Season 4 BEGINS! STAR TREK DS9 The Way of the Warrior | 4x1 REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING!!
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0:00 - Intro
3:40 - The Way of the Warrior
38:31 - Review - Фільми й анімація
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Be on the lockout Roly for tie-ins to the Dominion Arc, there are breadcrumbs along the way before the main focus circles back to the Dominion.
Back in 2014 I asked Armin Shimerman about the root beer scene and he told me a great story involving it.
Armin had a routine of inviting the actors he'd be sharing a scene with the next day over to his house the night before to run through their lines together. The night before they shot the root beer scene, he invited Andrew Robinson, ie. Garak, over and they worked out their approach to the scene. They both envisioned a deep, underlying current of seriousness in what was a bit lighthearted of a scene and determined that they wanted to emphasis the seriousness of the dialogue over the comedic aspects.
The next day when they began to film, the director wanted them to portray the characters in the more light-hearted spirit in which the scene was written but they objected. Armin pointed out that he's normally a trooper, going along with his directors' decisions since it's their job to make those calls. However, on this scene, he put his foot down and insisted on a more serious approach. Andy Robinson had his back as the two actors stood fast in their belief that it should be played with a more serious tone. They held their ground until finally the director contacted executive producer Rick Berman himself.
Berman showed up on set and both actors and the director made their arguments. Berman suggested they run through takes of both approaches before filming. They did and after watching both, Berman looked at the director and said, "Do it Armin's way." Armin said it was the only time he ever challenged a director's take on a scene but felt it was the right choice. I tend to agree.
Hard to believe that this scene was cut for time in some versions of the release.
@@brucechmiel7964 Originally I heard it was written in the first place to fill a few more minutes of time, and it's obviously not essential to the episode plot. Not surprised they cut it. Yet essential to DS9 as a whole :)
@@jerodast as you said, it’s such an important scene it’s hard to watch without it.
No one asked DS9 to go this hard but they did it anyways we LOVED IT!!
By far, my favourite episode, and the one I can recite word-for-word.
I can't lie. This is the reaction that I've been waiting for since you started watching DS9. So excited for this premiere!
I have a timer set for it! I always love the root beer scene, it gives an interesting external perspective on the federation and manages to be one of the most memorable scenes of THIS episode!
This one is good, but I’m really waiting for in the pale moonlight
@@Hiking_chef yeah but that's so far away, plenty of great episodes this season, including the first 2-parter without the same name part 1 and 2 in Homefront and Paradise Lost. Luckily he will see those together and Hard Time/Shattered Mirror will be another great pair for him to watch even though unrelated. Individually The Visitor, For The Cause and To The Death are the strongest episodes left this season. Can't wait for Ollie to meet Weyoun!
My favs are The Siege of AR-558 and It’s Only A Paper Moon. Looking forward to those, but there are so many good ones on deck. Good times!
Sorry but In The Pale Moonlight has to be the *one*
"What's his name? Alexander?"
Same thing that Worf says when he looks at the photo.
( many people will nod their heads at this joke )
The Quark and Garak conversation in this episode is still one of my favorite pieces of dialogue in all of Star Trek. Its two outsiders trying to figure out if they want to "buy in" to the Federations way of thinking or if they can afford not to. And both actors just make it that much more impactful. Also, the scene was originally meant to be a light/comical time filling scene by the director, but Armin Shimerman and Andrew Robinson saw the potential, and straight gave it to us.
When Gowron and Martok talk in Klingon in the battle they're saying:
Martok: They fight like Klingons!
Gowron: Then they will DIE like Klingons! GET ME THEIR SHIELDS!
Enter Martok, the true star of the show
Kasidy Yates, portrayed by Penny Johnson Jerald, is a great addition to this cast. She might not be in the top tier for screen time, but as a supporting character, she conveys kindness, capability, and strength. She balances her interpersonal connections with her individuality, the result being neither dependent nor overbearing. Kudos to the actor.
And awesome in Orville!
I was not a big fan at first, found her kind of forgettable as just a normal, civilian human, but as I've gotten older I've grown to appreciate her steady, confident, affectionate way of being.
32:30 Forcefields and Duranium shadows - this is a call back to Emissary when O'Brien used that technique to make it LOOK like DS9 was heavily armed.
Worf gets to be the badass they always alluded to in TNG. Where they used him as a punching bag. To show how powerful an opponent was. Which was done so often, they undermined what they were trying to imply.
