Vid rec: DS9

I'd like to rec this fabulous Kira vid: Good in my Head by meddow.

For those who might not know, I really love DS9 (it's the only trek series aside of TOS that I own fully on DVD). That series has everything I love:

* Strong, complex characters of all genders, species, and ages, doing their best to persist in at times really complicated situations.
* Political intrigue.
* Many shades of gray.
* Essentially good people who still have dark things in their history or choose to do bad/amoral things. (Sisko's plot to bring the Romulans into the war? Unbelievably well-done character shading.)
* No-win-situations with long-term effects.
* People being forced to take sides where no choice is optimal but they need to choose one side anyway.
* People having to keep quiet about things for the greater good. (How Kai Winn gets to get Kai? Awesomely painful for the viewer.)

Even the religious aspects worked for me in DS9, and that's got to say something.

In short - I like my Sci-Fi with a big helping of realism and its natural complexity. *waves at Babylon 5*

*whips out DS9 DVDs for a re-re-re-watch* :)