Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah, that will definitely be a problem. DS9 is dark, politically and religiously heavy and not for the casual watcher (though the first two seasons, meh, you could get through it without TOO much trouble: once season three kicks off though you're drawn into a story arc that more or less runs throughout the rest of the series, and you can be lost if you miss out episodes) --- on a side note to that, though I love it and it's my alltime favourite show ever, if you're setup that way then avoid Babylon 5 too, as it won't be to your tastes.

But you should watch it. Really, what a show.

DS9 is worth the effort: darkest and most mature and best written of all the Trek franchise, accepted fact. Sort of. With probably the coolest captain since Picard. Ah, scratch that: coolest captain ever.