Product Description Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/23/2006
Amazon.com Deep Space Nine's fifth season was a turning point from which there was no going back. Character and information overload took over, and the complicated twists and turns in the build up to war either hooked viewers securely, or sent them away with a headache. The Klingon faction instigated by Worf's arrival was occasionally played for laughs, but mostly their hardheaded personalities made all efforts at diplomacy moot. In the opening episode a chilling possibility is proposed as to what might be: have the Changelings infiltrated already and replaced key personnel? Some fans saw this as a flawed X-Files-style development. Nevertheless it sowed a seed of insidious suspicion, affecting all the principal casts' relationships with one another, even allowing Odo and Quark an opportunity to confess a degree of friendship. Expanding on the new theme of duplication, the crew also made numerous trips to their mirror-universe counterparts.
As well as new uniforms and the milestone 100th episode, Nana Visitor and Alexander Siddig got to comically disguise the arrival of their child during filming. More laughs came from the fan favorite "Trials and Tribble-ations," with CG allowing Sisko and crew to interact with Kirk and a cameo from Leonard Nimoy. Avery Brooks began taking a backseat, partly a result of the now-overcrowded cast. Although Sisko's destiny would be foreshadowed by his first vision and the introduction of the Pah-wraiths, the Captain was in an increasingly sulky mood. Brooks only directed one episode, allowing room for regulars LeVar Burton and Rene Auberjonois to do more behind the camera. Joining them were Alexander Siddig, Michael Dorn and even Andrew Robinson. Available space started to seem hardly deep enough. --Paul Tonks
Star Trek: Deep Space NIne season 5 reviewJuly 20, 2010 Thomas H. Small(Duluth, Georgia USA) This is a great addition to the Star Trek Series.You will love all the twists & turns in Season 5. For all real trek fans there is an very special episode featuring the original U.S.S. Enterprise. You will not believe your eyes. Also, Gul Dukat & his Cardassian punks pay another visit to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. fans will be introduced to a new species called the Vorta & other exotic alien species.
Highly Uneven Season But What's Good Is GoodJune 28, 2010 Andre S. Grindle(Brewer Maine) To my eyes Deep Space Nine's late fourth season saw the show began to turn from dark and gritty to just plain solom and dreary. That spirit is what follows the series into it's fifth season. There are many people who believe that TNG's fifth season was among it's weakest but,despite some weaker episodes here and there that series never really had a "weak" season as a whole. One of main reasons during this season for all the gloom had to do with character atmospherics. The enthusiastic if occasionally mistrustful banter if these characters that added a humor to this often edgy series is replaced by this dry,resigned meloncaughly attitude when the characters are interacting collectively and such moments result in a lot of noticably low engery episodes. Also again DS9 is slowly morphing (much as Odo might *laugh*) into more and more of a war melodrama revolving around themes such as honor among soldiers and survival. Again personally it's just not my kind of Star Trek and again this doesn't take away from the strong moments in this season,most of which have a comedic bent. The most famous episode this season is "Trials And Tribble-Ations" in which the DS9 crew gain an opportunity to interact with their counterparts from TOS during the events of one of their classic episodes. Sisko even gets a chance to speak to the legendary James T Kirk before departing to his own time. During this season amongst all the conflict two things come out of this: the Cardassians joining with the Dominion against the Federation as well as the related subsequent inihilation of the Maquis,the rebel faction DS9 once spawned. In this season we also have an excellent character study in "Doctor Bashir,I Presume" where not only do we meet Julian Bashir's parents but learn his medical brilliance is the result of illegal genetic enhancement. It's a key moment in development for the long underutilized character and effects everything that happens to him through the remainder of the series. By the end of the series it finally happens: war officially breaks out between the Dominion and the Federation and culiminates in the wonderously evil Gul Dukat and his new Dominion hench men,including the repellent butt-kissing clone Weyoun take over the station forcing the Federation crew to abandon it leaving people like Kira,Odo and...even Jake Sisko to fend for themselves under Dominion occupation. What happens next....that's another story.
ExcellenceMay 5, 2010 M. J. Rickett(Warner Robins GA) DS9 is my favorite in the Star Trek universe. This is the pivotal season where many threads start their path to the series finale. Seeing it on the DVD is both clarifying and engrossing. The special features are entertaining and enlightening. I fully admit to being prejudiced in favor of anything Star Trek. Even so, this is a superior facet that engages and provokes thoughtful consideration.
Best Star Trek EverMarch 15, 2010 M. E. Mitchell(California) This is my favorate Star Trek series. It arrived in good condition and faster than expected. So far no less than 5 of my friends want to borrow it. If you can get it do so.
Great WatchingFebruary 5, 2010 P. Busby This was a try out to see if "used" were good! I'm happy to say that except for the "used-looking" cover this entire set was perfect when watched, coming through without a flaw and was well worth the search and the money I paid for it.
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