As a stranger on the internet, I would be remiss if I didn’t correct you: DS9 is famously the leastepisodic classic Trek series. The word you should’ve used to describe it is “continuous.”
Which is probably why I’ll agree that ds9 is a bit harder to watch. You have to start at the beginning and endure the first and second seasons in order to enjoy the rest. It took me about three or four attempts over the years to watch it, lose interest and stop, then start again a year or two later. But once you get through that hump at the beginning, it is such a rewarding experience to see every character evolve and the stories to unfold. So many great leading characters and so many great villains and so many individuals that are in between.
DS9 as a whole is my favorite Trek series, but the worst episode in all of Star Trek, in my opinion, is from the show: Move Along Home, episode nine of season one. The gang gets trapped in an alien’s board game, and hijinks ensue. It features all the worst things about Trek, and none of the best. It’s campy but not charming, it’s got nonsense words that are completely unnecessary and never again referenced, its stakes are simultaneously too high and insignificant, and the writing is just bad.
Similarly, Voyager is my favorite, but it also has my absolute least favorite episode: the one where Kes goes into heat. I’m not going into any further details lol
Great period of episodes with that subject because it’s a direct reflection on our history and our ideas and attempts at ‘purifying our race’ or in the ideas that “some are worthy” and others are not.
First time I saw those episodes was last year and the image of Barjoran extremists really reminded me of the “OK” finger gesture that white supremacists used a few years ago.
Also note that the name of the Barjoran extremist group is “The Circle” which can be seen as comparable to the idea of the KKK … KKK is an acronym for Ku Klux Klan which takes its name from the Greek word Kuklos, which means “the circle” … I’m pretty sure the writers were really making a statement by coming up with that name.
Definitely a great watch because there is more to come in future episodes … you’re going to enjoy yourself.
I’m looking forward to trying DS9 again. It just didn’t grab me at the time. Also, said time was high school for me, which meant much less time available to watch consistently. My spouse and I are finishing up TNG, but it’s gonna be awhile before I can convince her to do more Trek.
Depending on how you like TV you might like the episodic way DS9 is done vs the ‘monster of the week’ that is TNG
As a stranger on the internet, I would be remiss if I didn’t correct you: DS9 is famously the least episodic classic Trek series. The word you should’ve used to describe it is “continuous.”
Which is probably why I’ll agree that ds9 is a bit harder to watch. You have to start at the beginning and endure the first and second seasons in order to enjoy the rest. It took me about three or four attempts over the years to watch it, lose interest and stop, then start again a year or two later. But once you get through that hump at the beginning, it is such a rewarding experience to see every character evolve and the stories to unfold. So many great leading characters and so many great villains and so many individuals that are in between.
I just finished watching the episode where Dax’s symbiont was stolen. The saga before that with The Circle was pretty good.
I think there’s great stuff in seasons 1 and 2, but, like all Star Trek, there’s some rough ones too
DS9 as a whole is my favorite Trek series, but the worst episode in all of Star Trek, in my opinion, is from the show: Move Along Home, episode nine of season one. The gang gets trapped in an alien’s board game, and hijinks ensue. It features all the worst things about Trek, and none of the best. It’s campy but not charming, it’s got nonsense words that are completely unnecessary and never again referenced, its stakes are simultaneously too high and insignificant, and the writing is just bad.
Similarly, Voyager is my favorite, but it also has my absolute least favorite episode: the one where Kes goes into heat. I’m not going into any further details lol
Great period of episodes with that subject because it’s a direct reflection on our history and our ideas and attempts at ‘purifying our race’ or in the ideas that “some are worthy” and others are not.
First time I saw those episodes was last year and the image of Barjoran extremists really reminded me of the “OK” finger gesture that white supremacists used a few years ago.
Also note that the name of the Barjoran extremist group is “The Circle” which can be seen as comparable to the idea of the KKK … KKK is an acronym for Ku Klux Klan which takes its name from the Greek word Kuklos, which means “the circle” … I’m pretty sure the writers were really making a statement by coming up with that name.
Definitely a great watch because there is more to come in future episodes … you’re going to enjoy yourself.
Found it … here’s the post I made that talked about those episodes
https://lemmy.ca/post/17723490
I’m looking forward to trying DS9 again. It just didn’t grab me at the time. Also, said time was high school for me, which meant much less time available to watch consistently. My spouse and I are finishing up TNG, but it’s gonna be awhile before I can convince her to do more Trek.
Continuously boring.
TNG follows the Greek Morality Play structure of ToS, hence “monster of the week”.
Nighttime TV didn’t really take to serialization heavily until the 90’s. You can see it starting with later TNG.