Star Trek Deep Space Nine - The Complete Fifth Season

Star Trek Deep Space Nine - The Complete Fifth Season
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Movie Review: DS9 Season Five - An incredible season as the tension rises!
Summary: 5 Stars

From the overall design of the Dominion with the Founders, Vorta and Jem'Hadar and the whole structure of the Dominion, they created the perfectly intractable and unknown enemy. In effect they were the perfect adversaries to foil the Federation and in doing so, the Dominion brought about a large amount of the best writing in the Star Trek universe to date! The only disappointment of the season was the absence of a Mirror universe episode.

A brief synopsis of the more outstanding episode of this season: (Unfortunately, there's a 1K word limit because every episode of this season deserves a highlight)

Apocalypse Rising - In this outstanding season opener; following Odo's surprising news that Gowron, the Chancellor of the Klingon Empire is a changeling at the end of season four, Starfleet orders Sisko and crew to infiltrate the Empire and expose the changeling.

Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places - In this wonderful episode, Grilka makes a surprise visit to DS9 to see Quark and love is in the air as Worf and Dax help him pursue her and Kira and O'Brien are getting a little too close. The ending between Worf and Dax makes this show somewhat of a poignant classic considering what happens to Dax in the next season.

Trials and Tribble-ations - As part of the thirtieth anniversary of Star Trek, DS9 came up with this exceptional episode in which the crew of the Defiant goes to Cardassia Prime and recovers the Orb of Time and is suddenly thrust into the past. As the sensors clean up, they find themselves staring at the original Enterprise. This is one of the best episodes of the entire seven year run.

Things Past - In this extraordinary episode Sisko, Garak, Odo and Dax end up on Terok Nor before the Cardassian withdrawal. This episode in particular gives great insight to what a wonderful character Odo is.

The Ascent - There could be no finer episode that deals with the relationship between Quark and Odo than this one as they find themselves stranded on a planet and that they must climb a mountain to get an SOS out.

Rapture - It's superior episodes like this that made DS9 the extraordinary series that it was. Kasidy makes her return and Sisko is having visions which lead to the prophesied discovery of an ancient Bajoran city which had been lost to them for thousands of years.

The Begotten - This episode is beautiful in every way as the writers came up with an inventive way to bring Odo back his shape shifting abilities.

For the Uniform - In this extremely intense episode Sisko begins his hunt for the traitorous Michael Eddington who betrayed Sisko and Starfleet for the Maquis.

In Purgatory's Shadow & By Inferno's Light - These are two of DS9's finest episodes as Garak receives a message from Enabran Tain and he and Worf head off into the Gamma Quadrant to find him. They soon find themselves interred in a Jem'Hadar prison camp. These episodes mark the beginning of Martok's recurring role.

Doctor Bashir, I Presume? - Robert Picardo from Voyager makes a guest appearance as his alter ego Dr. Zimmerman in order to create the latest EMH using Dr. Bashir as the template. In a strange maneuver, the writers reveal that Bashir was genetically enhanced as a child.

Business as Usual - This is an outstanding Ferengi episode as Quark, financially crippled by losing his business license, begins a partnership with his cousin Gaila who is an arms dealer.

Ties of Blood and Water - This is a very poignant episode as we see Kira, who had fought Cardassians all her life, care for Tekeny Ghemor who we saw in a previous season and who had been fooled into thinking she was his daughter.

Ferengi Love Songs - This is the perfect Ferengi episode as we see Quark return to Ferenginar to visit with his Moogie and he finds that she and Grand Nagus Zek are "together."

Soldiers of the Empire - This is a perfect Klingon episode where Martok and Worf command a Klingon Bird of Prey in search of a lost battle cruiser feared to have been destroyed by the Jem'Hadar.

Empok Nor - This intriguing episode provides a great deal of insight into Garak's character!

Call to Arms - This episode represents one of the best season closing episodes in Star Trek! The Dominion and the Cardassians are finally coming to take over DS9. Sisko and crew must find a way to mine the entrance to the wormhole, evacuate the Bajorans and prepare for the defense of DS9. The close of this episode is extraordinary, when the Defiant falls in formation with a massive Starfleet and Klingon fleet, letting the viewers know that the war that has been building up is finally here!

Special Features:

Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends and A Historic Endeavor
Crew Dossier: Miles O'Brien
Inside DS9 with Mike Okuda
Michael Westmore's Aliens
Photo Gallery
10 "Hidden" Section 31 files

Episode list:

Apocalypse Rising
The Ship
Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places
...Nor the Battle to the Strong
The Assignment
Trials and Tribble-ations
Let He Who is Without Sin...
Things Past
The Ascent
Rapture
The Darkness and the Light
The Begotten
For the Uniform
In Purgatory's Shadow
By Inferno's Light
Doctor Bashir, I Presume?
A Simple Investigation
Business as Usual
Ties of Blood and Water
Ferengi Love Songs
Soldiers of the Empire
Children of Time
Blaze of Glory
Empok Nor
In the Cards
Call to Arms

Summary of Star Trek Deep Space Nine - The Complete Fifth Season