By Chris Snellgrove
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When Star Trek: Deep Space Nine First, it took a little time at the show to escape the shadow of The next generation. This shadow was particularly long thanks to the first season of DS9 having cameos of TNG characters like Captain Picard, Lwaxana Troi and even Q. However, the final of season 1 of Killer “in the hands of the prophets” deliberately exploded with a tradition of beloved franchise by not Transforming your final into a major event in Cliffhanger.
In the hands of the prophets
After his first two seasons ended with autonomous finals, The next generation Season 3 began a tradition of Cliffhanger ending which led directly to the following season. For fans, it could be both exciting and boring. After watching the Borg assimilate Captain Picard, we had to wait a whole summer To find out if he would be saved or simply blown away by the daring plan of Riker to destroy the borg cube. However, as DS9’s future showrunner explained, Ira Steven Behr, the show deliberately avoided making “in the hands of the prophets” in a cliffhanger because the producers hoped to save money.
“I know people wanted to have the big cliffhanger and I like cliffhangers, but they tend to be a gadget,” said Behr. “And unless you can find a gadget that will work for you, why do it?” This, with the fact that “we had no way to do so successfully because of budgetary constraints”, which is why “in the hands of the prophets” is an autonomous episode.
But how much would it have expected to make an episode in two parts? Depending on the lag of the Michael Piller era, a Star Trek Cliffhanger “traditionally costs at least $ 100,000 more” due to the need for things as additional action scenes. In this case, New deep spaceThe first season had already exceeded the budget, and because he was “a responsible producer”, he did not want the show to make a cliffhanger to make a cliffhanger.
Although there were financial considerations behind the creation of “in the hands of the prophets” an episode of one and made, it was ultimately a creative decision as well. As Behr pointed out, the best cliffhangers are built around solid gadgets, and because they could not think of a pleasant gadget, he did not feel the need to make this episode a two parts. Consequently, Behr noted that it is not necessary to arbitrarily follow such a new tradition in the franchise: “to say that you must have a cliffhanger is ridiculous,” he said.
Michael Piller apparently agreed with that … Although the show has already passed the budget for the season, he would have given the green light to all the exceptional cliffhanger ideas. “If we had a wonderful cliffhanger that we wanted to do, I would have been behind,” he said. But he finally felt that “we already had [an…] Episode that could be a season of season which gave a completeness to the season. “”
We have already seen “in the hands of the prophets” as one of the best episodes of New deep space. As Behr and Pillar pointed out, he didn’t need a second part to make convincing television. But hearing about how the two deliberately closed the idea that the season should end with a cliffhanger simply because Tng has always brought warmth to our cold and cold Vulcans. This spin-off New deep space rest the Best Star Trek Show never done.
