YOUTUBE - Duet | Star Trek Fans First Time Watching DS9

I haven't been able to afford an actual subscription but I *needed* to pay for this one. There will be more personally important episodes of DS9 but this episode is where the show firmly stated it's mission. S tier and it is the episode by which I judge all other episodes.

I loved how the actor threw himself into the egotistic, maniacal mode - I always wondered if that was what the actual Gul was like or if that was how a man who feared and was disgusted by him imagined him to be.

This was the first DS nine episode that really grabbed me progress was one I liked but this one it’s everything that I look for in Star Trek thought-provoking disturbing, exciting, fun sad, dark light, extreme contrast

Oh, how I've been waiting for this reaction (and many to come). I'm sorry that you were spoiled about this episode's significance ahead of time. RIP Harris Yulin. An amazingly layered performance. Every time I watch his breakdown, I can't help but start sobbing myself. (Nana Visitor's performance was perfect as well, but she's had more than a single episode to impress me. 😄) Many of this story's beats were inspired by the play and film "The Man in the Glass Booth". Different context, but equally powerful. The film has a great performance from Maximilian Schell.

The emotional element is why a lot of DS9 fans rate this so highly. I prefer a different kind of episode. NO spoiler. There is a S3 story that is basically a demo reel for DS9. The writing, acting, directing, production values are all top class. That is the first truly defining DS9 story in my opinion.

I watched the closing credits (Patreon video) two or three times just to enjoy that reaction. 😄