IMO DS9 is the best installment but it should be noted it's not really "Star Trek" in a sense. It should more be called Deep Space Nine. They just called it Star Trek so fans can make the resemblance and it won't be hard to regain the steady and ready viewers instead of trying to market from scratch.
However DS9 quickly became my favorite thanks to key players such as Quark, Nog, Ben Sisko, Odo, and even Garak and the ever so vain Gul Dukat. I really love the take they took with Ferengi here. We've always seen depictions of Ferengi as these creatures that kind of seem inferior to us humans. They are greedy, vain, and even sexist. However in this series, we quickly learn that Ferengi are much more than just that. Greedy a little sure but when you watch how Quark criticizes Sisko of how humans are guilty of things worse than what Ferengi have done... and after learning humans nuclear tested on their own planet, we learn that creatures like Ferengi actually might look down on people like us for being barbaric savages. It's a recurring theme in this show that human beings are simply saints and ever so "good" because we live in peace.
"However take away the comfort and food and water and they become as savage as Jem'hadar or Klingons."
This is a nice antithesis to have to TNG where it depicts their society as this picture perfect utopia. We just know that's not true which is what Q was constantly trying to emphasize. We see here proof of how in the same universe, the very same humans who have "evolved" to be quite so perfect socially were not evolved... we're just adapted to our environment and our environment was kind/peaceful to us.
Much of DS9 serves as a very interesting episodic yet also linear story line so it serves a nice purpose of having story arcs while including episode wonders to dazzle you with new ideas of science fiction. As someone who religiously loves TNG, I will painfully and reluctantly say DS9 is way better. I also loved the episode where they go to Earth's past 2024 where there are sanctuary cities and where Ben is a colored man in racist times and the crew of DS9 were employees at a scientific journal office.
However DS9 quickly became my favorite thanks to key players such as Quark, Nog, Ben Sisko, Odo, and even Garak and the ever so vain Gul Dukat. I really love the take they took with Ferengi here. We've always seen depictions of Ferengi as these creatures that kind of seem inferior to us humans. They are greedy, vain, and even sexist. However in this series, we quickly learn that Ferengi are much more than just that. Greedy a little sure but when you watch how Quark criticizes Sisko of how humans are guilty of things worse than what Ferengi have done... and after learning humans nuclear tested on their own planet, we learn that creatures like Ferengi actually might look down on people like us for being barbaric savages. It's a recurring theme in this show that human beings are simply saints and ever so "good" because we live in peace.
"However take away the comfort and food and water and they become as savage as Jem'hadar or Klingons."
This is a nice antithesis to have to TNG where it depicts their society as this picture perfect utopia. We just know that's not true which is what Q was constantly trying to emphasize. We see here proof of how in the same universe, the very same humans who have "evolved" to be quite so perfect socially were not evolved... we're just adapted to our environment and our environment was kind/peaceful to us.
Much of DS9 serves as a very interesting episodic yet also linear story line so it serves a nice purpose of having story arcs while including episode wonders to dazzle you with new ideas of science fiction. As someone who religiously loves TNG, I will painfully and reluctantly say DS9 is way better. I also loved the episode where they go to Earth's past 2024 where there are sanctuary cities and where Ben is a colored man in racist times and the crew of DS9 were employees at a scientific journal office.