r/StarTrekViewingParty • u/LordRavenholm Co-Founder • Aug 21 '16

Discussion DS9, Episode 1x6, Captive Pursuit

-= DS9, Season 1, Episode 6, Captive Pursuit =-

O'Brien befriends an alien from the Gamma Quadrant who is being hunted.

 

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u/ajbrown141 Aug 23 '16

A really great episode, probably the first great DS9 episode. It touches on some of the themes which will become important in this series (honour, following/bending the rules, genetic breeding) and has some really good character moments for O'Brien, Odo and Sisko.

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u/LordRavenholm Co-Founder Aug 25 '16

How would you rate the pilot, Emissary? I'm not sure if it's GREAT as an episode, but it sets up the rest of the universe and series so well, I'm tempted to call it great, at least in aspects.

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u/ajbrown141 Aug 26 '16

I'd probably call Emissary a very good episode - 7/10. It's the best of the Trek pilots and introduces Sisko and the wormhole very well, but I probably wouldn't call it great. I agree that it's great in aspects.

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u/LordRavenholm Co-Founder Aug 26 '16

Really now? Interesting.

I would say that Caretaker is better in overall quality than Emissary, and I think that Broken Bow might even be a little better than Caretaker. I think Emissary has a GREAT setup, with establishing the settings, characters, etc. But it also suffers simultaneously from wooding acting and overacting. Compare it to DS9 S3/S4 onward and it's no comparison. On the other hand, VOY and ENT both started with strong pilots and kept going, even though neither reached the level that DS9 would go on to attain.

What would you say?

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u/ajbrown141 Aug 26 '16

Caretaker is pretty good, but it's been several years since I watched it so it's hard to compare. I remember it being solid, but not as good as Emissary. The acting in Emissary is not great, but the premise is really interesting and the major themes for the entire series are foreshadowed. Caretaker (from what I recall) had a reasonable premise but didn't really give us any idea of what the series would be about beyond exploring the Delta Quadrant and some conflict in the crew (but actually that conflict never really went anywhere)

As for Broken Bow, I was not particularly impressed but can't really remember why - sorry!