Icons, 200x100, slightly sharpened, from DS9 S1 HERE.
Benjamin Sisko #26,000
Ferengi (Nog, Rom, Quark & the Grand Nagus) #9,800
Garak #161
Jadzia Dax #11,300
Jake Sisko #4,000
Jean Luc Picard #700
Jennifer Sisko #1,000
Julian Bashir #11,600
Kai Opaka #1,500
Kai Winn #900
Keiko O’Brien #1,800
Kira Nerys #19,000
Lwaxan Troi #1,700
Miles O’Brien #14,400
Odo #17,000
Q #1,700
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I would have liked a Translator Breakdown episode where it turns out some of the characters do know one another’s language but only at like a “two years in highschool” level.
O'Brien: Tá an ríomhaire briste. Tá fadhbanna againn.
Sisko: The WARP CORE is *points to his own face, frowning* ??
Kira: Fuck! Fuck computer, fuck! *hand gestures* Computer is fuck!
my favorite part of this is the implication that apparently by the 24th century the prevalence of the irish language will be such that a man from dublin will speak irish as his first language.
*side eyes tng “irish reunification of 2024″ screengrab and whispers* don’t mess this up for us.
Translator Breakdown is my favorite fic trope! Yes yes all of this. Also I want Dax to know like five dialects of Standard, plus French, Klingon, and also Bajoran because she likes to flirt with Kira when it’s slow in Ops
Most DS9 episode titles are thoughtful or clever but they got bored with this one and just named it after a character.
Oh man I will never get tired of the “entire station falls apart without Miles at the helm 24/7” trope
Ah! The first mention of the existence of the infamous raktajino! Love seeing the first time things get introduced that become such a show staple.
I’m laughing so hard at Dax not even deflecting, just flat out ignoring each line of flirtation Julian tries on her.
Dax always walks with her arms folded behind her back and I’ve tried this and it is uncomfortable
Kidnapping! Punching! No, Julian! Eek! Intense!
“Which not only compromises Bajoran security but also… *makes a crazy face* annoys us.” I luv you, Kira. Marry me.
I can picture it, as soon as Sisko said they needed a place to do the hearing, Odo leaped at the opportunity to run to Quark’s and inform him they would be commandeering his holosuite. It’s the biggest joy in his life.
I am also in luv with Anne Haney’s performance as the snappy Bajoran arbitrator, Renora. Marry me. (She played on an ep of TNG too!)
Ahhh another Space Mystery™. Why won’t Jadzia explain? Who was the real murderer? How will this be wrapped up in a neat package in just 40 short minutes!?
“If this is true I’d hang Curzon Dax up by his heels myself.” “Thanks for the confidence.” Odo and Sisko dry-sarcasming to each other makes my day.
This makes me realize how carefully the DS9 creators worked to create unexpected characters for this show. The two ‘warrior’ types, Dax and Kira, are beautiful young women, not typical beefy men. The doctor is brilliant but socially awkward to the extreme. The commander is as unlike Picard, the captain of the previous show, as they could possibly make him. With each character they tried to take what we would expect and turn it on its head. (These were the days before 'subverting audience expectation’ was abused so much that it’s become almost a stereotype of bad writing, today.)
They did a good job balancing the ep, it’s an entertaining murder mystery plot but also lets us learn about Dax’s character and Trills in general
Julian getting all indignant when Tandro interrupts his testimony hee hee. Aww but then he gets distraught when the questioning turns against him and he walks right into it! He baby…
I like that Odo is the one to interview Enina Tandro. He sees things in such black and white, the truth is the truth, that’s all there is. But then he gets exposed to this culture that won an entire war based on a lie, based on the person they thought this general was, but he wasn’t. Sometimes there’s more to truth than just facts.
“Live, Jadzia Dax. Live a long, fresh, and wonderful life.” Wow. The last lines of this ep turned out to be heavily ironic…
Julian Bashir: meets new person, completely flustered, immediately accuses him of being a spy for his people. Smooth.
The thing he does with his hand when the plant gets in his face!
No but seriously these two are adorable. I remember wanting much, much more screentime for these two than they ever got, the first time I watched this series.
And then he runs straight to Ops to tell everyone! Ahaha I love you Julian.
Dax: “What do you think he might want from YOU, Julian?” *straight face* Oh, she knows…
Watching this on Netflix. Not even gonna click Skip Intro cuz I love the opening song so much.
I forgot about Kira and Sisko butting heads early on. I love how the relationships of this show evolve.
Lursa and B'Etor! The somewhat random TNG cameos continue! Bring them on, I say!
Okay Sisko gets his reputation as the Daddy because Bashir and everyone else always runs to him like, “Ah this scary thing happened what do I do!?”
Garak guiding Bashir through the first steps of spy-dom awww~
Joranian ostrich!? Haha gotta love the Star Trek trope that is “name something from Earth and put an alien word in front of it because this is THE FUTURE!!” If you do that today your audience would roll its eyes but with Classic Trek it’s just quaint and adorable. (I mean you can still roll your eyes but it’s also quaint and adorable)
But really, Kira and Odo’s relationship is laid out so perfectly in this scene. They have so much mutual respect for each other and take strength from each other’s presence and I’m so here for it for the whole ride.
Why are the character interactions so much more interesting to watch than the actual terrorist plot of the episode? Good writing that’s why!
This opening with the weird alien game and the early 90’s CGI is just so very ‘Trek
“I’ll never understand the humanoid need to… couple.” “You’ve never coupled?” Oh I love them.
Keiko and Miles are great characters, and even though I remember the “husband and wife squabbling” tropes will get quite a bit grating over time, established domestic life wasn’t something that was really explored on Star Trek much in the past so I like that Trek keeps trying new things.
More of my favorites are getting introduced today! Jake and Nog are two of my favorite DS9 charas. I’ve always had a soft spot for kid characters, and the growth these two go through as the show progresses is just great.
Jadzia claims joined Trills don’t look for romance, ha! “We try to exist on a higher plane.” Well that’s a convenient plotpoint they were quick to never bring up again, wasn’t it.
The whole plot of this episode is very much a TNG-type plot. Space-crime is committed, one of the cast is accused, must use science to figure out the answer. Go science!
Oh man I forgot Rom shows up here and they completely change his character later on. Very much for the better.
It’s funny how much of the “old west” themes DS9 had going on at the start. Odo is the Constable. Bashir talks about “frontier medicine” last episode. In this one Keiko establishes herself as a school marm, and a mob attempts a lynching.
Look, this is only the second episode of the series and they take half the runtime to establish Quark and Odo’s hate-love-hate relationship and Quark jumps at the first word of a customer against Odo to defend his honor. I don’t think anyone who argues against Quodo really has a leg to stand on!
[Image description Jim from Our Flag Means Death with their face replaced by Jadzia Dax from Star Trek saying “I’m gonna keep this very simple. You know me as Dax? So just… keep calling me Dax.” Second panel is Frenchie with his face replaced by Captain Sisko saying “Yeah, good ol’ Dax, Always liked Dax.”]
