It wraps up all the open story lines in a way that leaves you feeling satisfied. Ds9 hit the airways in 1993 i was stationed with the u. Plus it takes a couple detours along the way just for fun, like the baseball episode where the ds9 crew takes the field against the vulcan team. Bashir land on a planet devastated by the blight, a fatal disease left by the jemhadar that bashir hopes he can cure. With avery brooks, rene auberjonois, cirroc lofton, alexander siddig. Many recurring characters make appearances including garak, weyoun, dukat, martok, leeta, and ziyal. The deep space nine series is one of my favourites of the star trek franchise. When their plan is detected, sisko is forced to evacuate the station and endorse the nonaggression pact between bajor and the dominion.
Season 4, episode 24 may 20, 1996 responding to a distress call, dax and dr. Apr 07, 2018 in what should have been the main plotline of the episode, weyoun is on ds9 negotiating a nonaggression pact with kai winn and bajor. The current colonists lives depend on making sure that accident happens again, even though theyve now forwarned the crew that it will happen. Deep space nine with fresh eyes, including lots of great trivia, analysis, and behindthescenes information. Trek author and expert keith decandido rewatches star trek. Deep space nine ds9 is an american science fiction television series created by rick berman and michael piller.
This season was broadcast concurrent with star trek. The sound of her voice left the defiant trying to save captain lisa cusak and in the episode tears of the prophets, sisko has been. This provokes a confrontation between the dominion and the federation, forcing sisko to abandon ds9. Vidal peterson guest stars as rugal, an orphaned cardassian boy who is rescued by ds9. While worf helps quark to pursue his former wife grilka, obrien and kira grow uncomfortably close to each other.
Ds9 will also have to defend the uss defiant, as she will be alone while deploying the. Because if my rather unpredictable schedule i was able to see only a few episodes, principally the first season, but overall i missed most of the 7 season run of st. While visiting the gamma quadrant with jake and nog, sisko and quark are taken prisoner. Day young guest stars as arissa, a young woman who odo meets in quarks bar. In the vicinity of the liberated planet of bajor, the federation space station deep space nine guards the opening of a stable wormhole to the far side of the galaxy. While patrolling the border, general martok detects the first wave of. Star trek deep space nine the complete fifth season. Download to watch offline and even view it on a big screen using chromecast. The episode was written by showrunner ira steven behr and hans beimler and directed by allan kroeker. Ending scene of star trek deep space 9 season 5, federationklingon ship gathering, signaling the start of the dominion war. The crew is forced to retreat in a crashed jemhadar ship after an attack by the jemhadar. I do love the two guys sent from the temporal police to sort the anomaly out. Call to arms is the 26th and final episode of the fifth season of the science fiction television series star trek.
Worf, dax, leeta, quark and bashir pay a visit to risa. Deep space nine ive compiled an episode guide for star trek. This episode marks the start of the shows celebrated dominion war story arc. Bashir is selected for a holodoctor program season 5 episode 23 blaze of glory the maquis launch missiles at cardassia season 5 episode 26 call to arms the dominion sends reinforcements to cardassia.
At least onequarter of the scripts in ds9 season 5 are head trip episodes, and the torture obrien trope positively flowers in this run of episodes. Deep space nines fifth season was a turning point as the klingon faction, instigated by worfs arrival, made all efforts at diplomacy moot. Season 6 begins three months later, and things are not looking so good for the federation and. Bashir and garak in political intrigue involving the boys father and gul dukat. Ds9 season 5 felt a lot like season 4 more interesting as a whole than the first two or three seasons, with a rich and evolving world that gets developed in big event episodes the midseason twoparter most of all, and with mostly selfcontained episodes that vary greatly in interest. Things go bad when a band of rebels gains control of the planets weather regulator to scare the visitors in an attempt to show them how unprepared the federation is for the dominion invasion. Season one is an above average season, but just barely. June 16, 1997 with the federation on the brink of war with the dominion, sisko orders the wormhole mined and the station evacuated.
Also getting lots of play in this season of ds9 is the mirror universe, which develops all out of proportion to the original onejoke, onescript concept of the original series. What i like about this one is how the series explored the idea of time travel, alternate realities, feelings and sacrifice. Over the course of season three of ds9 theres been a pretty slow and sporadic build towards a more serious confrontation with the dominion, and this is one of the first episodes to really set some high stakes and ominous foreshadowing for the inevitable trouble. The writers primary goal during season 5 was to get the show back on the track theyd been on in season 3, i. Deep space nine goes where no star trek series had gone before ds9 was the first star trek production not based on a starship, but instead, a starbase, known as deep space 9 the starship uss defiant was introduced in season.
As part of the ds9 season 4 dvd collection links and references edit starring edit. Jan 12, 2009 ending scene of star trek deep space 9 season 5, federationklingon ship gathering, signaling the start of the dominion war. Jake sisko is doing a report on julian bashir in a later episode when they are called to help a federation colony against a klingon attack, and jake has his first. The way of the warrior general martok, captain of a klingon warship, requests shore leave aboard deep space nine, only to reveal a hugeass fleet of klingon ships. When he receives one, he begins searching for the woman behind the face in the sand in his vision.
