Star Trek Deep Space Nine - The Complete Sixth Season
by Avery Brooks, Alexander Siddig, Allan Eastman, Allan Kroeker, Anson Williams
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Actor: Avery Brooks, Cirroc Lofton, Michael Dorn, Rene Auberjonois, Terry FarrellDirector: Alexander Siddig, Allan Eastman, Allan Kroeker, Anson Williams, Avery Brooks
Brand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1176 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Star Trek Deep Space Nine - The Complete Sixth Season
Movie Review: The Best and Worst of DS9?
Summary: 3 Stars
This season began with an exciting deviation from the standard episodic format of Trek shows, and indeed from the accepted style of science fiction/action shows in general. The first half-dozen episodes are a basically continuous little arc which finds the station itself occupied by the Federation's enemies, and the cast split in half -- some of them depart the station to carry on the war with the fascist Dominion, while others remain on Deep Space Nine as a resistance against the occupation.
That makes the first few episodes exciting drama, but keep in mind that the Dominion War was never more than an efficient Second World War-style conflict in space, with little or no dramatic subtext or relevence, and the consequences of the war never quite reach our heroes. The Dominion themselves were static bad guys, obsessed with conquering the galaxy, and they never develop beyond that defining trait. This entire arc is ultimately disappointing, because it never goes quite as far as it could.
The following episodes of the season descend into DS9's usual mishmash of comedic Ferengi-centric buffoonery and generic sci-fi nonsense, with many holographic adventures and run-ins with various villains, and plenty of bland soap opera from the main cast. Worf and Jadzia Dax get married, which is a bad move for both of them; Odo and Kira fall in love, which was likewise ill-conceived; a holographic lounge singer listens to the crew's problems. The war is all but forgotten, and moves forwards from time to time in jarring fits and starts, such as the season finale which sees Jadzia murdered by the series' villain, and some setbacks for the rest of the cast. This all could have been built up much better, if the writers/producers had only bothered to plan out their show and invest it with some kind of structure.
A few good episodes arrive in the middle of the mess: in "Far Beyond the Stars" Captain Sisko has visions from the godlike Prophets that cast him in the role of a 1950's science fiction writer, and he experiences racism for the first time on Star Trek. This has nothing whatsoever to do with the ongoing story of the series, but it's a good hour of television anyway and it's fun to see the cast playing different roles (without their alien make-up!). It's a classic sort of Trek episode almost lost amid all the war and bustle.
Special features include a number of interviews with actors, writers, and producers, and features on Dax and other characters. There are no commentaries, which is unfortunate. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE was a mixed up show from the beginning, never quite sure what it was about or what it wanted to accomplish, and even the much-hyped Dominion War can't quite redeem it.
Summary of Star Trek Deep Space Nine - The Complete Sixth Season
Episodes: A Time to Stand, Rocks and Shoals, Sons and Daughters, Behind the Lines, Favor the Bold, Sacrifice of Angels, You Are Cordially Invited..., Resurrection, Statistical Probabilities, The Magnificent Ferengi, Waltz, Who Mourns for Morn?, Far Beyond the Stars, One Little Ship, Honor Among Thieves, Change of Heart, Wrongs Darker than Death or Night, Inquisition, In the Pale Moonlight, His Way, The Reckoning, Valiant, Profit and Lace, Time's Orphan, The Sound of Her Voice, Tears of the Prophets.Deep Space Nine's sixth season began ambitiously with a six-part story arc devoted to the Dominion War. This was a brave move in many ways, but a sensible one too. Whereas other sci-fi shows wouldn't commit to showing the impact of war (e.g., Babylon 5), here there were numerous visible sacrifices. Characters were frequently kidnapped and held prisoner, allowing screen time for other members of the ever-growing cast (at its peak there were as many as 18 individuals with speaking roles per episode). This year also introduced the idea of Starfleet Intelligence and its sinister Section 31; alliances were built only to crumble almost immediately; Sisko led a suicide mission and at long last his destiny as the Emissary took a serious turn.
Amid all this sturm und drang the writers felt it necessary to inject some levity. In fact, there was so much comedic sidetracking this year it actually seemed as if they were afraid of the series' dark tone. Witness: Quark undergoing a temporary sex change, leading a Magnificent Seven-style band of Ferengi (with a cameo from Iggy Pop), Morn's nonspeaking character being sorely missed, the blend of Troi and Guinan into '60s crooner Vic Fontaine, and, in one fan favorite episode ("Far Beyond the Stars"), Sisko having visions of himself and the crew as 1950s staff writers on pulp magazine Incredible Tales. There were also cute reconciliations among Worf's extended family (leading to Trek's first cast wedding), and even the revelation of Bashir's genetically enhanced origins quickly became a subject for easy jokes.
Any of these events would have been satisfactorily cute if the war had ended and the show had moved on. But it confused the viewer when every so often the battle would be rejoined mid-episode. The clinching proof that no grand design was really at work was in the sudden exit of Dax. Despite all the jarring humor scattered about after the strong opening, the show seemed unable to avoid reverting to shock tactics for its finale. All of which hardly made the promised final year seem a particularly enticing prospect. --Paul Tonks
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