It is the real star trek that fits the era well. Many storylines fit the star trek ideals of investigation and moral choices. What makes this a lesser variant is the often boring sub-story lines that are required to turn a very basic story into a full hour. Particular some personal issues but mostly the lines containing Jake, who's almost as annoying as Wesley Crusher in TNG. And later the relation of Benjamin Ciko with his father (which is probably the worst actor of the lot) is so silly there is absolutely no reason to watch any part the father is in.
In general you can fast forward all these parts and not miss a thing of the main story line. However starting season 5 they totally seem to lose creativity to keep storylines interesting. Half of the episodes I could play fast forward because most of the interactions had absolutely no relevance. Also the more you watched the episodes they more annoying the character and voice of Benjamin Cisko becomes. When it was a weekly episode maybe it was bearable, but bingewaching 3 episodes or so you get the feeling to scream "oh man, shut up".
In general you can fast forward all these parts and not miss a thing of the main story line. However starting season 5 they totally seem to lose creativity to keep storylines interesting. Half of the episodes I could play fast forward because most of the interactions had absolutely no relevance. Also the more you watched the episodes they more annoying the character and voice of Benjamin Cisko becomes. When it was a weekly episode maybe it was bearable, but bingewaching 3 episodes or so you get the feeling to scream "oh man, shut up".