Marritza's commitment to his plan was so deep, he was willing to emulate the monster he served under in every detail

@ThePCguy17

3 жыл бұрын

Except one. Gul Darheel probably didn't know enough about a random file clerk to compliment their work. But Marritza couldn't resist getting a little self-complimentary when he mentioned his 'cover identity.'

@regalecusglesne3022

3 жыл бұрын

cardassians did nothing wrong. bajorans are excessively impulsive and violent, they inherently despise authority and will actively find whichever government they find themselves in in order to fight it. cardassia brought law and order, they should've thanked them.

@schnozbott

3 жыл бұрын

@@regalecusglesne3022 Wow this unsolicited total non-sequitur might be the worst thing I've read in a while, thank you for this (satire? your tone is unclear)

@Yawehplaneswalker616

3 жыл бұрын

@@regalecusglesne3022 Eh, Bajorans seem to dislike secular government and the Cardassians appear to be atheists. Imagine if someone went to America and told them convert half their Churches into a hospitals and schools. Do you think they would A) Go, yeah! That will help the quality of life in society! or B) HELL NO. Telling someone to do something that might be a good idea by putting a gun to the back of their head doesn't make them want to listen to you. Look at the Middle East. You can't go to a country and force modernization on them. You have to slowly build them up. The Cardassians did the polar opposite. I hate to say it, but the Romans, Persians, Ottomans, and Mongols all did a better job of empire building than the Cardassians. Heck the British did a better job in India. The Cardassians are just really bad at getting the locals on their side. Don't blame the Bajorans, blame the Cardassians for being very bad at winning hearts and minds. They blundered in like the French in Vietnam.

@ixiahj

3 жыл бұрын

@@regalecusglesne3022 Lol What? No. If you're gonna conquer another people, you cannot use force. That's the real thing the Cardasians did wrong. Where the spoon heads failed, the Federation succeeded. You conquer using culture or economics or probably Bajorian's biggest weakness. Their religion. Sisko being the emissary made Bajor wide open to their conquest. Cardasians could learn a thing or two from Sun Tzu. War damages the spoils of a conquest. Why not win it before any fight starts?

"I regret a lot of what I did." "How convenient of you." woooo, damn....

@XFanmarX

2 жыл бұрын

I love this line. She thinks she has the moral high ground but she can't argue it at all. In her mind, he is a monster that doesn't regret the things he had to do for war. But in his eyes, she is a hypocrite that can't even stand by her words and actions and declares to "feel bad" for what she did as some sort of excuse. She actually thinks she's a good person because of her denial. While he doesn't deny a single thing and argues he did it for the same reasons as her: for the betterment of his species. Honest. Loyal. True to his word. This is why she can't argue against him, because she would be a hypocrite and he knows this.

@Larken42

2 жыл бұрын

Best retort ever

@mermaidismyname

Жыл бұрын

@@XFanmarX it's a bit more nuanced than that. He wants to antagonize her, he wants her to hate him as much as possible and appear evil, so he says things that will make him look evil to her. He doesn't actually believe the actions of Cardassia were defensible, he just thinks acting like a man with no regrets makes him easier to hate.

For you, the day Gul Darheel graced your planet was the most important day of your life. For me, it was Tuesday.

@annapocalypsezero4719

6 жыл бұрын

Lol, M bison came to my mind too.

@blockmasterscott

3 жыл бұрын

I love it!

@alexanderward5286

3 жыл бұрын

Nice touch

@Archie2c

3 жыл бұрын

Episodes like this may be done on the Cheap with only 2 Actors but the Writing takes it Above and Beyond.

@CSGraves

2 жыл бұрын

Niiicccceeeee

The twist after this hits you like a sack of bricks to the chest. The actor was brilliant. One of the few times my jaw actually dropped and I felt the realization of horror as it instantly became clear what was actually happening.

@Estes705

3 жыл бұрын

And Kira's reaction at the very end! The look on her face. The quiver of heartbreak in her voice.

@nealjroberts4050

3 жыл бұрын

Really makes you think.

