ghanimasun: (st - ds9)
ghanimasun ([personal profile] ghanimasun) wrote2011-04-10 06:46 pm
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deep space 9, i've missed you!

Extra depressed thanks to my period. So to stop myself from being way too emotional about certain fandoms (Sherlock) and ranting nonsensically about things, I'm distracting myself with another show.

I've started trying to catch up on Star Trek: Deep Space 9. I tried to re-watch from the beginning, but as it turns out I've seen most of first two seasons already, repeatedly. So I'm skipping around the third season. Some stuff I am of course spoiled for, but there are a few things I don't know yet so I'm enjoying it. I just wish I could find one of those guides about which episodes are worth watching and which ones I can give a skip. Because I know there's a lot of episodes that are relatively pointless in the overall plot, or focus on characters I'm not particularly interested in. As of now, any episode that features Kira (who is basically the best character on the show), Dax, Sisko, Bashir or Odo are ones that are catching my interest. Though I suspect I might be skipping ones related to the plot, but I have no idea.

Anyway, depression and isolation are making me a bit strange today so I'll just stick to watching for now.
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[identity profile] linguology.livejournal.com 2011-04-10 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Which ones have you skipped? (Looking at the S3 ep list, there don't seem to be that many vital ones, so you're probably good.)

FWIW, the Wikipedia Episode Guide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine_episodes#Season_3_.281994.E2.80.931995.29) does list which character(s) each ep is centered on.
ext_9359: (kira ♦ holoruse)

[identity profile] linguology.livejournal.com 2011-04-10 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool cool cool. IIRC it really kicks off around mid-season 4 with the Homefront two-parter. I'd think re: Dominionplot the most important s3 eps would be:

3x01 The Search, Part I
3x02 The Search, Part II
3x05 The Abandoned
3x09 Defiant
3x20 Improbable Cause
3x21 The Die is Cast
3x26 The Adversary
ext_9359: (jadzia ♦ the planets bend between us)

[identity profile] linguology.livejournal.com 2011-04-11 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Haha, no need to put up with clone!Riker, just thank heavens he only showed up the once. ;) Fortunately the others are irritating-guest-star free.

[identity profile] mechers.livejournal.com 2011-04-10 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
fuck periods.

[identity profile] mechers.livejournal.com 2011-04-10 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
ice cream? the answer to all my problems.

[identity profile] mechers.livejournal.com 2011-04-10 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
i know. i'm just being dumb. wanna do farscape later?

[identity profile] mechers.livejournal.com 2011-04-10 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
someone really cool made it!

[identity profile] mechers.livejournal.com 2011-04-11 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Hey guess what I am right now!!!!11

[identity profile] december21st.livejournal.com 2011-04-11 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Can I just say that I love your icon? It's disturbing in all the right ways.

[identity profile] petitemachine.livejournal.com 2011-04-11 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Periods suck, sorry you're feeling depressed. Bright side? It'll be over soon!

And DS9!!! I love that show. You're tempting me to rewatch it! Kira is the HBIC, I love her.

[identity profile] december21st.livejournal.com 2011-04-11 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
I have a lot of love for DS9 - I know I'm the only one that thinks it was the best series in the Star Trek franchise - but I haven't seen it since it originally aired.

[identity profile] stargater.livejournal.com 2011-04-11 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I <3 DS9 so much. I did a re-watch a few years back of the entire series and loved it. There are eps that aren't as important to the main plot/sub-plots but some of them are just fun and good. Also, you don't want to skip any eps when you get to the Dominion war, all those eps from that point on (even the few that are stand-alones) are really great. Kira is still to this day, one of my all time favorite characters :)

[identity profile] stargater.livejournal.com 2011-04-12 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yes, it will! :D

Indeed and of all the characters, I think she really had the best development. I love the strong person she became from the angry young Bajoran at the beginning. I'd go as far to say that she's one of all of the Trek's most complex characters but then again, I am biased :P