Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Summary
Star Trek : Deep Space Ninehad a bold design to at long last escape the shadow of its parent show , Star Trek : The Next Generation , which finally glean some self-aggrandising reward . DS9season 1 was uneven and often trust on story idea that were more appropriate for the episodicTNG.Deep Space Nineepisodeslike " Q - Less " and " Move Along dwelling house " finger more like the types of taradiddle thatStar Trek : The Next Generationwould say . Star Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 1 ’s strength was in substantial character - leave storiesthat tackle cock-a-hoop payoff like religion and politics , and the show doubled down on this for time of year 2 .
As production began onStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 2 , executive manufacturer Michael Piller instructed the writers to establish on the strength of season 1 . Piller intended to properly differentiateDS9fromStar Trek : The Next Generationin season 2 , so he think a bluff plan . In a majorStar Trekfirst , DS9 time of year 2 open up with a three - parter about a plot to re-start theCardassian occupation of Bajor . Michael Piller would later describe it as an endeavour to"do for us what ' Best of Both Worlds ' had done for Next Generation"drawing a comparison withTNG ’s classical season 3 coda .
Deep Space Nine time of year 2 did something mark - unexampled for the Star Trek enfranchisement - a three - part story - fully establishing DS9 as a secret plan - changing show .
How Star Trek: DS9 Broke Away From TNG With Its Own “Best of Both Worlds”
Michael Piller was the author ofStar Trek : The Next propagation ’s " The Best of Both Worlds " , and so was unambiguously placed to make the comparison between it andStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Circle trilogy . TNG ’s season 3 finis was a watershed moment for the show that finally allowed the show to emerge from the shadow ofStar Trek : The Original Series . The first - ever cliffhanger ending to aStar Trekseason was breathtaking and boldly harbinger thatTNGhad get and was lead to do thing very differently . Piller hoped thatDS9season 2 ’s three - part opener would do something similar to help the show go forth fromTNG ’s shadow .
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Circle two - parter could n’t be more unlike from " The Best of Both Worlds . " WhereStar Trek : The Next Generation’sfight against the Borg Collectivewas a blockbuster extravaganza , DS9 ’s story of Bajoran political intrigue was more nuanced . DS9 ’s season 2 premiere swiftly established that theTNGspinoff could tell richer stories that have a survive impact on the characters . This access was key to the decisive acclaim thatStar Trek : Deep Space Ninewould later have bestowed upon it for how it handle the Dominion War arc .
" The Homecoming " , the first part ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s season 2 opener was conform from a chronicle approximation in the first place pitched to theStar Trek : The Next Generationwriters ' room by Jeri Taylor .
DS9 Still Struggled To Escape TNG’s Shadow Until Season 4
Despite firmly establish itself as a very dissimilar show toStar Trek : The Next Generation , DS9struggled to escape the shadow of its parent show to the full . Ironically , Star Trek : Deep Space Nineeventually did this by embracing one ofTNG ’s most beloved fiber . The summation of Lt . Commander Worf ( Michael Dorn ) toDS9 in season 4 was mean as a indulgent relaunch of the show , and it ’s often where fans will say thatDeep Space Ninestarts to get better . That ’s an unjust assessment ofDS9 ’s quality and fundamentally ignores the groovy work done from season 2 onward .
The Dominion ’s manipulation of the Klingon Empire and the advent ofStar Trek ’s second Klingon war inStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 4 only materialise becauseDS9has pass two seasons setting it up . DS9season 2 ’s three - part undoer was a demonstration of how it was dissimilar fromStar Trek : The Next Generation , but also inspired the writer ' room to think bigger . wayward to whatStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s critic think , season 2 and 3 work improbably intemperately to establish the Dominion as a terror . That hard work then pay Brobdingnagian dividends from the moment that Worf steps onto Deep Space Nine ’s Promenade .
All episodes ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nineare available to stream on Paramount+ .
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.
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Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , also eff as DS9 , is the quaternary serial publication in the long - running Sci - Fi enfranchisement , Star Trek . DS9 was create by Rick Berman and Michael Piller , and stars Avery Brooks , René Auberjonois , Terry Farrell , and Cirroc Lofton . This finicky serial follows a grouping of individuals in a outer space station near a planet called Bajor .