He wouldn't lose another fight from his defeat of Dur'ass to deep into the DS9 seasons.
Its amazing how this Show just kept getting better and better and consistently bigger and bigger.
This episode is set about six months after _Star Trek Generations_
The way Worf just carves through those Klingons in Ops is great choreography.
DS9 makes a huge change here. It becomes far more serious and dark. The intro theme alludes to this but also shows how busy the station is, and adding the Defiant in was totally necessary.
The weapons officer who gets blown up on the Defiant is played by Patricia Tallman. She is Nana Visitor's stunt double and plays the Telepath Lyta Alexander in Babylon 5.
I would disagree it becomes "far more serious and dark". It maintains the same balance as previous seasons imo.
I love that Odo and Garak are indeed regularly having breakfast together like they agreed in The Die Is Cast. It's little details like this that make the show really come alive. Also, Odo's coffee cup trick is cool.
That first time the station opens all it's defense sails and weapons ports and opens fire- it's just magic. Like your first kiss.
Oooooh yes. I don't even know how many times I rewinded my old VHS tape to see those battle shots!
@@Nergalsama01 SAME!
Well its the first time they had them. Those were the upgrades to the station they were talking about. Back then the shows designers said how they had to put in new weapon mounts on the station that would not cause them to change the look of the giant ass model they had of the station. So they built them in pop up forms so they can be hidden and still look the same.
@@dustinowens9552 The defense sails were already there- just not the rotating torpedo launcher on each that extends out. Nice use of a pre existing design element.
The old Star Trek Magazine had a whole article on the new weapons- including specs and concept art!
28:08 the fact that Dukat beams over before the council members 😂
To be fair he is the council's chief military advisor and they are at war he's kind of vital right now.
In true Dukat fashion
Last one out's a rotten egg!
@@Varekai0723 More like a fried egg.
@@Varekai0723 Last one out's a raw taspar's egg!
That scene between Quark and Garak is one of the best written scenes in all of Star Trek. Just brilliant. The writers on DS9 were truly outstanding.
Early in his career Avery brooks played on a show called Spencer for hire, he played a character called hawk. He had the goatee and shaved head. He shaved the goatee and grew hair for this show, but this season he went back to his of look.
Actually the ds9 producer's wanted his original look. They didn't want him to look like Hawk to break any comparison. He preferred the shaved head and gotee and eventually convinced them.
Since Avery has basically kept the same look since the show finished, one can assume that he would have preferred it all along. It's nice to see that they were cool with it, and it does make Sisko look more bad-ass.
Yes, the producers felt that his original shaved head and goatee look would confuse people from his Hawk character, so they asked him to shave and grow his hair. He didn't like it, so he slowly grew in the beard in season 3, and then they allowed him to shave his head in season 4 because they felt enough time had passed from Hawk. That's how Avery Brooks looks normally.
It’s it’s not that he look too much like hawk. After all they have the same face is that having a bald head and a goatee makes him pretty intimidating. Imitating. In fact, he wanted that look since the beginning of the series.
Yeah, that root beer scene is both hilarious and thoughtful, it's been a meme since forever. Root Beer. It's insidious. Like the Federation! 😄
Garak’s reaction to the root beer is so awesomely funny. Incidentally enough, it’s the exact same reaction that most Brits have to the stuff, too!
I'm a brit and I love root beer. But, I've had brit friends say it's disgusting and I'm cool with that. Frankly I like enjoying something that isn't seen as nice or isn't overly subscribed to 😁
It’s maybe the most poetic scene regarding what Starfleet and the Federation propose the more they grow and the more cultures they encounter
It's so refreshing to see an outside perspective of the Federation from two characters who'd have legitimate reasons to dislike it.
Is ginger beer the same as root beer?
@@v8matey Nope. In fact, modern root beer isn't root beer at all. Hasn't been since the early 1900s when the FDA outlawed the use of sassafras and sarsaparilla root in food and drink over fears of a study showing that if you gave a rat the equivalent of 9000 gallons of root beer sassafras and sarsaparilla extract, they might get cancer. It's also used as a precursor in MDMA manufacturing, but I'm sure they banned it because of cancer fears.
Modern rootbeer is spearmint extract now. So it tastes like overly sweet maple-flavored spearmint gum in liquid form. It's alright.
14:29 W - Curzon's name is an honored one among my people.
J - "Yes, but my legs are better."
