It feels like each episode Julian interacts with Lauren, Jack, etc. it feels the show did not think their introduction through. They are instituionalised. For Jack, sure, obvious, Patrick, also to an extent, but Lauren is just smart. And seductive. But that's no reason, and we don't see any onscreen reason or any mention of why. Is her general ego due to being genetically enhanced reason enough? Obviously, the writers did not think it through (like with the entirety of incorporating elements of genetic enhancement, starting with Julian).
The episode where Julian dates Sarina does give me the creeps, but that's the whole point. DS9 has a good way of making you see a variety of perspectives in an episode, and encourages you to draw your own conclusions about what they potray, and this episode is an example (though not the best written one in my opinion). Had me shuddering regardless ha.
I do think that if they were going to incorporate these characters, they could have done far more interesting things with them. I dislike how every episode ends with the verdict that they are dangeous, and Julian is always condescending to them. Perhaps its just commentary on how what you hope to be sometimes isnt true, ie Julian hoping they can integrate to society but they can't. But if this is his goal, he does a very bad job at it. It would have been more interesting in the first one, for example, for it to not revolve around Dominion secrets or whatever, but Julian actually integrating them into daily life on the station.
Overall, they just feel like missed oppurtunities to me. Do you like these episodes?
The episode where Julian dates Sarina does give me the creeps, but that's the whole point. DS9 has a good way of making you see a variety of perspectives in an episode, and encourages you to draw your own conclusions about what they potray, and this episode is an example (though not the best written one in my opinion). Had me shuddering regardless ha.
I do think that if they were going to incorporate these characters, they could have done far more interesting things with them. I dislike how every episode ends with the verdict that they are dangeous, and Julian is always condescending to them. Perhaps its just commentary on how what you hope to be sometimes isnt true, ie Julian hoping they can integrate to society but they can't. But if this is his goal, he does a very bad job at it. It would have been more interesting in the first one, for example, for it to not revolve around Dominion secrets or whatever, but Julian actually integrating them into daily life on the station.
Overall, they just feel like missed oppurtunities to me. Do you like these episodes?
