Rating: 
Summary: Much Like the First Season
Review: The second season of DS9 is much like the first. The exterior box is the same, and the disks sit in the same booklet format. I do have to wonder who chose the accent colours for the seasons. The first box set had red as an accent colour. This time we have a sickly green colour. At least the Next Generation box sets had a rainbow affect.The disks for season two are much the same as the first season: 4 episodes per disk, no previews. The chapters are still messed up as well. The episodes themselves are interesting, but each episode deserves it's own review, to touch on them all here would be too time consuming
Rating: 
Summary: DS9 - Second Season hits it stride
Review: The second season of DS9 ranks not only as one of the best in the seven year history of this series, but also as one of the best in the entire Star Trek legacy. Things get off to a great start with the opening trilogy (The Homecoming/The Circle/The Siege), and the rest of the season easily lives up to expectations. The Maquis (two-parter), more Nagus (Rules of Acquisition), three legendary Klingons (Blood Oath), Garak (The Wire), the stirring (Cardassians), a mirror universe (Crossover), the underrated (Necessary Evil), and of course the big-ticket season finale (The Jem'Hadar) are just a few of the standout episodes you'll find contained in this DVD set. I find the political and spiritual themes of DS9 to be extraordinarily entertaining. The brilliant writers and actors really hit their stride here in season two. I've been on vacation this past week, and have been watching episodes almost non-stop, I enjoy it that much. Top-notch production values enhance this DVD set, making it even a greater value. Highly recommended....I can't wait for season three.
Rating:
Summary: JOIN THE CREW
Review: The second season opens with a 3 part story (a first for Trek) which picks up the ideas that ended season one's "In the Hands of the Prophets." Watch for Steven Weber (NBC's tv series "Wings", ABC's mini-series "The Shining", "Jeffrey") as a Bajoran rebel. Not his best acting ever, but he gets some great moments of action, and he is so darn handsome!
Many of this season's episodes are launching points into the epic story that runs the length of DS9's seven years: the conflict between the Federation, the Dominion, Bajor, the Klingons, the Cardassians, etc. Plenty of scene-stealing performances by Louise Fletcher as Vedek Winn (no spoilers here!) and Jeffrey Combs as Gul Dukat. They become two of the best 'villians' in Trek history, doing both good and not-so-good things that affect our heroes lives and goals.
In "Crossover" get our first trip back to the mirror universe that was the setting of classic Trek's "Mirror Mirror." It's such fun to see our characters take on different personalities.
The last 7 episodes of the season are especially top-notch drama, not to be missed! "The Maquis" parts 1 & 2 contain some of the best space battle effects I have ever seen, and as another reviewer mentioned "The Wire" is a classic, where we learn (maybe) much about Garak's past, as well as see how well Trek can handle current day issues in a futuristic setting.
Buy this!
Rating:
Summary: The best Trek ever... volume 2!
Review: The series started off well in the first season, and continued that slow progression in the second. More or less, there was a seeming station-keeping feel to this season. TNG was coming to an end, and it seemed that the producers were all focusing their energies there. Many good episodes are to be had here, but they were still a season away from hitting their stride. Again, Paramount has done a nice job of packaging this set. The extras a great. Although why they feel the need for a copyright proclaimation after EVERY SINGLE EXTRA is beyond me. Plus, it would be nice if they would either give the option of continuous play of the episodes, or at least put a chapter stop after the opening credits so that they could be skipped each time.
Rating:
Summary: It gets much better from here!!!
Review: The viewer from California didn't like the series because it dare to be diffrent from established trek formula, where starship travels throughout the galaxy, encountering new races in every episodes.
For me it is a plus, not an disadventage. Because after four series placed on starship, it was welcome change for me. And it was also a plus for me that this series was more drama oriented than the others (but of course there was much action, especially from season 3 onward) But back on topic. Season 2 was a big improvement from season 1.
I still don't rank it higher than seasons 4-7, but season 2 was already very good. It had many great episodes. I name some of them.
It begins with the first trek 3 parter in history. And very good one I might add, which mix action with political intrigue.
