PATRON TIER LIST - DS9 S4E6 - Rejoined
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Solid A. Loved this ep and I'm so pleased Avery directed it.
I think this might be a hot take from what I'm seeing so I'll go ahead and jump in... I believe that they missed a huge opportunity to explore Jadzia's character and discover whether the love came from herself or if the Trill was compelling her to feel things she shouldn't have. It frustrated me when I watched this episode with my family on tv and they never really explored Jadzia's character beyond the big kiss. They never explored why rejoining loved ones was a bad thing, Sisko never gave a clear indication why he was against her feelings before saying he had her back, they never explored what happens when the symbiote and the host are no longer in agreement, they don't even explore conflicted feelings for Jadzia beyond it being taboo. When I watched the scenes between Jadzia and Lenara it seemed like there were darker undertones of the Trill manipulating its hosts emotions and unconsensually forcing its affection on Jadzia. Maybe I read too hard into this and should've taken it for what it was, trying to be a milestone for lesbian/transgender representation. This episode just always left a sour taste in my mouth of them sacrificing worldbuilding, character transformation, and hard political topics for a typical love-over-belief storyline
I love this episode so much for what it meant to me when it aired. I was 13 and just starting to realize that everyone in the world wasn’t also queer. So confusing. Random LGBTQ+ tv trivia The heavily censored US public broadcasting like CBS, CW or Fox networks did not say bisexual when referring to anyone until 2015. Meaning - A character on TV who saying “I’m Bi” I did a little more research and there was sometimes they said the word “Bi or Bisexual” like in a friends episode one of Phoebe’s songs say “Or you could be bisexual but people say they are kidding themselves” I think I might be off on the date by a 1 or 2 years. ‘Bisexual representations rose on both broadcast and cable this year with a notable increase (from 10 to 18) in the number of bisexual men appearing on cable programs. Unfortunately, many of these characters still fall into dangerous stereotypes about bisexual people.’ Source: https://assets.glaad.org/m/40644b94dca40596/original/GLAAD-2015-16-Where-We-Are-on-TV.pdf?_gl=1*1rqg6yr*_gcl_au*MTcyNzQwNzQzOC4xNzgwNjY4MjI2*_ga*NDM3OTk5MDAxLjE3ODA2NjgyMjY.*_ga_H1BN7R59Z7*czE3ODA2NjgyMjUkbzEkZzEkdDE3ODA2Njk1NDckajQ5JGwwJGgw
What I love about this episode is that it finds a sci-fi way of talking about lesbianism and transgenderism without being so on the nose about it. I haven't watched nuTrek, but I'm pretty sure they just slap gay characters in it then say it's a "diverse" show. DS9 did diversity through through the use of the sci-fi medium. Streets ahead.
Dee yes putting gay and transgender characters in a show is making it diverse. It's not on the nose, it's reality. And it really shouldn't need to be addressed much at all, besides just showing it exists. And if you haven't watched nuTrek (first we shouldn't talk about it here as that would be a spoiler) but if you haven't watched it you probably shouldn't rationally form an opinion about it. Because that is showing preconceived bias, not a rational thing. Watch it. Love it Hate it, or anything in-between, thats a reasonable way of approaching something. Or hell don't watch it is also a perfectly response. But prejudging it isn't. Put that to DS9, they cast Avery Brooks, would you call that just Slapped a African American character on the screen to call it diverse? Should they instead had an episode with an alien sci-fi/ story of the week to not be so on the nose about it?
Who the hell is putting this gem of an episode on the E-Tier!? Mercy!
A homophobe?