AKA 'What Crap Reason Can We Come Up With For Ezri To Stay'.

Dax is back from the dead! Or is she. Or he. Torbin was a man, so does that mean Ezri is one too? Then of course Emony was a woman, so is she - or he - a hermaphrodite? But Ezri has womans' bits, so she must be a woman, but then Curzon had well-used mens bits... AAAGH!

Erm - so Ezri's confused.

Anyway, aside from this, it's another nice one - finally making the point that Garak is a supreme traitor to his people...

And yet again one wonders why Worf is still in his position - he should now have an assult charge against a fellow officer, and not to mention death threats to Quark.... Surely the fool should have known that if Dax dies, then the symbiont goes to someone else, who (based on past experience) isn't likely to adhere to the taboo of not contacting the past host's friends...

Okay I slated this a bit in the ep summary but it's not too bad really.

Certainly watchable and always nice to see Andrew Robinson given something to do (best actor in the cast for me :o ).

Still think it was all a bit too convenient how Ezri got bumped from Ensign to Lieutenant on Siskos 'But she's got more memories now' say so.

And leave Worf alone Phillip, the 'mans' just lost his wife :p

:)

Really liked this one. Probably the Nicole factor :ponder: :naughty:

I agree with Phillip on the Worf front. I still think the way they've written him on DS9 is at odds with the character I liked so much on TNG, and this episode just confirmed that. The character feels forced and out of place and I'd much rather he wasn't there. He interferes with the chemistry of the rest of the cast, and not in a good way.

Had to laugh at Quark in the final scene :lol:

I'm not too sure on the Worf situation. Back on TNG he was similar(ish) around the rest of the crew, but eased up as he got comfortable beign around them and working with them. On DS9 it took him a lot longer to get to the same point. To be fair though, the deterioration of the Federation/Klingon relationship probably didn't help matters, and then his wife was killed as well, all of which probably wouldn't make for a happy Klingon.

I think it's fair to say that they bought in Worf for a couple of reasons. Firstly to bolster the ratings to a certain degree by hoping to pull in some of the TNG viewers. Secondly, to create abrasion and a certain amount of conflict amongst the regulars. Personally, I think it worked quite well. Worf was never one of my favourite characters, but I think the character served his purpose pretty well on DS9.

Regarding this particular story, I actually enjoy this one. A couple of episodes in and already Ezri is infinitely more likeable than Jadzia ever was.

Yes, that's a given. It's all a moot point now, anyway, but it's interesting that they've made Ezri all fluffy and loveable. What they should have done, for abrasion's sake, was write Jadzia out at the end of season 3 and brought in another host who everyone hated. :lol:

That's fair enough, but when it means changing the character to the degree they have it just doesn't sit well, for me. As you say, it took time for Worf to adapt to his surroundings on the Enterprise but by the end of seven seasons he was a much more mature character. Here, they seem to have kept certain elements of that but hit the reset button on others. It's a shame.

To be completely honest, I think half of the problem is that I've "out-grown" (for want of a better expression) Star Trek. I find it incredibly difficult to watch these days and when you go into things with the wrong attitude it's easy to pick holes :rolleyes:

Dunno about that, Jadzia pretty much inspired those emotions in me already! :lol:

I have to say, Star Trek seems incredibly outdated these days. I remember watching the original Star Trek (not when it was originally broadcast I'll hasten to add!), but it was TNG that really got me hooked, and I loved the franchise all the way through DS9. Star Trek laid down a lot of the groundwork for other cult shows to pop up and thrive. Sadly, Star Trek became stagnant. Voyager and Enterprise offered little beyond what had already gone before, and to be fair, were paler imitations of what Star Trek had used to be. Whilst the nature of cult television/storytelling evolved Star Trek clung to its highly formulaic nature both in terms of concept, storytelling and character writing.

DS9 was the most serious attempt to break the moulde, and that was more down to luck than judgement. Despite Berman's protestations and backslapping on the DVDs, DS9 was pretty much left to its own devices after season 2 so that Berman/Braga could focus on Voyager. That slice of luck gave Ira Behr the chance to push the Star Trek envelope.

At the time, I still preferred TNG, but in hindsight, these days, whilst TNG has become incredibly dated, DS9 is the only one that I'd happily go back and watch tomorrow. Not a patch on B5, but it's as close as Trek has ever come.

I think in terms of character-writing, Trek has always been relatively shallow. Don't get me wrong, I think in terms of superficiality, it's superbly done. Trek is master of superficial development of its characters, but again, for me, has Trek ever written any character as well as either Londo or G'Kar?

DS9's certainly no B5, you'll get no argument from me there. As far as Trek goes, I can only honestly say that I was a fan of proper Star Trek, and would still rather watch that than any of its offspring. I loved TNG but it has dated quite badly, to the point where it feels more quaint than proper Star Trek, to me. Give me Kirk, Spock and McCoy any day :)

A few episodes of the original series aside, you have to say, original Trek has aged far better than TNG has. TOS is quite retro now whereas certain aspects of TNG just look ridiculous.