2.9 — “Second Sight”
*Plot: Sisko remembers his late wife on the fourth anniversary of the Battle of Wolf-359. Like a wish summoned, he encounters a mysterious woman on the station and finds an instant mutual attraction. But when he tries to probe her past, she disappears. Can Odo and Dax help him uncover the mystery?
Thoughts: Well, this is a nice little episode, even if it doesn’t amount to much.
I love the opening scene between Sisko and Jake. They are both so much more like real people than our TNG characters. Riker et al. never seem to recall the trials and tribulations they go through, but it’s entirely appropriate for Sisko to remember Jenny. Just as it’s natural for him later to meet someone he doesn’t know around the ship and strike up a conversation. Nevertheless I feel like these are things you would never happen on TNG.
The terraforming scientist guy is super fun. He reminds me of Lloyd Bridges.
The special effects on this episode exceed my usual expectations. The sun ignition effect is very impressive. If I’m not mistake we got some new previously unseen angles on the station exterior. I looked at the window shot composited on the upper pylon, I thought, “I know exactly where they are.”
We could use more Dax scenes like the one where she tries to pry information out of Sisko, using the leverage of their long friendship, and exclaims over his feeling of restraint just because she’s become a woman.
The plot with Fenna is not the most original, for sure. Mysterious, ultimately unreliable beautiful women made of energy have been skulking around Star Trek as long as “The Lights of Zetar” and “That Which Survives.” While this is undoubtedly a weakness, there are nice touches to compensate in the teleplay. The phrase “psycho-projective telepath” caught my attention. So did this line: “What we have is a dream.” I bet Shakespeare could have made something out of that idea.
So, ultimately not earth-shaking, but I was well entertained. 3.5 out of 5 picnics on the upper pylons.
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