![]() ![]() It is, to borrow a famous Trek episode title, the best of both worlds. Strange New Worlds also feels old-school because of how much it manages to pack into each installment, so that its shorter seasons can feel as rich and full as the strongest parts of The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. But Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - which returns for its second season this week - feels old-school not only because it’s set a few years before the events of the original Sixties series, and not only because it goes back to the Mission of the Week structure used so well in earlier franchise entries. There’s not a lot of breathing room in the world of 10-episode (or less) seasons, especially since so many of them are strictly serialized. This led to the series’ best creative stretch. What was meant to be a self-contained palate cleanser between larger arcs - a mock trial pitting the firm’s senior partners against their less powerful associates - instead made the showrunners recognize that pitting their main characters against one another was even more interesting than bringing in guest stars as antagonists. (*) My favorite example of this: “Red Team/Blue Team,” from late in the fourth season of The Good Wife. What some modern viewers dismiss as “filler” episodes often turned out to be the most fun and/or important ones(*). And it let both the audience and the creative team develop a deeper understanding of the characters, which often led to surprising new directions. The 22-episode approach allowed story and character arcs to play out more gradually, so that the payoffs would feel more satisfying. ![]() ![]() And there are other incredibly thin installments that may as well open with one of the producers directly addressing the audience to say, “Look, we’re running out of ideas this year, but we had to come up with something, so … enjoy these fairy tales coming to life!” But the pros far outweighed the cons. As we near the midpoint of DS9, we’ve begun to just skip over all the episodes about the cartoonishly greedy Ferengi, for instance. Unevenness was inevitable when producing that much content each season. ![]() There were definitely downsides to the old system. In addition to the underrated spinoff’s individual merits, it’s striking to be reminded of the differences between the era where every successful show made 20-plus episodes a year, and this current one, where 10 episodes per season is the most given to almost everybody, including modern-day Trek shows like Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. At this point I'm just speed running it so I can get to Picard before the taste of TNG (I just finished it again immediately before starting DS9) wears off.We’ve been bingeing Star Trek: Deep Space Ninein my house lately. I fully support the idea of changing up the formula for what a Trek show can be though, but this one is just a miss for me. TNG still takes the cake for me and even the original series is more enjoyable to me. The Odo having feels for the Major thing was cute, seeing Worf again is cool, the progressive-ish way they handle the concept of gender and sex via parasitic species was a surprise, and the general concept of the wormhole is fun but it isn't enough to make me consider it a series I'd watch again. It's already bad enough that so much of the show takes place only on the station, AND that the actor for Sisko is wooden and lifeless (at least so far as of me being close to season 4).Īre there things I enjoy about it? Sure. I can only imagine it's popularity is due to a lot of people liking incredibly boring space politics and war drama because I cannot stand any of this cardassia bayjor stuff. I won't help kill another.ĭuet still remains of the finest episodes of Star Trek and science fiction TV in general.įinally started watching DS9 a few months ago and it's a bit of a drag. KIRA: What you're asking for is another murder. My trial will force Cardassia to acknowledge its guilt. Cardassia will only survive if it stands in front of Bajor and admits the truth. Major, you have to go out and tell them I'm Gul Darhe'el. MARRITZA: No, don't you see? I have to be punished. KIRA: You didn't commit those crimes, and you couldn't stop them. You have no idea what it's like to be a coward, to see these horrors and do nothing. I couldn't bear to hear those horrible screams. Who, every night, covered his ears because he couldn't bear to hear the screaming for mercy of the Bajorans. Marritza, who was only good for cowering under his bunk and weeping like a woman. KIRA: The Butcher of Gallitep died six years ago. ![]()
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