A Guide to Watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1 (DO NOT SKIP SEASON 1)

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a great show. I would argue it's the best Star Trek show. However, many consider DS9's first season to be its weakest. I've even run into people who gave up on DS9 during its first season. While Season 1 has it's weak points, it's also filled with great episodes, many of which are built upon in later seasons. So, to the Trekkie wanting to give DS9 a second try, to the first time viewer, or to the unsuspecting friend of a Trekkie, I present to you a guide to watching DS9.
Please note: I still recommend watching all of Season 1 at some point, but I totally get skipping the unimportant episodes.
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0:00 Intro
1:37 Emissary
2:50 Past Prologue
3:29 A Man Alone
4:24 Babel
5:09 Captive Pursuit
5:35 Q-Less
6:09 Dax
6:53 The Passenger
7:19 Move Along Home
8:03 The Nagus
8:47 Vortex
8:54 Battle Lines
9:45 The Storyteller
10:06 Progress
10:44 If Wishes Were Horses
11:02 The Forsaken
11:45 Dramatis Personae
12:19 Duet
13:16 In The Hands of the Prophets
14:00 Outro

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@shattered_helix Жыл бұрын

Thankfully "Move Along Home" is an episode that you only need to experience once, because you'll never forget it.

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

Move Along Home may only be an hour-long episode, but Allamaraine is forever.

@tilasole3252 Жыл бұрын

@@JanelleWaz some one should do a virtual game of that, if they have not already.

@tilasole3252 Жыл бұрын

I can not believe Duet was in the first season! O_o It truly is a master piece and explains a lot about the occupation of Bajor

@mirracze 9 ай бұрын

Storyteller is not skippable. It's at least worth watching. This episode is important for character development of Bashir and OBrien. Except for this, it's a really good video.

@lauranolastnamegiven3385 Жыл бұрын

I introduced a friend to Star Trek, in airing order, and when we got to DS9, I warned him, that the first season or two weren't great, but that they were vital for character foundations for the rest of the series. When we'd finished those first couple of seasons, I thought to myself, that they weren't as bad as I remembered, certainly better than TNG's first few seasons, IMHO. I also want to suggest, especially to those watching the first time through - when you get to the end, after you watch season 7, episode 24, "Dogs of War," before going on to the finale, rewatch "Emissary." This is something my friend does, with every series he watches, so I did it, too, and it was so interesting, to see how the characters had grown, and changed, from the way they were when we first met them. It really made me appreciate the rich world these people had created, in their corner of the Star Trek universe. Brilliant series.

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

That's not a bad idea. I usually watch Trek on the Heroes and Icons channel, so it loops around after the finale to the pilot episode. Then it kinda hits you how everyone aged in seven years.

@lauranolastnamegiven3385 Жыл бұрын

@@JanelleWaz ...how Jake grew from middle-of-Ben's-chest height, to a foot taller than his tv dad! 🤣

@dwyanecamilleri8023 Жыл бұрын

I love your star trek videos❤

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@uglyweirdo1389 Жыл бұрын

All the episodes focused on Grandpa Steal-Your-Girl are worth the watch.

@EvilTheOne Ай бұрын

'Q-Less' was pretty forgettable, although it did set-up DS9's willingness to take previous Trek characters and build upon them, not just use them for stunt casting. 'Battle Lines' is interesting as we see a selfless Kai (Opaka), something that changes later in the series as we meet the future politically motivated Kai. 'The Forsaken' shows what I mentioned earlier, the evolution of previously seen Trek characters; and they did a marvelous job with Lwaxana Troi. It good to see another part of Odo, as he's awkward about Troi's advances. 'Duet' is a two-person Broadway play...powerful. And unlike TNG which saves these types of episodes for Picard (Patrick Stewart), this one is all about the first officer Kira. 'In the Hands of the Prophets' not only sets up the 2nd season, but introduces that snake-in-the-garden Kai Winn; played masterfully by Louise Fletcher...she's so easy to dislike.