@chotwaller

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. There is a bigger story here that has been tragically omitted. Its a shame the poster did not consider that part of the narrative important.

@Crunkboy415

3 жыл бұрын

This episode is loosely based on a 70s film called The Man In The Glass Booth.

@dirdib69

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant writing and acting, from both Nana Visitor and veteran character actor Harris Yulan. Marritza's guilt and self-loathing traumatized him so deeply - in a sense, it did drive him insane.

This mans performance is quite possibly the greatest perfomance in all of star trek. Absolute, refined, talent. The man didn't just embrace his role, he became it. and what makes this so good is that unlike the actor who portrayed garik, who had 7 seasons to perfect the character, ths guy did in in one solitary episode. Incredible.

@Exodianecross1978

3 жыл бұрын

Harris Yulin is one of the greatest actors of our time!

@KneelB4Bacon

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. And he's also being deliberately over-the-top to push Kira's buttons. It's the only way his plan can work: to make her engage with him emotionally, instead of rationally. Because if she starts doing that, she'll start digging into his story and find out the truth. And initially, this tactic works, because Kira can't think about Cardassians in any other way. Once she finds out the truth, all his bluster and deflection don't work any more.

@hcoesens1934

3 жыл бұрын

I think another character who succeeds in embracing his character from the first episode is Q. He always does an amazing job

@dantheman669

3 жыл бұрын

Him and Garrit Graham (Q/ Quinn) really stole the show. That's what happens when you hire consummate professionals.

@booster815

3 жыл бұрын

True, but he also got to build on what other Cardassian actors had been doing.

"What you call genocide I call a day's work." ho. lee. sheeeit. what a great line

@RobertResearchRadios

3 жыл бұрын

Gul Darheel, veteran Stellaris player...

@Willaev

3 жыл бұрын

@@RobertResearchRadios I understood that reference

@emizerri

3 жыл бұрын

What you call genocide, I call a heated gamer moment

@carloreneeventura8714

3 жыл бұрын

Yah well, that was the job he was sent out to do right?

@aegiseurobeat4559

3 жыл бұрын

@@Willaev Geneva Convention? You mean Geneva Suggestions?

"Oh I don't think I could pay for all of them, Major. There were so many." This is absolutely amazing delivery. This is a great actor shaping up the worst of humanity, trying to forgive itself in the end.

@samschellhase8831

3 жыл бұрын

You think they had this in mind in Batman Beyond, when Terry tells Atomic Skull 'you killed my father,' and Skull just replies with "do you have any idea how little that narrows it down!?"

@hagamapama

3 жыл бұрын

@Jaegar19Ultima I like Atomic Skull better. Very Silver Age.

@gokublack8342

2 жыл бұрын

"How could there be war crimes when there wasn't a war" damn shes gonna need an emh after that one

@someguy4405

Жыл бұрын

“And you can only execute me once.”

@Mekratrig

Жыл бұрын

Whoevar that actar is, he deserves anemmy for this scene alone. As do the writars. Superb performace.

as "Gul Darheel" he uttered "the dead will still be dead" , epic good casting in this episode 😸👍

What an incredible show DS9 was. The dialogue here is untouchable by today's dumbed down Alex Kurtzman Trek.

@davidanderson5310

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, Duet is one of the very best episodes of DS9. There were some mediocre episodes too. I don't think there was a single great episode of Picard or Discovery that matches the writing quality of the best 50 TNG or DS9 episodes, though.

@JustusPoetic

2 жыл бұрын

I had DVR to record all back in the day and ran across all the footage I missed while at work. I loved it. So many back then thought it was boring wished it off the air. Now the same people crapping on it then are loving it today, saying to me as an excuse,.. "DS9, and Voyager were ahead of its time and the 90s weren't ready." No, I think they were too busy watching the Simpsons.

@MadThanos79

2 жыл бұрын

History will be on DS9's side. Fast forward a couple more decades and shows like this will be even more appreciated while stuff like Discovery will be laughed at.

