Deep Space Nine Season 4 is a Tour-de-Force 

Jeffrey Combs the unsung hero of DS9. Just an absolute pro.

"Voyager turned the corner into a ditch..." Who let Janeway drive, anyways?

The Quickening was amazing. Realizing losing the Dominion War could literally be a fate worse than death was chilling. The optimistic, arrogant and heroic Dr Bashir slowly being defeated made it all the more terrifying

The issue with Bar Association is not just that it is so heavy handed, but that so many are written out of character just for the sake of the message

DS9 is tha best Star Trek series, period.....

Federation: we respect ever alien culture. Wolf: practice his culture with his bother. Federation: How dare you! Wolf instead set his bother to a fate worse than death from Bashir horror lab. Federation: true humanitarian. Babylon 5 take lead to actual show the horror of permently easing one memory. Hate Son of morgh episode.

For The Cause is the beginning of Sisko's descent into darkness (no pun intended). Without For The Cause, there can be no For The Uniform or In The Pale Moonlight.

Terran Gell sounds like an actual Cardassian name.

DS9 is the best Trek it has the greatest protagonist Gul Dukat

"The Visitor" is probably my favorite episode of DS9.

3 was good. 4 and 5 were just crushing seasons of power. Plus Worf adding so much dynamic and having such a character development that just draws you in on a different level.

Yes more DS9 content. 😂 wasted

Root beer conversation may have been the best back and forth in the history of Star Trek

The Way Of The Warrior was such a badass opener. It was better to watch as a movie, than half of the Star Trek movies.

The plot twist with Mexican Congressional Alien. It is made of paper mache.

As a Trek fan, I wasn't all that invested in DS9, back when it was on tv. I'd catch an episode here and there, but I never got into it. Then, one Christmas, I got the DS9 boxset on dvd; and I sat down to watch it. The first couple of seasons were kinda MEH, but it really got good around S4 onwards. DS9 is top-tier Star Trek. 🙂😁

Hell yeah this sick day just became awesome!

So happy to see this back! And completely agreed: _Way of the Warrior_ isn't just a great two-parter but a straight up rebirth for the show.

DS9 turned the corner when Avery Brooks shaved his head.

The Visitor always makes my cry so afterwards I go to talk to my dad and then quickly realize why we don't hang out, it's a vicious cycle.

I wonder if the reason Avery Brooks never gets any work anymore is because he’s too based and would likely go against a lot of the current day bs

"Rejoined" does the Trill dirty and the DS9 writers never really made up for it until Season 7.

I can't look past the Way of the Warrior as the best episode of the Season 4. When most people think of DS9, they think of Seasons 4, 5 and 6.

I love how passionate Razor and Terran are as Trekkies

DS9: Star Trek as written by dudes with a little more depth than space hippies with a fleet.

DS9 is probably one of the best Trek out there. I just wish they didn't ruin Dukat in the end of the series.

Season 3 turns the corner and starts climbing. Season 4 hits the treeline and is getting pretty high up there.

Hahaha it was really funny after the clip of Avery Brookes swooning over the episode ‘Rejoined’ and speaking in glowing terms over how groundbreaking this stuff was-cut to Razor “… this was a dud. It was really not good.”

Almost all of DS9 after season 2 is a tour de force. I agree that Rejoined and Bar Association were stinkers. Bar Association moreso because there's NO saving it. Rejoined could have worked VERY well if certain things were tweaked but the premise remaining the same. Rejoined could have worked if: 1) set later in the series after Jadzia and Worf were deeper into their mutual attraction but not yet committed so that Jadzia has the struggle of past feelings for an old flame in a new host vs her current feelings for Worf. 2) have the old flame be in a male host 3) b plot of Worf figuring out how to deal with a rival

Season 4 of DS9 has some of the best trek available. Including quite possibly the most emotionally potent episode of all trek right along with TNG's "Inner Light", and my personal favorite, DS9 season 4, episode 2, "The Visitor".

Hey, guys! Raz0rfist did a fantastic interview yesterday on Publishin' Pete Simeti's channel. The topic is Horror in Western Comics and Western Horror in Comics, but they talk about different things such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! A fellow commenter even took the time to write an extensive timestamp with one of them being "Childhood Passion and Comic Book Lemonade Stand". Take care, everybody! Thanks again, Raz0rfist!

