Video > DVD > Genres > Science Fiction & Fantasy > General

	buying more than one thing? add to bookbag(uses Multi-Item Price Optimization™) ...or intereact!

Star Trek Deep Space Nine - The Complete Fifth Season
Actor: Star Trek Deep Space Nine
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Retail Price (not our price): $69.98
Release Date: 2003-10-07
Theatrical Release Date: 1993-01-04
Studio: Paramount
Run Time: 1181 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Discs: 7


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
Deep Space Nine's fifth season was a turning point from which there was no going back. Character and information overload took over, and the complicated twists and turns in the build up to war either hooked viewers securely, or sent them away with a headache. The Klingon faction instigated by Worf's arrival was occasionally played for laughs, but mostly their hardheaded personalities made all efforts at diplomacy moot. In the opening episode a chilling possibility is proposed as to what might be: have the Changelings infiltrated already and replaced key personnel? Some fans saw this as a flawed X-Files-style development. Nevertheless it sowed a seed of insidious suspicion, affecting all the principal casts' relationships with one another, even allowing Odo and Quark an opportunity to confess a degree of friendship. Expanding on the new theme of duplication, the crew also made numerous trips to their mirror-universe counterparts. As well as new uniforms and the milestone 100th episode, Nana Visitor and Alexander Siddig got to comically disguise the arrival of their child during filming. More laughs came from the fan favorite "Trials and Tribble-ations," with CG allowing Sisko and crew to interact with Kirk and a cameo from Leonard Nimoy. Avery Brooks began taking a backseat, partly a result of the now-overcrowded cast. Although Sisko's destiny would be foreshadowed by his first vision and the introduction of the Pah-wraiths, the Captain was in an increasingly sulky mood. Brooks only directed one episode, allowing room for regulars LeVar Burton and Rene Auberjonois to do more behind the camera. Joining them were Alexander Siddig, Michael Dorn and even Andrew Robinson. Available space started to seem hardly deep enough. --Paul Tonks

2) Description
Episodes: Apocalypse Rising, The Ship, Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places, ...Nor the Battle to the Strong, The Assignment, Trials and Tribble-ations, Let He Who Is Without Sin..., Things Past, The Ascent, Rapture, The Darkness and the Light, The Begotten, For the Uniform, In Purgatory's Shadow, By Inferno's Light, Doctor Bashir I Presume?, A Simple Investigation, Business as Usual, Ties of Blood and Water, Ferengi Love Songs, Soldiers of the Empire, Children of Time, Blaze of Glory, Empok Nor, In the Cards, Call to Arms.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Another great season   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
My reviews have been a little different, as each one is after watching all episodes back to back for the first time. As such, I've been able to see so much more than having to have waited for a year to enjoy them all. This show has had so many little things that added up from previous seasons. The characters have grown and changed, the cast has grown with it. The stories have gotten better, and more interesting. All of which led to the last episode...the begining of the dominion war. I was thrilled. Sisko has come into his own as captain. All the characters are now more and more interesting. The supporting characters are great, and frankly this show is one of the best science fiction shows around. I regret treating this show like the middle child it seemed to be. Left after the next generation, but not allowed to become the flagship show (that was left to voyager), constantly having to fight off other sci-fi competitors (babylon 5), this show was always given the raw end of the stick. But the show didn't seem to care. Every season has improved, and rather than copy what others had done, this show stayed the course it always intended. Having watched this show from the begining, you can tell the intent for the dominion war from as soon as season 2. This show could have played off old star trek cliche's, but instead chose to be its own, for better or worse. Try this show. I ignored it for far to long and missed out on some of the best science fiction had to offer.

2) Mature DS9 episodes that fire on all cylinders, and even throw in some tribbles!   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
A very entertaining season, heavy with quality, character-based episodes, and free of any outright clunkers. This is also the season where the Federation's conflict with the Dominion moves closer and closer to war, which lends all kinds of tension to the proceedings... and tension equals drama equals viewing entertainment. And speaking of entertainment, yes, this is the season that features "Trials and Tribbleations", the famous DS9 sequel to the original series episode, "The Trouble With Tribbles". The episode is both a technical marvel (Sisko, Dax, etc. walk around in the original 1960's episode in a seamless fashion) and marvelously entertaining. The extras are fun, too: lots of "making of" details (especially about the tribbles episode) and lots of interesting "we were going for this or that" comments by the writers, actors, and producers. These season-long Trek DVD sets continue to be a lot of fun.

3) Best Season of DS9   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I've really enjoyed reliving the DS9 series. It was during the 5th season that I watched only sporatically so I never did understand the whole Dominion war thing. This season delivers episodes with lots of action and intrigue. Any Star Trek fan will enjoy this whole series. It's such a departure from the "living on a space ship" type story. DS9 is almost a "serial" with this series. Get all 7 seasons. You won't be disappointed.

4) Excelent!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is perhaps the best season of a series that, without any doubt, is the best Star Trek show since Capt. Kirk's adventures. I recomend this to any Star Trek fan or anyone that likes science fiction. Special efects are fine, but the best thing about DS9 is the way the writter manages the history from the very beginning until open-war with the Dominion. The way the caracters and the relationships among them evolves over time is brilliant!. My only regret is that all Star trek movies were based on TNG. It would be nice to watch the Dominion Wars in large screen.Last words: anyone interested in DS9 should start in season 1. It is one big story from almost first season until 7th.

5) Enjoyable   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Deep Space Nine is a great addition to the Star Trek Universe. A must have for any Star Trek Fan.