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21 Best Random Things About Emissary

February 5, 2017 Leave a Comment

Arguably one of, if not the best of Star Trek‘s premiere episodes, Emissary set the stage for the station-bound spin-off, Deep Space Nine.

There’s a lot to love about Emissary, but here are the 21 best (random) things about it.

1. Opening Text Crawl

opening text crawl
Flash Gordon
and Star Wars aren’t the only things with opening text crawls!

2. The Friendly Bolian

Bolian officer
On the Saratoga, immortalized in my favorite Brandon Bird painting.

3. Sisko’s Reflection

Sisko's reflection, explosion
As he watches the Borg destroy the Saratoga.

4. Holodeck Grid

Sisko and Jake leaving holodeck
It looks different to the one we’re used to on TNG because this is a different ship – not the Enterprise. I liked this small detail and the effort that went into showing it, since the grid is only shown for five seconds.

5. Wormhole-Less Intro

intro
A special variant of the intro only for this episode, where instead of panning away to show the wormhole opening, we just see empty space as the wormhole hasn’t been discovered yet!

6. Huge Episode Title

episode title
The titles of the first few episodes were enormous and in the middle of the frame instead of the top, so they were really IN YOUR FACE.

7. The Guy That Keeps Asking Sisko to go to Temple

monk
He’s really persistent.

8. Sisko and Picard Meet

Sisko and Picard
But it’s not all friendly.

9. Sisko Meeting Kira

Sisko enters office
“I thought I’d say hello first and then take the office, but we could do it in any order you’d like,” and his huge grin when he says it.

10. Sisko Getting His Hands Dirty

Sisko shows Kira dirty hands
Literally. Then showing them to Kira.

11. Lieutenant on Enterprise Bridge

Lieutenant on Enterprise
Who is she? Couldn’t get Riker or Data or anyone from TNG? Is this the night shift?

12. Picard Says Bye to O’Brien

Picard in transporter room
It’s like O’Brien’s his bff, but we never really saw them hang out together much on TNG.

13. Kai Opaka’s Hidden Staircase

hidden staircase
Too cool. Where do I get one of these?

14. Funny Noises

There are quite a few instances of people making funny noises in this episode, and they’re all unforgettable.

Sisko on beach

Sisko’s excited shriek when he sees Jennifer on the beach.

alien thief

The confused noise the alien thief makes when he learns Odo is a shapeshifter.

Quark snarling at Nog

Quark’s snarl to express his anger at Nog.

Quark laughing

Quark’s long, hearty laugh when Sisko suggests he become community leader.

15. Bashir’s Stutter

Bashir asking out Jadzia
When asking Jadzia out on a date.

16. Bashir’s Frontier Medicine Scene

Bashir and Kira
I love the lighting and framing here.

17. Dukat’s Entrance

Gul Dukat
The way he swaggers through the door with his head held high tells us everything we need to know about him.

18. Sisko’s Frown

Sisko frowning
It’s very Judge Dredd-like.

19. Sisko’s “Are You Crazy?” Look

Sisko looking at Dax like she's crazy
When Dax tells him the meadow is beautiful (he sees it as a stormy place).

20. Baseball Player Prophet

Baseball player Prophet
How he says “aggressive, adversarial” when describing baseball. Also the fact that he used two alliterative words.

21. DS9 in a Bubble

DS9 in bubble
This is the smoothest, shiniest space bubble I have ever seen.

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