Sunday, September 2, 2007

STAR TREK: Deep Space Nine - about season 4

Nominated for 28 Emmys, including several for Outstanding Visual Effects, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine continues the rich tradition of the original 1960s Star Trek franchise. Created by former L.A. police officer Gene Roddenberry, the Star Trek TV series morphed into a franchise famous for the unprecedented fanatical devotion of its audience. Lasting only three seasons during its original network run, Star Trek struck gold with its syndicated reruns, launching a number of motion pictures featuring the original cast as well as novels, comic books, collectibles, and reams of Star Trek-related memorabilia. Following on the heels of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), the first Star Trek series spin-off of the original, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine foreshadowed additional spin-offs - Star Trek: Voyager (1995), and Star Trek: Enterprise (2001). Sporting an entirely new cast and crew from its two predecessors, the show focuses on a particular system administered by the Federation instead of the usual Star Trek mission of "exploring strange new worlds"…

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine follows the exploits of the Starfleet crew aboard an abandoned and gutted Cardassian space station orbiting the planet of Bajor. In the aftermath of Cardassian occupation, the Bajorian government invited the Starfleet to oversee the reconstruction of the space station. Deep Space Nine quickly transformed into a teeming city of commerce and a hub for travel (similar to Babylon 5) thanks to the discovery of an unknown wormhole nearby. But the wormhole leads to the Gamma Quadrant, realm of the feared Dominion alliance, which views the wormhole travelers as a threat to its totalitarian grip on power. As such, the Dominion launches an attack against the Federation and its Klingon allies. The subsequent and ongoing war is the basis for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine…

Capt. Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) is credited with discovering the wormhole, and he oversees the crew of Deep Space Nine as they wage battle to preserve the Federation. Ironically, his colleague, Constable Odo (Rene Auberjonois), is a Changeling - an alien race of "shapeshifters" who lead the Dominion's united front. Together with the rest of the crew aboard Deep Space Nine, they struggle with internal and external conflicts that threaten to destroy their very way of life…

The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 4) DVD features a number of exciting episodes including the season premiere "The Way of the Warrior" in which, in an attempt to overthrow its newly elected government, the Klingons attack Cardassia. The attack is initially successful, but when several members of the Cardassian government seek refuge on Deep Space Nine, the space station itself becomes the target of the Klingon attack… Other notable episodes from Season 4 include "The Sword of Kahless" in which several Deep Space Nine crew members help Worf search for the ancient Sword of Kahless, and "Shattered Mirror" in which Sisko ends up in a parallel (i.e. "mirror") universe where the Klingons and Cardassians are allies…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 4) DVD:

Episode 73 (The Way of the Warrior: Part 1) Air Date: 10-07-1995
Episode 74 (The Way of the Warrior: Part 2) Air Date: 10-07-1995
Episode 75 (The Visitor) Air Date: 10-14-1995
Episode 76 (Hippocratic Oath) Air Date: 10-21-1995
Episode 77 (Indiscretion) Air Date: 10-28-1995
Episode 78 (Rejoined) Air Date: 11-04-1995
Episode 79 (Starship Down) Air Date: 11-11-1995
Episode 80 (Little Green Men) Air Date: 11-18-1995
Episode 81 (The Sword of Kahless) Air Date: 11-25-1995
Episode 82 (Our Man Bashir) Air Date: 12-02-1995
Episode 83 (Homefront) Air Date: 01-06-1996
Episode 84 (Paradise Lost) Air Date: 01-13-1996
Episode 85 (Crossfire) Air Date: 02-03-1996
Episode 86 (Return to Grace) Air Date: 02-10-1996
Episode 87 (The Sons of Mogh) Air Date: 02-17-1996
Episode 88 (Bar Association) Air Date: 02-24-1996
Episode 89 (Accession) Air Date: 04-06-1996
Episode 90 (Rules of Engagement) Air Date: 04-13-1996
Episode 91 (Hard Time) Air Date: 04-20-1996
Episode 92 (Shattered Mirror) Air Date: 04-27-1996
Episode 93 (The Muse) Air Date: 05-04-1996
Episode 94 (For the Cause) Air Date: 05-11-1996
Episode 95 (To the Death) Air Date: 05-18-1996
Episode 96 (The Quickening) Air Date: 05-25-1996
Episode 97 (Body Parts) Air Date: 06-15-1996
Episode 98 (Broken Link) Air Date: 06-22-1996

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