1x01 Emissary, Part I - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode Guide

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

- Episode 01x01

Episode: 01x01 (pilot)
Title: Emissary, Part I
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 721
First Aired: Jan. 03, 1993

Season 1 » Episode #01 - Emissary, Part I

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - 01x01 Emissary, Part I

Summary: Stardate 46379.1: Just over two years ago, the Borg took Captain Jean-Luc Picard from the U.S.S. Enterprise and made him one of their own. Unable to stop what was to come, Picard watched helplessly as 39 ships and almost 11,000 lives were lost at the Battle of Wolf 359. One of the destroyed ships, the U.S.S. Saratoga, carried Lieutenant-Commander Benjamin Sisko. Over two years later, with the commencement of peace talks between the Cardassians and the Federation, the Cardassians have ended their occupation of the planet Bajor, leaving behind a space station. The Federation, acting as administrators until the Bajorans are able to govern themselves, sets up command at the station, dubbed Deep Space Nine, with Commander Benjamin Sisko put in charge of the station's operations.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Commander Sisko	played by Avery Brooks
Odo	played by Rene Auberjonois
Doctor Bashir	played by Alexander Siddig
Lt. Jadzia Dax	played by Terry Farrell
Chief O'Brien	played by Colm Meaney
Major Kira	played by Nana Visitor
Locutus of Borg	played by Patrick Stewart
Captain Jean-Luc Picard	played by Patrick Stewart
Jennifer Sisko	played by Felecia M. Bell

	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Emissary, Part I Major Kira: Time to be a hero. Dr. Bashir: Yes, sir!
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Emissary, Part I Locutus of Borg: Resistance is futile. You will disarm your weapons and escort us to sector 0-0-1. If you attempt to intervene, we will destroy you. Vulcan Captain: Red alert. Load all torpedo bays, ready phasers.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CHAR: During the attack on the USS Saratoga, we see the Borg cube fire a phaser at the ventral (bottom) side of the ship, yet when Sisko asks for a damage report, the Bolian officer says "Damage to Decks 1-4". Decks 1-4 would be on the dorsal (top) side of the ship, which was not where the Borg phaser was shown to strike at.

TRIVIA

The mural draped in Quark's Bar is of Gul Dukat's Tholian enemy during the Cardassian occupation.
The wormhole effect contains water dripping in a pan.
After the attack on the station, Dr. Bashir makes Odo compress a man's wound to stop it from bleeding. This scene, which does not appear in the two-part version, alludes to "M*A*S*H" (1972), in which Rene Auberjonois's character, Father Mulcahy, is called on to do the same thing during an operation.