UNCUT - Captive Pursuit (DS9 S1E6) | Star Trek Journey 250

I don't know why but I start the episodes together and every time it plays a small show segment the timing has gone off by about 10 seconds so I set it right and then by the time another bit plays it is off again. Does anyone know what the issue is? I am watching the show on paramount plus in the UK. Does either of those factors affect it?

DS9 sex scoreboard catch up version Quark got “handsy” but no score for almost. And we generally do not count non consensual stuff. This is to be light hearted fun The sex score board Chief 1 Keiko 1

I gotta admit, I'm really enjoying going back through the catalog and watching the back episodes in full. Selectively for now, but eventually the entire run starting with "The Man Trap"

One of the best episodes of the first season for sure. Love that we are at this point in the Trek journey!

I am not a fan of this episode c for me

I wonder if Tosk is perhaps a ripoff/ homage to Star Wars' bounty hunter Bossk who is also a green reptilian species. Fascinating.

This is worthy of an S just for the Chief sucker punching that chump and mocking him while he's down

“We apologize for beaming aboard.” 😂

Quark is freakin’ awesome. The way they’ve written the Ferengi in this show….. the figured it out. But Odo and Quark are going to have the Spock/McCoy dynamic. Not really a spoiler. It’s obvious at this point. But Quark just shines. Armin Shimmerman kills it every time.

Welcome to how we all watched Trek in the 90s. Week one TNG week two DS9 and back and forth till the end of TNG lol.

🎵 Dog goes woof 🎵 🎵 Cat goes meow 🎵 🎵 WHAT DOES THE TOSK SAY? 🎵

Watching this again with the review I'd say I liked it a lot better than I remembered when I wrote my patron take. I think the guy quoted right after me hits on the thing I mostly remembered and which my comment was largely based on, which is that the first half is quite slow and felt a bit boring to me at this early stage in the series. I like a lot of slower things they do down the line but in this case I guess it's the main thing I remember and remember it a bit more negatively. I wouldn't call it a miss after the rewatch, though - definitely one of the better S1 episodes.

Loved this!!! <3 For a 1st season the writers, actors, directors, etc are working hard and finding that DS9 vibe. I thought there would be eps in S1 that Alex & Josh would have fun watching, but I had 5 on my list (still upcoming this season) I thought had the potential to deliver a big emotional response and love for this show. Wow, I didn't even consider Captive Pursuit as being a turning point. Fun seeing this through your eyes. Love Alex's "Sisko tries to record his log but keeps messing up."

As soon as I realized this was the Tosk episode, I knew we were in for a good time. Excellent early episode. And the Chief! O'Brien is the most relatable, flawed, likable and human character in all of Trek. Every scene with him is a pleasure.

This one is a B for me because the acting is superb. The plot is sort of a usual fare for Star Trek. I knew right away he would not want asylum and that O'Brien would break him out. It was very predictable. But the acting and because O'Brien is so likable the episode really works.

I never realized how disconnected the hooks have been from the main episode. I'm assuming they're choosing to do that to give a sense of random life on the station? Since I never paid much attention to it, I'm not sure how long this style continues. S tier already? That's a good sign for things to come. While this episode is also one of my personal favorites of season 1, in comparison to what comes later even just this season, this episode feels like a guilty pleasure. Season 1 is not bad for being the "worst" of DS9. Nice to see a lot of love for this episode here. I was under the impression that most of the fanbase didn't like this episode.

I'm one of the ST fans who's kinda iffy about DS9 and I remember liking this one a lot. I think I like it even more this time around! Great episode!

It won an Emmy for the makeup work

I met the guy who plays Tosk at a convention. Nice guy.

gotta love that even though humanity lives in a money less society but gambling still popular

I’m really glad you guys loved this episode - I suspected you would! After the pilot, it was my first favourite episode of DS9 when it aired.

Gotta say...once again you guys have moved me to upgrade my estimation of an episode. I always considered this a mediocre episode...subpar even. But now I really appreciate it. I have really been enjoying rediscovering this stuff with you guys...I hadn't given this episode a second thought since I first saw it grade school...and back then I wrote it off because the helmets were stupid looking lol. Now its almost like seeing it for the first time. Its a really great O'Brian episode.

Imagine the chaos if the Tosk had their convention on the station

Now *YOU* are also Tosk!

I remember german dubbing - altough quite good otherwise - ruined this by naming the epiosde "Tosk, the Hunted". How stupid can you be?

First S Tier Episode for me. Many too come.

I love when Josh glances over to Alex after a good scene checking to make sure he's feeling those S-tier vibes in the air. Adorable. May you both die with honor (in 70 + years).

Glad you read my take Balex! Always funny to find Truthers out in the wild. Anyways, yeah, this one is great. It's the first episode of the show I remember watching and thinking, oh this is what the hype is about.

So this episode is one I never rewatched because I remember being sad about it. And it was nice to rewatch it with your reaction. It made me appreciate it more. I thought you guys should do a top 5 for DS9 S1 and not a top 10, because I wasn’t sure there would be enough good ones, but I’m starting to doubt that. We’ll see!

