Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season Six

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season Six, 1997-1998. The galaxy goes to war.

Created by Rick Berman & Michael Piller. Directed by Allan Kroeker (6 episodes), Mike Vejar (2), Jesús Salvador Treviño (2), LeVar Burton (2), Winrich Kolbe (2), David Livingston (2), Victor Lobl (2), Anson Williams (1), Chip Chalmers (1), René Auberjonois (1), Avery Brooks (1), Allan Eastman (1), Jonathan West (1), Michael Dorn (1) & Alexander Siddig (1). Written by Ira Steven Behr (9 episodes), Hans Beimler (9), Ronald D. Moore (6), Bradley Thompson (5), David Weddle (5), René Echevarria (3), Michael Taylor (2), Pam Pietroforte (2), Mark Gehred-O'Connell (1), Marc Scott Zicree (1), Philip Kim (1), Peter Allan Fields (1), Harry M. Werksman (1), Gabrielle Stanton (1) & Joe Menosky (1). Starring Avery Brooks.

Concept: 3/4 (Good). There's always been a lot of talk about war in Star Trek, but, 30 years in, this is the first time you really see it in detail. It's not just some battles, or after-the-fact lesson-learning, or "by the way the Borg killed a lot of people now lets get on with what we were doing." They had to spend five seasons building to it in order to make it work, losing casual viewers in the process. Ballsy.
Story: 3/4 (Good)
Characters: 3/4 (Good)
Dialog: 3/4 (Good)
Pacing: 3/4 (Good)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Subjective Rating: 8/10 (Great, 4/4). Every season of this show keeps surprising me with its quality. I'm a little sad that I now only have 26 episodes left; they're only just beginning to exploit the Star Trek universe's potential.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.7/4 (Good)