major milestones and character development hopefully without giving away too many spoilers if you want to know which episodes are essential to watch and which to avoid. Deep space nine is getting a next act the star trek series, which ran for seven seasons from 1993 to 1999, broke ground for the franchise by featuring. It originally aired from january 1993 to june 1999, in syndication, spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. With avery brooks, rene auberjonois, michael dorn, terry farrell. At least onequarter of the scripts in ds9 season 5 are head trip episodes, and the torture obrien trope positively flowers in this run of episodes.
First contact, which had just been released a month before this episode aired. Sisko and crew must find a way to mine the entrance to the wormhole, evacuate the bajorans and prepare for the defense of ds9. When chief obrien accidentally triggers an old antiinsurgency program left behind by the cardassians, the stations computers believe that the crew is a mob of rebelling bajorans and takes steps to contain them. Impressed by arissas beauty and uncanny powers of observation, odo is. With the filming now wrapped, a few of the folks involved took to the daylight to let fans know. They get the feeling theres something very important about this ship. Top episodes from season 2 include the alternateuniverse crossover, which pays homage to the original series. If they made a season 8 ds9, even for like a 4 episode story arc, i guarantee it would be big, even if it was online only, there is a hunger for this show after more than 20 years october 22, 2018.
Deep space nine episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Discovery season 3 have been heads down, making the new season. Because if my rather unpredictable schedule i was able to see only a few episodes, principally the first season, but overall i missed most of the 7 season run of st. This shows major milestones and character development hopefully without giving away too many spoilers. Moore, hans beimler and robert hewitt wolfe to map out the opening episode for a proposed eighth season, assuming that this new season was set some 20 years after the series finale ie, written in. Deep space nine ended with a foreboding message from sisko about how any war with the dominion would begin right there at the station. Because if my rather unpredictable schedule i was able to see only a few episodes, principally the first season, but overall i missed most of the 7season run of st. Shadows and symbols new season 7, episode 2 bbc sisko searches for the mythical bajoran orb of the emissary. Nov 18, 1996 watch full episodes on cbs all access full episodes. Ds9 was really all about the dominion wars, if you want to follow this main story arc, then the first episode is the finale of season 2 jemhadar. Deep space nine ds9 focuses on the 24th century adventures of captain benjamin sisko on space station deep space 9, an outpost situated near the mouth of a stable wormhole on the far reaches of explored space. Where the original series and the next generation eschewed focuses on faith and religion, deep space nine embraced these thematic elements and leaned into them. Through seasons 1 and 2, the a listers of the star trek writingproduction team were assigned to the next generation while ds9 was left with the generic sorts of plots that allowed exploration of character. Ds9 was also the first star trek series that had a strong storyline that carried on from episode to episode.
Voyager attempted to recreate the critical success of duet with their first season episode jetrel. As part of the deep space 9 documentary what we left behind, showrunner ira steven behr gathered together ds9 writers room alumni ronald d. Deep space nine, features info about the first episode of a hypothetical season 8 which would have opened with the death of nog. Deep space 9, 25th anniversary reunion panel at star trek las vegas that happened on august 5, 2018. I have seen every season of every version of star trek and this is the first. The crew enters cardassian space to destroy a ketracelwhite installation, sisko leads a battle to reclaim ds9, obrien infiltrates the orion syndicate, the romulans enter the dominion war, and jadzia dax is killed by a pahwraithpossessed dukat. Moore, robert hewitt wolfe, rene echevarria, and hans beimler broke down the story of what would have been the first episode of ds9 season 8, which kicks off with a literal bang when nog is shockingly killed. First contact was released during its run, three days prior to the airing of the episode the ascent. Picard episode 8, titled broken pieces, has solid dialogue and character moments but is mostly tablesetting.
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