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 - Standard Star Trek SeriesI started buying these sets when they were on sale for a way better price I liked the series decently enough but for the most part have kept my true love for BABYLON 5 more in my heart.Many Trekies might feel insulted but lets face facts if not for a major film company and large budget for the sets and special CGI affects most people would have passed the series off.I'm not saying all the actors were bad but the first series dealt with the crew trying to get to know each other and the single episode problems that would happen on the station.Than in season two you had the terrorist federation colonist the "Marquis" being formed and causing trouble,And of course near the end of season two and following mostly to the finale the powerful empire from the Gamma Quandrant the "DOMINION".I felt that when the writers came up with the dominion they were basically coping the SHADOW WAR conflict from BABYLON 5 to help their drop in ratings.This being said if you feel the price is right(No Pun Intended)for the season sets than by all means go for it but all I can say is check out BABYLON 5 season sets first you will not be disappointed. Rating: - Not a bad startI never watched this show while it was on television. I tried a few episodes here and there, but never watched it regularly. However, in my DVD television watching, having finished Star Trek: TNG, I decided to give the first season a chance. First, I must say this show got off to a better start than TNG. The characaters, are set pretty well, and the tone of the show is fairly strong. I liked the diffrent style of the show: nothing works right, the station is a cardassian vessel, the characters are not only not friends but in many cases don't like each other. This show is very interesting, and I like the political nature of the show. That being said, the first season does have many flaws. First, the show does not do a whole lot of entertaining things. Here, they have access to species 70,000 light years away, and all the races feel mainly like more of the same. Odo is very interesting but little exploration of his character. Also, the show attemptes a little too hard to rely on TNG characters. Q and Luwaxana Troi felt out of their element. That being said, I very much enjoyed the show. I liked the exploration of the Ferengi culture, and feeling of the show getting better as the season progressed. I liked the show, and have purchased the second season, looking foreward to see where the show goes. Rating:  - The start to the most epic Star Trek series ever.Deep Space Nine is by far my favorite series in the Star Trek franchise. Part of it comes from the most interesting cast of characters, from it's tormented Commander Sisko to the fiery ex-terrorist turned liason officer Kira Nerys. Station security is covered by Odo, a shape shifting alien. And many other characters that make each episode fascinating. Another thing that sets this series apart from other Treks is that it has large continuing threads that span most or all of the series. While this first season doesn't even mention what fans would later know as the Dominion, it does give us a gateway to the other side of the galaxy which eventually leads to that arc. And the major arc of Benjamin Sisko's destiny begins right with "Emmissary," the excellent 2 hour series premiere. This season has fewer memorable episodes than later seasons, with forgettable ones like "Move Along Home" taking up a lot of space. But it does have it's moments. The previously mentioned pilot episode "Emmissary" is the finest series premiere in the franchise. Near the end of the season we have "Duet" one of my favorite episodes of dramatic television ever and is a major step toward the character growth of Kira. Then the season ends with "In The Hands of the Prophets" a nice politics/religion story about the clash of 2 very different cultures present on the staion that nicely sets up season two's opening arc. Extra's on this set are very nice. Several featurettes on the making of the series as well as an in depth interview with Nana Visitor, the actress who plays Kira. There are also ten hidden short featurettes on the final disk. Can you find them all? Rating: - The start of something great...I love Star Trek (in most of it's incarnations) and easily loved Deep Space Nine the best. This is the start of a wonderful series, with awesome characters and stories. I think one of the things I like best about this series, is that it takes place in a fixed location. And in setting the story on a space station, you get to know the place and all its inhabitants better. There is room for development of not just primary characters, and that I think is what makes this series so good. Rating: - Good starter!Excellent kick-off season for the best Star Trek Series! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the first episode, and how Commander Sisko has to explain linear time to non-linear beings, who end up being, in the later seasons, his mother. Kira needs to learn how to persuade Cardassians to leave, though. They got mad her because they thought she had destroyed one of their ships. Instead of convincing them that they were right, and saying that she would do the same to them, too, she tried to convince them that there was a wormhole right where they had spent the past 50 years, which was the truth. ~Trekkie~
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