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When season three of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
began fans had already waved a tearful goodbye to The Next
Generation and plans for Voyager were in full swing.
This season, more than any in its seven year run, set Deep
Space Nine apart from what had come before in the Star
Trek Universe. Setting a darker
tone, this season saw Sisko acting more as a human being rather
than a sycophantic Starfleet Officer. In this season we see
him struggling with his conscience on a number of occasions
(Something first witnessed in season two's The Marquis
two-parter.
While
the previous two seasons had mainly been home to single episode
storylines (with a few exceptions), season three gave fans
a taste of the story arcs to come.
This
season also sees the introduction of the Defiant, DS9's
battleship which also housed a cloaking device (about time
Starfleet got around to sorting that out). Other
changes this season include Sisko being promoted to captain,
Nog showing a serious interest in applying to Starfleet Academy
and Odo discovering his origins. Jonathan
Frakes also makes a guest appearance in the episode Defiant.
Two
of my personal favourite episodes of DS9 are in season
three: Life Support and Heart of Stone. Life
Support is one of the very few really moving episodes
(others being the season four episode The Visitor and
season one's episode Duet), of DS9's seven year
run. And Heart of Stone is memorable for the way Odo
spills his guts and then (like we've all experienced after
one too many Babychams) comes to regret it in the morning.
Other
memorable episodes include Visionary (O'Brien witnesses
events that happen in the near future and there seems to be
no way to avoid them); Past Tense (a two-parter that
sees the crew of DS9 stranded in the past) and Through
the Looking Glass (the second alternate universe story).
But
this season also has one of the worst episodes, Distant
Voices, in which Bashir suddenly starts to age rapidly
and... er that's it really. But worry not, because there are
two great Ferengi
episodes, Prophet Motive and Family Business,
to set this season back on the right track.
Season
three also sees the arrival of both Leeta (Chase Masterson)
and Kasidy Yates (Penny Johnson, who can now be seen in 24)
as semi regular characters. And Garak fans will be glad to
see that everyone's favourite Cardassian tailor gets a lot
more to do this season.
Extras
include: The Birth Of The Dominion And Beyond; Michael
Westmore's Aliens - Season Three; Time Travel Files - Past
Tense; Crew Dossier: Odo; Sailing Through The Stars;
and Future Shop.
Yet
another cracking season.
Darren
Rea
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