PATRON TAKES DEEP SPACE NINE S1E1-5 NOW AVAILABLE

Saw this on a big screen for the first time at an Aussie ST Convention, bootlegged and VHSey. From that opening, the crowd was electric, but the general sense of hesitation was ambient by the end...

I predict you will both think DS9 is a superior TV show to TNG... in the long run.

It took me a moment to get into DS9 but once I was hooked, I was HOOKED. One big thing I loved about it was the relationship between Sisko and his son. So many movies and shows depict black fathers poorly. I loved how tender Sisko can be with Jake or stern when necessary. Sisko is a good man.

You are going to hate DS9 until suddenly you love it. I'm very excited to revisit that show as well as the rest of TNG. DS9 is easily my favorite Trek and I think that you will each enjoy it as much as or more than TNG in time. You might be a little slow to warm up to it, but it pays off in spades.

DS9: New characters, uniforms, toys, ships, sets, species, ideals, directions.. TA: New favorites, new rants, new split on episodes, new "WHAT!" moments... Me: A new DS9 run thru-its been years, this time with friends and newer outlook on life and death.. Came for the meal. Stayed for dessert.

DS9 was the primary reason for me to sign up to Patreon. Hoping that you'll hit your goal soon. IMHO three episodes a week are necessary to get through two parallel series in a reasonable time frame.

DS9 gets a bad rap because it was semi-serialized in a time when not everybody was able to watch or record every week. I grew up in the 90s and my parents wouldn't spring for Tivo, and programming the VCR (or remembering to put a blank tape in it to record) was a pain in the neck DS9 was ahead of its time in that it thrives in the streaming/bingeing climate of today. It came out in a time when "I've seen every episode!" was a flex, now it's a requirement

So not going to say specific stuff as it could be spoilerish. But in general just remember that some things established in previous trek (particularly TNG) will continue but some things will be changed. It can be a bit annoying if you're rigid in your thinking but I think you guys will be fine.

Watched this show while it was new. Can’t wait to see how you two door knobs react to it. But to be fair it’s not till season 3 when it really takes off.

Spoilers are going to be CRITICAL for DS9. Entire multi-season story lines could be ruined with a single spoiler. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND you make it clear on every DS9 video that NO future references be made. New Patreons/YT commenters need to be made aware regularly of this.

Been watching another ST reactor and have really been enjoying S1 of DS9... Very excited to see TA's reaction to the season.

♫ Anticipation...an-ti-ci-paaaaation...! ♫

I used to feel that DS9 was not as exciting and interesting as Next Generation. As I have become Older I went back and watched and found it brilliant. Yes the good episodes are few and far between sometimes but I just enjoyed seeing these characters over and over again. I think you guys will enjoy.

I guess I have to on the record at some point about it. To me, after TNG, all future Trek contain individual episodes that I like but I never get into or feel anything about the series themselves. With TOS/TAS/TNG on random shuffle any ep can be watched, even the iffy ones, but DS9 and all that come after tend to need multiple hits of the randomize button to find the episode that you want to see again. That said, DS9 can really hit that ball over the fence, when they get it right, the episodes that standout do so in a big way.

*Whispers creepily into your left ear* "... my boddy is ready"

don't want to put any pressure - but sure do hope you enjoy the show!!

Here... we... go

DS9 goes deeper into the characters than any series before.

I predict that the ferengi will become one of your favorite aliens and episodes.

LET'S FUCKIN GO

The TNG Cast had a nickname for D S 9, you guys are pretty intuitive so I'm curious to see if at any point, deliberately or not, you feel it/ say it yourselves.

At the edge of the final frontier - a new crew, a new mission, and new worlds to explore... What a wild ride to come 🖖

Deep Space Nine is the series that got me into Star Trek.

Season 1 has a definite scripting stamp of TNG. The DS9 characters were more engaging from the start though. Season 2 sheds the TNG feel, but doesn't really find its own footing. Season 3 to Season 6 are PRIME DS9.

I watched this show alongside TNG when it first aired, and I was NOT feeling it for a good while. It was definitely an acquired taste I learned to love more and more as the show went on.

Any characters you look forward to more than others? If you find more to connect with than the chief, you may make it to season 2. When this originally aired I couldn't do it.

I’m probably going to be an outlier on these takes as I love s1 and s2

There are some solid episodes in season one, the pace is slower but it’s necessary to set up the characters and story arcs

Just a heads up there’s a pretty big spoiler in a patron take left on March 9th for season 6 ep 7, so tread carefully.

And so it begins...