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Deep Space Nine Season 1 finale “In the Hands of the Prophet” Next Generation Seasonal end of cliffhanger tradition. This helped the spinoff establish its own identity, but the early ideas for this episode were Ruined The finale links it directly to the adventures of Enterprise D. It messed around with the idea that the DS9 producers would make this finale a TNG crossover where Picard, Cisco and their two crew members have to fight the Kardashian invasion.
The Deep Space Nine Finale has almost become a TNG crossover
On paper, this would have given the first one Deep Space Nine The finale will be a connection with “Emissary,” a premiere episode featuring Captain Picard’s memorable cameo. However, Rick Berman decided to kill the crossover plan, urging then-showrunner Michael Pillar to come up with a different approach. While “In the Hand of the Prophet” shares the religious theme of “envoys”, by abandoning the ambitious TNG crossover plan, it is possible that Berman, a controversial producer, may have accidentally saved this spinoff show by forcing the DS9 to its own merits.
Why to understand the original plan for this Deep Space Nine The finale would have been miserable. You need to take a closer look at the rest of Season 1. There are some great episodes out there (“Duet” was an early showcase of the potential of the show). In addition to Picard’s making cameo in “Emily,” along with the constant presence of Miles and Keiko O’Brien, the first season saw the return of TNG characters Rusa, Bethor, Q, Vash and Luwaxana Troy.
Other TNG characters pop up later in this spinoff. The most notable of them Worf and his fellow Klingon, Gowron. These characters made a great addition Deep Space Ninethey also show why the first finale, a TNG crossover, was disastrous. Episodes like this would ensure that DS9 was always in the shadow of TNG, and producers would have been required to bring in more familiar characters and earn points to earn them.
Now, hardcore TNG fans may not be bothered by such things Deep Space Nine The finale is especially if you guarantee more appearances by Captain Picard and other familiar characters. But the dull truth is that the originality of the DS9 is its greatest strength and to this day there is nothing else in the franchise, so it remains the best Star Trek show. And if that first finale attracted all our attention from characters like Sisko, and Picard and Crew could draw even more attention, DS9 would have exhausted Vine as a failed spinoff. Not once Make it alone.
Star Trek: Next Generation and Deep Space Nine Both are great shows, but they are completely different in tone, characterization, storytelling, and more. By ensuring that “In the Hand of the Prophet” did not become a TNG crossover, Rick Berman gave the spinoff the opportunity to develop his own style and voice. Soon the whole world knew that Cisco was trying to tell us when he punched Q… he do not have Picard, and both him and his show, would be doing something completely different than what we’ve seen before.
