He's always seemed troubled and scarred by life. I also love Sisko and how he receives the visions themselves. Neither, here, does Sisko in the end, when Jake decides to tell Bashir to take away the visions, Sisko is helpless to stop anything. Kai Winn, in some ways, is used as an objective mirror to Sisko's own story when Kira questions the Kai's motives in coming to Deep Space Nine, Winn replies with a story explaining how, when she herself had come under trail, she had had no weapons save her own faith.
Finally his choice to continue receiving the visions despite the medical issues makes Kasidy and Jake beg him to change his mind. Then he's confronted with the reality that the continued commitment to these visions might wind up with Sisko a vegetable. At first he seems almost overwhelmed with his excitement about B'hala and love of Bajor Admiral Whatley coming down to the surface to go "hey, why you ignoring my texts" seemed almost shocking for Sisko. Sisko faces harder and harder decisions at every turn. What I love about this episode is how it pulls no punches. And the gift that Sisko has received from the planet he has come to love, becomes a wedge that Sisko himself must drive between his chosen career and the world that chose him as its prophet.
In the process there's some sort of technical glitch (or is it?) and Sisko experiences an electrifying shock which leave him, ironically–given his use of future technology to identify the location of a past city– inspired by the finding of a relic from the past with the ability to perceive truths about the future.Īt the same time, a great event happens: Bajor is accepted as a member of the Federation! The protection and conversion of Bajor had been a major goal of the work on Deep Space Nine. When the fortunes of the occupation and independence bring an ancient Bajoran relic home, Sisko uses holodeck technology to discover a clue to the location of an important Bajoran spiritual center, B'hala, a lost city. Instead religion and mystery come together with science fiction to create a sense of wonder in this episode. It's one thing when understanding is muddied by poor writing or acting that's not the case here. The Prophet is an important part of Ben Sisko, but I'm not going to pretend it's one I fully understand, and my lack of understanding is a wonderful thing. When Sisko gets struck by inspiration – and lightning – he begins to experience visions of the past and future, and finds a mysterious lost Bajoran city, B'hala.Ĭritic's Log, Stardate 20208.15.
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