#ds9 the visitor

[filmjunky-99]

s t a r t r e k d e e p s p a c e n i n e created by rick berman, michael piller [the visitor, s4ep3]

'I should have just kept trying to find you. I just went on with my life.' - jake

'And I'm proud of what you've accomplished.' - benjamin

[toasterdrake]

real men cry like a little baby all the way through ds9 the visitor

[lonelymoonrambles]

I just finished season 4 of ds9 and here are my thoughts as a first time viewer:

- starting the season off strong with some Garashir flirting in the medbay 😏

- love to see Worf, but where's Alexander?

- and where the hell is KEIKO

- cool can't wait to ugly cry every time I think about 'The Visitor'

- omg did Julian and miles break up? :(

- they got back together, thanks Keiko :)

- let Jadzia bang her ex-wife!!! LEAVE HER ALONE! GET A JOB!

- Our Man Bashir is just Julian and Garak on a date, having a normal fun good time as boyfriends

- Quark is really out here just trying to get Odo's attention huh

- I am once again asking: if Dukat evil, why sexy!!!?!

- Kira's line to Dukat : "why is that when you smile I wanna leave the room" is so real

- KEIKO'S BACK

- Keiko really said, "you don't need to break up with Julian just cause I'm back, Miles 🙄" our poly matchmaking queen

- Fashion Spotlight: Whatever the hell Quark's been wearing all season 🌈

- Jake. Please. Date someone your own age, I am begging you.

- Benjamin. Stop letting older alien women near your teenage son!

- crazy mirror Julian can still get it, but a little less cause of the haircut

- Ah Weyoun, I've heard so much about you and idk I'm not sold yet pal 🧐

- the Jem'hadar are still serving 💅 they're so sassy and for what

- ommmggg kira joining the polycule as a surrogate / Keiko's girlfriend

- so Quark's just openly pining for Odo now huh

- Miles suggesting Julian move in...DO IT! KEIKO WILL LET YOU! COMPLETE THE POLYCULE!

Ds9 is still holding the title of my fave star trek franchise (sorry tos I love you forever) let's go season 5!

[mistylacrimosa]

I'm not crying,you are

[walkingstackofbooks]

DS9 4x02 The Visitor thoughts (I'm re-watching, so beware spoilers for future episodes!)

(20/06/2023)

Ohhh I thought this was the Jake-gets-psychically-nommed-on-by -an-alien-one. Alright, let's get buckled in for dead fathers and time-travel shenanigans! 😅

It's very weird to turn up to an old man's house and demand they tell you their life story, simply because you admire their writing??

Sisko is the best dad. "Now, what do you say you come up to the bridge with me and we'll watch the wormhole do its thing, and then I'll read what you've got and we'll talk about it. Deal?"

Quark being too kind, that's when you know it's bad - "You know, Nog, things seem to be slowing down a bit. I'll get someone else to bring up those kegs." Careful, Quark, you're showing that well-hidden generosity!

"Please don't make me leave." Oh. Jake.

"Jake, they'll have me fixed up in no time. How are you doing?" The way Jake just crumbles when his dad asks him that. Oh, my heart! 💔💔

"I'm here now. That's what matters." *fades away* your timing is really not great there, Sisko...

Julian's face of regret as he pushes Jake away

This alternate timeline of what happens if Sisko died is so strange!

I love future Nog and future Jake and his wife. This is such a cute little scene!

The Dominion never invaded? Why? How? Is the Klingon DS9 too strong for them?

Sisko's "Do I have any grandchildren?". I love the guy, but he's so old-fashioned sometimes

This scene, Sisko catching up on his son's life, is making me tear up more than anything...

Korena is the best. "You might wanna see these."

"I'm sorry for giving up." JAKE

An old Jadzia? My heart??? That doesn't happen in the actual timeline

Also I love the new uniforms. Well, I don't really like them tbh but I like the attention to detail in how they've changed

I love how fondly Sisko still looks at Jake, even when he's an old man

The fact Sisko is the one left with fragmented memories of another universe is so messed up and is very weird to think of

Amazing how that story has literally no effect on anything, was a complete au - but it's still so good

I guess something we can take from it is that Jake will take some time, but he will actually find an way to move on after Sisko's disappearance in the finale. And I like that such a sad episode can give us that hope.

