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 - Excelent!This is perhaps the best season of a series that, without any doubt, is the best Star Trek show since Capt. Kirk's adventures. I recomend this to any Star Trek fan or anyone that likes science fiction. Special efects are fine, but the best thing about DS9 is the way the writter manages the history from the very beginning until open-war with the Dominion. The way the caracters and the relationships among them evolves over time is brilliant!. My only regret is that all Star trek movies were based on TNG. It would be nice to watch the Dominion Wars in large screen. Last words: anyone interested in DS9 should start in season 1. It is one big story from almost first season until 7th. Rating: - EnjoyableDeep Space Nine is a great addition to the Star Trek Universe. A must have for any Star Trek Fan. Rating:  - A Return to Excellence Deep Space Nine is the most spectacular of the Star Trek series. What has always set this series apart from the others is the realistic character developments, as we are allowed to see how relationships impact duty in a more realistic way. Memories of Season Four The fourth season left me empty for the most part. The return of Worf was a little lackluster as his character is stiff and old school like so many of the characters in the Original Series and Next Generation. It also lead to a season of endless Klingon drama. Another disappointment of Season 4 was the growing influx of attempted comic relief that relied on oftentimes overused cliches and a sense of "when in doubt, try humor". I think Dax, Quark and even Sisko at times had lines that were supposed to be funny, but left the viewer with that "moving right along" feeling. In addition, a few of the final episodes were almost pointless in character development and DS9 plot development. For instance, while Hard Time was an interesting concept, the whole episode served no real purpose other than being mildly entertaining. O' Brien is a well developed character and dedicating an entire episode to further display his nature was almost pointless. The plot had no connections to the ongoing events of DS9 and the way the interactions with an unfamiliar race were handled was not typical Starfleet. The very idea they allowed O'Brien to be mentally tortured with only a minor dismissal as to why was strange in the least. I don't know if it was a change in usual writers or just an attempt to give the series a shot to improve ratings, I think Season Four did little to connect to the overall DS9 passion after Season 3 reeled you in. Season Five started strong and momentarily reverted to attempts at light-heartedness or direct humor. Episodes like "The Ship", "Looking for par' Mach In All the Wrong Places", "Let He Who Is Without Sin" and much of the general hoopla of the first two discs was a bit drab. Apocalypse Rising and Trials and Tribble-lations were consilations. The true DS9 substance returned with Disc 3 as the writing seemed to return to excellence and the focus built around the growing conflict with the Dominion and the allegiances formed during war. Absolutely brilliant writing! To recount my favorite episodes would require nothing short of a novel. For instance, Apocalypse Rising connected the Klingon drama to the Dominion, subtlely explored Odo's internal conflict (later addressed throughout various episodes)with being a changling and left me laughing at the very idea of Odo and O'Brien being Klingons (subtle humor is wonderful). Trials and Tribble-lations which was a breathtaking exhibit of the beauty of modern technology in marrying the past and the present, the whimsical play at the transformation Klingons incurred overtime leaving the viewer to wonder at the evolution, AND the return of Kirk, Spock and those ever-annoying tribbles. The Ascent was a guilty pleasure of mine as I typically don't like episodes that drift completely from the core storyline, but the relationships between certain DS9 characters are brilliant (Miles and Julian, Garak and Julian, Kira and Odo, Kira and Dukat, Quark and Rom and here Odo and Quark). Rapture was great as Sisko is finally forced to embrace his role as Emissary and the religious overflow is impressive. The Eddington Episodes (For the Uniform and Blaze of Glory) were among my favorites as they explored the Maquis' place in the quadrant, focused on the fine line between doing what is right and fighting for a lost cause and just awesome acting all around. In Purgatory's Shadow and By Inferno's Light are among the best for revealing the Dominion storyline and further characterizing the Jem'Hadar. Dr. Bashir I Presume was hilarious as the secret of Julian's genetic enhancements proved comical. The very idea of one ego strong character (Dr. Zimmerman) outting another (Dr. Bashir)! Too bad the revelation resulted in nothing more substantial to the series. A Call to Arms is probably my favorite of all DS9 episodes thus far and a fabulous season finale. For me there was great irony with Sisko leaving Dukat the baseball. It drove me mad watching Sisko endlessly playing with the ball during the 5th season. Before the final episode (A Call to Arms), I had come to the conclusion that the ball represented frustration for Sisko. It was his way of releaving stress or pondering over what to do as war was inevitable. For him to leave the ball with Dukat was wonderful because it clearly meant "I'll be back for sure" as that autographed baseball