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But TNG was good all the way through... And Voyager's pre-Borg seasons weren't as bad as DS9's pre-dominion invasion seasons.

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TNG was good most of the way through, with the exception of the 1st season. The 1st season had more bad than good, possibly because that was the most liberal of all the seasons (I don't think it's a coincidence).

And yeah, the first couple of season of Voyager were better than the first season or two of DS9. But see the post above for what I think of what Voyager did to the Borg. That's just one example of how Voyager took something good and beat it into the ground.

DS9 started weak, but it got better and kept getting better (Unlike Voyager, which started good, and then turned to utter garbage). By the time it ended, it was positively EPIC! No Star Trek series has ever done something like what DS9 did. I can't speak for anyone else, but personally, I LIKE tv shows with sweeping story arcs (Like 24 and Babylon 5). I also liked their portrayal of war in the 24th century (Towards the end, they even had an Earth city in flames from an attack by the Breen), and the 24th century humans on DS9 were a lot more realistic than the ones on TNG or VOY. In DS9, the world of the Federation wasn't this bright shining utopia. It had its dark side. Like Section 31. In one episode with Sloane, they essentially had the head of the Romulan Intelligence Service (Tal'shiar?) working for them! That's like having the head of the KGB on the CIA payroll during the Cold War. How awesome is that? And of course, there was Sisco tricking the Romulans into the war with the Dominion, with the Federation's approval. DS9 was the closest Star Trek got to showing the Federation operating as a realistic government, rather than some utopian fantasy. You gotta give them points for that, at least. Oh, and for the Defiant. The Federation actually building a full-fledged warship, rather than an exploration ship with guns.

But TNG was good all the way through...

Eh? Three words: "The Naked Now."