@Audioholics

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidanderson5310 💯

@aredub1847

2 жыл бұрын

LETS GORE OUT SOMEONES EYE. EDGY.

"My word, my every glance was law! And the verdict was always the same; Guilty!" This man must have been just as enjoyable to write as he is to watch.

@renerpho

2 жыл бұрын

And to play!

2:55 I love how Kira steps back in shocked disgust. She had known he was a monster, but he really went above and beyond her idea of what a monster was.

Marritza turns 'Darheel' into an almost cartoonishly evil person that it makes it hard to believe the original was quite like this. The thing is, Darheel probably wasn't QUITE as bombastically evil as this. But that was the point: to make the person he was impersonating so evil that the Bajorans would act on pure emotion. And it would've worked, too, without Odo and Sisko (who lack the emotional factor and thus can think more objectively). Kira, in her state, would have sent this man to his death without a moment's hesitation and never looked back.

@carminemurray6624

2 жыл бұрын

Hitler ?

@thomaswhite3059

Жыл бұрын

Well knowing what we know about Cardassians... I mean they're all pretty extra. Dukat at his most sedate is still more intense than like, a Gowron. The head of the obsidian order, his name escapes me at the moment, he's very much "I am a spymaster." Garak is, well, *Garak.*

@lunaticbz3594

Жыл бұрын

@@carminemurray6624 I think there's a lot more fair comparisons to more obscure monsters in history. I don't want to give the name since I only know his story since he was a distant relative of mine. He just hated the inefficiency in the Ustashi camps, they were poorly run and little to no records were being kept. Given his position he was able to enforce better record keeping and implemented a reward system for those that ran the camps to help improve their efficiency. I only have conjecture to go on here, but I imagine he was proud of his work. On the plus side the records that were kept and didn't manage to be destroyed in time at the end of the war ended up being very valuable to the allies who executed many of the people involved, including him.

@juliandacosta6841

Жыл бұрын

He would be more like dukat, charismatic enough to make you forget what he did, showing true colours only occasionally

@SantomPh

8 ай бұрын

According to Dukat half of Cardassia went to his funeral and viewed his body, buried under a large military monument. To them he was a massive hero.

3:36 One of the things I love about DS9 is that Kira and the Bajoran resistance were not portrayed as purely noble freedom fighters, but were accurately described as terrorists as well. Their cause may have been just, the tools they used the only effective ones available to them, but they still committed acts of terrorism. It’s one of those gray areas that DS9 did so well, and one we may never be able to revisit again in a post 9-11 era.

@zenastronomy

11 ай бұрын

pre 911

@falcore91

11 ай бұрын

@@zenastronomy yes, that was kind of my point…

@zenastronomy

11 ай бұрын

@@falcore91 lol, i didn't finish reading your comment before i replied. my bad

@GetterRay

8 ай бұрын

I love how Kira gets accused of murdering children and her response was to double down and call them collaborators and valid targets.

@GoldenLeo777-tp2rg

8 ай бұрын

​@@GetterRayCivilians are targets to can't have them making more vehicles and putting more boots on the ground.

Considering for how long he managed to convince Kira and others that he was Gul Darheel, Marritza should've become an actor.

Harris Yulin's acting was incredible in this episode. Especially Marritza finally broke down in tears.

@GonzGunner

2 жыл бұрын

Harris Yulin was one hell of an actor! He was great because, like all other great actors, he had you reacting to his role as to who he was portraying, not "an actor playing "such and such" character. I remember when I was a kid, he guest starred on the 70's TV series "S.W.A.T". In that episode, he played a heartbroken, anguished man, who was out to avenge his murdered wife, killing who he thought were the murderers one by one. After he had killed one of them, he came home, held his wife's picture, and whispered; "I got one of them today, Baby. Yes, I did" His character owned a record and phonograph repair store, and one of the S.W.A.T cops, T.J. McQuade, had a lady who was his neighbor visit his shop to repair her phonograph. They become close and romantically involved, until she finds out he is the killer that the PD is looking for. When he tries to use her as hostage to make good his escape when he is cornered by S.W.A.T, he gets shot by them and dies, and of course, the woman he was falling in love with was devastated. I remember my Mom crying at the end of it. That's how great an actor Harris Yulin was.

