"Remembering "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine": A..." Topic

…controversial sci-fi landmark.

""Star Trek" is one of the most beloved and important pop culture franchises in history. Originally conceived by Gene Roddenberry as his own version of the then wildly popular TV series "Wagon Train" but set in outer space, "Star Trek" quickly evolved into something much greater. Across numerous TV shows, films, comic books, novels and other media, "Star Trek" became a global juggernaut that channeled Roddenberry's hopeful vision of the future by taking on challenging social issues while still featuring exciting and memorable stories.

For example, the original "Star Trek" TV series was born of the tumult of the 1960s in America and was unafraid to challenge racism, classism, sexism, the Cold War and nuclear annihilation, and how best to create a just and moral society. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" came 20 years later, after a series of movies starring the cast of the original series. Likely the most popular of all "Trek" series, "TNG" was a product of the triumph of America and the West over Soviet Communism and the hopes (quickly dashed) about what that moment would mean for democracy and Pax Americana…."
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I am not going to remember DS9, and you can't make me.

It's on H&I 6 nights a week. I prefer Babylon 5 but seeing as I still like the classic Treks, I just realized why. DS9 had way too many filler episodes around the over all plot of Sisko being the emissary for the Prophets.

And further thinking about it's another very unusual departure from typical Trek. The Bajoran's religious faith becomes one of the only ones the Federation does not mock or try to reason them away from. Religion isn't usually treated that way in Star Trek. With that it's understandable why DS9 seems to follow B5's story line.