[rogueyami]

Try not to sob while watching The Visitor challenge

[lonelymoonrambles]

Also, The Visitor (season 4, episode 2) is, in my opinion, one of the best episodes of television of all time. I never thought I'd be so moved by a father-son focused episode, but this piece of media just tore me up. Their relationship is so wonderful to watch.

I love love LOVE how beautiful Ben Sisko's relationship with Jake is. As an avid Sci-Fi watcher, I've observed how daddy issues are used left and right to justify someone's life trajectory. Nothing wrong with that but it does happen quite often. Seeing Ben being the best possible father to his son, taking him on silly lil adventures, making delicious dinners to continue a tradition, encouraging him yet keeping him in line, YOUR HONOR I LOVE THEM.

[frakes]

4.10 • “Homefront” STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE (1993-1999)

[scarywardrobe]

[aenslem]

STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE (1993–1999) ⤷ Rejoined

[evviejo]

KIRA NERYS - STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE S3E17 Visionary

[catboyelimgarak]

This is a clip from a YouTube upload by Mary Knasinski of Sid and Nana in Missouri in 2000. They are asked about working with Andy and Nana recounts an outtake of being unable to stop laughing to get a scene done with Andy that then irritates him because (as Sid says) for Garak he was “in a wetsuit glued to his body” and he can’t stand the heat, thus he wants to get his scenes done as soon as possible so he can get out of costume. Sid then goes on to give THE best impersonation of an angry and irritated Andy that only a best friend can do so wonderfully.

[dreamerdrop]

I don’t talk about my love for Kira Nerys too often because. Look. I think if DS9 handles anything well, it’s Kira, hands down.

Her character development is a work of art. She is so traumatised, so angry, so beaten down and STILL FIGHTING at the start. She struggles so much with her PTSD, with the idea that she is ever allowed to be in anything but attack mode…

And then, slowly, gradually, she becomes a whole new person. She laughs, she smiles, she makes corny jokes, she does dumb fun things for the sake of enjoying herself. She has friends, she has a family, she is surrounded by love and joy and HOPE.

Even in the middle of second war, she’s DIFFERENT now. She’s not the same miserable angry person she was, afraid to let go of the vigilant surivival instincts that kept her alive for so long. She’s come back to life as a person who has something to live for.

She has done terrible things. Her hands are stained with blood. She is never going to be able to forget her trauma or the suffering, both her own and that of her people, nor the suffering she inflicted while fighting for her freedom. But she recovers. She heals. She carves out an existence where she is truly, genuinely happy to be alive.

I don’t need to talk about Kira as much as some other characters because this all happens on screen. It’s right there, and it’s beautiful and perfect.

Kira Nerys goes from a person who cannot conceive of herself outside of the horrors she has suffered, inflicted, and fought against, to someone for whom her trauma is just one part of the larger picture, a piece of a rich and vibrant tapestry that is now filled, overwhelmingly, with joy.

Kira Nerys is like, hands down, bar none, one of, if not THE best characters Star Trek has ever created. I love her so much. She is just, completely and utterly perfect, especially in her flaws.

[lonelymoonrambles]

I just started watching season 4 of ds9 and I've heard a lot about worf's arrival, and the "Our Man Bashir" episode.. But but

How come no one told me about The Visitor??? How come no one prepared me for the emotional turmoil of this episode?!!!?? Like I've just been sobbing actual big fat tears y'all

And Ben Sisko just watching his son as an old man with so much love 😭

Jake spending his life looking for a way to bring him back, and then giving the rest of his life to give his father (and himself) a second chance - and Sisko just has to live with that!? Like does he remember all those visits with Jake????

Like the bond between them is so fuckin pure

BRB gonna just cry all night about a star trek episode again wtf

😭😭😭😭😭

[antiqua-lugar]

somewhere out there, andrew robinson and alexander siddig are looking thoughtful and typing "how much did unification cost, asking for a friend"

[astralbondpro]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine // S04E01: The Way of the Warrior, Part 1