Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Ep. 1 & 2

Pros: Acting, characters, most of the writing
Cons: Some scenery chewing, boring aliens, a couple of iffy scenes.

Having just bought all seven DVD boxed sets of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, I’m going to try and watch them in order. I have no rate at which I’m going to be doing this, so these reviews will be sporadic. This review will also be a lot longer ...

Pros: Excellent beginning, good initial characterization
Cons: The "eye scenes" get grating quickly

"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" is arguably the best of the Trek franchise because it is the most adult Trek series. It's refreshing to have a series that treats its viewers with intelligence and "Emissary" does that from the beginning by presenting adult ...

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In 1992, word spread of a new Star Trek series. There were commercials featuring two of the characters at a time. Then, on January 3, 1993, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine premiered with “Emissary”. (It originally aired as a two-hour pilot, but is often ...

Pros: Ep1 & 2 set the tone for the whole series.
Cons: Without some knowledge of Startrek:the Next Generation you may be a little lost.

Introduction

I cover the Emissary in this opinion, however I do go on to say more about the series in general and also give a brief introduction to the main crew

I have been a Star Trek fan for most of my life...

Pros: Great background and tie in to the Generation series
Cons: Seemed to be missing something at first

Lt. Commander Benjamin Sisko is assigned with his wife on a ship that meets the Borg under the command of Locutus (see Best of Both Worlds Part I & II). The attack results in the lose of his ship, his wife, and almost his son as well. Sisko...

Pros: Star Trek!
Cons: Acting needs a little improvement.

We watched the first episode of DS9 now that we're done with TNG. My thoughts on the first eppy are as follows: * Incredible acting with ALL of the cast EXCEPT for Avery Brooks (Sisko) and his now departed wife (character-wise). Those two could not be ...

Pros: The Borg, Captain Picard, Miles O'Brien, and character origins.
Cons: This is the only time in the series that the Borg are seen.

Like most pilot episodes. If this one had not been so good then the rest of the series would probably not have been made. However the various flashbacks and dream sequences would probably disorient those who were not already big scifi or startrek fans. ...