@robkemp8021

Жыл бұрын

omg yes, that transition from arrogant pride to his revelation.

“What you call Genocide, I call days work..” Another great line from that great episode and series. Goes straight to the core of the people behind the atrocities of History.

@power2084

3 жыл бұрын

You could have quoted it more exactly: "I call a day's work".

@chrisd2051

2 жыл бұрын

It shows the "banality of evil", what might be the most horrendous, egregious actions to some people is the Tuesday afternoon meeting with Bob.

Imagine being so ashamed of what you were complicit in, that you had to offer yourself up as the token to execute... I always found this episode to be incredibly powerful

@mikevignola4213

2 жыл бұрын

That's not exactly what's going on here. The cornerstone of all this hinges on how the cardassian legal system works. Basically when you go on trial the courts find out what you're guilty of. His whole goal was to very publicly force cardassia to address the occupation and war crimes on Bajor in a formal legal setting so cardassia can deal with and atone for it's past. The aspect of the cardassian legal system isn't know by the audience until much later when O'Brian gets arrested. The thing that doesn't make sense is that his plan hinges on being identified as Gul Darheel, which is a massive gamble.

@danieldickson8591

8 ай бұрын

@@mikevignola4213 Marritza wouldn't be tried under the Cardassian legal system, but the Bajoran one. Cardassia would never try Gul Darheel for his actions. Marritza wanted a show trial that would be sure to draw Cardassians' attention, where he could publicize the brutality of the occupation that he witnessed. And being identified as Gul Darheel by the Bajorans wouldn't be much of a risk, since he made himself resemble Darheel, openly claimed to be him, and the Bajorans in their desire for revenge wouldn't question that.

@Alvan81

7 ай бұрын

It's much more heroic than what you described.

Knowing the twist at the end, you can tell that he's very intentionally laying it on thick to make sure that Kira buys in as much as possible, to make sure that Bajor buys in as much as possible. But it so easily sounds like the garden-variety justifications of an imperial occupier who views his subjects as beneath contempt, as sub-sentient.

"...and the verdict was always the same: guilty!" What I like about this particular part of dialogue is how the actor sells it. Harris has a facial expression and eye movement that somehow convey the sort of derangement you might expect of a war criminal. A sort of glee in abusing power is expressed.

@waterpotato1667

2 жыл бұрын

How could he be a war criminal if there was no war?

@alcohol-freebeer3642

Жыл бұрын

​@@waterpotato1667 His camp did have a terrible safety record though, let's be honest.

@augustday9483

Жыл бұрын

It's also a cool moment that foreshadows a later episode where we see what the Cardassian justice system looks like, and it operates on exactly those same principles. The verdict is always the same, guilty!

This and In the Pale Moonlight are DS9’s finest episodes.

@Barnie2275

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!!!

@alexgataric

3 жыл бұрын

1st season too. First season TNG sucked.

@jamescourts1030

3 жыл бұрын

The visitor. Man that was amazing. Last line still gets me

@VsAStarr

3 жыл бұрын

What is the name of this episode?

@shivnorth3141

3 жыл бұрын

I like the one were obrien done the 20 years ...I can't remember the name...I'm in the midst if rewatching deep space nine atm! Much love all from Ireland 🇮🇪 🍀

Ah, when Star Trek still had great acting and great dialog.

@sharkdentures3247

3 жыл бұрын

Not to mention great writing & stories. (as opposed to just overly flashy, over-priced CGI) Ah, "the good ole days".

@AzguardMike

2 жыл бұрын

"great acting" - with Kira? Hahahaha there was a scene where she was meant to be angry and hurt, and the whole time the actress was grinning like a special needs kid on uppers.

@matthew8153

2 жыл бұрын

@@AzguardMike Which scene?

