Just finished watching the episode. I liked it; it was OK. I didn't feel like it was the 'valentine' to DS9 fans like some people are making it out to be. And I'll echo the sentiment that Visitor and Shimerman sounded like they've aged 23 years rather than only the 5 they were meant to have aged since the end of DS9. But it was nice that they brought them back. And Mariner made a joke that wasn't a Star Trek joke! (the 'Hemingway' joke.) And it was actually funny! Or at least I thought so.
I realize that they wanted to keep things relatively the same on DS9 for nostalgia purposes, but the logician in me felt that most of it didn't make much sense. Five years have passed since WYLB, and everything and everyone looks pretty much the same. The station looks the same, there are no ships docked or in orbit other than the Cerritos and the Karemma ship (when it should be a hub of activity), Kira looks the same, Quark looks the same (and now that he has franchises all over the place, why is he still on DS9? It's not like Quark's was all that hopping.) The Bajorans still haven't joined the Federation for some unknown reason. The Defiant is gone. Where is Starfleet's presence here, other than officers on the station? The assumption is that the Dominion have kept on their side of the wormhole for the last five years since no real negotiations or communication has happened. Kira doesn't even mention Odo, Sisko, or anyone else she formerly worked with. I realize this is just a 30-minute-per-episode animated comedy show, so my expectations aren't that high, but it still would have been nice to have some advancement and/or closure to things other than just surface dressing.
I realize that they wanted to keep things relatively the same on DS9 for nostalgia purposes, but the logician in me felt that most of it didn't make much sense. Five years have passed since WYLB, and everything and everyone looks pretty much the same. The station looks the same, there are no ships docked or in orbit other than the Cerritos and the Karemma ship (when it should be a hub of activity), Kira looks the same, Quark looks the same (and now that he has franchises all over the place, why is he still on DS9? It's not like Quark's was all that hopping.) The Bajorans still haven't joined the Federation for some unknown reason. The Defiant is gone. Where is Starfleet's presence here, other than officers on the station? The assumption is that the Dominion have kept on their side of the wormhole for the last five years since no real negotiations or communication has happened. Kira doesn't even mention Odo, Sisko, or anyone else she formerly worked with. I realize this is just a 30-minute-per-episode animated comedy show, so my expectations aren't that high, but it still would have been nice to have some advancement and/or closure to things other than just surface dressing.