Post by Bones on May 21, 2007 17:21:33 GMT -5
Season 4, episode 2.
This episode has always been one of my favorites, and watching it again tonight i have to start thinking that maybe it is - my favourite Star Trek episodes, period.
The episode opens with an elderly Jake Sisko on Earth getting a visit from this wannabe writer who has tracked him down specifically to find out why he stopped writing. She's been caught out in the rain, but Jake (Tony Todd) tells her it all began when he was 18 years old, the day his father, Benjamin Sisko, died.
We find out they are aboard the Defiant for some transition the wormhole has every 50 years, Jake (Cirroc Lofton) has come along because he's down about this story he's having trouble writing, and his father thinks it'll cheer him up. But a terrible accident happens and Captain Sisko, gets zapped in engineering, killed ion front of Jake's eyes.
What actually happens is he gets zapped, but pulled into subspace, and every so often appears to a grieving Jake, but each time in between is longer and longer, but whilst Jake ages, Sisko remains frozen in time - the same age. They try to work out how to save Sisko Snr in a very emotional, compelling episode. Jake struggles with balancing his writing career, marriage and indeed self-esteem as he tries to understand what is going on and how to fix it.
What makes this episode special is that is such a fine episode, one of the finest ever written (for me for the show), and is rich in story, acting, emotion and oh did i mention the acting. Tony Todd does a superb job as older Jake and young Cirroc Lofton gives perhaps his best performance ever, a deep, touching, sensitive performance of a grieving Jake.
It is a stand alone episode, but for me it is one of THE great Star Trek Episodes. Three key scenes really stand out 1) Kira and Jake (Cirroc Lofton) talking about the voluntary evacuation of the station following rise in failed Klingon diplomacy. A darkly lit scene on the upper pylon of the promenade, and a quiet little moment between Kira and Jake that is just really really nice.
2) Jake (young version still, (Cirroc Lofton), losing his father again in sick-bay when he "shifts back", but only for a few moments. Sisko asks his son how he's doing, and another great moment from Lofton with "not to well" all without any actual spoken words, just in his expression and posture. And then Jake's subsequent horror as he loses his father again.
and 3) although there are many Tony Todd moments, the final scene between elderly Jake (Todd) and Sisko as they set each other free is the other one with a very great moment with Avery Brooks and of course Toby Todd.
And I'm not ashamed to admit this episode can get to me with a few moment i have "something in my eye!" Because it is such an emotional and compelling episode.
So anyone remember this one?
This episode has always been one of my favorites, and watching it again tonight i have to start thinking that maybe it is - my favourite Star Trek episodes, period.
The episode opens with an elderly Jake Sisko on Earth getting a visit from this wannabe writer who has tracked him down specifically to find out why he stopped writing. She's been caught out in the rain, but Jake (Tony Todd) tells her it all began when he was 18 years old, the day his father, Benjamin Sisko, died.
We find out they are aboard the Defiant for some transition the wormhole has every 50 years, Jake (Cirroc Lofton) has come along because he's down about this story he's having trouble writing, and his father thinks it'll cheer him up. But a terrible accident happens and Captain Sisko, gets zapped in engineering, killed ion front of Jake's eyes.
What actually happens is he gets zapped, but pulled into subspace, and every so often appears to a grieving Jake, but each time in between is longer and longer, but whilst Jake ages, Sisko remains frozen in time - the same age. They try to work out how to save Sisko Snr in a very emotional, compelling episode. Jake struggles with balancing his writing career, marriage and indeed self-esteem as he tries to understand what is going on and how to fix it.
What makes this episode special is that is such a fine episode, one of the finest ever written (for me for the show), and is rich in story, acting, emotion and oh did i mention the acting. Tony Todd does a superb job as older Jake and young Cirroc Lofton gives perhaps his best performance ever, a deep, touching, sensitive performance of a grieving Jake.
It is a stand alone episode, but for me it is one of THE great Star Trek Episodes. Three key scenes really stand out 1) Kira and Jake (Cirroc Lofton) talking about the voluntary evacuation of the station following rise in failed Klingon diplomacy. A darkly lit scene on the upper pylon of the promenade, and a quiet little moment between Kira and Jake that is just really really nice.
2) Jake (young version still, (Cirroc Lofton), losing his father again in sick-bay when he "shifts back", but only for a few moments. Sisko asks his son how he's doing, and another great moment from Lofton with "not to well" all without any actual spoken words, just in his expression and posture. And then Jake's subsequent horror as he loses his father again.
and 3) although there are many Tony Todd moments, the final scene between elderly Jake (Todd) and Sisko as they set each other free is the other one with a very great moment with Avery Brooks and of course Toby Todd.
And I'm not ashamed to admit this episode can get to me with a few moment i have "something in my eye!" Because it is such an emotional and compelling episode.
So anyone remember this one?