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- Feb 3, 2013
So I went to see the new Deep Space 9 documentary last night that Ira Behr put together. The documentary itself was all right; not a whole lot we didn't already know about the making of DS9, however. But the highlight of the documentary was Ira Behr got the DS9 writer's room back together and brainstormed a hypothetical season 8, episode 1. When I told my cousin this, he said "Wow, I can't wait to hear about how Dukat's ghost has possessed Kira's unborn child or something stupid like that". lol
Personally, I like what they came up with and was disappointed that season 8 will never actually exist. Did anyone else see this documentary? What did you think?
I'll post a hastily written breakdown of the episode they wrote here in the spoiler:
Personally, I like what they came up with and was disappointed that season 8 will never actually exist. Did anyone else see this documentary? What did you think?
I'll post a hastily written breakdown of the episode they wrote here in the spoiler:
Basically, they continue off 20 years later after the events of the Dominion War. Jake is a writer still living back home in New Orleans. Worf is back home on Q'onos playing the politics game with Martok. Et cetera, et cetera. One by one they all get called back to the station by Nog. In Quark's bar, Quark tells them Nog isn't there, but vaguely mentions that there isn't much time left because someone is dying. They then enter the holosuite on the pretense that it is Vic Fontaine whose programme is 'dying out'. Vic's like "I hate to break it to ya, pally, but I'm gonna live. I don't know why Nog told you I was dying." Then a vidscreen comes up with Nog on the deck of his ship. Nog says he lied, but 'for a good reason and you'll all know why'. Before he can say anything else, something comes through the worm hole and blows up his ship and he dies horrifically.
In the meantime, Kira is now a holy priestess of Bajor and the supreme vedek of DS9, which has become a holy sanctuary over the years. Pilgrims visit the station from all over the quadrant to watch the worm hole open, and large, bejeweled statues of Sisko adorn the promenade.
Kira opens an investigation into Nog's death and places Ezri in charge of it., but secretly tells the space station's top science officer (who turns out to be Jake's estranged half-brother [Kasidy Yate's son]) to report all of his findings directly to her first before Ezri. Ezri becomes disillusioned by all of the red tape preventing her from completing the investigation while Worf receives a mysterious message to meet someone on Bajor. That someone ends up being Garak who confides in Worf (because of his Klingon honour) that he has evidence that Kira has formed a secret alliance with the Jem'hadar to become the new Bajoran Army, evidence that will pursuade Martok to justifiably go to war with Bajor.
By the end of the episode, tensions are flaring up and suspicion is in the air. Their happy reunion has fallen apart and no one knows who they can trust anymore. Klingon, Cardassian and Federation warships begin to surround the station while all parties argue and point fingers. In the midst of the commotion, a blinding light flashes and suddenly Benjamin Sisko reappears in multiple places at once...
To be continued... (but using your own damn imagination)
They did say that were they to write out the whole season, they all agreed that one of the big reveals would have been Bashir being the leader of Section 31, and a possible villain of the series. Long story short... they wanted to explore the idea that with the Dominion gone, the real enemy left behind was inside themselves. Section 31 would be played out over the entire story-arc, orchestrating the dark underbelly of the Federation's bright exterior but internally imperialistic nature.
In the meantime, Kira is now a holy priestess of Bajor and the supreme vedek of DS9, which has become a holy sanctuary over the years. Pilgrims visit the station from all over the quadrant to watch the worm hole open, and large, bejeweled statues of Sisko adorn the promenade.
Kira opens an investigation into Nog's death and places Ezri in charge of it., but secretly tells the space station's top science officer (who turns out to be Jake's estranged half-brother [Kasidy Yate's son]) to report all of his findings directly to her first before Ezri. Ezri becomes disillusioned by all of the red tape preventing her from completing the investigation while Worf receives a mysterious message to meet someone on Bajor. That someone ends up being Garak who confides in Worf (because of his Klingon honour) that he has evidence that Kira has formed a secret alliance with the Jem'hadar to become the new Bajoran Army, evidence that will pursuade Martok to justifiably go to war with Bajor.
By the end of the episode, tensions are flaring up and suspicion is in the air. Their happy reunion has fallen apart and no one knows who they can trust anymore. Klingon, Cardassian and Federation warships begin to surround the station while all parties argue and point fingers. In the midst of the commotion, a blinding light flashes and suddenly Benjamin Sisko reappears in multiple places at once...
To be continued... (but using your own damn imagination)
They did say that were they to write out the whole season, they all agreed that one of the big reveals would have been Bashir being the leader of Section 31, and a possible villain of the series. Long story short... they wanted to explore the idea that with the Dominion gone, the real enemy left behind was inside themselves. Section 31 would be played out over the entire story-arc, orchestrating the dark underbelly of the Federation's bright exterior but internally imperialistic nature.