The fourth series in the star trek franchise, it served as the third sequel to star trek. Deep space nine may be described as the show as its most next generationish attributes. In his absence, dax is left in command if the station. Episodes 16, call to arms, a time to stand, rocks and shoals, sons and daughters, behind the lines, favor the bold, and sacrifice of angels a. The show is known for its complex characters and storylines, engaging battle scenes and. There were a total of 176 episodes over the shows seven seasons, which are listed here in chronological order by original airdate, which match the episode order in each season s dvd set the pilot episode, emissary, the episode the. Deep space nine episode guide lets watch star trek. In the highintensity season 5 finale, the ds9 team. The episode was written by showrunner ira steven behr and hans beimler and directed.
Raised by the bajorans, rugal has been conditioned to hate all cardassians. Having returned to earth a couple of months ago, sisko waits for the prophets to instruct him on what to do next. Quark must wrestle with his conscience when he becomes involved with arms merchants. While sisko, ross and martok plan a final assault in space, kira and garak lead the cardassian resistance on the ground, into dominion headquarters. Deep space nine episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. This shows major milestones and character development hopefully without giving away too many spoilers if you want to know which episodes are essential to watch and which to avoid. It was first broadcast in broadcast syndication in the united states on june 17, 1998. Its not my favorite ds9 episode, but i find that saying one episode of a series is your favorite is very hard to do.
It originally aired from january 1993 to june 1999, in syndication, spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. Trekcore is not endorsed, sponsored or affiliated with cbs studios inc. Star trek episode recap ds9 5x26 a call to arms youtube. Star trek deep space nine season 5 episode 26 call to arms trailer. This one takes place on a 24thcentury space station that serves as a frontier town on the edge of a wormhole that. Season 5 episode 15 by infernos light continuation season 5 episode 16 doctor bashir i presume dr. Season 5 has some wonderful episodes including the hybrid original seriesdeep space nine commemorative episode titled trials and tribbleations. What you leave behind is the series finale of the television show star trek. Deep space nine companion the mass scene was also one of the last where physical studio models were used in scenes of this kind the last one occurring in the followup episode a time to stand. This is the only season finale in which he does not appear. Discussion ds9, season 5, episode 26, call to arms star trek.
Generally enjoyable, worth watching if new to star trek. Unknown sisko is ordered to launch attacks against cardassia and the dominion. While the focus is on jake and nogs comical adventure, the underlying themes are relevant to the series as a whole. First contact was released during its run, three days prior to the airing of the episode the ascent. Star trek deep space nine s05e26 video dailymotion.
Season 2, episode 5 october 24, 1993 a young cardassian orphan arrives at ds9, embroiling dr. Unknown a woman has her memories erased and stored on a data crystal to infiltrate the orion syndicate. Deep space nine, the 175th and 176th episodes, the 25th and 26th episodes of the seventh season. Mar 10, 2019 deep space nines fifth season was a turning point as the klingon faction, instigated by worfs arrival, made all efforts at diplomacy moot. With avery brooks, rene auberjonois, michael dorn, terry farrell.
Deep space nine is the third liveaction television series in the star trek franchise and aired in syndication from january 1993 through june 1999. Deep space nine takes place in the mid 24th century and chronicles the adventures of a team of starfleet officers who take command of a remote ali. Deep space nine episodes from season 5,view pictures, get episode information and more. Most underrated star trek episodes business insider. Ds9 season 5, episode 26 written by robert hewitt wolfe and ira steven behr directed by allan kroeker first aired jun 16, 1997 stardate unknown unknown. With the continuing battalions of jemhadar entering the alpha quadrant in preparation for war, sisko decides to mine the wormhole to prevent further troop movement. It was broadcast in firstrun syndication from january 1993 until june 1999. As was the case in seasons past, the fifth season of deep space nine ended with a crisis situation, as the crew prepares for a devastating dominioncardassian attack. In fact, it managed to pull itself up over 5 10 by, no joke, one point. In the highintensity season 5 finale, the ds9 team evacuates the station and prepares for war. There were a total of 176 episodes over the shows seven seasons, which are listed here in chronological order by original airdate, which match the episode order in each seasons dvd set.
The epicallybadass ending to ds9s 5th season finale, call to arms. The ds9 crew discovers a small colony on a remote world that was originally populated by them 200 years earlier due to a timetravel accident with the defiant. Deep space nine finished its second season with this episode, which was broadcast on june 11, 1994. Resurrection major kira takes a romantic interest in a bajoran radical from the other universe who transports himself into her universe and onto ds9. Deep space nine was the fourth star trek series and entered production in 1992. Tears of the prophets is the 26th and final episode of the sixth season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Anyway, we changed the opening of season 6 to have all those ships we saw in call to arms battered and beaten and leaking plasma. Deep space nine goes where no star trek series had gone before ds9 was the first star trek production not based on a starship, but instead, a starbase, known as deep space 9 the starship uss defiant was introduced in season 3, but the station remained the primary setting of the series. Sisko decides to mine the wormhole, which will likely start the war. Impressed by arissas beauty and uncanny powers of observation, odo is both shocked and disillusioned when arissa is. Meanwhile, back on ds9, kira deals with a promotion and handling the decisions surrounding her command, and. They get the feeling theres something very important about this ship. The current colonists lives depend on making sure that accident happens again, even though theyve now forwarned the crew that it will.
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