The mirror universe was just an opportunity to get Kira in some hot leathers.

More DS9 content please?

This world doesn't deserve the awesomeness that is Avery Brooks.

I'd like to see a quakelike shooter with DS9 like how Voyager did with Elite Force.

DS9 was my favorite even though I know overall it wasn't as well received as Next Generation. The depth of character development and overall plotline really hasn't been paralleled since. *Edit* I see a lot of Voyager comments here too. Voyager is far worse than DS9 by any real measure. It has a few good ones, but even those PALE in comparison to even DS9's "average" episode, and the ones that are bad are unwatchably bad (which is at least half the entire series).

Avery Brooks is an absolute loon, but Sisko is the best captain Star Trek ever had.

I wonder if Rene Auberjonois and Armin Shimmerman ever talked about how they ended playing the exact same character later in their careers. Both of these characters even being similar to their DS9 characters. Rene's more than Armin's.

Hard time and the sword of Kahless were my favourite episodes of the season. The one scene that really stuck with me was when Kor used Kahless' bat'leth as a fork to eat his food. I didn't understand why he did it at the time but now I see it as a perfect analogy of how studios are currently treating our beloved franchises, like Disney once it got its grubby little paws all over Lucasfilm.

I keep hoping your DS9 content will get my boyfriend into Trek but I think it's a lose cause GUL DUKAT DID NOTHING WRONG

DS9 was the first Star Trek Series I watched in its entirety, and it will always be my favorite. I loved everything from the machiavellian machinations of the Cardassians, to the doofy exploits of the bumbling Ferengi (which has the same energy as Bulk and Skull, the bullies from Mighy Morphin' Power Rangers). In retrospect, I shouldn't have started on DS9, since after watching it, it was glaringly obvious how inferior all the other series were. It took me over a year to get through Voyager, because I just kept putting it off lol.

My favorite line of the season is when O'Brian is about to go kick some ass with Jeffrey combs and the space lizards and he goes "I'm miles O'Brian and I'd like to comeback alive". I also love to air guitar to the outtro like an idiot.

Rom does alright in next season's episode "The Assignment", although it's Keiko's character that fit it perfectly. Other than that though three words: Self-replicating mines (maybe that's just two words).

Avery Brooks makes the show. I’m watching “Spenser for Hire” and “A Man Called Hawk”. I could watch Brooks threaten punks, pontificate, or narrate the NOVA “Earthquake!” episode every day of the week.

DS9 was a great series, so was Babylon 5.

I missed this series. Not enough to PAY for it on a 3rd party website, but still it's nice to see something on RU-vid.

I like DS9 until Esri shows up.. God she annoyed me. "I'm not jadzia dax! I'm not esri dax omg!" over and over and over again...

Oh wow, Star Trek had a same-sex kiss. Didn't even hear about that (or remember seeing this episode) but be damm sure Chairman Kennedy and her Lucasfilm cronies wouldn't shut up about their same-sex kiss in Last Jedi...which they edited out for Chinese audiences of course. Avery really was a class act, sadly now an extinct breed in Hollyweird.

A friend of mine and fellow ST fan and had a conversation about this. My conclusion was "this was where DS9 officially became the fucking 'Worf and Martok Happy Bloodbath Funtime Show.' LOL Absolutely right about the Klingons here.

TOS had many of its best episodes in the first season, TNG has season 5, ENT has season 3, and Voyager has...scattered good episodes. But for my money, DS9 season 4 surpasses them all. I mean, the first two episodes are The Way of the Warrior and The Visitor, two of the very best in all of Star Trek. You get O'Brien's best episode in Hard Time. The Quickening has a case for being the best Bashir episode. And some of the best Ferengi episodes in Little Green Men and Body Parts (which has my favorite ending of the entire series). Not to mention the perfect Odo and Quark moment from Crossfire. And there's so much more.

Too bad the big wigs didn't want to restore DS9. They transferred the film to videotape and did the effects and editing. On Netflix it didn't look good.

