Was there an episode of ST: Deep Space Nine that hooked you?
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That opening scene of WoW was too good. Had me fooled.
Not originally, no. However, when I decided to revisit it on DVD, I was rather disappointed by Season 1 and might have given up, but then I saw In the Hands of the Prophets, which convinced me the series was worth sticking with.
It were the Cardassians and Cardassian episodes that hooked me up. Then the rest followed 
"The Jem'Hadar" is the first one I remember making a really big impression on me, having missed most of the 1st and part of the 2nd season. But I think "Defiant" was the episode that made me realize it was my favorite show. Too bad it was so hard to watch back then. I don't think DS9 had a steady time slot in my area until the fifth season.
I was pretty young when Deep Space Nine first started coming out, around 9 or 10 years old, and totally into The Next Generation. Unfortunately it's timeslot was I think around 7:00 pm on Saturdays, and as silly as it sounds now, that was the time my irish catholic parents insisted we attend church. So needless to say I never really got the chance to catch it very often.
I did manage to see an episode here or there, and have strangely vivid memories of watching "Invasive Procedures", but I wasn't hooked or anything. I vaguely knew the premise and what the characters were about, but that's pretty much it.
Then one saturday night while over at a friend's house we caught "Paradise Lost"... and I was blown away.
I did manage to see an episode here or there, and have strangely vivid memories of watching "Invasive Procedures", but I wasn't hooked or anything. I vaguely knew the premise and what the characters were about, but that's pretty much it.
Then one saturday night while over at a friend's house we caught "Paradise Lost"... and I was blown away.
I'd watched the pilot years before but it didn't hook me at the time and I didn't continue and over the years I caught a few episodes on TV, the only one I can really recall is "The Way of the Warrior", but I wasn't really a fan.
One day at the video store I was looking through the sci-fi section and saw the VHS for "In the Cards"/"Call to Arms" and purely based on the cool cover I got it out. Had no real opinion of "In the Cards" at the time but "Call to Arms" got me interested in the story and from that point on I rented out the new VHS tapes as they became available and when I realised when it was on TV I also watched it, though it was at least two seasons behind where the VHS tapes were at.
One day at the video store I was looking through the sci-fi section and saw the VHS for "In the Cards"/"Call to Arms" and purely based on the cool cover I got it out. Had no real opinion of "In the Cards" at the time but "Call to Arms" got me interested in the story and from that point on I rented out the new VHS tapes as they became available and when I realised when it was on TV I also watched it, though it was at least two seasons behind where the VHS tapes were at.
The first DS9 episode that made an impression on me was the first season episode Duet. I still think it is the best episode of that first year.
I remember watching "The Circle Trilogy" and "Invasive Procedures" and I thought they were ok.
The one that blew me away was "The Jem Hadar/The Search". I was hooked.
Then I found such gems as "Progress", "Duet" and "The Wire" from the first couple of seasons and realised there was a depth to this show that TNG never got anywhere near. I had judged it too harshly at first because it wasn't Picard and co and I was only 12.
The one that blew me away was "The Jem Hadar/The Search". I was hooked.
Then I found such gems as "Progress", "Duet" and "The Wire" from the first couple of seasons and realised there was a depth to this show that TNG never got anywhere near. I had judged it too harshly at first because it wasn't Picard and co and I was only 12.
I enjoyed it for being Star Trek but was far more interested in TNG.
Until "The Jem'Hadar". Holy crap I still remember the excitement I felt watching THAT episode. It starts off so innocently oh a field trip the gamma quadrant zzzz and by the end of the episode I wanted more.
EVERYTHING about that episode is perfect. It's also amusing to watch now to see the development of Nog and how he acts on the Runabout. A few years later he'd be the one piloting the Runabout and dropping out of warp to fight a Jem'Hadar ship.
Until "The Jem'Hadar". Holy crap I still remember the excitement I felt watching THAT episode. It starts off so innocently oh a field trip the gamma quadrant zzzz and by the end of the episode I wanted more.
EVERYTHING about that episode is perfect. It's also amusing to watch now to see the development of Nog and how he acts on the Runabout. A few years later he'd be the one piloting the Runabout and dropping out of warp to fight a Jem'Hadar ship.
I was very "meh" about DS9 until "Way of the Warrior".
Suddenly it rivaled TNG for me.
Suddenly it rivaled TNG for me.
I think that almost every Dominion War-based episode was great, and especially "Sacrifice of Angels" because of a massive starship battle - too bad it didn't last longer
I somehow missed Duet during it's original run. I know it was sometime during the third season when I said "hey, this is really getting good" but I'm not sure which episode it was.
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