It's interesting. I was watching that episode, and enjoying it tremedously, when I suddenly thought back to when DS9 first showed in Toronto. I was a die-hard Trek fan, but since there was no Internet, I hadn't heard of anything definate. My friend had told me that there was going to be a Star Trek on a space station, and I hated the idea.I watched Emissary, however, and liked it. It wasn't like I thought it would be like. What finally brought me aboard, though, was The Jem'Hadar. That was the turning point.
I waited anxiously for the next season to begin. Was thrilled at my first look of the Defiant (For a second I thought it was a Jemmie fighter!) I cheered aloud when the Federation destroyed its first Dominion ship.
Later, I remeber waiting with dread as Jem'Hadar starships poured into the Alpha Quadrant. I hated Dukat right then. I remember A Call to Arms, and how the next day at school, even my best friend, who's even a Trekkie, got sick of hearing about the "Two Galaxys and at least three Defiants!" I remember spending hours trying to bring my other friends up to speed on the Dominion. I never could.
Then there was Season Six. I sweated through Time to Stand, and cheered aloud when the Klingons let the Jem'Hadar have it in Sacrifice of Angels. And when Sisko stepped back onto the station, I felt like I had come back, too.
I suffered with Sisko in In the Pale Moonlight. Mourned the death of Dax. And now this.
I loved this episode. I can't say anymore. It's over, there probably won't be any movies. All that's left is in my mind and my imagination.
I can't believe a TV show could affect me like this. I am not a sensitive person. But this, this has hit me hard. I'm not sad, but nor am I happy. Frankly, I don't know how I feel.
Yet.
So, here's to Deep Space Nine. Through thick and thin, entertaining and Ferengi based, I watched it and enjoyed it. With luck, perhaps we'll see more of the crew and the station itself.
But if not, what a way to go out.
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