Return to Terok Nor: Past Prologue
Liveblog & analysis of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine S1:E4.
Spoiler Notice: I have seen every episode of Deep Space Nine, The Original Series, and The Next Generation multiple times, and I have seen most of Voyager and Enterprise at least once.
I will not be holding back late-season knowledge or knowledge from other shows as spoilers, and it is likely that there will be spoilers for both throughout.
Season One: Emissary (E1-E2) | A Man Alone (E3) | Past Prologue (E4)
Past Prologue: (from Netflix) Dr. Bashir is excited to meet Garak, the last Cardassian aboard Deep Space Nine and a rumoured spy.
Oh, you know I’m gonna be feral about this episode.
We open on Bashir sitting alone in Quark’s, and a new man in a tunic slowly creeping up behind him while smiling beatifically. I’m utterly obsessed with the way that Garak glances around while coming up behind Bashir, something he had to walk around an empty chair to do, so that he could brush against his back and make a slight spectacle, and the way that Bashir, upon realising who’s talking to him, just stares up at him with his mouth agape and his eyes wide.
When Garak says he’s a Cardassian by birth, obviously, Julian’s gaze flits down to his chest; when…