W - I suppose so.
I love it!
That’s what she said in Klingon?
The bing chatbot says "The Klingon phrase “luq ‘a jlh chimta’ law’” translates to English as “Agreed, but I am more chImta’” 1. Let’s break it down: “luq”: This means “agreed” or “yes.”
“'a”: Indicates a conjunction, similar to “but.”
“jlh”: Translates to “I am.”
“chimta’”: Refers to something that has been fully emptied or deserted. In this context, it conveys being unblemished or beautiful.
“law’”: Means “more” or “greater.”
So, the complete translation suggests agreement but emphasizes that the speaker is even more “chImta’” (beautiful or unblemished) than what was previously mentioned."
34:22 "Our man Bashir!" - is an episode title this season :)
I'm not sure anyone told him when it was happening, but yeah, people have already spoiled the fact that there's an episode with that name, after he said "my man Bashir" in an earlier episode, maybe in season 2.
@@fakecubed I mean, he's already seen it because he's that far ahead on Patreon, but also ... you know, he CAN see the Netflix/Paramount+ titles. Having an episode called "Our Man Bashir" is no more a spoiler than saying the final episode of DS9 is called "What You Leave Behind". He already knows. We all do.
Avery Brooks prefers being bald and was told to grow out his hair and shave his goatee when he initially got the role.
Later on he was able grew out his goatee and when Ira Steven Behr took over full control of the show in season 4 he was able to shave his head and the series become way more serialized.
Season 4 is when DS9 finally becomes the show it's praised for and is usually where I start my rewatches.
Season 4 was a relaunch of the series. Affectionately called DS9 2.0. Though some may argue that the relaunch happen in season three. According to Ira Steven Behr and Michael pillar, they needed something to revitalize the interest of the show since ratings were falling apart, and it was just getting good. Step one was to bring in the TNG fans. And second, they wanted to shake things up a bit and reestablish the status quo. One idea was to have Vulcan leave the Federation. Fortunately, they harken back to a line from season three’s The Die Is Cast. When the changeling infiltrator told Odo and Garak that the only threats left to the Dominion are the Federation and the Klingons. And they will not be a threat much longer.
The gamble worked, bringing in Michael Dorn as a series regular did bring in the viewers. The show was never truly safe from cancellation but the stories are a lot tighter and more character driven materials are going to cement DS9 in great television history.
Everyone always say the ratings dipped buts not actually true, not in the way people think anyway. Every season started off strong and then they'd get about two thirds into the season when the network takes a break and showed reruns for a couple of weeks and it killed momentum and the viewers didn't come back so strong for the next 8 weeks or so but did come back after the summer. I think the reason for DS9 2.0 was more about how DS9 had good ratings but was never the cultural/ratings Juggernaut that was TNG. Plus they were now expecting competition from Voyager which unlike TNG and DS9 was being run on UP not in syndication and they thought it would distract viewers
@@Calzaki we know that’s what happened. But we also know that the executives saw the dip and began to threaten the production. My explanation is a little oversimplified, of course.
This was a key moment for DS9 and they knew it. They were now competing with Voyager which was newer, flashier and continued the more familiar formula of a Federation starship travelling from adventure to adventure. Voyager was seen as the sequel series and successor to Next Gen, while DS9 was stuck with middle child syndrome.
What DS9 did have in their favour though, now that Next Generation had ended, was free reign over the politics of the Alpha Quadrant, and they took full advantage to dramatically increase the scale and consequences of their stories. Way of the Warrior was DS9's big grab for attention and they succeeded admirably.
Vulcans had been part of the Federation since before TOS, but the Klingon Alliance had stood since before TNG. Definitely an earth shaking move to blow it up!
OH THE ROOT BEER SCENE!
classic
About the intro - the old intro was a solitary trumpet, and just the station out in the middle of nowhere. With season 4 our little station grows up and becomes the most important station in the quadrant. We see much more activity in the intro, and the solitary trumpet has been replaced by an entire section of trumpets playing together in harmony. It’s all a subtle metaphor for the huge changes we start to see now with DS9 and Bajor.
I know you were hyped to see Michael Dorm's name pop up- but did you notice the Nebula class starship docked at the upper pylon?
That's my favorite part of this intro.
Kira got some great lines in this one- particularly at the end "Who'd have thought I'd help save the Cardassian government?"
Minty snark.
Garak and Dukat back to back! What a moment to remember!
