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In pork I trust
I found most episodes that focused on Bajor or Bajorans the weak points of the series myself. Any episode where the Kai appeared got me almost immediately disinterested in the episode. No idea what it is about the Bajorans in particular I never liked, since Kira was one of my favourite characters on the show. I guess I liked her personality and admittedly appearance, and the way she carried herself, and that's what made me like her as a character, but any sort of focus on the Bajorans got a big meh from me.
This might be surprising since DS9 is to this day still my fav Trek show. A part of the meh is likely the religion-heavy aspect of their culture. At the time of airing I was a teen trying to convince my parents that I did not belong to the church, and one thing that drew me to Trek initially was the absolute absence of religion and the embracing of humanism.
In contrast I loved most episodes focusing on the Cardassians. I did not celebrate them or anything remotely similar, but just found stories revolving around them a lot more interesting.
The whole "One person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter" thing also got boring fast. Yeah.. it's an interesting conversation to have.. but in my head, even at that age, it did not seem to warrant hours and hours of analysis and discussion. I mean, yeah, I got the dynamics, the conflicts, and the difference of opinion. It's an interesting aspect for a character to have for sure as well, but it just got boring fast for me. Instead I focused on Kira's personality and the way she approached situations, something I admired. Where she got all that was sort of lost in a fog, and each time they brought us into the fog again, I got a bit bored. It felt like an unnecessary distraction.
It wasn't even the Dominion war story arc(s) that made me love this show so much.. I mean, that was a part of it, but it was mainly about the characters for me, how interesting they were, not so black-and-white - dynamic believable characters who grew over episodes and formed fascinating relationships with other characters on the show. It all felt more relatable than other Trek shows. The Dominion arc was sort of the cherry on the top, an amazing story arc spanning seasons that put the Federation and our heroes in some very interesting situations.
on female crew quarters as Picard puts it so well and articulate.
) And this episode feels more like a Love Boat in Space
than Star Trek proper...and it's all right, it's nice to see Teri Hatcher so young and Billy Campbell before becoming so infamous for Enough (first movie I ever watched with the girlfriend now wife and it's about domestic violence!
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