Rick Berman

Democratic imperialists and former terrorists work together on a space station in order to keep away fascist imperialists.

It's considerably improved from the first season. Someone's paying enough attention to avoid the major plot holes and continuity errors. A few episodes are even good - but for every good episode, there are two bad ones.

Concept: D
Story: D
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: C
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: D
Acting: C
Music: D

Enjoyment: C

GPA: 1.6/4

Have decided to rewatch DS9 having just finished TNG. DS9 is one of my favourite series ever so it's very hard to review series 1 when I love the whole thing so much. Series 1 is very much in the tradition of Star Trek - standalone stories with no ongoing thread. Towards the end you get the first hints of future developments but only with the benefit of hindsight. My other favourite series Babylon 5 was also running and it gave DS9 the kick it needed to do something different and create a show more running story line from series 2. DS9 also has fabulous main characters who are complex and allowed to develop. But its main strength are its irregular characters - the fab Dukat, Garak, Weyoun, and Martok. show less

A giant space ship flies around the galaxy, ostensibly exploring but usually running errands.

Popcorn television. There's not much reason to like it. So much is badly done. There's not a single episode without at least one damning flaw. But I just love watching it.

Concept: A
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: B
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: C
Acting: D
Music: D

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 2.2/4

A spaceship pulled to the other side of the galaxy makes its way home.

So damn refreshing. For the first time since the seventies (or the sixties if you don't count the animated series), Star Trek is about what the famous theme song monologue says it's about - which basically boils down to science fiction adventures. The writing might not actually be any better than [early] Deep Space Nine, but when you're an adventure show, you can get away with a lot more.

Concept: B
Story: C
Characters: show more C
Dialog: D
Pacing: C
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: C
Acting: B
Music: C

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 2.2/4 show less