The Klingon flagship NeghVar is a total beast! It's giant assault pods on the bottom that fire on the station and knock out it's shields...
Nebula class best class.
@@fakecubed nu-bu-la ... its pronounce nu-bu-la
The Nebula class is the USS Leeds. And the Negh'var was last seen in TNG's All Good Things
I can't stress enough, I love your DS9 reactions. I love the epic intros you do for important episodes like this. I love that this year, you'll be going through a massive chunk of the whole series, great seasons, great episodes coming this year. And I also love how you don't take LONG breaks between seasons like some people
Great intro montage, but I would've saved the pan up Worf for the last shot, and not shown him until the end :) In the long run he's obviously the most important development of this episode.
34:55 that move that Dax does on the Klingon is the same move Worf did on her earlier in the holosuite - she learns fast.
The most important skill to learn is how to learn things. After many lifetimes, Dax has learned that skill.
@@fakecubed well, the second most important skill is to learn how to learn things. the MOST important skill is to learn how to under-cut a Klingon with a Bat'leth in any circumstances. Believe me, on my art course, it was worth a lot.
Hello young man! I started watching your reactions a few months ago. Particularly your DS9 videos. It warms my heart watching the young generation fall in love with Star Trek and see the joy it brings you as you watch it! I fell in love with Star Trek at the age of 16 with TNG and then the original cast movies. Then came DS9...at first it didn't resonate with me but as I grew a little older in my 20's I purchased the entire Star Trek franchise on DVD... All seasons of every series...And wow! DS9 quickly became my favorite... I'll end with this... Season 4 of DS9 is IMO the greatest Star Trek of all the series! And the opening episode "The way of the Warrior" is definitely in my top 3 episodes of any Trek! I'm excited for you today my young friend! This is where DS9 truly begins. Keep up the good work sir 😎 And I know you've probably heard this, but you should most definitely do Voyager next and finish with Enterprise!! You won't regret it! And don't worry about the negativity you get about either series..as they are great Star Trek!! live long and prosper 🖖🖖
DS9 is great up until this point, but THIS -- in my opinion -- is the turning point to when the show truly becomes special. Sisko with the goatee and bald head is his ultimate form 😄
Growing the Beard!
The theme song was updated with a more full, strident sound and more instruments to show that, unlike earlier seasons with the lonely trumpet theme, DS9 is no longer a distant backwater but a busy, vital station on the front lines. This is also seen in the intro itself, where you see a lot more activity around the station now, more ships etc.
This is back when there were real writers who knew how to write a real story.
DS9 has the most consistently high quality writing throughout.
Not the first time a Star Trek show gave away a main cast member surprise in the opening credits.
Which I don't understand, because the pilot episode intro doesn't have the wormhole, because the station isn't there yet. They started spoiler free, but forgot to do that later....
@@wrdreacts4247 A lot of it is to do with actors contracts and union rules. They can work around it at times but they have to make compelling arguments. Here I think it was to cement the rumours of Worf being in DS9 as true and he is here to stay- before the episode.
@@adeftonic highly logical reasoning.
Next year this episode will be 30 years old. I hope though unlikely they would put it in theaters. That would be amazing
12:30 Yates as a Changeling? Yes, ha ha. ha ha. Haaaaaa. That would be insane. Very insane. *looks around nervously*
Ollie guessing everyone is a changeling is how you know the show did its job :)
Someone's probably beaten me to it but "The reason Avery Brooks is bald" = Avery Brooks always used to shave his head before Deep Space Nine. Shaved head and a goatee was just his "look" and how he appeared in previous TV roles. But when he was cast in DS9 they insisted he not shave his head or have a beard. There were some really weird excuses apparently like "we can't have two bald captains/commanders" but the truth was the paramount producers thought a black man with a shaved head and goatee looked too threatening *ugh*. So it took him two year to convince them and then only to let them phase it in over a year, trying the beard first and then shaving his head.
The Klingons have arrived, so has Worf (with a photo cameo from teenaged Alexander), and Sisko has shaved (his head, not his goatee). This is where the series picks up steam and powers through the remainder of the series with some great narrative arcs coming to fruition.
The music when the Klingon attack begins is straight from Generations when the Duras sisters attacked the Enterprise. DS9 also holds the record for most on screen models active in a single scene and is the most heavily armed outpost in the Federation by the end of season 4.
