Well, not everyone (or Niner) thinks exactly the same way you do. The earlier episodes of Deep Space Nine were just okay in my opinion. And I have known people who have hated Deep Space Nine because they watched the earlier episodes.
I am just offering an alternative or back up plan just in case the first plan fails. That is all. You may disagree with that. But not everyone will feel the same way you do about things.
Heck there are people who have watched the entire series of Deep Space Nine and have still hated it.
Which is beyond me.
It is completely beyond me why or how anyone who is a DS9 fan could hate "Duet", "In the Hands of the Prophets", "Necessary Evil", "Whispers", "The Maquis", "The Wire", "The Jem'Hadar/The Search", "Second Skin", "The House of Quark", "Improbable Cause/The Die is Cast". Those are among the best DS9 episodes and feature top-notch writing, acting, and, in some cases, action. I also can't figure out how or why anyone who thinks that the Dominion war is so awesome could hate "The Jem'Hadar" or "Improbable Cause/The Die is Cast". Simply put: if people hate those episodes, they are never going to be DS9 fans, and telling them to start with "The Adversary" makes no sense.
Incidentally, the current results of my "
Best episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" ranking, on 20 votes:
1. In the Pale Moonlight 52.61
2.
Duet 43.55
3. Call to Arms 23.50
4. The Visitor 23.16
5. Treachery, Faith and the Great River 19.50
6.
The Jem ´Hadar / The Search (parts 1 & 2) 18.50
7.
Improbable Cause / The Die Is Cast 17.33
8. Trials & Tribble-ations 17.10
9.
Second Skin 16.50
10. In Purgatory´s Shadow / By Inferno´s Light 16.00
11. Far Beyond the Stars 15.27
12.
Necessary Evil 14.50
13. Favor the Bold / Sacrifice of Angels 14.50
14. You Are Cordially Invited... 14.50
15.
Explorers 11.00
16. Tacking into the Wind 11.00
17.
Visionary 10.50
18. Ties of Blood and Water 10.50
19. Little Green Men 9.50
20.
Facets 9.28 21. Change of Heart 6.85
22. Rapture 6.66
23. ...Nor the Battle to the Strong 6.50
24. Children of Time 6.00
25. The Siege of AR-558 5.50
26. Chimera 5.50
27.
Civil Defense 5.00
28. Things Past 5.00
29. Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges 5.00
30. Doctor Bashir, I Presume? 4.50
31. Behind the Lines 4.50
32. Afterimage 4.42
33. For the Uniform 4.22
34.
Past Tense (parts 1 & 2) 4.00
35. Statistical Probabilities 4.00
36. Inquisition 3.83
37. Rejoined 3.57
38. Return to Grace 3.50
39. The Ascent 3.50
40.
Emissary 3.16
41. Hippocratic Oath 3.00
42. Hard Time 3.00
43. Rocks and Shoals 3.00
44. In the Cards 2.77
45. Our Man Bashir 2.50
46. Homefront / Paradise Lost 2.50
47. The Ship 2.50
48. The Changing Face of Evil 2.50
49. The Way of the Warrior 2.14
50.
Whispers 2.00
51.
The Wire 2.00
52. Indiscretion 2.00
53. Broken Link 2.00
54.
Crossover 1.50
55. The House of Quark 1.50
56. Tears of the Prophets 1.50
57.
The Maquis (parts 1 & 2) 1.00
58. The Quickening 1.00
59. Image in the Sand / Shadows and Symbols 1.00
60. What You Leave Behind 1.00
61.
Captive Pursuit 0.50
62. Waltz 0.50
