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 (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, 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 Dog Days of (Bloody) War
Summary: 5 Stars
Bottom-Line: "ST: DS9 ~The Complete Sixth Season" with its 26 episode arc (unheard of today in this era a 13 episode seasons) is science fiction television at its best.
The Star Trek franchise has been alive for over forty-five years and through all of the various incarnations: Star Trek (The Original Series), Star Trek The Next Generation, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, as well as nine motion pictures, I have been an eager and loyal fan.
When "Star Trek Deep Space Nine (ST: DS9)" hit the airways in 1993 I was stationed with the U.S. Navy in Hawaii. Because if my rather unpredictable schedule I was able to see only a few episodes, principally the first season, but overall I missed most of the 7-season run of ST: DS9. So when I found all seven seasons of the series on Amazon.com, I plotted a course and picked up the entire (7) season run over the last two years. I am just finished watching The Complete Sixth Season.
The Story-Line
"ST: DS9 ~The Complete Sixth Season" is entrenched in Gene Roddenberry's now multifaceted Star Trek universe. The series was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller and indeed they produced most of the episodes. Paramount Television owns the Star Trek franchise and released the series to DVD.
A spin-off of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "ST: DS9 ~The Complete Sixth Season" opens as the war with The Dominion kicks off in a big way. At the end of Season Five, the Federation loses control of the Cardassian space station Terok Nor (Federation name Deep Space 9) to a combined Cardassian/ Dominion force.
As "ST: DS9 ~The Complete Sixth Season" kicks off the Federation and the Klingon Empire are losing the war against The Dominion. Major Kira (Nana Visitor ~ Dark Angel, Mini's First Time, Wildfire), Odo (Rene Auberjonois ~ Benson, The Pirates of Dark Water, The Patriot), Jake Sisko (Cirroc Lofton ~ Soul Food, Invasion) and Quark (Armin Shimerman ~ Beauty and the Beast, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Boston Legal) live under Dominion-occupied Deep Space Nine and eventually start a resistance cell to limited effect.
Meanwhile Captain Sisko (Avery Brooks ~ Spenser For Hire, A Man Called Hawk, American History X) together with Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell ~ Paper Dolls, Deep Core, Becker) and Operations Chief Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney ~ Last of the Mohicans, Star Trek The Next Generation, Clean Break) based on the U.S.S. Defiant devises a plan to take back Deep Space Nine. And five episodes into the season in Favor The Bold, he succeeds, calling upon the "Wormhole Aliens" for help in keeping Dominion reinforcements from coming through the wormhole.
But the war with The Dominion is far from over, indeed "ST: DS9 ~The Complete Sixth Season" proves to be a very bloody and costly one indeed; the retaking of Deep Space Nine is only the beginning of what turns into a long protracted war in which the survival of the Federation is at stake. The war with the Dominion taints every episode of Season Six and takes the series to a very dark place that also sees Lt. Commander Worf (Michael Dorn ~ Star Trek The Next Generation, CHiPs, Heros) and Jadzia Dax marry, only to have her character meet an unfortunate end during the closing episode.
There are also several recurring Cardassian characters in ST: DS9 ~The Complete Sixth Season, including the former head of the station Gul Dukat (Marc Alaimo ~ Hill Street Blues, Star Trek: The Next Generation); he acts as the primary villain of the series. Gul Dukat is a complex character and he undergoes several transformations before ultimately becoming profoundly evil and by the show's conclusion, he has morphed into Sisko's archenemy.
Another equally complex character is Elim Garak (Andrew Robinson ~ Ryan's Hope) the only Cardassian to stay on the station after his fellows pull out. He is suspected of being an agent of the dreaded Obsidian Order, the Cardassian secret police however; he insists that he is but a humble tailor.
My Thoughts
ST: DS9 ~The Complete Sixth Season continues to build on the fine start of Season One insofar-as each story build on the other in some way shape or form. And each episode is well written, well-acted, and this sixth season builds on the story-lines of the first five with intriguing and engaging story-lines and characters.
In the ST: DS9 universe a large cross-section of alien creatures comes through the station, in fact almost every episode introduces us to a new race, most of which come through the wormhole.
Though there are light moments in ST: DS9 ~The Complete Sixth Season most of the episode explore dark material that more than other Trek series explore contemporary issues in American society at the time, including the separation of Church and State, the role of religion in the classroom, genocide, racism, loyalty, bigotry, and terrorism and now all-out war with The Dominion.
Avery Brooks continues the evolution of Captain Benjamin Sisco in fine fashion. His character, like so many before him called "Captain" in the Star Trek universe, is both strong, but also flawed, and essentially human.
There is little separation between Star Trek: The Next Generation and ST: DS9; both series take place during the same time period, only ST: DS9 had a bit more dark spice to offer up. All of the actors on the series now completely inhabit their characters and work well together as an ensemble. The caliber of actors, both regulars, and guest stars, is outstanding make the series and engaging, emotional, and sometimes tough to watch.
"ST: DS9 ~The Complete Sixth Season" with its 26 episode arc (unheard of today in this era a 13 episode seasons) is science fiction television at its best. The special effects are top notch, the stories well written, and episodes well-acted, and the overall plotline well received. And while Season's 4 and 5 should be watch before this sixth season (context), "ST: DS9 ~The Complete Sixth Season" stands out for me as the best season in the (7) season run of Star Trek Deep Space Nine.
Summary of Star Trek Deep Space Nine - The Complete Sixth Season
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