Been a big fan of Star Trek: Next Gen since I was a kid, and finally decided to start watching Deep Space Nine after hearing good things about it (and after finding a way to watch it for free). So far im loving it, and it does a lot of things better than Next Gen surprisingly! So what are your favorite episodes of Deep Space Nine?
Thank you so much for mentioning Far Beyond the Stars. No one ever mentions it and it is, sadly, still relevant. The racism, of course, but also the sexism, the infantalizing of people with (perceived) mental health problems, the blind pursuit of profit, all of it.
Weird. In my Star Trek circles it’s pretty much universally acknowledged as a great episode and a particularly off-the-wall Avery Brooks performance.
It’s so impressive because not only did Avery have his on-screen role, he also directed it! So he was on stage, working, even in those few moments when he wasn’t on camera. Only episode in Trek to use that word, too.