Season 3 has an overarching story arc, is intense, grim and darker than anything outside the Dominion war in DS9. At the end of season 2 Earth was attacked by an alien probe and 7 million people died. The Enterprise is on a mission to the far away Delphic Expanse, a place were spacetime is sometimes distorted, to learn more about the attack and stop further once as it could just be a smallSeason 3 has an overarching story arc, is intense, grim and darker than anything outside the Dominion war in DS9. At the end of season 2 Earth was attacked by an alien probe and 7 million people died. The Enterprise is on a mission to the far away Delphic Expanse, a place were spacetime is sometimes distorted, to learn more about the attack and stop further once as it could just be a small scale test. It is a gamechanger as everything before was child's play. The Enterprise is now upgraded, has Photon Torpedo's and a squad of space marines (MACO). While I am at it I was always baffled why Earth is practically undefended in Star Trek (Including the only ship near enough situation in Star Trek 1). Compare this to Babylon 5 were you have immensely destructive orbital battle station atop of all ships and Mass Effect were they can assemble a huge amount of the combined fleets in a short amount of time atop at already being a place with multiple fleets. Back to season 3. Like I already said it is grimmer, darker and most serious. It is a frequent complaint by others that it gets too dark. I will not disagree even if I have a different opinion as I see the validity of the argument. The stories itself are excellent and deal with moral dilemmas and hard decisions while also focusing on the characters. Even I think that the characters go to far in the episodes “Similitude” and “Damage” but Earth and humanity are at risk so they have not a real choice (Hope I must never make such decisions in real life). This is however an indicator for good writing and characterization. To quote Sisko “It is easy to be a saint in paradise”. The characters will be pushed to their limits. I like also T’Pols and Trips arc and character development of others (Wont spoil). Overall I think this is a well made season and so far the best one. I must however warn you that it is too dark and grim for many. For me it is intense, has interesting stories and deals with solving problems with no easy way out. My recommendations are: “The Xindi” for the set up, good story and conclusion that will baffle you. “Impulse” is actually an episode you can watch at Halloween. It is intense, has ramifications and will surprise you. “The Shipment” for giving more perspective and evolving the Xindi. It is not as you expected. “Twilight” everything I like would be a spoiler or to close to it. “Chosen Realm” for the situation, moral and conclusion. It walks on a small edge as I can see it also be called foreseeable. “Proving Ground” for Shran and the cat and mouse games. “Stratagem” for the concept and ideas. Excellently crafted and makes Degra one of my favorite additional characters. “Azati Prime” and “Damage” are closely connected and are accumulation of previous arcs (I be vague here to avoid spoilers). “E²” is again something hard to describe without spoilers. I just say I like the new characters and hoped they would use them further. Finally “Countdown2 and “zero Hour” for the climax of the season / story arc.… Expand
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