The introductory scenes have some cheesy and unconvincing character dialog, but the episode(s) gets better for the most part as soon as Worf shows up. It's kind of Iike they didn't know what to write, but needed a buffer before the big Worf intro.
I don't feel it ever reaches the pinnacle of tone and intrigue that have been demonstrated at times in both TNG and DS9, but it's still an exciting episode, and ,while I couldn't care less about the rather forced and noncompelling Bejamin & Cassidy romance subplot (really, it's out of place for Sisko, feels like it belongs in another show, with different characters in different relative positions; Sisko is not a romantic lead, and Yates is barely a character), it does set up a compelling position for the Gamma Quadrant.
The new theme sucks. Unlike the fantastic scene with Garrak and Quark, I don't see the bubbly and cloying nature of the new theme growing on me. I also hope it doesn't keep the overly optimistic and "no consequences" gung-ho approach. It's okay for one episode, but it veered a little close to a celebration of "might makes right" for its own good.
Shout by LNeroBlockedParent2020-08-03T03:36:09Z
7/10
The introductory scenes have some cheesy and unconvincing character dialog, but the episode(s) gets better for the most part as soon as Worf shows up. It's kind of Iike they didn't know what to write, but needed a buffer before the big Worf intro.
I don't feel it ever reaches the pinnacle of tone and intrigue that have been demonstrated at times in both TNG and DS9, but it's still an exciting episode, and ,while I couldn't care less about the rather forced and noncompelling Bejamin & Cassidy romance subplot (really, it's out of place for Sisko, feels like it belongs in another show, with different characters in different relative positions; Sisko is not a romantic lead, and Yates is barely a character), it does set up a compelling position for the Gamma Quadrant.
The new theme sucks. Unlike the fantastic scene with Garrak and Quark, I don't see the bubbly and cloying nature of the new theme growing on me. I also hope it doesn't keep the overly optimistic and "no consequences" gung-ho approach. It's okay for one episode, but it veered a little close to a celebration of "might makes right" for its own good.