DS9 is my second favourite sci-fi series, and my favourite of the “original five” Star Trek series (TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY & ENT).
And the main reason for that was the political side of the show, as opposed to the… Star Trek side. It was like after Gene Roddenberry’s death, the show grew up and was allowed to expand beyond its original remit, which made it more than it could be. Then when Voyager came along it shrank back into its shell and became a children’s show again.
Dukat and Winn between them defined the show for me, with Sisko playing off them – the three of them (and Kira) were the backbone of the best episodes, and without them then the show would have been wildly different and a great deal worse.
It’s why I’ve watched it eight or nine times all the way through (Netflix!!) while TNG and Voyager have rated 2 or 3 (I think)
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DS9 = WW2 in space, and I love it. If the federation operates anything like the US military, Sisko was given that assignment out of mercy and mistrust as a safe due to his recent trauma. It was probably intended for him to give him space to grieve, adjust to being a single parent, and move on or quietly retire. The federation had no idea the can of worms the wormhole was going to be.
So this grieving single dad, a hard ass job, gets thrown into what he probably thought was going to be a boring job, that turns out he had to balance being a diplomat, equivalent of a mayor, religious icon for a politically key group, and war time military commander in the biggest war in galactic history, and absolutely crushes it. Sisko is by far the best captain in the Star Trek universe.
