By Chris Snellgrove
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In recent years, it has been depressed for television episodes to be taken from streaming for one reason or another. More often than not, this is due to streaming leaders who panic on offensive content, which is why programs like the hilarious transgressive It is always beautiful in Philadelphia He was removed from their episodes of Hulu. However, although it is one of the least offensive episodes in television history, the “duo” episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was formerly mysteriously removed from Paramount +.
The “duo” disappearing
In April 2022, “Duet” was briefly deleted from Paramount +, which worried Star Trek fans wishing to broadcast their favorite program. This happened when Primordial Taken episodes of Netflix and made them pass to their own streaming service. After sufficient pressure from the fans, the episode was restored, but the only explanation for his absence was that there was a “problem of streaming rights” which was never fully explained.
Obviously, nobody outside of Paramount knows exactly what was going on here, but the explanation behind the initial absence “duo” of Paramount + has questioned many fans of Star Trek the office history. This is because it took less than a week for this favorite episode of fans to arrive on Paramount streaming service. No one has ever explained what could cause this mysterious streaming rights problem, and it would take more than a week (generally much over a week) to resolve any dispute involving rights holders.
While some audiences have probably complained about any The episode launching unexpectedly from streaming, the absence of “duo” particularly bored Star Trek fans. This is because this is generally considered to be the best episode of New deep spaceThe first season thanks to his plot on Kira, a veteran of Bajoran’s freedom, confronted with a Cardassian who claims to be a war criminal. We discover that the man in question has not killed thousands of bajorans but feels guilty not to do more to stop the atrocities of his race. So guilty that he is ready to be tried and executed as a criminal of notorious war so that the people of Kira can obtain the closure.
A classic episode
In short, “Duet” is an emotional power, that that Star Trek producers love as much as fans. An excellent example of this is the fact that New deep space The showrunner i will go Steven Behr reacted to the online streaming drama. When the @askparamount account on X revealed that the episode was not available on Paramount + “due to streaming rights”, Behr republished by saying that the late “duo” Paul Allan Fields “would not approve” But that simultaneously “would not be surprised. “”
Behr also called the problem with the “duo” a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Snafu for books.” It was a fairly light criticism, but it made the @askparamount account responded with apologies for their “bad communication”. They said that “there was a problem, but our team was able to recover the episode and available to broadcast,” usefully publishing the link. From that day, “Duo” was available in streaming, and there was never more information on the alleged question of streaming rights.
For “duo” fans who remember this brief controversy, this remains one of the strangest questions without response from Star Trek. Was there really a mysterious third party who kept the rights of a beloved episode for a few days, or did paramount simply made a mistake when explaining what happened? Anyway, we are grateful that, contrary to it is always sunny in Philadelphia, it is now possible to always broadcast our favorite New deep space episodes.
Now we are just waiting for the leaders of Paramount to hatch their own program in the vein of Charlie, Dennis, Frank and Dee. And we already have the title of the perfect episode: “The gang finally corrects Nutrek.”
