Better than TNG, don't @ me.

Deeply underrated in general public, but true Trekkies know the quality of this show. Bit darker tone and most of the stories set in less action styled way giving the strategy development and character development more room. Last season is just pure spectacle.

My favourite of the Trek series, DS9 actually benefited from the lack of Rodenberry's influence. A significant tone darker, with a lot more inter-personal conflict than any of the other Trek series DS9 stands out as the most compelling and best written of the franchise. The final few seasons dealing with the Dominion War in particular were superb. DS9's ability to produce episodes like the low key, but enthralling "Duet" give it the edge over TNG and TOS as Star Trek's best TV outlet.

After finishing DS9, I was slowly won over the brilliance of it. This is the best Star Trek show, maybe by a wide margin. The characters are more real and flawed, the situations more grounded, and the writing sharper than it ever was on TOS or TNG. In spite of how different it is everything else that came before it, DS9 still distinctly feels like Star Trek but shows that it can be biting, realistic, dark, and somehow, keep the Roddenberry spirit alive.

In need of a revisit. Once BSG's Ronald D. Moore took the helm, DS9 began a spiritual voyage at direct odds with Roddenberry's philosophical materialism and bootstrap humanism: it's a Deep Space outpost dealing foremost with Holy War and shamanistic succession, stuck (for the most part) in one physical location. Will always be a Dark Horse, but the apocalypse apparently needs them.

One of the best series in the franchise. Period.

Most underrated Star Trek. Big on addressing important topics like war, racism, sexual identity, remorse, redemption, etc. All of these while introducing a modern character evolution narrative. Only DS9 can offer you Nog, a dis-likeable juvenile criminal, misogynist and overall horrible influence who, very gradually becomes reliable, honorable, brave, war hero, and example of virtue. Or Garak, or Dax, or so many.

The most underrated of all the iterations of Star Trek. Some of the earlier episodes are weak, but each season is better than the one before it. Once the Dominion War starts, the story arc never lets up. The plot is darker and more gripping than any other Star Trek series.

Not as good as TNG. Where TNG is bright, empirical, razor-sharp, light, willing a reformed humanity into existence, DS9 is murky, agnostic, bubbly, jovial and tries to mildly poke at the audience. The show doesn't care about plausibility of the technobabble - magic is used frequently with thin justification. On the upside, it is also more overtly political, philosophical and generally appeals to the humanities. As with TNG, skip all one-dimensional "noble savage" Klingon episodes.

A show that splits the pages of Gene Roddenberry's blueprint for a brighter tomorrow and confronts the audience with countless uncomfortable questions in between, providing many thoroughly-portrayed viewpoints but no clear answer. Despite its dark, gritty, often brutal subject matter, DS9's emphasis on strength through community and diversity of race, gender, sexuality, religion & philosophy shines a radiant light even as the show devolves into Wheel of War Crimes.

Great, but all the issues you'd expect from a TV show from that time are on full display. I skipped A LOT of the non-arc episodes, which are borderline unwatchable (just like in TNG). Saying this is better executed that Voyager just tells me you weren't watching carefully. Garak and Quark are great, though.

"It gets better" "The first two seasons are not so good, but it picks up in season 3". "It becomes serialized". I would say it gets worse. After slogging through neverending episode variants of alternate universe, virtual realities, time travel and science magic, there's shift to more religious overtones, and why not have a starfleet captain bomb a planet with bioweapons. Gave up in season 5, "For The Uniform".

More focused and consistent than the next generation. Feels a bit more relatable and shows us more of the non-officer characters. It delves into war politics while still having the optimism of Star Trek. I suggest Babylon 5 to anybody that enjoyed this series.

Continues the great writing of TNG ((once they figure out what this series is around season 3) into better characterizations of the main cast and decent stretches of continuity later into the series. Avoid most of the Ferengi episodes despite Quark being a great asset.

I prefer TNG, but you have to give credit to the season sweeping arcs of DS9. It was great having O'Brien as a main cast member, I enjoyed the doctor, and things only got better with the inclusion of Worf. Some amazing plot lines and fantastic dramatic acting mark several episodes as absolutely iconic. No Star Trek can ever be better than TNG, but no Star Trek comes close to it outside of DS9.

I was too young to really appreciate it when it first aired, but having just binged it I can say confidently say that this is the best Star Trek series. Though it took a couple of seasons to really get off the ground, DS9 gave us deep & interesting characters, complex interwoven story arcs, and was unafraid to explore darker, grimmer themes like genocide and military occupation, while at all times remaining true to the progressive ideals of the franchise.

Again ok show. This time they are on a space station. Favorite character on this show is Oto just because he's a shape shifter.

It's hard to rate this, some episodes are great, some not so great, but as an indicator to TV networks and recommendation algorithms I say: "more things like this"

The majority of the episodes end with a deus ex machina event whereby 30-40 minutes of set up are solved simply in 2-3 minutes by a higher power or something irrelevant. One of the worst of the franchise, but ok as far as it is a space version of a sitcom/soap opera/day time drama.

First 3 are bad TNG, gets better when Cisco shaves his head and it's a sorta serial.

Watcheda season or two.

great series

Everything that makes Star Trek great.. the best of the best. Deep, complex, and dynamic, and nuanced characters throughout. This review isn't from distant memory of my childhood but a recent re watch of the whole series. Much better appreciated as an adult.

A cool cast and decent theme song does not change the fact that this idea was stolen when JMS pitched it to Paramount, who turned it down. They then made DS9 and JMS went on to make Babylon 5, a budget plagued but sometimes brilliant sci-fi show.