Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Emissary (2)

Season 1, Episode 2, Aired 1/3/93

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Stardate: 46392.7

Captain Ben Sisko takes command of the Bajoran space station Deep Space Nine, formerly Terok Nor, recently abandoned by the Cardassian Empire. The discovery of the first stable wormhole, controlled by time-independent aliens, worshipped by the Bajorans as gods (called Prophets), gives Sisko religious significance as the aliens Emissary. This is part two of the two hour pilot, which was later cut into two episodes. This half of the pilot focuses on developing a relationship between Sisko and the wormhole aliens and positioning the space station prominently near the wormhole.

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Armin Shimerman

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Overly lengthy scenes with the Prophets drag this half down, but the stage is still set for the rest of the series.

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By pharoahsdance, Aug 23, 2010 Report Abuse

The second half of "Emissary" relies a lot on lengthy scenes of Sisko's interrogation by the Prophets of Bajor - an idea that runs way too long. Michael Piller's insistence on using baseball as a metaphor for humanity is too heavy-handed. (Though I enjoyed the baseball references throughout the series.)

The other plot - Kira and O'Brien holding off a far superior Cardassian force - is kind of fun, with some fireworks. There are several jokes at Bashir's naivete, which was pretty egregious at this point in the series. That said, the on-station sequences feel like the setup they're intended to be rather than being great in its own right. Better stuff lay ahead.moreless

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By peacejaw, Feb 22, 2009 Report Abuse

Personally, I loved this episode...

We get to see more about the Bajorans, the Ferengi, the Trill, and the Cardassians here... and end up with the prospect of meeting a lot more new species...

Of course, this brings in the risk of starting a new war, like what ends up happening later in the series. Not everyone is going to be happy about having the new wormhole available to anyone and everyone in the Alpha Quadrant, but it does bring the prospect of being able to mine different things that the Federation, and others, may or may not need in the future.moreless

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The first episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

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By Writer2000, Jan 19, 2007 Report Abuse

Emissary is a very well done pilot episode and a great start to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This is definitely one of the best pilots for a Star Trek series. A lot of the actors played their roles perfectly right from the start, especially Alexander Siddig (Dr. Julian Bashir). I absolutely loved Dr. Bashir right from the start, and he has definitely always been my favorite character from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and my favorite good guy character out of all of the main characters from Star Trek as a whole. My only complaint about this episode is the sequences with the wormhole aliens. Those parts were just both weird and obnoxious. All in all, I thought that this episode was very well done with it being the first episode of a series.moreless

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- Cirroc Lofton, Patrick Stewart, Felecia Bell, Camille Saviola, Stephen Davies, Lily Mariye, Cassandra Byram and Garman Hertzler all make appearances as "Prophets" in addition to their credited roles. Edit
- In one scene, when the station is being fired on by the Cardassians, we see what appear to be girders falling on people. In the very next scene, we see someone fall on one of the girders and crush it flat. Edit
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- Kira: Shields up!
  O'Brien: What shields?
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- Sisko: We are constantly searching, not just for answers to our questions but for new questions. Edit
- O'Brien: Computer, you and I need to have a little talk. Edit
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