DS9, how I love you

[usuallyhats]

I have two episodes of DS9 to watch at home and they are caaaallllling to me. Watching DS9 on a Thursday is RIGHT and PROPER as that is the day it used to be on BBC2, unless my memory is wrong again. Buffy was on Thursdays after BBC2 stopped showing DS9, which was good too. My mum used to do the supermarket shopping on a Thursday and she always bought some cheesecake or baked goods for us to eat whilst watching. I do actually have a cheesecake at home, I made a lemon one at the weekend. It's not particularly great - the texture is wrong - but second rate cheesecake > no cheesecake. I will have to steal my mum's pineapple cheesecake recipe at some point.

Anyway. Last night I watched the other two episodes on the disc, The Search, parts 1 and 2. It was nice to watch it for the second time, knowing the twist: I liked seeing how all the people who weren't really there behaved, acting as mouthpieces for the various pro and con attitudes to the treaty, as well as being composites of how Sisko et al saw them. (That sentence was much more articulate in my head.) Like Garak expressing all their doubts about the situation, Quark assuming the treaty was a fait accompli and focusing on the potential practical advantages of the situation, Nechayev as the voice of Sisko's ambition, Jake... I forget what Jake did as something unexpected happened in my knitting at that point. Never mind. Also I loved the scene with Kira trying to work out which of the various things in the garden Odo might be. And Dax had very pretty hair this episode. My thoughts, they are deep.

Comments

[everlasting-day.livejournal.com]

Gosh, it's so nostalgic thinking about BBC2's culty shows they'd have on weekday evenings (as opposed to the wall-to-wall Eggheads it is now, boo). There was a severe bias to TNG and Voyager, though - Deep Space Nine was on far less than those two. I was primarily in it for Farscape, but DS9 always seemed so much more interesting than the other Trek's which is why I'm watching it all through for the first time now. Absolutely loving it, too.

The Search was a pretty cracking way to kick off season three, despite the twist. Apparently it enraged the fans at the time, but I dug it anyway. And speaking of Dax's hair, I like Mirror Universe!Dax's hair the best by far - I thought it really suited Terry Farrell.

[usuallyhats]

I was never a huge fan of Farscape, I must admit, but the 6.45 cult slot was fantastic and I was so sad when it fizzled out. Deep Space Nine is definitely my favourite Trek - I'm so envious of you getting to watch it through for the first time! This is a rewatch for me, and I'm finally getting to see it all in the right order.

I can understand being annoyed by the twist at the time, since it is a bit reset-buttony, but I do like it.

Mirror!Dax's hair is really nice!

[everlasting-day.livejournal.com]

Farscape is an acquired taste - I mean, it took me almost two seasons to get into it!

But I've never been much of a Trek person apart from the occasional movie, which is probably why I've taken to DS9 - almost all the reasons why I don't much care for Trek are absent. Even back in season one not all the characters got along, they had personal conflicts and the stories weren't as moralistic and preachy. Now I'm just over halfway through season five it barely feels like Star Trek at all, and I'm loving it. I also like how it's kept a very separate identity from the similarly space station-set Babylon 5, so it kind of baffles me when people complain one is a rip-off of the other, because they're so different.

What I like about The Search Part 2 is that it shows what would happen if the Federation signed a treaty with the Dominion. Even if it's not real the consequences of it are still pretty damn terrifying and I really appreciated that.

[usuallyhats]

Even back in season one not all the characters got along, they had personal conflicts and the stories weren't as moralistic and preachy.
Yes, exactly! And the other side of that is that I really believe in the friendships between the characters, because we've seen them not getting on at first and gradually getting to know each other. I enjoy watching TNG and Voyager (Enterprise bored me and I haven't seen much TOS yet) but DS9 is the one I actively want to rewatch.