Out of all the TV series of the Star Trek franchise, which one had the single best season?
Out of all the TV series of the Star Trek franchise, which one had the single best season?
Season 5 of DS9 for me, with Season 6 being a close second.
Season 2 of The Original Series. It featured the first look at Vulcan ("Amok Time"), Spock's parents ("Journey To Babel"), the menace of Nomad ("The Changeling") and the Planet Killer ("The Doomsday Machine"), the age old battle of man versus machine ("The Ultimate Computer") and the sheer awesomeness of Spock as a gangster ("A Piece of the Action").
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Season 4 of TNG. It was pretty much the last time the Federation was not presented as a military operation, and every story was imaginative and gripping. Star Trek as a franchise never really found its footing again.
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Star Trek Into Darkness was built on the idea that Starfleet isn't supposed to be a military and Star Trek Beyond reconfirmed "Peak Performance" (TNG)'s canonically establishing that Starfleet isn't a military (still find it funny that it's still debated despite the question being answered in the text).
Doctor Strange: "You are the right person to replace Logan."
X-23: "I know there are people who disapprove... Guys on the Internet mainly."
(All-New Wolverine #4)
I've always taken it to imply that the definition of a "military" has changed by then, so that within the text the Trekverse doesn't consider Starfleet as the military according to their advanced definitions, but to us in the 21st century they fill out several of the checkmarks. After all, for example institutions like law enforcement have changed over the centuries (from soldiers to guards to watchmen. The modern cop is only a couple hundred years old and is still a pretty recent invention compared to past definitions and labels of law enforcement). Same thing with other concepts like non-tangible money (like credit, checks, and more recently crypto).
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TNG Season 5, 6 and 7 are very consistent in greatness. I can pick any of the 3 for best single season.
Doctor Strange: "You are the right person to replace Logan."
X-23: "I know there are people who disapprove... Guys on the Internet mainly."
(All-New Wolverine #4)
Right, filling in military roles at times is evident, but it's not the only thing they do. I'm pretty neutral on the matter myself, but I'm really not opposed to any arguments that state that Starfleet does more in their overall mission than what modern militaries do, and are less heavy-handed in their approach and philosophy than modern militaries anyway (like Starfleet's #1 goal is science, exploration, and interstellar anthropology, not warfare or defense). For some, those are things that are pretty fundamental to what constitutes a military.
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In the Pale Moonlight heavily influenced why I voted for Season 6. It was my personal favorite episode for DS9. (Easily in the top 3 of all Star Trek)
The conflicts of Sisko. Stick to his principles? Or do what it takes to win this war and end further death? The execution of the plot was flawless. Finally, the layers of Garak's Planning convinced me he's by far the most dangerous character in the show.
I showed this episode to a buddy of mine that never watched DS9. At the end of the show, his reply was a very quiet "Holy sh!t"
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