Spoilers Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

[jian]

We’ve started going back and watching the rest of Season 5. So we’ve just watched The Ship and Nor the Battle to the Strong. Man, the writers loved doing grim war episodes, didn’t they? Poor Muniz. Poor Jake, who at least gets some character time in the latter episode, even if it’s basically a redo of The Red Badge of Courage. I guess it certainly hardens his resolve to not enter Starfleet. The two episodes also serve to foreshadow just how awful the Dominion War is going to be.

I had to remind myself that those two grim episodes were sandwiching Looking for Par’Mach in All the Wrong Places, which is brilliant and lighthearted.

 

[pukunui]

I got tired of DS9 a few months ago, but I was recently considering getting back into it only to find that all Star Trek has gone from Netflix. I guess Paramount wants it all on its own streaming service. Sadly, Paramount+ isn't available in NZ, so I guess I won't get to finish watching DS9.

 

[Distracted DM]

I got tired of DS9 a few months ago, but I was recently considering getting back into it only to find that all Star Trek has gone from Netflix. I guess Paramount wants it all on its own streaming service. Sadly, Paramount+ isn't available in NZ, so I guess I won't get to finish watching DS9.

I guess it depends on where you got tired of DS9.. if you got tired in the first season then I'd say "oh dang, it really picks up in s2 and s3." But if you were in season 3 or 4 and were tired of it? DS9 might just not be for you. The first couple seasons have some bad episodes, but they're still overall decent. Some of them are really, really good. Later on... oh man, it gets so friggin good. DS9 ended up being my favorite Trek, but only because TOS and TNG paved the way for it.

 

[pukunui]

I guess it depends on where you got tired of DS9.. if you got tired in the first season then I'd say "oh dang, it really picks up in s2 and s3." But if you were in season 3 or 4 and were tired of it? DS9 might just not be for you. The first couple seasons have some bad episodes, but they're still overall decent. Some of them are really, really good. Later on... oh man, it gets so friggin good. DS9 ended up being my favorite Trek, but only because TOS and TNG paved the way for it.

I was in the middle of "Broken Link", the S4 finale, which was a season or two further than I'd made it the first time back in the 90s.

It wasn't that I didn't like the show. I'd just been bingeing it for a while by then and needed a break. I was just thinking about getting back to it when my friend pointed out that all the Treks are gone from Netflix.

 

[GreyLord]

I was in the middle of "Broken Link", the S4 finale, which was a season or two further than I'd made it the first time back in the 90s.

It wasn't that I didn't like the show. I'd just been bingeing it for a while by then and needed a break. I was just thinking about getting back to it when my friend pointed out that all the Treks are gone from Netflix.

You can sometimes find them on another service. I recently did (I think I stumbled across it, as I have all the DVDs I wasn't interested in it though), but I can't remember which one it was (Roku?? Tubi??? Maybe Pluto??). If you have Amazon, it may be there for purchase.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I got tired of DS9 a few months ago, but I was recently considering getting back into it only to find that all Star Trek has gone from Netflix. I guess Paramount wants it all on its own streaming service.

It's been a weird one with Paramount+ and Netflix. When Paramount decided they were going to launch a streaming service they ended agreements with Netflix, but then found there would be a big gap before they even were showing Paramount+ in a bunch of markets, so somehow after a few months, older Star Trek reappeared on Netflix (in some locations there might not even have been a break), probably charging Netflix more money. I guess now either Paramount ended that agreement with Netflix, or equally likely, Netflix just didn't want to pay to have Star Trek for the decreasing number of places that Paramount+ wasn't available in, because they were on some level helping a competitor by ensuring "continuous Star Trek", so we have places where Trek just isn't showing, which is pretty crap honestly.

 

[jian]

It's been a weird one with Paramount+ and Netflix. When Paramount decided they were going to launch a streaming service they ended agreements with Netflix, but then found there would be a big gap before they even were showing Paramount+ in a bunch of markets, so somehow after a few months, older Star Trek reappeared on Netflix (in some locations there might not even have been a break), probably charging Netflix more money. I guess now either Paramount ended that agreement with Netflix, or equally likely, Netflix just didn't want to pay to have Star Trek for the decreasing number of places that Paramount+ wasn't available in, because they were on some level helping a competitor by ensuring "continuous Star Trek", so we have places where Trek just isn't showing, which is pretty crap honestly.

Yes, I found the whole “is there isn’t there Trek” thing quite annoying and so have bought bits of series I liked (DS9 5-6, SNW 2, LD 4) on Apple. I should probably buy some more LD.

 

[payn]

It's been a weird one with Paramount+ and Netflix. When Paramount decided they were going to launch a streaming service they ended agreements with Netflix, but then found there would be a big gap before they even were showing Paramount+ in a bunch of markets, so somehow after a few months, older Star Trek reappeared on Netflix (in some locations there might not even have been a break), probably charging Netflix more money. I guess now either Paramount ended that agreement with Netflix, or equally likely, Netflix just didn't want to pay to have Star Trek for the decreasing number of places that Paramount+ wasn't available in, because they were on some level helping a competitor by ensuring "continuous Star Trek", so we have places where Trek just isn't showing, which is pretty crap honestly.

The pre-P+ Star Trek had been on NF for at least a decade. My guess is the recent fight for WB has something to do with it on top of your theories.