I think this episode is where I really started to connect with what they were doing with this show. I’m a DS9 fan and this was definitely DS9 fan service, but it was also relevant to the character and aided in her development.
It was also fan service delivered well. Which is super important. You can do fan service without delivering anything else, and you can do a good story that ends up being fan service. This was firmly the second category.
I think this episode is where I really started to connect with what they were doing with this show. I’m a DS9 fan and this was definitely DS9 fan service, but it was also relevant to the character and aided in her development.
It was also fan service delivered well. Which is super important. You can do fan service without delivering anything else, and you can do a good story that ends up being fan service. This was firmly the second category.
Agreed