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Carrying on with my DS9 binge, into S6 now. Goddamn im glad I took the plunge. I saw a decent bit of it after TNG episodes growing up, but I had trouble keeping up with it - my parents didn't like it as much as TNG so they'd change the channel half the time.
But this show is excellent. Just like everyone told me.
Earlier this morning was the Ferengi rescue mission, I love those damn goblins. About to start Who Mourns for Morn, RIP i guess :( i loved how he was always having conversations off camera but never a word otherwise lol, he reminds me of a regular back in my bartending days.
Of course the last episode had the utterly cold "But I fear no evil" line from Sisko. Nearly every episode is a straight banger.
Edit: Yup, Who Mourns for Morn was as much fun as I suspected it would be.
I grew up on TOS reruns, and TNG as a teen
but had gone off to foreign lands without television by the time DS9 was in full swing.
TBH I didn't like it at all through the first season, and my millennial partner had told me that Quark was her favorite character and I just couldn't square that with what I knew about ferengi.
BUT I was so, so wrong. DS9 is fantastic and the problematic merchant goblins are great characters.
It's an amazing show! My favorite Trek show for sure. It sounds like you watched The Magnificent Ferengi, that episode was great. I try not to compare the shows too much, and attempt to take each on their own merits, but sometimes it's difficult not to compare them with DS9's consistency and character growth.
I've heard that from a lot of people and I can absolutely see why. Ngl Sisko was... awkward for the first season or two, which, sure, he was starting from a low place, but his delivery of lines seemed almost randomly inflected. Weird, crazy smiles or gestures that felt out of place. I've really come to love him though, I get why hes so many folks' favorite captain.
I've had kind of a rough stretch irl and my mental/emotional health hasn't been doing great, but this has been helping. I've even started picking up a little Klingon for fun, I've always meant to but never got around to it.
Now, though, im faced with a dilemma - when im done, do i a) finally watch TOS, b) binge Voyager (similar deal as DS9, watched a bit back when it was airing but never the full show), or c) re-watch Lower Decks now that ill get all the DS9 references?
It's a good dilemma.
Yeah, early Sisko seemed a bit more awkward until he figured out the character a little more. I've always liked most of the extra expressive things he did, but it definitely is a different acting choice than you see most making. He was also something unique in that he was a Star Trek character with a good family relationship! Plus, he was the only captain that could get rid of Q. 😉
I'm glad something is helping out! It's nice to be able to drop into something like that for a while sometimes.
That is a dilemma! I recently rewatched DS9 then Voyager, and for me it was a bit of a letdown after DS9. Some people prefer Voyager though, so you never know! I still like it, but the type of storytelling doesn't work as well for binging for me.