S1E1 - Emissary (Parts 1 & 2)
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:07 pm
This is the pilot of the series, and of course, it had to be watched.
As pilots, go this one is pretty well done. This series has the benefit of 5 seasons of TNG. The world is better established, the effects budgets were better, the effects technology was better.
As a story, this story packs a lot into a double episode.
We get a full story about the discovery of the wormhole as well as the story about Sisko dealing with his grief.
Because this show overlaps with TNG and that O'Brien was joining the cast, it was nice to have them do the handoff with the Enterprise there. The scene with Picard and Sisko in the ready room is tough. Sisko's anger towards Picard is great, and its one of the rare times that we see the fallout from Picard's time as a Borg.
I think that that the real treat to this episode is the acting by Avery Brooks. The moments of him in the wormhole where he is confronted with the fact that he has not moved on past the death of his wife, are deep, and I felt that grief in his acting. Its well done, and those scenes set up so much about who Sisko is.
The episode does a good job of quickly introducing all the main characters and setting up the main situations on the station.
Overall, it's a solid intro to the show.
As pilots, go this one is pretty well done. This series has the benefit of 5 seasons of TNG. The world is better established, the effects budgets were better, the effects technology was better.
As a story, this story packs a lot into a double episode.
We get a full story about the discovery of the wormhole as well as the story about Sisko dealing with his grief.
Because this show overlaps with TNG and that O'Brien was joining the cast, it was nice to have them do the handoff with the Enterprise there. The scene with Picard and Sisko in the ready room is tough. Sisko's anger towards Picard is great, and its one of the rare times that we see the fallout from Picard's time as a Borg.
I think that that the real treat to this episode is the acting by Avery Brooks. The moments of him in the wormhole where he is confronted with the fact that he has not moved on past the death of his wife, are deep, and I felt that grief in his acting. Its well done, and those scenes set up so much about who Sisko is.
The episode does a good job of quickly introducing all the main characters and setting up the main situations on the station.
Overall, it's a solid intro to the show.