@JAnx01

2 жыл бұрын

Star Trek Discovery Season 3: "Earth is no longer part of the Federation?" "wHy sHoUlD wE bE? wE cAn TaKe CaRe Of OuRsElVeS!"

@liesdamnlies3372

2 жыл бұрын

@@JAnx01 I stopped watching after the first episode. What’s season 3 about? Something-something-Brexit-something?

"Well we can't have that, Major! I'll have no more secrets between us" Did this guy win an award for this role? God damn, this is possibly my favorite scene in the entire franchise

@renerpho

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed! And give a second one to the writers. Yulin didn't win an award for this role, but he got an Emmy later for playing a crime boss. Film critic Jim Emerson said that he should be in every movie ever made, and I agree.

This was an excellent episode.

@DocAcher

3 жыл бұрын

What episode is it?

@keyalpha1

3 жыл бұрын

@@DocAcher Duet, season 1.

@DocAcher

3 жыл бұрын

@@keyalpha1 Thank you!

i love when kira leaves visibly shaken, like she wouldn't believe a man to be so callously brutal

"Don't you see it doesn't change anything...It doesn't matter, you've already lost. You can never undo what I've accomplished, the dead will still be dead". Those words are far more powerful than a script on TV series.

I wouldn't be surprised if this was based on how Goring acted during the Nuremberg trials.

@TheErilaz

7 жыл бұрын

FrostPegasus exactly

@louiscachet7681

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, you saw the movie as well

@GeoStreber

3 жыл бұрын

Nah I don't think so. Göring tried to say he didn't know anything. This guy gives more Rudolf Höß (Kommandant of Auschwitz) vibes.

@DerBeppone

3 жыл бұрын

Göring was a coward and in denial during the trials. At that time he manipulated from the shadows. Only to kill himself to evade justice.

@TheRandomshite123

3 жыл бұрын

@Sam Houston He was very flippant about it in public. Dude was a psychopath

The acting and writing is SO amazing. The actor playing Gul Dar Heel was absolutely superb... what a performance.

Having lived in Ukraine and endured (briefly) Russia's occupation of the city I lived in, this episode hits a helluva lot different now than it did back when I was a teenage, theoretically asking "is this a Nazis-and-Jews reference or a Chinese-and-Tibetans reference" from a safe distance away.

This episode was amazing. It was a Star Trek version of a movie called "The Man in the Glass Booth." The acting was brilliant. The writing was brilliant. The camera work was brilliant. This is what television can be.

This episode was a masterclass in acting and writing. Any time I'll ever her someone dismiss this show THIS episode is going to be one of my examples of how it actually Was good.

@BoloBouncer

2 жыл бұрын

The man playing the Cardassian actually taught acting classes.

A master piece of acting and as a viewer it stirred up emotion and if you as a fan did not have a swing in the direction of emotions then you did not truly experience the performance given by the actors.

@creatip123

3 жыл бұрын

This surprised me too. I never really watched ds9, only tng and voyager. At first I thought kira and dax only served the purpose of eyecandies of the series, but man, kira really shined in this episode.

@thomashill6347

3 жыл бұрын

@@creatip123 I don't know the male actor by name But it was moving and in this episode we the fans see that all people of a race are not EVIL but just people that are trapped by the choice the government that rule make.

@padurarulcriticsicinic4846

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomashill6347 Harris Yulin.

Milhous: "When are we going to learn the secrets of his filing system?"

This was sort of the Star Trek equivalent of a Holocaust survivor facing down a man claiming to be an SS officer; and who was completely ok with immersing himself into that role as a sadistic monster.

Harris Yulin as Dar'heel, easily one of the most talented actors the Star Trek franchise ever had. Nana Visitor as Kira, easily one of the most well developed characters the Star Trek franchise ever invested in.

Consider this for a moment: In a universe filled with laser weapons that can kill or even disintegrate from a distance, the Cardassian soldiers came back covered in blood after committing atrocities. They weren't lining people up in orderly firing squads but killing people in the most primitive and brutal ways possible. This, from a more "superior, advanced, and civilized race" than the Bajorans.