God i've missed these. Razor, your film noir and 80s films are my top, love this as well

The best StarTrek we've ever gotten (IMO!) up there with Wrath of Kahn and Search for Spock. Way ahead of its time.

Nice breakdown but I didn't see Colm Meaney in your credits. Remember: No O'Brien, No DS9.

The Chad DS9 vs the Virgin Voyager.

DS9 went from really good to great. No caveats.

Really? You missed your chance to have Jim Sterling floating in the void in that opening? Shame...

IMO, DS9 was THE best Trek series because it WASN'T all unicorns and rainbows and how perfect the Federation is. It was raw, gritty, real & things didn't always go well, but they persevered and ultimately won. Sisko is a badass. Garak is the best character in Trek - period. And I would argue that ITPM (ok, S6) may be the best episode of not just DS9, not just Trek, but of Television.

Let's be honest. Ds9 keeps getting more popular cause most of the cast has kept their mouths shut.

Deep Space 9 is an absolute masterpiece. There was so many aspects it explored. Religion, War, PTSD, Geoncide, Family. It was populated with strong well written characters brought to life by an AMAZING group of actors with Avery Brooks leading the way. Ill never be able to praise it enought for breaking the mold of startrek and elevating it story telling to entirely new levels

Our man Bashir is awesome beyond belief. It is better James Bond than all if Daniel Craig

I was watching DS9 when this season was first airing. And I remember at the time that I thought that this season and the introduction of Worf really made the show hit it's stride and become my favorite ST show. Having now rewatched the series as an adult, seasons 1-3 still really hold up, but season 4 is still special. It often felt like seasons 1-3 was the show trying to find it's unique voice separate from the other shows, and that really happened in 4. I think it is worth noting that DS9 was basically the red-headed step child of the ST showrunners. TNG was the legacy show, and Voyager was supposed to be the cool new show and DS9 was often an afterthought. But all that lead to a certain independence for the writers that allowed them to explore territory that other shows just didn’t

I was always a fan of the maquis storylines, particularly when Gul Dukat was involved. One of the best villians? ever. DS9 makes me so nostalgic. Pre 9/11. Pre cellphone. Pre social media. In 99 or 2000, they ran reruns in my local market every night after Letterman. I watched every episode multiple times, like a nightly bed time story.

If a writers strike happened during DS9, people would have given a shit

I don't if you mentioned it in the individual reviews but I've thought the romantic relationship between Kira and Odo made less sense the more I thought about it. As a kid I found it believable but thinking more on how Odo is a liquid, shapeshifting entity, his falling in love with Kira seems rather odd. It would be like Sisko falling in love with and octopus.

I’ve been rewatching ds9 for the 3rd time recently, half way through season 3. Ds9 is so fucking good. Like every episode is fantastic. The way the show handles things like war, peace and religion, family and fatherhood (in a single father of a young son) and many other topics is fantastic. This show is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) show ever. I love it. This is my first time watching it as a single father, and the relationship of sisko and jake, and rom and nog hits different. Such great writing. It truly blows all new trek out of the water (and even most old trek, which I love).

Luf me spase stashun. Luf me cappun sisko. Simple as.

The Vulcans where left to Enterprise to flesh out. And surprisingly it worked out well enough (after Ent became less Voyagers eigths seasonish)

Voyager was an ok show when Michael Pillar ran the show and when he left, Voyager was just terrible. Michael Pillar created DS9 and as we all see that Pillar and Ira Steven Behr created and developed the best Star Trek show of all time with out question is Deep Space Nine period.

I can’t wait until you get to season 5, possibly my favorite season

Reminded time and time again why Avery Brookes is a GOAT

I was confused when you guys went into Nana and Sidig, I was like "I don't remember an episode where they hooked up" only to slowly realize, oh you mean IRL. Well good for them!

Yesssss. More DS9 content.

The writing on this show was incredible.

What happened to the good old days when shows were good from the beginning? Or at least took just a few episodes to hit its stride? These shows take ENTIRE SEASONS to find themselves?? Sheesh!

The way Worf is seamlessly folded into the already established and ongoing DS9 saga without missing a beat is masterful. I've made the argument to friends that Worf feels more like he belongs in the more morally ambiguous world of DS9, than he does as the rulebook loving officious security chief aboard the Federation flagship, and if he'd joined the show at the start alongside O'Brien, it would still have been a perfect fit.

