Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season Three

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season Three, 1994-1995. Imperialists maintain a defensive posture to defend their interests... in space!

Created by Rick Berman & Michael Piller. Directed by Cliff Bole (4 episodes), Reza Badiyi (4), Jonathan Frakes (3), Les Landau (3), Avery Brooks (3), Alexander Singer (3), René Auberjonois (2), Kim Friedman (1), Winrich Kolbe (1), David Livingston (1) & Jonathan West (1). Written by Ira Steven Behr (11 episodes), Robert Hewitt Wolfe (11), Ronald D. Moore (5), René Echevarria (5), Hilary J. Bader (2), Tom Benko (1), Christopher Teague (1), D. Thomas Maio (1), Steve Warnek (1), Mike Krohn (1), Mark Gehred-O'Connell (1), Evan Carlos Somers (1), Philip Lazebnik (1), James Crocker (1), Christian Ford (1), Roger Soffer (1), David S. Cohen (1), Martin A. Winer (1), John Shirley (1), Ethan H. Calk (1), Joe Menosky (1), Robert Lederman (1), David R. Long (1) & Gordon Dawson (1). Starring Avery Brooks.

Concept: 2/4 (Indifferent). The concept of the show is bad, but some of the episodes have some great ideas in them.
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Characters: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Dialog: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Pacing: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Cinematography: 0/4 (Terrible)
Special effects/design: 1/4 (Bad)
Acting: 1/4 (Bad)
Music: 1/4 (Bad)
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good, 3/4). I'm delighted, and a little shocked, by the sudden shift in quality of this show. Back in the 90s I had given up on Deep Space Nine after the awful first two seasons, switched over to Voyager, and never imagined I was missing anything. And for all these years I just assumed it was a bad show. I guess it's about time I found out I was wrong. While nothing here is as good as the best Next Generation episodes, on an episode-by-episode average, it's nearly as fun to watch as TNG's best seasons.
Objective Rating (Average): 1.6/4 (Eh)