# Someone help me with ST:DS9 timeline

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 13, 2002, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-help-me-with-st-ds9-timeline/103416 "2002-04-13T07:37:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-help-me-with-st-ds9-timeline/103416/21 "2002-04-16T00:04:28Z")

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Thank you.  
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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-help-me-with-st-ds9-timeline/103416/22 "2002-04-16T01:21:58Z")

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kingpengvin:

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> I don’t know why this show gets such a bad wrap in some circles

As others have said the show went for more overall, season-long storylines rather than one-off adventure episodes. I know this really turned me off when I first tried watching it. You come in mid-season and are like, “What the hell is going on? Dominion what? Founders who? Orbs where? Ooo, that Dax is a hottie!”

And because its set on a space station instead of a ship its more character driven than plot driven (i.e. its more of a soap opera than TOS or TNG ever was).

I still like Next Generation and Enterprise more, but I’ve come to appreciate DS9. Much more so than Voyager.

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