The Cardassians is another very good episode which examine a distrust between Bajoran and Cardassian. Next great episode is Necessary Evil (this rank among the best Trek episodes ever) which shows us DS9 (Terok Nor) during the occupation.
Other great episodes in this season includes Whispers , which offers us an intresting mystery and Blood Oath in which we meet 3 klingons from original series (Kor, Kang and Koloth). The season end on particulary high note with few very good episodes in a row, like The Maquis, which as title suggest introduce us to the Maquis (they appear for the first time on DS9, not on TNG, as someone suggested). Next was fascinating The Wire, in which we get glimpses of Garak past, or we didn't , we can never be sure. Crossover the next very good episode, is where we visit mirror universe, for the first time in 30 years. Season 2 ends on particulary high note, with action packed The Jem'hadar, where we for the first time meet Dominion, or at least a military arm of it.
There are some others good eps which I didn't mention.
Of course there are some weaker episodes, but IMO none of them is downright poor (mostly just avarage) like Melora, Sanctuary or Rivals and few others but not many. So, this is very good season, well worth watching. So watch it, you won't be dissapointed. And bring already seasons 4-7 which are in my opinon the best trek ever.
Rating: 
Summary: The Trek Series, that Trekkers argue about
Review: This entire series had some wonderful things going for it. The Special Effects were fine, the actors were top rate. However, the storyline's were horrible. The only show really worthwhile in this set is Blood Oath, which takes us away from the duldrums of the distant and isolated space station and reunites us with the finest Klingon's of Trek History. I have been to some trekker-cons and have many friends who love Star Trek, but Deep space 9 is a mixed review as many people, including me, are not happy to see Worf's character pushed beyond its reasonable span after TNG. Remember in TNG, Worf was supposed to fall in love with Troy ? Now, he gets put on DS9, and falls in love with Dax, NEVER see's his son Alexander again, and allows his brother to fall from grace in the Klingon high council and become a janitor for a show(why ?). Finally, While Cisco's a great commander, other character's like Kira tend to grate on one's nerves. All Kira ever does is remind us how she killed and murdered Cardassians to free her planet, yet we are supposed to believe that terrorist tactics somehow overwhelemed a superior army. Its not possible ! The Cardassians would have killed all the Bajorans, they had the superior force and they met no resistance. The story line bothers a lot of Trekkers. To remind another writer about season 1 who felt the need to comment about my opinions, we all have the right to like or dislike a show. This is the worst of the Star Trek shows, NOT becuase of the fine actors or effects people, but because of the stories, which should be compared to moden conflicts to see why they are so racially charged and offensive to many people. I want to be taken to NEW Worlds and places, not reminded of the terrible loss of Life that we see everyday on the news. Especially not with a topic that has a slanted bent towards the underdog in every conflict.
Rating: 
Summary: DS9's weakest season, but still worth buying
Review: This season included some great episodes. It starts out with a riveting three-part story about Bajoran society and politics (Homecoming, Circle, Siege) which further develops the Bajoran characters on the show. Invasive Procedures delivers suspense, Armageddon Game is an intriguing look at biological weapons with a subtle built-in irony. Profit and Loss has Quark moving profit down on the priority list (for once) and shows another aspect of Quark. The best of the set, however, has to be Whispers. An artfully constructed conspiracy story is often underrated and forgotten when fans make top-10 lists, Whispers was the most atypical trek episode that had been produced up to this point. Told in flashback with voice-over narration, Chief O'Brien recalls the steps which caused him to suspect a massive conspiracy. The true power of the episode, though, is in the journey and in a truly inspired twist at the end. The use of subjective point of view filtered through O'Brien keeps the viewer unprepared for what awaits. The set should be purchased because of this very episode. There are also many episodes that begin long-lasting storylines. The Wire is a mind-bending episode dealing with Garak's sordid past. It also set up one of the best story arcs on the show that would blossom in the following season. The arrival of the Maquis was an infinitely important Trek development, for it not only began a storyline which lasted for several seasons, but also contributed storylines to TNG and made Voyager possible. Crossover brought back the mirror universe from the original series and began a storyline that would continue well into the sixth season. The most important, though, has to be contact with the Jem'Hadar, signalling a metamorphosis in the series and beginning the journey to the show's destiny. Sadly, the season is dragged down by inferior episodes, some of which are generally considered to be the show's worst. Melora is a clunker of a preachy message episode about the handicapped. Similarly, Rivals is a boring episode with the most preposterous science that I have ever heard in an episode of any Trek show. There are a number of filler shows which keep this season from reaching its full potential. Nevertheless, it contains some enjoyment, and is worth the purchase. This season paved the way for the rest of the series.