@StarWarsomania

6 ай бұрын

You realize this isn't the actual Gul, but the actual file clerk he claimed to be, surgically altered to look like the Gul and acting as cartoonishly evil as possible on purpose? So... no. You shouldn't take the claim of soldiers coming back "covered in blood" as any more truthful than, say, the ramblings of Mein Kampf on the Jews.

@mikeggg5671

3 ай бұрын

I hear what you're saying, however I don't think your interpretation is accurate. The cardassians were certainly ruthless, and even brutal, but they were not generally hacking people apart. They would have seen it as a waste of their time when a phaser blast would have done exactly the same. I think he was speaking figuratively

Both actors were absolutely brilliant in this scene. It made you feel something deep.

Some episodes are good because of the action or story but dialog here is just outstanding. And his breakdown at the end. One of the most powerful scenes in DS9. I've said it before but DS9 showed a different side of Star Trek we never saw.

The ending when he breaks brings a tear to your eye. If you don’t feel something you’re probably a blood soaked Cardassian soldier.

@CaptainSeato

3 жыл бұрын

...I'd feel clean..? :v

@rustyshackleford1508

2 жыл бұрын

Based Bajoran Slayer you mean

My troops came back covered in Bajoran blood but they felt clean! Major! Do you know why they felt that way? BEcause they were clean!

@jstrahan2

3 жыл бұрын

Matthew Jones: Please translate your comment into understandable English.

@2bituser569

3 жыл бұрын

@@jstrahan2 Learn some manners. Not everyone is native English speaker or a good typer. I got what he said just fine.

@jstrahan2

3 жыл бұрын

2BitUser: So I should just ignore incomprehensible statements? I have no idea what he meant. Perhaps you could help me out by doing the translation.

@inachu

3 жыл бұрын

@@jstrahan2 learn to speak 5 language like me

@sophiehatter3111

3 жыл бұрын

@@jstrahan2 you sound like a nerd

The actor who played the Cardissian was the judge in Ghostbusters 2.

Watched a video about the Nuremberg trails and at one point they brought in someone who was part of running a concentration camp during WW2. He was like this. He was proud of his work. He saw nothing wrong at all with what he was doing. It was just a day's work.

@OneTopChap

3 жыл бұрын

Rudolf Höss

@ThatZenoGuy

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder who operates all the banks...

@youtubemodsaresnowflakelef7692

Жыл бұрын

@@OneTopChap Höss didn't talk like that. And Höss admitted a lot of things that turned out not to be true... but what do you expect. He was beaten with axe handles in his very first interrogation, and who knows what else afterwards. Höss claimed he killed more people in Auschwitz than he even had prisoners. Almost as if he was beaten and tortured into saying things.

In the end, Marritza was somewhat of a rejected messiah for the cardassians, someone who had so much love for their people but so much shame and guilt for their actions that he tried to play pretend as a dead war criminal so he could face a public execution just to force them to confront their own guilt.

@unclejoeoakland

2 жыл бұрын

The stone rejected by the builder

@johnlavery3433

2 жыл бұрын

He was the truest cardassian patriot, a man who loved his people so much, that despite understanding the totality of their sins, he saw something that could be redeemed

Both these people deserve awards for their performances in this episode.

this clip leaves out the most important part, this guy really was a filing clerk and he was ashamed.

@joshuaplotkin8826

3 жыл бұрын

He wanted to provide closure to the bajorans. He wanted someone to be held accountable for what happened.

@hagamapama

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshuaplotkin8826 He also wanted Cardassia to have to admit its guilt so it could heal and become a better citizen of the galaxy. Cardassians are deeply emotional about their nation and he couldn't bear to see the stain of his government's actions on his beloved Cardassia, it needed to be atoned for and he was determined to find a way to do it. For Cardassia. All Cardassians seem to love Cardassia very deeply. Even the rebels rebel over the ideals of Cardassia, wanting the nation to live closer to its ideal nature.

