5. When You're Ready, Number One...
It's being directed by Riker again! Yay! Jonathan Frakes is back at the helm! The man who piloted First Contact to a box-office smash success (well, for a Star Trek movie, that is) is returning to the Big Chair. And not only is he bringing back Rick Berman with him, Rick's buddy Michael Piller is also getting involved; in fact, he's written the story with Berman. So the two leading lights behind what is arguably Star Trek's darkest and most mature series, Deep Space 9, are surely likely to have a deep and meaningful storyline for us, and not a humpbacked whale in sight.