Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 3) DVD Review

Nominated for 28 Emmys, including several for Outstanding Visual Effects, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine continues the rich tradition of the original 1960s Star Trek franchise. Created by former L.A. police officer Gene Roddenberry, the Star Trek TV series morphed into a franchise famous for the unprecedented fanatical devotion of its audience. Lasting only three seasons during its original network run, Star Trek struck gold with its syndicated reruns, launching a number of motion pictures featuring the original cast as well as novels, comic books, collectibles, and reams of Star Trek-related memorabilia. Following on the heels of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), the first Star Trek series spin-off of the original, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine foreshadowed additional spin-offs - Star Trek: Voyager (1995), and Star Trek: Enterprise (2001). Sporting an entirely new cast and crew from its two predecessors, the show focuses on a particular system administered by the Federatio n instead of the usual Star Trek mission of exploring strange new worlds

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine follows the exploits of the Starfleet crew aboard an abandoned and gutted Cardassian space station orbiting the planet of Bajor. In the aftermath of Cardassian occupation, the Bajorian government invited the Starfleet to oversee the reconstruction of the space station. Deep Space Nine quickly transformed into a teeming city of commerce and a hub for travel (similar to Babylon 5) thanks to the discovery of an unknown wormhole nearby. But the wormhole leads to the Gamma Quadrant, realm of the feared Dominion alliance, which views the wormhole travelers as a threat to its totalitarian grip on power. As such, the Dominion launches an attack against the Federation and its Klingon allies. The subsequent and ongoing war is the basis for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Capt. Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) is credited with discovering the wormhole, and he oversees the crew of Dee p Space Nine as they wage battle to preserve the Federation. Ironically, his colleague, Constable Odo (Rene Auberjonois), is a Changeling - an alien race of shapeshifters who lead the Dominion's united front. Together with the rest of the crew aboard Deep Space Nine, they struggle with internal and external conflicts that threaten to destroy their very way of life

The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 3) DVD features a number of exciting episodes including the season premiere The Search in which Sisko makes an effort to strike a peace accord with the Dominion. But the peace deal fails when the Defiant is attacked by the Jem'Hadar and the ship is left immobilized. Meanwhile, Kira and Odo are stranded in their spaceship Other notable episodes from Season 3 include The Abandoned in which Odo tries to raise and modify the behavior of an orphaned Jem'Hadar child, and Visionary in which exposure to radiation enables O'Brien to travel forward into the future where he envisio ns a dire future for Deep Space Nine

Below is a list of episodes included on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 3) DVD:

Episode 47 (The Search: Part 1) Air Date: 09-26-1994
Episode 48 (The Search: Part 2) Air Date: 10-03-1994
Episode 49 (The House of Quark) Air Date: 10-16-1994
Episode 50 (Equilibrium) Air Date: 10-23-1994
Episode 51 (Second Skin) Air Date: 10-30-1994
Episode 52 (The Abandoned) Air Date: 11-06-1994
Episode 53 (Civil Defense) Air Date: 11-13-1994
Episode 54 (Meridian) Air Date: 11-20-1994
Episode 55 (Defiant) Air Date: 11-27-1994
Episode 56 (Fascination) Air Date: 12-04-1994
Episode 57 (Past Tense: Part 1) Air Date: 01-01-1995
Episode 58 (Past Tense: Part 2) Air Date: 01-15-1995
Episode 59 (Life Support) Air Date: 02-05-1995
Episode 60 (Heart of Stone) Air Date: 02-12-1995
Episode 61 (Destiny) Air Date: 02-19-1995
Episode 62 (Prophet Motive) Air Date: 02-26-1995
Episode 63 (Vision ary) Air Date: 03-05-1995
Episode 64 (Distant Voices) Air Date: 04-16-1995
Episode 65 (Through the Looking Glass) Air Date: 04-23-1995
Episode 66 (Improbable Cause) Air Date: 05-07-1995
Episode 67 (The Die is Cast) Air Date: 05-07-1995
Episode 68 (Explorers) Air Date: 05-14-1995
Episode 69 (Family Business) Air Date: 05-21-1995
Episode 70 (Shakaar) Air Date: 05-28-1995
Episode 71 (Facets) Air Date: 06-18-1995
Episode 72 (The Adversary) Air Date: 06-25-1995

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