An-Det said:I finished DS9 Season 1 this evening, and Dax was right in that the last two episodes were awesome. The first was Duet, which had some great character growth for Kira and some awesome back-and-forth with the Cardassian. Great ending as well, overall well done.
The finale, In the Hands of the Prophets, was great as well. I was so-so on it until halfway through when, after which the episode propelled into a wonderful conflict between the main people interested in the events.the explosion of the school happens behind Odo talking
Definitely an awesome pair of episodes to end the season with. Overall the season has been pretty good. It has a flew flops like most Trek seasons do, but it generally worked well. Odo is perhaps my favorite character so far, the dude is badass. And I've warmed up to Sisko; he is strange compared to the other captains, but he is cool if weird.
On to Season 2.
I found that in Season 1, the episodes that focused on character development and universe building were generally pretty solid, while the ones focused on the "unknown" were duds. And Emissary is by far the best pilot of any Trek series, juggling a hell of a lot of stuff while still being very watchable on a recent viewing.