was a huge part of "The Sisko". I can't wait to see Season 6. I was in Germany during the last few seasons and didn't see every episode, so this will be a great treat once Seasons 6 and 7 go on sale! stephanie Rating: - The calm before the storm...This season has moments of brilliance. It is also slow in a few episodes. The Klingon storyline gets a little thin. The Tribble episode is worth the price of entire season. It is done with such skill that the time travel sequence seems real for a moment. It is a loving tribute that I will remember for awhile! I am really liking the characters now. The early seasons did an effective job setting them up. It seems this crew is destined to be my favorite. The aliens are once more likeable and believable. The Dominion War looms on the horizon. By the season finale, The station begins to seem vulnerable. Indeed, the Federation itself is being taken where it has never been before-under seige! I am sure there will be a happy ending. War is never good, but it makes an excellent storyline within the Star Trek universe. This is the first time this has happened on such a scale. I eagerly anticipate next season! Rating: - A brilliant continuation of the Star Trek series...Nominated for 28 Emmys, including several for Outstanding Visual Effects, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine continues the rich tradition of the original 1960s Star Trek franchise. Created by former L.A. police officer Gene Roddenberry, the Star Trek TV series morphed into a franchise famous for the unprecedented fanatical devotion of its audience. Lasting only three seasons during its original network run, Star Trek struck gold with its syndicated reruns, launching a number of motion pictures featuring the original cast as well as novels, comic books, collectibles, and reams of Star Trek-related memorabilia. Following on the heels of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), the first Star Trek series spin-off of the original, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine foreshadowed additional spin-offs - Star Trek: Voyager (1995), and Star Trek: Enterprise (2001). Sporting an entirely new cast and crew from its two predecessors, the show focuses on a particular system administered by the Federation instead of the usual Star Trek mission of "exploring strange new worlds"... Star Trek: Deep Space Nine follows the exploits of the Starfleet crew aboard an abandoned and gutted Cardassian space station orbiting the planet of Bajor. In the aftermath of Cardassian occupation, the Bajorian government invited the Starfleet to oversee the reconstruction of the space station. Deep Space Nine quickly transformed into a teeming city of commerce and a hub for travel (similar to Babylon 5) thanks to the discovery of an unknown wormhole nearby. But the wormhole leads to the Gamma Quadrant, realm of the feared Dominion alliance, which views the wormhole travelers as a threat to its totalitarian grip on power. As such, the Dominion launches an attack against the Federation and its Klingon allies. The subsequent and ongoing war is the basis for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine... Capt. Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) is credited with discovering the wormhole, and he oversees the crew of Deep Space Nine as they wage battle to preserve the Federation. Ironically, his colleague, Constable Odo (Rene Auberjonois), is a Changeling - an alien race of "shapeshifters" who lead the Dominion's united front. Together with the rest of the crew aboard Deep Space Nine, they struggle with internal and external conflicts that threaten to destroy their very way of life... The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 5) DVD features a number of exciting episodes including the season premiere "Apocalypse Rising" in which the crew suspects Gowron is a mole, having been infiltrated by a Changeling. Ben, Miles, and Odo disguise themselves as Klingons and discover that General Martok is the real traitor among them... Other notable episodes from Season 5 include "Rapture" in which Sisko dreams of seeing Bajor's future and the vision warns him in regard to the planet joining the Federation, and "Soldiers of the Empire" in which Worf and Dax accompany General Martok following his release from a Dominion prison camp, but the rendezvous turns out to be more than they bargained for when their ship comes under attack... Below is a list of episodes included on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 5) DVD: Episode 99 (Apocalypse Rising) Episode 100 (The Ship) Episode 101 (Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places) Episode 102 (...Nor the Battle to the Strong) Episode 103 (The Assignment) Episode 104 (Trials and Tribble-ations) Episode 105 (Let He Who is Without Sin...) Episode 106 (Things Past) Episode 107 (The Ascent) Episode 108 (Rapture) Episode 109 (The Darkness and the Light) Episode 110 (The Begotten) Episode 111 (For the Uniform) Episode 112 (In Purgatory's Shadow) Episode 113 (By Inferno's Light) Episode 114 (Doctor Bashir, I Presume?) Episode 115 (A Simple Investigation) Episode 116 (Business as Usual) Episode 117 (Ties of Blood and Water) Episode 118 (Ferengi Love Songs) Episode 119 (Soldiers of the Empire) Episode 120 (Children of Time) Episode 121 (Blaze of Glory) Episode 122 (Empok Nor) Episode 123 (In the Cards) Episode 124 (Call to Arms) The DVD Report
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