{"id":2117032,"date":"2025-10-26T19:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T19:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2117032"},"modified":"2025-10-26T19:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T19:57:17","slug":"paramount-is-about-to-ruin-the-best-star-trek-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/paramount-is-about-to-ruin-the-best-star-trek-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount Is About To Ruin The Best Star Trek Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As a lifelong Star Trek fan, my hottest take is that <em>Deep Space Nine<\/em> is the best show in the entire legendary sci-fi franchise. Part of what makes this show so resonant is that its finale left the final fate of Captain Benjamin Sisko (last seen with the wormhole aliens who saved him from certain death) deliciously ambiguous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now, though, the upcoming <em>Starfleet Academy<\/em> show is about to reveal his fate. I\u2019ve got a sneaking suspicion that these revelations are going to retroactively ruin Trek\u2019s greatest show.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Teasing Disaster<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Concerns about <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/star-trek-starfleet-academy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Starfleet Academy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Starfleet Academy<\/a><\/em> began about two months ago when the first teaser trailer dropped. Look closely, and you can see a character staring at a screen featuring a man in silhouette. Above it, the text reads \u201cThe fate of Benjamin Sisko, Emissary of the Prophets.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Scene from the <em>Starfleet Academy<\/em> trailer<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More recently, <em>Starfleet Academy<\/em> co-showrunner Noga Landau discussed the upcoming show with the corporate trades saying, \u201cThere\u2019s also mysteries. Watch out for Benjamin Sisko! We get to do some really cool stuff that hasn\u2019t been done in a long time that I think really honors the fans who\u2019ve been waiting to see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Beaming Down Some Disappointment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When that first teaser trailer came out, I tried to tell myself that the Sisko screen was just an Easter egg. Maybe just a simple confirmation that Starfleet still cares about Sisko eight centuries after he became one with the Prophets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/hZ7yUAzjLiUBdb7C0tQkYQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/eaef58b2ab650aabd8052022576b6bbf\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, the showrunner\u2019s comments about \u201cmysteries\u201d and appeasing fans who have \u201cbeen waiting to see what happens\u201d make me think the show will answer the big question of when or if Sisko came back to reality after time with the noncorporeal profits. The blunt truth is that no matter <strong>how<\/strong> they write this <em>Deep Space Nine<\/em> character into the show, it\u2019s going to piss off old-school fans like me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the <em>Deep Space Nine<\/em> series finale, Sisko stops Gul Dukat from unleashing the pah-wraiths by tackling him over a cliff in the Fire Caves of Bajor. Dukat dies, but Sisko is saved by the Prophets, with whom he would spend an undefined amount of time living in a dimension that exists outside of space and time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Sisko falls with Dukat in the &lt;em&gt;Star Trek: Deep Space Nine&lt;\/em&gt; series finale\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/y_mCIoMzMiVmb2bljERaHw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/4271a5d7da8885c88e75d973fe81fb11\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Sisko falls with Dukat in the <em>Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/em> series finale<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Later, he appeared via a kind of vision to his wife, Kassidy Yates, who asked when her husband would return. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to say,\u201d Sisko said. \u201cMaybe a year, maybe\u2026 yesterday. But I will be back.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Paramount Is About To Ruin the Best Star Trek Show<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Personally, I\u2019ve grown to love the ambiguity of Sisko\u2019s fate. Once it became clear that Sisko actor Avery Brooks would never be returning to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/star-trek\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Star Trek;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Star Trek<\/a>, I made my peace with the fact that fans would simply never learn what happened to this famous (and sometimes infamous) Starfleet captain. Now, though, it looks like the franchise is going to spell out the character\u2019s final fate without Brooks\u2019 involvement, and it\u2019s guaranteed to be a major disaster for multiple reasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">First of all, even if the <em>Starfleet Academy<\/em> writers come up with a cool idea for Sisko (which is unlikely; more on this soon), nothing they come up with is going to be cooler than what <em>Deep Space Nine<\/em> fans have come up with. We\u2019ve all had decades to come up with our head canon for the character\u2019s eventual return, and any official explanation will inevitably be a disappointment. I always found it fitting that the extremely unconventional <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/ranking-everything-star-trek-including-215224714.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Star Trek series;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\">Star Trek series<\/a> <em>Deep Space Nine<\/em> ended a show about a character\u2019s religious journey by asking fans to take a leap of faith into the unknown rather than explaining what happened to Sisko with the usual precision of franchise technobabble.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>There Are Always (Awful) Possibilities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Considering how careless <em>Discovery<\/em> could be with Star Trek canon, I\u2019m really nervous as to how the writers of the spinoff show <em>Starfleet Academy<\/em> will handle Sisko\u2019s return. Will we find out that he came back and ended the Temporal Cold War, or maybe that he popped up in the distant past to join Section 31? Both of these ideas are as awful as a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/scifi\/10-star-trek-generation-episodes.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TNG;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">TNG<\/a> Season 1 episode, but I wouldn\u2019t put it past modern Trek writers to do something at least this stupid with the franchise\u2019s coolest character, retroactively ruining him for fans of Star Trek\u2019s golden age.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"The Fate of Benjamin Sisko\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/yJDe3FazHHkg2FkW6pzS_w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/86f1180af18f4c345dda39af08d92139\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>This is all we should see of Sisko on <em>Starfleet Academy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I hope to be proven wrong here: maybe <em>Starfleet Academy<\/em> really will just tease Sisko\u2019s fate with a weird monitor pop-up and not go any further. Unfortunately, modern Trek writers are not known for restraint, so it\u2019s possible that Sisko\u2019s fate will somehow be tied into one of NuTrek\u2019s infamous season-long mystery arcs. Should that happen, older fans may have to answer a mystery of their own\u2026the mystery of why they are still watching a franchise that is slowly collapsing into a black hole of faded creativity and empty, corporate pandering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a lifelong Star Trek fan, my hottest take is that Deep Space Nine is the best show in the entire legendary sci-fi franchise. 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