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Production: USA, 1993-2000 Cast: Avery Brooks, Nana Visitor, Armin Shimerman, Siddig El Fadil, Renè Auberjonois, Terry Farrel, Cirroc Lofton, Colm Meaney. First show of the Star Trek franchise produced after Gene Roddenberry’s death. Being made at the same time of “Next Generation”, it needed a different story, placed at the same time but no more based upon space travel. |
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”Deep Space 9” is a huge space station (something like a space city)
orbiting around planet Bajor, which has just ended a long and bloody war
against the cardassian dominators (the alien villains of the serie, quite
similar to the original series klingons). Originally the station had been built by the cardassians: now it has been given to the Federation (and to bajorans) to watch that strategic zone of space, where also exists a “warp tunnel” which can transfer any ship to the opposite side of the galaxy, and could be used by possible invaders. Apart from all the military and diplomatic troubles of a similar situation, the DS9 is a real open city where all races from any planet can meet, which increases the possibility of incidents and internal security problems. The station’s commander is a black (another achievement in overcoming racial |
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prejudices, in the best Star Trek tradition),
captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks). Sisko is still upset by his wife’s
death, for which he considers captain Picard responsible (see “Next Generation”). First officer is major Kyra Nerys (Nana Visitor). She comes from bajorian resistance army, so she is deeply suspicious and full of prejudices towards her old enemies, the cardassians. But the ultimate alien of the show is security chief Odo (René Auberjonois), a shape-changer and the last of his race, who is the first to be unaware of his origins. Logic and rational as mr. Spock was, he can change his shape as he likes, and his usual human appearance is due only to practical needs. Another alien is Quark (Armin Shimerman), the station’s bar keeper. He is a ferengi, |
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and a very skillful trader very close to the illegal point, as most of the
ferengi do. Lieutenant Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) is a symbiont, an alien parasite who lives in a girl’s body. In the last season he changes host and name: at the end of sixth season Jadzia dies and Dax (the parasite) finds his ninth host in Ezri (Nicole DeBoer). The real cause is, of course, the end of Terry Farrell’s contract. We see again also the klingon lieutenant Worf (Michael Dorn), already seen in “Next Generation”, who here is also Jadzia’s husband. Completely human is dr. Bashir (Siddig El Fadil), the station’s medical officer. He is young and impulsive, but his medical skills are out of question. Another character coming from “Next Generation” is irish technical chief Miles O’Brien (Colm Meaney), who in the previous show was a transporter beam officer, |
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while here his role is quite similar to original serie’s engineer Scott. Finally there is Jake Sisko, captain’s adolescent son, who has all the doubts and troubles of his teens, of his orphan condition, and of the solitude and bewilderment caused by that place so far from Earth. It is very interesting to point that most of the characters are aliens, so audience forget their bizarre appearance and concentrate on their different personalities. There are not only characters from other Star Trek series, but also references and quotes: for example, in the episodes “Through the looking glass” and “Shattered mirror”, take place in the parallel universe visited by captain Kirk in the original serie, where the Federation was a wary empire and its officers were savage pirates. |
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Moreover, in
the episode “Trials and tribble-ations” Sisko and his men , forced to a
time travel, infiltrate in the original “Enterprise” and act together with
the characters of the original serie episode “The trouble with tribbles”,
thanks to the magic of digital graphic.
1) Emissary - Part I |
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3) Past Prologue |
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| 14) The Storyteller 15) Progress 16) If Wishes Were Horses 17) The Forsaken 18) Dramatics Personae 19) Duet 20) In the Hands of the Prophets Second Season |
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22) The Circle |
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| 33) Armageddon Game 34) Whispers 35) Paradise 36) Shadowplay 37) Playing God 38) Profit and Loss 39) Blood Oath 40) The Maquis - Part I 41) The Maquis - Part II 42) The Wire 43) Crossover |
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| 44) The Collaborator 45) Tribunal 46) The Jem'Hadar Third Season 47) The Search - Part I |
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52) The Abandoned |
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| 65) Through the
Looking Glass 66) Improbable Cause 67) The Die Is Cast 68) Explorers 69) Family Business 70) Shaakar 71) Facets 72) The Adversary Fourth
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73) The Way of the Warrior - Part I |
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| 84) Paradise Lost 85) Crossfire 86) Return to Grace 87) The Sons of Mogh 88) The Bar Association 89) Accession 90) Rules of Engagement 91) Hard Times 92) Shattered Mirror 93) The Muse 94) For the Cause |
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| 95) To the Death 96) The Quickening 97) Body Parts 98) Broken Link Fifth Season 99) Apocalypse Rising |
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103) The Assigment |
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| 114) Doctor Bashir, I Presume 115) A Simple Investigation 116) Business as Usual 117) Ties of Blood and Water 118) Ferengi Love Songs 119) Soldiers of the Empire 120) Children of Time 121) Blaze of Glory 122) Empok Nor 123) In the Cards 124) Call to Arms |
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Sixth Season 125) A Time to Stand 126) Rocks and Shoals 127) Sons and Daughters 128) Behind the Lines 129) Favor the Bold 130) Sacrifice of Angels 131) You are Cordially Invited... 132) Resurrection |
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133) Statistical Probabilities |
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144) His Way 145) The Reckoning 146) Valiant 147) Profit and Lace 148) Time's Orphan 149) The Sound of Her Voice 150) Tears of the Prophets Seventh Season 151) Image in the Sand |
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152) Shadows and Symbols |
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| 163) Field of Fire 164) Chimera 165) Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang 166) Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges 167) Penumbra 168) Til death Do Us Part 169) Strange Bedfellows 170) The Changing Face of Evil 171) When It Rains... 172) Tacking Into the Wind 173) Extreme Measures |
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| 174) The Dogs of
War 175) What You Leave Behind - Part I 176) What You Leave Behind - Part II |
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