Emissary, DS9 1
When I said that the Star Trek Project would review Trek in the order it appeared to the world I meant it. To that end, we will now witness a back & forth between the end of The Next Generation and the begining of Deep Space Nine.
DS9 is the Trek iteration I have the least familiarity with. So all this will be new to me. Except, of course, this episode. I remember watching it way back when and thinking “Eegads!”
I’m still thinking “Eegads!” Much like the double-episode that introduced TNG, this tries to do too much. Introduce the characters, introduce the world, introduce the worlhole and also have some spooky stuff happen (Bajoran orbs?) I remember when DS9 was just a rumor and it was being pitched as a dirty, edgy spot deep in the far reaches of space. Awesome, right? But the design is so bland. Just looks like another ship – not even a cool one! (Damned Cardassian architecture.) The bridge, as it were (ops, they call it) feels more like a mall security than where cool shit happens.
But I know this is early stuff. It will get better. It has to – I’ve got 7 seasons ahead of me.