Clearly when you're on the run, Miles is the only person to go and see. What a dude.

I always found it funny when Sisko says to O'Brien to find out why he's so nervous.. Like.. So going through a previously unknown wormhole and thrown across the galaxy to see a space station populated by numerous never before seen aliens wouldn't make anyone nervous? 😅

You'll find this show is so underated, for me its the best of the spin off shows.

So what do you guys think of the DS9 uniforms? They are one of my favorites and maybe the thinnest material? I’m hot blooded 😓 I don’t do sleeves.. I’d die in TNG sweatshirts or even TOS velour sweatshirts. 🥵 I’d be a Skant guy! short sleeves no pants. 🩳

"Die with honor." The highest praise a Tosk can give. Absolute cinema.

I was thinking as I watched the ending that another way to look at Sisco's interference and dressing down O'Brien is that his interference could be missed by Star Fleet and all of the blame would go to O'Brien.

One of the strongest early episodes. Great performance from Scott Macdonald to act through all that makeup. Love the way he pronounces “Oh…Brien”

Wouldn't say it rises to an S for me. Solid B+/A- with great performances from Scott and Colm. Glad you guys enjoyed it so much though. I always enjoyed this one as a kid, and back then I enjoyed S1 as a whole a lot more. Partly because I didn't know what came later, and also because like you guys now I was discovering the show for the first time, so I wasn't as critical. The first 6 eps are a good start for the show though, but I'm less fond of the middle of the season. The great thing getting a real O'Brien episode this early was it showed they hadn't just brought the chief over to putter around in the background as a familiar face to draw in TNG fans. O'Brien gets the main character treatment here and it really sells the episode. And I do agree it's a touching moment at the end that even though he doesn't understand this alien culture or why Tosk would WANT to be hunted, he still respects it and wishes him what he desires most; a good death. Sisko gets some good scenes in this one as well, and something you may be noticing about Sisko is that he's a lot more hands on than Picard, from helping Kira clean up the promenade in the pilot to grabbing a phaser and helping with the fight on the promenade. I also liked how calm Odo was when he captured Tosk. That and when Sisko tells him there's no rush how he keeps looking back like "is this slow enough?".

Yeah, I definitely saw this one on its first run. Surprised at how many I did manage to catch in 1995 (UK airdate)!

For me this is one of the episodes I have in mind to counter when people say early DS9 isn’t good, it’s a strong ep and tho there are better eps I find it a pretty good representation of how the show will tell stories. The first 6 episodes makes for a pretty strong opening, light years ahead of TNG’s first season.

Funny, I was so bracing for them to possibly find the first season a slog. Instead, I’m finding their perspective helping me appreciate episodes I’ve only seen a couple times(I think I may have lumped in my memory too many average episodes in with the “groaners”). Even if they hate half of the next dozen episodes, I know I’ll enjoy seeing these through fresh eyes(they’ve already watched the next three episodes, with a decent character one, a crossover that makes me wince thinking of, and one that aside from one…odd acting choice, could go either way. Even if they hated all three, I think I’ll enjoy the discussion). I’ll still enjoy every increase in quality, but I’m no longer in a rush to get past the next two months as quickly as possible. 🙂👍

wow you guys liked this way more than I expected (it's a good episode, but I'd never considered that it would be an S candidate). It's interesting to consider where we are this far into DS9 vs TNG - TNG got off to a shocking start, with a string of stinkers after the pilot - DS9 by comparison is off to a great start

Your reaction to this one is why we are here. DS9 is just a little different-in a great way! You love my favorite show, and episodes like this confirm…I am not alone ! My lol: "Problems with the little mrs?" Favorite camera shot: Putting the grate on the floor in front of the camera lens to shoot through it.

watching this episode alongside you guys has unexpectedly changed my mind. I don't think I gave it enough credit before. Still pales in comparison to the best of this season, and it definitely has its faults, but it's a solid episode.

It may seem like a tiny moment, but I think Sisko letting it go and the little smile at the end was a key point in the character development. He is usually very professional, but it's a little hint that he's not quite as strict as he's seemed so far. You could argue when someone has a new command, they have to establish they're in charge and not necessarily your friend. Also could be why Picard is so much more strict before he gets to know everyone.

As good as this episode is, DS9 gets SO good in my opinion that this episode ends up being forgettable lol. THAT is how good this show is. :)

Dr. Boyce: Sometimes a man will tell his bartender things he’ll never tell his doctor. Dr. Bashir: Sometimes a man will tell his doctor things he’ll never tell his bartender. Tosk: I am Tosk.

Really good early S1 episode. Will Tyranusfan be right about some later S1 stories being even better? Can't wait for you to find out.

One of my favorite episodes of DS9 - LOVE IT

One of my favorites of season 1

In regards to the lack of an opening monolog, I think it has to do with the fact that tng was the successor of tos continuing in the same spirit, whereas ds9 was the first show Made without Roddenberry alive so the idea was to keep it special to those 2 shows.