From Chris Snellgrove
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The Deep Space Nine Season 1 final “In the Hands of the Prophets” accidentally made Star Trek history by breaking The next generation Tradition of the end of the season cliffhanger. This helped the spin -off to establish its own identity, but would have an early idea for this episode ruined The final by captivating it directly to the adventure of the Enterprise-D. This is because the DS9 producers played with the idea of making this final a TNG crossover in which Picard, Sisko and their two crews had to fight a Cardassian invasion.
Deep Space Nine Finale almost became TNG crossover
This would have given the first on paper Deep Space Nine Finale a connection to “Emissary”, the premiere episode, in which a memorable cameo from Captain Picard occurred. However, Rick Berman decided to kill this crossover plan and prompted Michael Piller’s showrunner to find a different approach. “In the hands of the Prophet” shares the religious issues “emitted” by making the plans for an ambitious selection Tng Crossover, controversial producer Berman, has accidentally saved this spin -off show in its earliest days by forced DS9 to arise for itself.
To understand why the original plans for it Deep Space Nine The final would have been catastrophic, you have to take a closer look at the rest of season 1. While there are some great episodes (“Duet” was an early showcase of the show’s potential), too much of the earlier DS9 was based on Camen of TNG characters. In addition to Picard, a Cameo appearance in “Emissary” and the constant presence of Miles and Keiko O’Brien, in the first season, the TNG characters Lursa, B’etor, Q, Vash and Lwaxana Troi returned.
Other TNG characters would later appear in this spinoff, the best known among them Worf And his mit Klingon, Gowron. While these characters for great additions too Deep Space NineThey also illustrate why this first final would have been a TNG crossover as catastrophic. Such an episode would have ensured that DS9 would always be in the shade of TNG, and the producers would have been obliged to bring more well -known characters and points of action to improve the reviews.
Now Hardcore -Tng fans may not have fought one Deep Space Nine Finale, especially if it secured more appearances by Captain Picard and other known characters. But the blunt truth is that the originality of DS9 is its greatest strength and remains the best to this day Star Trek Show Because it is nothing else in the franchise. And if his first finale attracted all of our attention from characters like Sisko, so that Picard and crew had even more attention, then DS9 would have as a failed spin -off, which could never Do it by itself.
Star Trek: The next generation And Deep Space Nine Are both great shows, but they differ in sound, characterization, storytelling and much more. By not becoming a TNG crossover “in the hands of the prophets” “in the hands of the prophets”, he gave this spinoff the chance to develop his own style and his own voice. Soon the whole world knew what Sisko wanted to tell us when he hit Q … He is not Picard and both he and his show would do something completely different from everything we had seen before.