I don't think it's ever said DS9 is the most heavily armed outpost in the Federation.... In the sector, yes, but as we saw in Picard, Earth's Spacedock has more defences.
@sarcasticstartrek7719 I literally stated a time frame for the stations armaments and yes it was stated in multiple episodes that DS9 was the most important and the first line of defense against the Dominion. It was outfitted and modified to its very limits as Cardassian technology would allow. Had the ability to one shot scout and attack style vessels and as we saw, cruisers and larger didn't fair to much better. During the period at the end of season 4 till then end of the series DS9 was the most important, heavily defended and armed space station in the quadrant. Now if we're talking about planetary bases and places like Earth, that is obviously not the case because planetary systems were equipped with orbital defenses as well as emplacement batteries. My comments were specifically about outposts and space stations not tied to planetary bases.
@@Jeremy-83 At no point in DS9 (or any Trek) say or imply DS9 is "the most heavily armed outpost in the federation".
That's entirely in your head.
Suppose I should mark this as a spoiler...
@sarcasticstartrek7719 Oh, of course, you're absolutely right. DS9 wasn't even on the list of heavily defended outposts with its 6 Type XI phaser banks,
63 Type X phaser arrays, total output 1,250,000 TeraWatts, 66 Pulse fire photon torpedo tubes. Several canon sourced technical manuals have DS9 indicies at thousands of times the combined firepower of top of the line Federation starships at the time. Not to even mention being the headquarters of the ninth fleet, including but not limited to...
Starships assigned
Federation Starfleet
USS Adirondack (2374)
USS Akagi (2374-2375)
USS Capetown (2374)
USS Defiant (2374-2375)
USS Exeter (2374-2375)
USS Galaxy (2374)
USS Geronimo (2374)
USS Hood (2374)
USS Nautilus (2374)
USS Potemkin (2374-2375)
USS ShirKahr (2374)
USS Sutherland (2374-2375)
USS Tian An Men (2374)
USS Timur (2374)
USS Valley Forge (2374)
USS Venture (2374)
USS Yeager (2374-2375)
Klingon Defense Force
IKS Azrak (2374)
IKS Ch'Tang (2375)
IKS Koraga (2375)
IKS Malpara (2375)
IKS Ning'tao (2375)
IKS Orantho (2375)
IKS Rotarran (2374-2375)
IKS Slivin (2375)
This list also does not include the Warbird presence, which was definitely present.
The combined firepower of DS9 and its defenders (not even including the entirety of the ninth fleet) power rating was calculated to be around 100,000. To put it in context, a Borg cube of that year was calculated at 61,000. So yeah, I guess you're right. Not heavily defended at all. My bad.
All non canon.
32:37 I always enjoyed this little nod to the pilot episode, when it WAS an illusion. Not this time, folks. ;)
Third time watching this reaction, and I just now realized you have names for all the miscellaneous crew members that get killed 😂
"Oh no! Not jeff!"
I was like, who!? 🤣
Ahahah I always make names for the no named characters who die! It is just a fun thing to do!
@@RolyPolyOllieReactions suggestion: just like you choose which light to use, you can also choose which letter the nonames should start today... then try to find as many different names as possible starting with the same letter... be aware thou, its getting rough in the upcoming seasons, there may be a lot of ppl to name in one episode xD
Worf: you were Kurzon Dax...
Jedzia says "yes, but I'm better looking" 😅
The random names for background crew, the excitement, the dance. You are my fave reactor!
This is the ep that made me love Kira. Gets stabbed in the back, pulls knife out, knocks it away, knocks out her attacker in one punch, then just casually lays against a console and acts like it is nothing.
I always like to say over the course of a season or so, Sisko's hair gradually migrated from the top of his head to the bottom. 😆
It's a good thing the Klingon ships have no shields.... 😂 Lessons from the Legend Kirk.
Annoying comment alert: "dual focus" isn't this stuff. That's just switching focus. Dual focus is when the background character and foreground character are in focus, but everything else isn't - it's very difficult to do and almost impossible on a moving camera. They use it in Star trek The motion Picture on the bridge a lot (for some weird reason).
This is one of my favorites in the entire franchise, I'm glad you liked it.
The bing chatbot says "The Klingon phrase “luq ‘a jlh chimta’ law’” translates to English as “Agreed, but I am more chImta’” 1. Let’s break it down: “luq”: This means “agreed” or “yes.”
“'a”: Indicates a conjunction, similar to “but.”
