Emissary
- Episode aired Jan 3, 1993
- TV-PG
- 1h 30m
When the troubled Commander Sisko takes command of a surrendered space station, he learns that it borders a unique stable wormhole.When the troubled Commander Sisko takes command of a surrendered space station, he learns that it borders a unique stable wormhole.When the troubled Commander Sisko takes command of a surrendered space station, he learns that it borders a unique stable wormhole.
- Doctor Julian Bashir
- (as Siddig El Fadil)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe first officer aboard DS9 would have been Ro Laren, but she was replaced by Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) because Michelle Forbes did not want to commit to a six-year contract working on DS9. Indeed, the reason the producers had decided to set the show on Bajor in the first place was because of Ro.
- GoofsThe "Prophets", when speaking to each other, say "The creature must be destroyed before it destroys us", and "Destroy it now" when referring to Sisko, but the words "before" and "now" describe concepts of linear time, which the "Prophets" do not understand.
- Quotes
Sisko: [on the image of his dead wife on the Saratoga] I don't know if you can understand. I see her like this, every time I close my eyes. In the darkness, in the blink of an eye, I see her... like this.
Jennifer Prophet: None of your past experiences helped prepare you for this consequence.
Sisko: And I have never figured out how to live without her.
Jennifer Prophet: So, you choose to exist here.
[Sisko nods]
Jennifer Prophet: It is not linear.
Sisko: [sobs] No. It's not linear.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits in the originally aired two-hour television movie format appears per normal for the first three seasons of the series with one change: the Bajoran wormhole is not shown. This is presumably as a way to maintain the secrecy of that revelation.
- Alternate versionsThe two-hour pilot was cut into two parts for re-airing during the DS9 run, and in syndicated reruns.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Birthright, Part I (1993)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy
What is discovered by Brooks is that there is a wormhole that the Cardassians missed during their stay. That wormhole is central to the overall plot of the series.
The rest of the regulars are introduced. Already on the job is Constable Odo a shapeshifter played by Rene Auberjonois and the Ferengi Quark who runs the local gambling and other sinful activities played by Armin Shimmerman.
Nana Vistor is Major Kira Nuryes of the Bajoran armed services who will be Sisko's number 2. Alexander Siddig is medical officer Dr. Julian Bashir who is anticipating adventure and he got his wish. Terry Farrell is Jadzia Dax who is a double being, a trill. And Colm Meaney transfers from the Enterprise and Chief O'Brien's duties will be keeping the station's systems running.
It was a good beginning for my favorite Sta r Trek franchise series.
- bkoganbing
- Oct 11, 2019
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