@RWSCOTT 10 ай бұрын

agree 100% - also re: Emissary, I'd mention it's arguably the best & easily *the most moving* alien contact story of any show in the franchise.

@tgif1345 Жыл бұрын

Great video Waz! Season 1 of DS9 is the season I've seen the least of. I wasn't allowed to watch the show when it was originally on TV as I was 6 when it started airing, my sister was 2, going on 3, and my brother was 1, going on 2, so I saw "Emissary" because of Picard's appearance in the episode, and that's it. Then when I watched the show in reruns when I was a teenager in the early 2000s, I always seemed to catch episodes from seasons 2-7, but not 1.

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Emissary is a pretty good episode. Both it and Duet ranked in my Top 10 DS9 Episodes list.

@tgif1345 Жыл бұрын

@@JanelleWaz I actually went back and watched your Top 10 DS9 Episodes List video last night after I finished this one and I thought you had great choices. Two of my favourite episodes are Call to Arms and Valiant.

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

@@tgif1345 Call to Arms is pretty good. I'm not a fan of Valiant, but I can understand the appeal.

@tgif1345 Жыл бұрын

@@JanelleWaz That's totally fair, I can see why you're not a fan. One of the reasons I like it is because the cadet captain of the Valiant was played by the actor who played Joe Hardy in the short-lived 1995 Hardy Boys TV series, which I watched all the time when I was a kid.

@chainsawsubtlety9828 Жыл бұрын

I'm not a person who puts any value on playing-pretend-for-money, aka, acting. I do appreciate good writing. With that being said, Harris Yulin is f-ing great in Duet and the writing is just

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

I refuse to hear anything bad about Lwaxana! 😁 I hope whoever wrote Duet got a nice bonus in their paycheck. Not the easiest thing to watch, but it's a great episode.

@SidBarnhoorn Жыл бұрын

Enjoying your Star Trek videos! DS9 is my favorite ST series though I also love TNG. They're definitely series I love doing marathons of once every couple of years.

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

Glad you're enjoying the Trek videos. TNG and DS9 are my top Star Trek shows. TNG was my favorite for years, but over time, it got beaten out by a hair by DS9. Both are great, though!

@emergency_preparedness Жыл бұрын

Good analysis. I would put Babel in the skip episode category and move Q-less into the ok to watch category. Even though Q was not really a good fit for the tone of DS9, that episode was a decent sequel to Qpid.

@windgraceproject Жыл бұрын

Such a useful guide. It's important to watch some of these episodes just to understand how characters change. Get it together, Julian! Haha

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

I do like Julian, even in Season 1, but man! His flirting is a bit much. 😂

@windgraceproject Жыл бұрын

@@JanelleWaz just a tad, haha. But no character is their true self that early in a series, they have to grow into it no matter what

@hcmv007 Жыл бұрын

I forgot about the episode "Dax" where the future President Charles Logan (from 24) was after Jadzia. Duet is hands down my favorite DS9 episode. But then in season 2 my local affiliate moved it to 2 AM Monday morning so I missed out on this show. And I don't have H&I where I live.

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

And then in Season 6, the guy who was after Jadzia was after Quark. He got around! 😄 If you're interested, there are two Star Trek channels on Pluto TV (completely free, though there are ads). I've been seeing a lot of VOY and TNG on it, but I know they were playing DS9.

@candiedskull9841 11 ай бұрын

I've watched the entire show at some point, barring a few episodes of the last season, and really want to rewatch it, but have had a tough time watching the series more or less in order. This seems like a great guide to getting into it again (and remembering how the episodes I've seen recently actually fit into everything)

@candiedskull9841 11 ай бұрын

Also loving the description text of each episode

@JanelleWaz 11 ай бұрын

@@candiedskull9841 My personal favorite is "O'Brien tries to tell stories to a scary cloud to save a village... No, I'm not kidding. That's the plot." Yeah, I get that. I'm at the point now where an episode will come up in the lineup and if I'm not a huge fan of it, I just skip it, even if it's in the middle of an arc.

