Star Trek Deep Space Nine - The Complete Seventh Season

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Summary: Deep Space Nine-unforgettable!
Review: There is no other word for this absolutely fabulous show that falls neatly and wonderfully into the Star Trek universe but......unforgettable.
This shows' creative writing and producing staff wove a tapestry of characters and interwoven plots like master painters.All characters were totally believable,colourful and three dimensional.
The biggest thing I loved about DS9 was its' different take on the Star Trek domain.This was centered around a group of individuals who worked and lived in a deep space federation station.For all fans used to life on the Enterprise this was some departure.It took guts and vision and the gamble paid off handsomely.
One soon found out that this was not going to be a boring series centered around a static and boring way station.It was an incredibly diverse place with a myriad of cultures and races that passed through its' portals,some benevolent but many others quite malevolent.
We learned over time of its' history and saw our favourite characters virtually grow right before our eyes as much inwardly as outwardly.We also sadly,saw some die.
It was a show that I spent seven memorable years with,never missing an episode.Even though it's been off the air for some time now I still miss my "old friends".I know I won't ever forget them.It was an unforgettable journey.
One thing that comes to mind everytime I recall the show is the relationship between Capt.Cisco and his son Jake.To me it was the most natural,heartfelt,positive and powerful role model for father/son relationships extant on TV then,before or since.
I will always consider the original series my favourite of all of them.But STDS9 comes in at almost a virtual tie.It is almost an apples and oranges argument.They were of the same universe but of two very different and original aspects of it.And I treasure both for those very reasons.
"The Next Generation" was just that, a new generation/crew on the newer version of the same ship...same old,same old."Enterprise"is the current prequel to the whole series but with far too little panache or interest to make it worth ones while to watch for too long.And "Voyager",well it was the WORST of the entire series so far and it(the craft and series!) should have remained lost forever.
To anyone who maybe didn't quite get the feel for DS9 the first time around and is a Star Trek fan I can't encourage you enough to try the show again.If you perhaps aren't a Star Trek fan and/or are trying to decide how best to test the Star Trek waters for the first time,I again urge you to view this series.
All of you will marvel not only at the originality and quality of the scripts but the fantastic ensemble acting and character depth that develops practically right from the start.This is NOT a Capt.Kirk or Picard race around the universe shooting up every alien in sight with phasers on kill(with apologies to both series).This series comes at you from day one from a totally different place than all the other series and it is the one thing that drove many in Star Trek fandom to either like it because of that or dislike it because it didn't fit their "mold".
My advice? Make my "old "friends" your NEW ones!!!

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Summary: There were some great eps. and then some lousy ones
Review: This season of DS9 is good, but previous seasons easily outdo it. Ezri Dax was completely pointless and totally irritating...perhaps they should've eliminated the Dax character altogether after Jadzia died and not introduce any new characters in her place. The continuing conflict with the Dominion, and the Cardassian rebellion were wonderful, but pointless episodes like "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" and "It's Only a Paper Moon" dragged this season down. Why was there ever a Vic Fontaine? Easily one of the most ridiculous episodes in the series was "The Emperor's New Cloak". Unfortunately the writers seemed to be suffering from amnesia in this episode, since in "Through the Looking Glass" it was already proven that the Alliance had cloaking technology. It was terribly frustrating to see the Alliance not get a fair shake at the end; at least in "What You Leave Behind" the Dominion puts up one hell of a fight, yet in this episode the only Alliance ship we see is Worf's flagship. And, once again it seems the station has magically re-orbited itself back into Bajor, since in "Shattered Mirror" there's no sign of the planet anywhere. However, this begs the question, if Bajor is a member of the Klingon/Cardassian Alliance, then why didn't they just send an assault force once the station fell into Terran hands and retake Terok Nor? I doubt the rebels on the station would've been a match for an entire planet. This just proves that Star Trek needs to get better and more competent writers pronto, especially with all the screw ups going on in Enterprise.

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Summary: Not too bad, could have been better
Review: This season of the show just seamed to lack something. First off the replacement dax sucked, you went from one of my favorite characters someone who could fight in who wasn't bad to look at and someone who was cool to a child who did nothing but complain about being confused and things making her sick. Where was the Defiant? There was not even one episode that took place primarily on the Defiant. Then they blew it up. What was the point of that? They could have had the ship get away. Sure it would've been cheesy, but not any more so then them not blowing up the escape pods. I thought this season could've used another big battle episode or two. They talked about how this war was very bloody and millions of people were dying. They should've had a little more of that. I did like the idea of section 31 and them puting a disease to kill the founders. Great idea. The episode where Sisko and others helped defend a base against jem hadar soldiers was really good. I liked how they showed at least in one episode how badly the war was effecting some people. The last episode was good. I liked the ten episode story arc. Over all despite those complaints there are episodes worth watching on this season, except for the baseball episode. I thought the features were ok. The prices of these and other star trek box sets needs to come down dramatically. Stargate, a much better show, only costs $50. The best thing is to buy this used.

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Summary: Not too bad, could have been better
Review: This season of the show just seamed to lack something. First off the replacement dax sucked, you went from one of my favorite characters someone who could fight in who wasn't bad to look at and someone who was cool to a child who did nothing but complain about being confused and things making her sick. Where was the Defiant? There was not even one episode that took place primarily on the Defiant. Then they blew it up. What was the point of that? They could have had the ship get away. Sure it would've been cheesy, but not any more so then them not blowing up the escape pods. I thought this season could've used another big battle episode or two. They talked about how this war was very bloody and millions of people were dying. They should've had a little more of that. I did like the idea of section 31 and them puting a disease to kill the founders. Great idea. The episode where Sisko and others helped defend a base against jem hadar soldiers was really good. I liked how they showed at least in one episode how badly the war was effecting some oeople. The last episode was good. I liked the ten episode story arc. Over all despite those complaints there are episodes worth watching on this season, except for the baseball episode. I thought the features were ok. The prices of these and other star trek box sets needs to come down dramatically. Stargate, a much better show, only costs $50. The best thing is to buy this used.

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Summary: The end of a great adventure is here...
Review: This was one of my favorite seasons of Deep Space Nine. The exciting conclusion of another chapter in Star Trek History. This season witnesses the climax of the Alliance's(Federation,Klingon Empire, Romulan Star Empire) was with the Dominion and the introduction of Ezri Dax, Jadzia's successor of the Dax symbiont. Some of the best episodes are on this 7th season set. Any Deep Space Nine fan should invest in this, you won't regret it.