“jlh”: Translates to “I am.”
“chimta’”: Refers to something that has been fully emptied or deserted. In this context, it conveys being unblemished or beautiful.
“law’”: Means “more” or “greater.”
So, the complete translation suggests agreement but emphasizes that the speaker is even more “chImta’” (beautiful or unblemished) than what was previously mentioned."
It is a pleasure to watch this series again through your eyes, young man.
Season 4 is where DS9 really shifts into high gear. I’ve been waiting for this one.
14:29 Translation for those of you who were lucky enough to not grow up in a family that practiced the Klingon language for homeschooling purposes:
"Yes, but I'm better looking."
I love how DS9 built on the TNG universe instead of re-inventing it.
These intros could be their own videos
That insidious root beer.....
I love how you give the rando redshirts names!
Season 4 is great and all but there's something special about Season 3 that is never replicated.
Also I fricking LOVE the effort at continuity in DS9 (ugh the opposite of Voyager). Worf referencing Emperor Kahless from a relatively obscure Season 7 Klingon episode, beautiful.
I love that, when the smoke clears in Ops, there's a bunch of dead Klingons and Worf, Dax and Sisko still standing.
Aww yeah.
Also, final form Sisko was Brook's preferred look IRL.
Kudos to the intro !!!! Ive watched that a few times on loop, amazibg work ! Please keep making them !!!!!!
Thank you and I am glad you liked it! I was hoping it would get you excited for the reaction!
Now, THAT’S an effing intro!
22:22 "He has been irredeemed." Haha!
You can essentially split the show in two on this episode - before 'The Way of the Warrior' (BC) and after (AD).
Don't worry, this battle is tame compared to where DS9 can go later.
Not every episode, thankfully, but when the time comes they go hard.
37:22 _"It's weird seeing him in red though, don't you think?"_
You'll get used to it. Quickly.
it REALLY suits him better :)
I love how the photon launchers are mounted on folding turrets just like fortfications from the WW1 and 2 in Europe.
Well, Worf did start out in a red uniform for TNGs first season.
I saw this on television as a kid when it first aired. I still get goosebumps on goosebumps. This is when they started turning the heat up. So good!
Haven't even watched the video yet, but I just have to say how much I loved that epic opening! The thing that really makes your videos so fun to watch for me is how much you love this show. It takes me back to watching the first episode and seeing DS9 come into the frame for the first time, with that swell of music, and how thrilling it was to a young Star Trek fan. Thanks for your enthusiasm!
I've honestly never seen that little spa scene with Kira and Dax or when Quark is locking up his bar. When this episode airs (including last week on CTV Sci-Fi), those scenes are not included!
It’s real nice to see a young person so excited about DS9, some of THE BEST Star Trek EVER! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Best show ever. This is a truly great premier.
First 3 seasons are almost a prelude to the rest of the show, the comparison between this and Emissary is appropriate. You're really in deep now Ollie, buckle up!
Thank you, Oliver! 🖖 James L. Conway directed this.
It's worth nothing that Worf switch career tracks from Security to Command.
That red uniform has some big challenges for him.
Having seen so much DS9, I find it weirder seeing him with mustard on now, but I can't blame anyone for being weirded out by it the first time :)
You could probably say that Way of the Warrior is the REAL Pilot to DS9 starting with season 4.
See seasons 1-3 as Prequel to this.
Now its where the best of DS9 begins.
fasten your seatbelt, or better, recalibrate your inertial dampers
You didn't include the specific scene in this video, I think it was just before the Bajoran officer got shot off the upper level, but the 3 Klingons that beam in and then all run together stooped over always reminds me of the 3 witches in Hocus Pocus running together :P
Also, welcome to the real DS9 :)
Once you learn what Jadzia is saying to Worf in Klingon in the first scene they share together, it makes it so much more adorable. Flirting from the start. The showrunners considered adding subtitles, but decided it was funnier to focus on the reactions of everyone else. Good choice. Way of the Warrior feels, appropriately, kind of like a relaunch. A second pilot episode for the next phase of the show.
Bald Sisko is NOT someone to mess with.. I can't wait until you get to "in the pale moonlight" or "for the uniform"
It keeps getting better. 👍👍
14:22 "NIce hat" has been one of my go-to phrases ever since. No-one has yet gotten the reference.
The uniform reminds Sisko of who he is, "a Starfleet officer." Sorry, wrong. You're the Emissary.
