deep space nines biggest strength- aside from wonderful characters- is that it capitalizes on the extended universe so perfectly
it takes alien races and cultures that featured in tng for an episode or two and greatly expands them, it effortlessly brings worf into the established cast, it builds upon the foundations of interstellar politics and treats canon like actual history, with nods of varying degrees to both tos and tng interspersed
ds9 understands that it wouldnt exist as a show without what came before it, it doesnt try to ignore that or rely on that background too heavily, but instead is a believable and innovative expansion of the star trek universe
@blacksheepboybucky gahsfasjfsladk yes this exactly !!!!! not to call out your tags but they are amazing and so so true !!!
it really feels like a continuation of a universe rather than any rehashing or anything !! like ds9 turned SO much about the federation on its head, brought up questions about gray areas with federation morality, and is usually referred to as the “darkest” trek, all the while fleshing out stuff from previous shows AND giving us cool new alien concepts from the gamma quadrant
and all of it is fundamentally respecting what came before !!! its so good !!!! it has its own flavor and commentaries and its own big massive huge amazing WAR plot which is what tos and tng spent years getting close to and avoiding
and that lets ds9 go places the others really never went before ! and it does such a good job
“Ezri, you always were too proud for your own good.”
While I am not really an Ezri fan I like that her story and this episode gave us Trills who weren’t interested in being joined and had their own lives that had nothing to do with being joined. It was neat to see the other perspective.
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