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The
second season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine sees the
series start to settle down as the writers and actors begin
to fine tune the main cast dynamics. O'Brien and Bashir's
friendship starts to bloom, Kira's arrogant manner settles
down somewhat, Bashir becomes less annoying and Quark and
Odo's rivalry becomes more humorous.
Watching
these episodes again made me recall some of the things we
joked about when I originally reviewed the video releases
for DreamWatch. For example: Is O'Brien the World's
unluckiest man or what? There are three episode in Season
Two (Armageddon Game, Whispers and Tribunal).
Now I don't know about you, but if I'd been almost killed
by a deadly disease, replaced by a robot and put on trial
by Cardassians in just one year then I would certainly be
thinking of early retirement. And things get worse for the
chief of operations in later seasons.
This
season built on the character driven storylines that were
at the forefront of the success of DS9. And, in addition,
to spice things up a bit, the writers introduced an alien
threat from the Gamma Quadrant and the Dominion was born -
a plot device that wasn't fully explored until the third
season.
The
story arcs, which are built on in subsequent seasons, started
early for DS9. The start of Season Two has a
three-part story which, incidentally, sees the start of the
Kira/Bareil ongoing relationship. Garek also becomes more
of a semi-regular character. The Wire is a particularly
gripping episode.
Some
of the best episodes include: Marquis, a two parter
which sees Sisko discovering that an old friend is involved
in things he shouldn't be; Crossover,
the first alternate universe story; Blood Oath, which
sees Dax team up with a group of Klingons
(Kor, Koloth and Kang) from
the original Trek series and embark on a dangerous
mission.
Extras
on the collection include: New Frontiers: The Story Of
Deep Space Nine; Michael Westmore's Aliens: Season
Two; Deep Space Nine Sketchbook: Season Two; Crew
Dossier: Jadzia Dax; New Station, New Ships; Quark's
Story and Section 31 Hidden Files.
Another
excellent collection.
Darren
Rea
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