Captain Sisko in his final form at 50% power
he can live with this ;)
This was when everyone was focused on getting Star Trek Voyager up and running. It let DS9 writers do way more stuff. Most of the trek leadership wanted non serial episodes that could be played in any order. Plus DS9 was syndicated while Voyager was on a network. Also one very memory for me on this episode. It aired when I was a senior in high school. I was over at my aunts house watching it and my mom and aunt were very surprised to see the women characters like Dax and Kira fighting the Klingons that had boarded the station.
25:25 - I think Worf was un easy being on a ship with a cloaking device goes back to season 7 episode 12 of The Next Generation an episode called 'The Pegasus'. The Enterprise was stuck inside an asteroid and used a phasing cloak to escape, literally passing through solid rock.
Ah that does make sense! I have seen that episode just forgot about it!
I mean, he's served on Klingon ships which all have cloaking devices too. I think he feels weird those worlds are coming together technologically as well as politically.
I've been waiting for this one for a long time. Your reactions are more fun than some of the episodes themselves :)
Fun fact: most of the Bird or preys they used were Christmas ornaments that had mini firecrackers in them
Season 4 is like a kinda mini reboot of the show. The VFX, the scripts, the characters, the plot and the stakes... Even the music changes!
Season 4 is where DS9 hits its stride and doesn't look back!
Kudos of sorts to your own fans here for not spoiling the reveals in this episode (for the most part). I know a lot have been alluded to, but at least now you get to see Avery Brooks in Ultimate Sisko Mode. Glad you liked the new theme also. (I didn't care much for that change, myself.)
I remember the absolute hype that preceded this season starting, both with Worf joining, the big conflict with the Klingons and the fact the show was getting a revamp (especially with the opening titles!). There was even a massive poster in video stores, featuring the fleet battle around the station. I love both the space battles but especially the bit with the station opening up its seriously-upgraded arsenal.😎👏 💥
LET'S FREAKING GO!!!!!
Your dance was too adorable 😊
45:13 The DS9 writers originally planned to do more Dominion stuff in the S4 premiere, but the higher-ups told them to do Klingons because they wanted to bring new viewers to the show and they thought Klingons were the best way to do that. Fortunately, DS9 does Klingon stuff very well, and obviously the Dominion threat is still present, so it all works out in the end.
42:08 In previous episodes you've talked about liking the space battles in DS9, and to me all those barely qualify as battles. This episode has the first _real_ space battle of the show!
40:44 When I think about DS9, my first thoughts are usually of season 5 or 6 (also true of _Buffy_ for me, btw). That doesn't necessarily mean that those are the "best" seasons; it's just what's most memorable _to me._ And obviously there are plenty of spectacular moments in other seasons (e.g., Improbable Cause / Die from S3, or even Duet from S1).
The Dominion are ever-present in DS9 now. Even if they don't appear, there are characters talking about them, and major factions making their preparations.
@@fakecubed You might say they are everywhere!
I loved your intro! Fantastic trailer for season 4! Would have lost my mind if I had seen it neary 30 years ago on tv!!!😊
Pretty sure that was just a trailer for this one episode! Looking forward to the season 4 wrap-up montage later :)
At 6:39 - is it weird that I watch just to see you sing the intro? 😂😂
The battle of Deep Space Nine.
Correction: The FIRST Battle of Deep Space Nine.
@@gauntman9636 The Battle of Deep Space Nine to End All Battles of Deep Space Nine :P
Just as the bold decision to feature the Seven & the Borg saved Voyager, the addition of Worf & the Klingons were the best thing to happen to DS9.
Great reaction! Season 4 is where this show starts to STRUT, and I can't wait to see you enjoy it. 🎉
Oh yeah, this is also a great episode for the NX-74205. Remember, this is still an experimental craft, illegally using Romulan cloaking technology, some of the best torpedoes and phaser arrays and loaded to capacity against cloaked, veteran Klingons prepared for planetary conquest. The Defiant is a character of its own by this point in the series. Its engines are powerful enough and it is maneuverable enough that it can tear itself apart turning too intricately at extreme velocity.
I remember when this premiered as a two-hour event. At the time, my dad claimed I was consuming too much TV and had restricted me to an hour and a half a day, so when he complained to me after the show ran longer than that, I insisted that it was only ninety minutes (which was technically true if you didn't include the commercials), and that seemed to confuse him and he left me alone to watch the rest in peace.