Deep space 9 revisited

But seeing them thrown off a cliff into a pit of fire is pretty good.

Indeed it was. Damar's scenes are full of peak Trek moments.

• From his hilarious suggestion to Weyone that "Maybe you could talk to Worf again! :P "
• ...to the build up of his resistance when he angrily refused to defer to the Breen "I. will. NOT!"
• To his speeches as a resistance hero, inspiring the Cardassians to rise up against the Dominon, despite the odds.

It was all just gold.

I agree, that they did seem to have 5 episodes worth of good plot to fill 10, but I feel that they could have done a better job with that filling. I get that those Dukat scenes were probably cheap and easy since most of them happened on a single set, but it still feels like a very wasted opportunity. Specking of filler, I also tend to avoid that Section 31 episode they throw into the middle of that. I love O'Brien & Bashir, but it's tedious compared to the better episodes in that arc, and all you really learn is that Odo gets cured. Skipping it does not seem to take away the experience of the arc overall.

As much as I appreciate DS9, that's my main issue with the whole thing really and in particular the last few seasons: if I wanted a gloomy no-hope drama there's plenty of other contemporary shows to choose from, sci-fi and otherwise, or for a war story I'd watch Band of Brothers or countless other shows or films.

If I want Star Trek... DS9 isn't always it. I'm here for the bright optimistic future, the dark underbelly of Starfleet and the harsh realities of life on the final frontier aren't what I look forward to. And calling it "more realistic" has always sounded like a lack of imagination to me.

It's a great show anyway because Star Trek is a place and there's room for these types of stories in it. It's just maybe not great in the way that Star Trek can be great, for me.

I do dip in and out of star trek now and again. I watched the episode where sisko and Garak got the Romulans in to the War. It was a very good episode that showed a different side to starfleet

I always think its a pity that the seige of DS9 aka Terok Nor did not last longer in the show. Its only lasts for 6 episodes I know a few months in the show maybe more but really it could and should have been for a whole season. What a great way it would have been to go from season 6 to 7 with the retaking back of DS9.

And don't come back 😀

I don't think so. The off arc episodes are just as important for pacing the series giving you a bit of a break now and then

I remember having a passionate hated for the Vic Fontane stuff back in the day. My view has mellowed considerably in later years, but having this Rat Pac singer shoved into the narritive felt like a forced attempt to wedge someone's music preferences into the Trek universe. Really didn't like it, and the whole Vegas cadence of the guy just rubbed me the wrong way.

I liked a lot of DS9 but the Bajorans in general, and particularly the focus on their religion, almost ruined the show for me. As soon as Kai Winn appears, it's time to skip to the next episode. It felt odd to have a Star Trek series give such prominence to religion that featured literal angels and demons when Rodenberry was such a noted atheist.

I think they should have kept it ambiguous in the whole religion vs wormhole aliens. They went way too far making Sisco an actual definite Jesus and all that.

still shocked Bashir pulled Kira in real life