Chris Snellgrove | publishing
If you are a fan Star Trek: Deep Space Nineand then you know there was a tough first season of the show, but the “Duo” episode highlights the full potential of the show. It’s an episode where we learn more about the atrocities of the Cardas against the Bahos and more about how Kira navigates her transition from freedom fighter to military officer. most Deep Sky Nine fan No But what I know about this episode is that it is direct inspiration The man in the glass stallfamous drama by Robert Shaw.
The man in the glass stall
If you have never seen the 1967 drama, The man in the glass stall It’s about a Jew who was arrested by Israeli authorities for Nazi war crimes. The trial of him seemed to be going well until the surprise suggests that he deliberately changed his medical records to imitate his old Nazi tormentor. exist Deep Sky Nine An episode of “Duo” is equally shocking revealing that when the Cardas impersonated as a minor government worker as a war criminal, he changed his record in the hope that his prosecution would reveal the barbaric acts that the Cardas had caused to the Bayorans.
Initially, this story was Deep Sky Nine Performance host Michael Piller is composed of two of his interns who have very different ideas about what the “duo” looks like. They conceived an episode, and the Canadians really Once was War criminals and Kira will be placed in an enviable position to defend him. There is obviously great potential in such a premise, but Pierre doesn’t like the original idea because he thinks it’s too similar Judgment in Nuremberga 1961 film, just appeared in Star Future Star Trek idol William Shatner.
According to Pierre Deep Sky Nine Producer and future performance host Ira Steven Behr “The twist to us” The man in the glass stall It was a feeling that the guy wasn’t the person he said, but did it for a more noble reason. “This twist makes the premise of this episode fresh, as we rarely see any Kadas who seem to regret the war crimes against the Behorans. When she no longer sees the defendant as another enemy, we must also see Kira’s own perceptions evolve and begin to see him as someone with a surprisingly sympathetic depth.
although The man in the glass stall It’s a classic script that adapts to the same classic movie, you can say Deep Sky Nine Improved its formula with “duo”. Somewhat frustratingly, the early stories never explain exactly why its Jewish protagonist would do his best to be caught and try to torture his Nazis. In the “duo”, we know that the Cardas who impersonated war criminals is a just cause…i.e., even if he helped to end the Bahorans, even if he helped his people, spread the galaxy consciousness.
We are loyal believers Deep Sky Nine It’s the best performance of Star Trek, and “Duo” remains one of its most amazing episodes. It’s meaty, full of monologues and fleshes out the world of franchise while giving us an idea of Kira’s inner depth, one of the show’s most compelling characters. Looking back, realizing that there is no Robert Shaw’s The man in the glass stallDS9’s earliest masterpiece may not have aired at all.
