Star Trek - Deep Space Nine - Series 2 - Complete (DVD)

Deep Space Nine's second year is an improvement over the first, but progress towards the distinctive and classic series it would become is slow. As in the first season, the individual plots of this longer second year are mainly determined by characters, opportunities or threats passing through the station and interacting with its crew, the opposite of other Star Trek series which headed out to the unknown. On the other hand, the reliance of many episodes on visiting the newly discovered Gamma Quadrant through the nearby stable wormhole keeps DS9 from being as distinctive as it would sometimes ... more

This review will contain mild spoilers for this season and season 1. Comming into season two of deep space nine, this show was still somewhat being shadowed by TNG. Ontop of that, the shows creators were under criticism from the makers of Babylon 5 for alledgedly ripping off the idea, although to be fair, anyone familliar with both shows (and has a brain) will be able to tell you such claims were nonsense, as Babylon 5 was just truely awfull, with a story arc that was about as interesting as cooking frozen garden peas and script writing that was amature at best. Season two keeps to a familliar ... more