The way of the warrior is the first episode from the fourth season of the american syndicated science fiction television series star trek. The 8 most memorable episodes the original series now, twenty years after captain sisko and his team went off the air, deep space nine has found a bigger fanbase than ever. Battle lines is the th episode of the first season of the american science fiction television series star trek. As the dust settles in the battle for deep space nine, jadzia and worf tie the knot. As godben pointed out, ent had some good stuff in the council and countdown and ofcourse there was the short but cool battle in fc, but other than that ds9 stands alone. This is the attack on federation space by the borg. Trek author and expert keith decandido rewatches star trek. In the vicinity of the liberated planet of bajor, the federation space station deep space nine guards the opening of a stable wormhole to the far side of the galaxy. Sisko welcomes them and martok claims the fleet is at deep space nine to fight with the federation against the dominion. There were a total of 176 episodes over the shows seven seasons, which are listed here in chronological order by original airdate, which match the episode order in each seasons dvd set. Sacrifice of angels has the most exciting battle, but the ones in tears of the prophets, the changing face of evil, the way of the warrior, call to arms and the new.
Trials and tribbleations is the most technically astute and narratively audacious of deep space nines episodes. Deep space nine and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. With the outbreak of the dominion war, the show established star trek as a franchise that wasnt afraid to throw down and give the people what they wanted. Deep space nine is progressively locked down after obrien, jake and sisko accidentally. Again i saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them. Kiras past association with bajoran terrorists, her life spent waging war on the cardassians, and the hope and uncertainty which peace brings, are all meaty, legitimately compelling subjects, and all of them are brought up in this episode to varying degrees. That changed for the better in the last two episodes of the first season when deep space nine took on two highly charged, very emotional issues. The five most wormholesucking episodes in the history of deep space nine, complete with unforgiving breakdowns. The show was aired from 1993 to 1999, and like tng, was offered through firstrun syndication as opposed to any exclusive television network. We boldly go and revisit the top episodes from deep space nine. Deep space nine s7 e26 what you leave behind, part 2 while sisko, ross and martok plan a final assault in space, kira and garak lead the cardassian resistance on the. Unknown jake sisko and julian bashir are caught in the middle of a battle between a federation colony and a klingon army. Jake, reporting from the front lines, sees what war truly is. Way of the warrior was different because it was the first time ds9 tried it and it was different.
The second battle of deep space 9 was the opening engagement of the dominion war, in which the. Deep space nine companion sacrifice of angels edit. Deep space nine hit the ground running with the strongest pilot in star trek history. The episode focuses on kira, sikos secondincommand. The breen launch an attack on federation headquarters, while damar secretly forms plans to free cardassia from dominion rule. Deep space nine starts out slow, but by season 6, its probably my favorite star trek series so far as i rewatch it again years after it originally aired.
Deep space nine 1993 tv pg 7 seasons alien scifi in this star trek spinoff, commander sisko leads the multispecies crew of deep space nine, a federation space. Unknown worf and ezri return safely to deep space nine. In battle lines, the twelfth episode of the shows first season, the viewer is introduced to the importance of religion to the bajoran people. Deep space nine is the second of the next generation of star trek shows, airing after the next generation for two years, then alternating with upns voyager for the remaining five years. Deep space nine is the redheaded stepchild of the trek franchise, and im pretty much inclined to agree with that assessment. While the results werent always pretty, deep space nine nonetheless produced some of the most compelling episodes in the annals of trek canon. Viewers who dont know a trekker from a tribble may nevertheless be drawn into the orbit of star trek.
A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series star trek. In early 2372, a klingon task force led by chancellor gowron and general martok launched an attack on the federation space station of deep space 9, in an attempt to force captain benjamin sisko to relinquish the cardassian detapa council members under his protection. This episode is a mixture of every wonder deep space nine has to offer. Following the death of a friend in battle, captain sisko enters an escapist fantasy where hes benny russell, a trailblazing africanamerican scifi writer in 1950s new york city. The aftermath of a long, brutal occupation and the capture of what appears at first glance to be a major war criminal in duet and religious fanaticism in the final episode in the hands of the. Season 4, the way of the warrior i can assure you, this old cat may not be as toothless as you think.
On the other hand, the final epic battle in what you leave behind with all of the federation and dominion ships all on screen at one time made it the mother of all ds9 space battles, hands down. Emissary begins in the middle of the battle of wolf 359. Deep space nine, counting as the 73rd and the 74th episode overall as it is a double episode. The battle of cardassia the victory and death of damar the ending of the dominion war the death of dukat and kai winn in the fire caves the ascension of sisko to prophet in the wormho.
Odo discovers he might not be the only one of his kind when a visitor from the gamma quadrant claims he can contact odos people. What happened in the last episode of star trek deep space. Deep space nine 1993 nana visitor and alexander siddig in star trek. Deep space nine season 3, episode 23 family business. But as the episode progresses, the voiceovers get more eloquent and assured, to the point where hes got a decent, if florid, piece of personal journalism describing the battle of ajilon prime.
Deep space nine with fresh eyes, including lots of great trivia, analysis, and behindthescenes information. The issues addressed in star trek are as relevant today as they were when these series originally aired. But watching the episode or even skimming itcan be time consuming. Sacrifice of angels notched 24% of the vote, besting what you leave behind, which tallied 22%. Following the success of deep space nine, paramount commissioned berman and brannon braga to produce star trek.
The first battle of deep space 9 was the prelude to the federationklingon war of 2372 and 2373. Ive collected the scripts of every episode of the next generation, deep space nine, and the first 10 movies. Aboard the space station deep space nine, a motley crew of earthlings and aliens worked together to create stability in the universe and overcome their differences the writers of the show decided to step away from gene roddenberrys rules for the star trek universe. The first season episode duet offered the first glimpse of what deep space nine would become. So why not let the computer search the text for you. The five best deep space nine episodes of all time. The series premiere, emissary, had a pretty coollooking borg battle against the starfleet ships at wolf 359. Nor the battle to the strong 1996 cast 19 avery brooks. Sometimes it really helps to go back to the original source. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on deep space nine, a space station located near a stable wormhole between the alpha and gamma quadrants of the milky way galaxy, in orbit of the planet bajor. After showing bajoran spiritual leader kai opaka the wormhole, she, sisko, bashir and kira crash land on a moon. The klingons harass morn, they beat up garak and try to hijack kasidy yates ship to look for shapeshifters. I think with the ds9 dominion war arc this criteria is completely lost because in many of those space battle episodes you know whats coming up and the outcome is binary. During deep space nine s run, various episode novelisations and tiein video games were produced.
When i watch the best episodes of deep space nine, an immense feeling of wonder wells in my chest. Bashir is in a runabout doing whatever when they learn that. The search, parts 1 and 2 episodes 1 and 2 deep space nine gets a tough little ship. Deep space nine is the third liveaction television series in the star trek franchise and aired in syndication from january 1993 through june 1999. But deep space nine, it was just there, waiting to be noticed. With avery brooks, rene auberjonois, alexander siddig, terry farrell. You never actually saw the work that vfx designers put into those battle scenes. It is also the first star trek episode where cgi is used exclusively. Deep space nine episodes by chris cummins may 27, 2011 daily lists, tv 0 comment its been said that star trek. Star trek deep space nine the complete sixth season. There may be other sciencefiction franchises that are known for awesome ships and massive space battles, but star trek made a name for itself when deep space nine ramped up the action to massive levels. Major battles of the dominion war star trek minutiae. Whats both frustrating and promising about battle lines is that the pieces are here for something legitimately terrific.
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