Rating:
Summary: A Complex Season!
Review: This was the season that won me over to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine! I became a "Niner" (subset of Star Trek fans) after I watched the repeat airing of the season finale "The Jem'Hadar". I had never seen anything like it on TV before. "The Jem'Hadar" featured an intriguing "who are they?" story about the fearsome Jem'Hadar - the soldier race of the Dominion, coupled with the grandest space battle (at that time) that I had ever seen on TV. Sure, the space battles would improve in later seasons, as would the characters and writing, but it showed me enough to keep me on board. Later on I would see the remarkable three-part season opener - commonly referred to as "The Circle Trilogy" - along with other gems like "Blood Oath" (which brought back three of the original Star Trek's best Klingons: Kor, Kang and Koloth), "The Maquis, Parts I & II" (for better or worse, this is where Voyager began), "The Wire" (one of the best Garak stories) and "Crossover" (DS9's first visit to the classic Mirror Universe). This was the year that Ira Steven Behr, Peter Allan Fields, Robert Hewitt Wolfe and James Crocker started to fully realize what the Dominion was and what it would later become. This quadrant-spanning empire was first mentioned during the first season, but this is where the ongoing story arc truly started. If you like SF that is daring, vivid and thoroughly complex, DS9 is the series for you. *A special note: May God bless the families of the seven brave astronauts who died on board the space shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003. And may He forever hold them in His warm embrace.*
Rating:
Summary: Notes from Terok Nor.
Review: TRANSLATING MESSAGE FROM THE MIRROR UNIVERSE DEEP SPACE NINE, TEROK NOR.
MESSAGE SENT BY: INTENDANT KIRA, FIRST OFFICER GARAK, CAPTAINS SISKO AND BASHIR, MISTRESS DAX, SMILEY O'BRIEN AND OVERSEER ODO.
MESSAGE:
Welcome to the second season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine!. This message was sent to our universe by the Deep Space Nine's Senior Staff counterparts to remind us to watch "Crossover," the 22nd episode of the season, which is the most devastating episode since "Mirror, Mirror." The Galactic Empire has collapsed, no longer able to punish and dominate all life in the galaxy. Since Captain Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise-D were thrown into this universe and defeated the counterpart crew, the Empire's members have been slaves to the evil Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. Plus 25 episodes more!. The Second Season of Deep Space Nine was starting to warm up, getting better with the storylines and the characters. The six best episodes of the second season of the show are:
"The Homecoming," "The Circle," "The Siege"- The three-part trilogy was basic information of tension on the Bajoran homeworld. "The Maquis, Part I," "The Maquis, Part II"- the two-part episode had the Federation renegades (last seen in TNG's "Preemptive Strike") bent on bringing the Federation and the Cardassians into a war with each other. "Crossover"-In taking us back to the classic Mirror Universe, "Crossover" serves as another skillful tip of the hat to the Original Series. It also ended up working so well on its own that it spawned a multi-season story arc for DS9. As with the Original Series' "Mirror, Mirror," there is much enjoyment to be derived from observing twisted doppelganger versions of our favorite characters. In particular, Nana Visitor has a ball creating Kira's evil, leather-clad double, the Intendant, who takes a decidedly narcissistic interest in our own Kira. Also fascinating: Sisko's flashy, scoundrel of a double, the beaten down "Smiley" O'Brien and the sadistic, human-hating version of Odo. That Odo is killed by our Bashir, exploding into a million pieces.
Rating:
Summary: BEWARE: Since DS9 this is not Star Trek anymore!
Review: Weak scripts, boring episodes, overrated "Q" and nothing to do with the starship Enterprise and the idea of Gene Roddenberry... a trash spinn-off of the real Star Trek series, regardless of the DVD itself.
|