I swear to God the first Star Trek related thing I've ever saw in my life was Worf getting his spine obliterated by a barrel.

Don't Fuck With The Sisko!

DS9 a show about a Black father raising his Black son on an alien space station. (Lefty perspective.) 🤣

Rom is Space Trudeau!

Wait, I didn’t think we were allowed nice things any more, how are we getting such depths goodness? I didn’t say stop!

For me The Visitor was and still is a hard episode for me to watch. Considering the content of that episode really hit hard from personal experience.

Way of the Warrior, my favorite episode, it had everything in 1.

Excellent top picks Gents! I can't think of better people to review my favorite Trek series. Every DS9 drop from this channel is total hype and instant click from me!

Honestly I think DS9 turned the corner with Duet in season 1. It felt like it was getting hand-me-down find-and-replace scripts from TNG until then. From then on it stopped feeling that way. That said, they were *good* hand-me-downs, mostly.

Rom was always my least favorite character from DS9 as for my favorite character I am not sure who that would be.

My favourite Star Trek show.

You could really tell that they really wanted to have the lesbian kiss, but weren't sure how to get there.

And as good as it is not a single episode has what the amazing Season 5 premier has: *Klingon Sisko* it also has the 2nd best Gowron moment

I genuinely think this is the peak. Sure, there were some outstanding episodes yet to come, but as a season, this was the best in my humble opinion.

Of course DS9 is the best Star Trek, it's Gen-X Star trek. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Jeffery Combs/Brunt was the best thing about Bar Association

I love the DS9 content, it makes my favourite Trek even better.

It bugged me that Odo got turned ino a human and not a Bajoran

As to Rejoined - I can say you could argue the merits of the idea of pining for what might have been... but that's what it is. And what it obviously stayed afterward. In the argument Avery made (which don't get me wrong his views are insightful and respectful to the core of the issue, as fuck) wherein they had been seperated for 150 years... the KEY point IS that they were seperated for 150 years. In all of that time, they would exceptionally likely have grown down any number of varied paths, as distinctly different people to who they'd been that the two of them fell individually in love with at the start. Even IF you could reconnect; there's no guarantee that who either of them became would at all gel with who the other was now. Compared to who they'd been at the time they were together. It's a concept of two ships passing, and ne'er to truly meet the same again. Argue the physical chemistry in that kiss for closure all you like (It's Terry Feral and depending on views, she could have at that time had chemistry with a doorknob as far as I'm concerned) but the core of the issue being they are fundamentally different people. At different stages in their lives. Arguing that they could have gotten together again by different choices is the same one that Stephanie Myers presented in Twilight. Wherein Juliet could and perhaps should have chosen Paris instead of Romeo. It doesn't matter, and it's circular to the point of moronic to try to make that argument. She didn't and she never would. That's the point in "Star-Crossed." [Yes, I realize I just admitted I read Twilight. No, I'm not proud of it, and I do in fact think it hurt my brain...] It doesn't matter how well shot, well directed or well intended the episode might have been: The crux of it did not need to happen - and if Dax was previously involved on the station, you'd think that's a complication she would just ignore for what it could cost. But maybe that's just me.

completely agree DS9 is really good right off the bat!

After years of loving TNG the most... I re-watched Deep Space 9. I love this show.

I remember being a young punk kid in the 90's and my mum worked with a guy who had all of DS9 on VHS and he would lend me a couple at a time I swear I nearly wore the "Way of the Warrior" one out. I watched it so many times. Almost without fail every Friday for half a year. It was amazing. The BBC would show DS9 on BBC2 on Thursday night (i think) and I was able to start watching through quicker than they were on TV as the BBC were a few years behind. The only other thing that had come close up till that point was in "The Die is Cast" when Odo and Garak are trying to escape the fleet in the Runabout and the Defiant swoops in and blasts the Jem-Had-Dar ships to pieces and saves them. I was so pumped my mum came into the front room to ask what was going on and she couldn't understand what the fuss was about.

I really need to watch through TNG and DS9 again.

DS9 best Star Trek