Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season Seven

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season Seven, 1998-1999. Galactic war is waged.

Created by Rick Berman & Michael Piller. Directed by Allan Kroeker (4 episodes), Steve Posey (4), Mike Vejar (3), Winrich Kolbe (2), Les Landau (2), Chip Chalmers (1), Jonathan West (1), John Kretchmer (1), Anson Williams (1), Victor Lobl (1), LeVar Burton (1), Tony Dow (1), David Livingston (1), René Auberjonois (1), Michael Dorn (1) & Avery Brooks (1). Written by Ira Steven Behr (8 episodes), Hans Beimler (8), René Echevarria (7), Ronald D. Moore (7), David Weddle (4), Bradley Thompson (4), Philip Kim (1), David Mack (1), John J. Ordover (1), Robert Hewitt Wolfe (1), Spike Steingasser (1) & Peter Allan Fields (1). Starring Avery Brooks.

Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: C
Enjoyment: Things have to get wrapped up by the end, so that makes the story arc fairly predictable (at least in terms of where things are going - not so much in how we get there), and leaves less room for the writers to play around. But apart from that unavoidable constraint, they keep up the quality of season six. Personally, I'll always love the original series best. But objectively speaking, Deep Space Nine is clearly the best that Star Trek has to offer. It probably should have had another season or two, though; it's a shame they wasted their first two. A

GPA: 2.8/4