@JanelleWaz 11 ай бұрын

Also, thanks for the sub!

@tilasole3252 Жыл бұрын

I like Captive Pursuit, because it shows the early Dominion, in a sense. Imagine these guys with impervious armour actually being the bad guys. Plus I like how Sisko commands and gives leeway. But yes, over all it is skip able.

@sethmaki1333 Жыл бұрын

Oookay, something needs to be done about the algorithm that made it possible for this vid to not come across my feed until right this minute. It's just plain wrong that I'm getting to this two months late.

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

It feels like I've been fighting the algorithm since the beginning of the year. Still, glad you got to see the video now.

@claytonberg721 Жыл бұрын

Duet is a top 15 episode of all time throughout all of star trek. Honestly season 1 of DS9 is better than season 7 of TNG.

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

THIS! Season 7 of TNG isn't TNG Season 1 weak, but it's weak. Heck, I even like TNG Season 2 more than Season 7.

@tilasole3252 Жыл бұрын

Anyone remember the Asian looking Ferengis in the first few episodes? They went full ham on that and was a bit cringe. But they fixed it shortly after.

@Mademoiselle_Katie Жыл бұрын

Great video, Waz! I agree with most of your assessment. I do think that season 1 was smart to have some stand-alone character episodes to establish their presence on the station. “A Man Alone” - Odo, “Dax” - Jadzia Dax, etc. Overall, season 1 is a pretty thorough watch, along with Voyager season 1. However I think the best season 1 of any series is TOS. There were so many fantastic episodes that laid the groundwork for what the franchise was. Also, great to see the Duras girls again. I wish they would have appeared one last time on the station before “Generations”.

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

I think Season 2 is the sweet spot for me for TOS: Season 1 isn't bad, but it had a little growing to do. Season 3, on the other hand... 😬 The Duras sisters were fun, though. I kinda wish Generations left their fate more ambiguous so they could return. I'd rather had see them in "The Sword of Kahless" than Toral.

@KingOfMadCows Жыл бұрын

I think seasons 1 and 2 of DS9 are good. DS9 definitely has the best series premiere. The way they use the non-linear nature of the Prophets to explore Sisko's past is very ahead of its time. It's especially interesting to go back to the DS9 after seeing how modern shows/movies like Interstellar, Undone, Arrival, and Russian Doll have expanded on those similar ideas and themes. Also, unlike other Trek shows, most of the bad DS9 episodes aren't terrible or unwatchable, they're just a bit slow. I would say that there are maybe only 4 or 5 DS9 episodes like Let He Who is Without Sin and Profit and Lace that are truly terrible. The other bad episodes are still pretty OK.

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Really, you could count the truly terrible DS9 episodes on your fingers. The show overall is pretty consistently good.

@tilasole3252 Жыл бұрын

I miss Kira's original hair... =(

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

Kira's Emissary hair gets a lot of crap (heck, I've given it some crap in the past), but the more I see it, it's not bad. I'm not a huge fan of her Seasons 1-3 hair, but her Season 4 onward hair is pretty good.

@josephenough Ай бұрын

DS9 is sandwitched between to great episodes and 2 grest women. Season1 the very 1st episode of the series Emissary Jennifer Sisko marvelously ushers in DS9 and season7 the very last episode of the series What we left behind Sarah Sisko ushers out the series in marvelouse fashion. The chosen family.

@gammaknight2215 Жыл бұрын

DS9 wasn't my cup of coffee. It was okay, but I liked exploring strange new worlds and I just didn't get much of that from it.

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

Fair point. There are a couple of episodes in the rest of the show where they take a runabout to a random planet and it's more standard Trek, but yeah: most of it takes places on the station or Bajor.

@gammaknight2215 Жыл бұрын

@@JanelleWaz I loved Voyager, but hated how rushed the ending felt.

@JanelleWaz Жыл бұрын

@@gammaknight2215 I like Voyager, but I also feel like the show could have been much more than it was.

@gammaknight2215 Жыл бұрын

@@JanelleWaz yeah, they relied on CGI too much