DS9 - The Saddest Series

[AdmiralBruno]

The ending is really sad.... I wonder if Sisko ever came back. I wish the story continued after that. Originally that wasn't even supposed to be a possibility but he told them it would be bad if they had a black father abandon his family.

I also found it weird that Sisko wanted to live on Bajor. Um, wouldn't he miss his FATHER in N'Orleans?

 

[T'Girl]

Sisko's ultimate fate in DS9's finale reminds me of Sam Beckett from Quantum Leap, in the last minute of the finale we learn that Sam never returns home and spends the remainder of his life leaping.

Very sad.

 

[AdmiralBruno]

I knew that, but had I not seen the series yet I would have been annoyed. xD.

But yes, it is like that I suppose.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Sisko isn't coming back. Ira Steven Behr said so.

 

[AdmiralBruno]

why????

Those stupid prophets. They take him away from his family! Despicable.

 

[borgboy]

The DS9 relaunch novel series is excellent, as good or arguably even better than the tv series, continuing the stories of all your favorite DS9 characters.

 

[AdmiralBruno]

what happens? generally

 

[T'Girl]

I knew that, but had I not seen the series yet I would have been annoyed. xD

At the end of Wraith of Khan, Spock dies.

 

[Kilana2]

what happens? generally

I don't want to spoilter, but maybe you are interested to read about Sisko's fate in the novels. I suggest you read the novels chronologically, lest you miss anything. The left Hand of Destiny novels are about Martok, Rising Son is about Jake, The Worlds of DS9 novels are about single characters. Sisko's fate is further explored in Unity.

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/DS9_relaunch

 

[Bad Thoughts]

why????

Those stupid prophets. They take him away from his family! Despicable.

When asked by Chase Masterson on her podcast, ISB says that the notion that the accommodation with Avery Brooks only suggests that Sisko might come back, not that he would come back. That satsified Brooks by introducing ambiguity. However, in ISB's mind, Sisko, the corporeal being, was completely lost.

 

[borgboy]

I do strongly recommend reading the DS9 relaunch in order. It's plots grow and continue and you're going to miss a lot if you skip ahead.

 

[kkt]

There is sadness in life but that doesn't mean you must let it define you. Kassidy and Jake are strong. They will learn to live happy lives in spite of the loss. I think it shows a maturity of the show that they're willing to show sadness in it (and not turn the clock back next episode like The Search for Spock did with The Wrath of Khan).

I think he'd come back as an occasional vision, like Sarah did for him when he was corporeal.

 

[RogueVasad]

I'm hoping he comes back at some point in the STO timeline but I doubt it after he's been gone so long. And yes I have read all the post series DS9 books so I know what happens there

 

[Esirprus]

I don't see a problem with Sisko living on Bajor. Episodes can easily be discounted or altered in sci-fi. Abrams is abusing that to use familiar characters in his movies for little purpose when many thousands of future Trek tales can be told. I intend to use 99% of the DS9 cast in my work in 1 timeframe of my plot that is primarily many many many new characters just to give them the finale they deserve that leaves the viewers satisfied imagination the only way to know what their futures hold.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

DS9 is a series where all the victories are bittersweet.

I don't think it's odd that Sisko wasn't going to move home to be with his father. It's pretty common now for adults not to live near their parents, it's probably even more common when there's an entire galaxy of planets to live on and people have jobs where they frequently travel across planets. And in the Star Trek universe the elderly can probably stay independent a lot later. He'd visit once every couple months of course.

 

[Mister Spock]

I still think it was a brilliant idea to have the final shot be Jake Sisko looking out the window, waiting for his dad to come home.