@stevekillgore9272

2 жыл бұрын

Geeeez ... write SPOILERS !

@Fr3k3

2 жыл бұрын

the title of the video pretty much explains exactly why they left out the end part

@julijakeit

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevekillgore9272 Jeez, grow up!

0:04 It's like she has interchangeable arms and shoulders lol

@emizerri

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad they changed her outfit in the later seasons

This scene is why this episode is one my favorites from DS9. It did some great character building for Kira. The acting from Mr. Yulin (Marritza) was great. He had a limited amount of space to work with and managed to make it work so well. The twist at the end came from nowhere. However if you pay attention you can see him breath a sigh of relief after she left might have given it away. Or maybe it's just me.

@renerpho

10 ай бұрын

A good plot twist is obvious on the second watch and impossible to catch on the first.

This is my favorite set of scenes in DS9. This actor is gnawing the scenery but is doing so in just the right way. And the script is brilliant. Everyone is the hero of their own stroy, even when everyone else sees you as the villain.

The writing for Deep Space Nine was magnificent... and the deliverance of most of those lines was just outstanding. I remember reading some years ago that a few of the Deep Space Nine writers also wrote for the newer reimagined Battlestar Galactica series with Edward James Olmos and Katee Sackhoff. Again, equally impressive series. I wish more writing like this was available today - lol. Now, all we've got are silly one-liners in Marvel Movies... lol.

and in the end, Cardasia is left in smoldering ruins...a nobody empire that no one cares about in the latter era of TNG ...(ie. post voyager)

@XX-sp3tt

3 жыл бұрын

Garek sardonically celebrates that his exile is over... because the government that exiled him no longer exists, Cardassia effective HAD no government by the end of the war. With the Dominion having disposed of the majority of those who weren't yes-men (who either died first or were likely strung-up as collaborators), and then being made to withdraw themselves... The Cardassian people were left with nothing.

Same actor who wanted to send the Ghostbusters to Rikers Island.

I absolutely love that actor, the way he delivers the lines is amazing

My favorite Harris Yulin role outside of this, is as the Angry Judge in Ghostbusters II.

Imho this may be the absolutely BEST episode of Trek I've ever seen. Wonderful writing. Simply excellent.

What gives us goosebumps up to this day about this speech is to think how many bastards along human History did what Gul Darheel did and took proud at it just as Marritza pretends to take. The good-hearted clerks were impotent to stop them, and still are. The Darheels are out there right now, leading all kinds of murderous forces. Including Western ones. I served as an airman in the end of Brazil's military dictatorship, under officers that had kidnapped and tortured and killed Civilians and resistants, and they scared me to death. Fortunately the worse was already behind us in 1982, for I was an opposition secret sympathizer already when I was drafted.

This is verbal brutality and savagery at its FINEST OH MY GOODNESS ! Major karia did not know what hit her . What brilliant acting indeed .

“The dead will still be dead” is an insanely powerful line.

This guy gave a fantastic performance 👏👏👏👏

Eloquent conversations, great acting and some good old action scenes... I remember why I freaking loved Star Trek back then.

There were so many good cardassian actors. They were great villains.

@Bosc715

3 жыл бұрын

Yes there were. This guy and the 4 lights guy were outstanding

@JnEricsonx

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bosc715 That would be David Warner. See also Star Trek 5 and 6.

@universalconquest4447

3 жыл бұрын

The Cardassians are the best, we need more on them expanding their empire and their hostile and organized take-overs of foreign planets.

@override367

3 жыл бұрын

the cardassian who had definitely done evil but just wanted his daughter back was absolutely wonderful as well

@kcatarino

6 ай бұрын

Warner was also Ras Al ghul lol

it makes this so much more impressive, to me at least, that this was not only a bottle episode.. it was in season 1. seriously setting the tone early. not many series, particularly in Star Trek come out so strong so early.

“And I, Gul Darheel” The acting is fantastic, you get both that he’s trying to convince Kira of the deception through the use of Cardassian arrogance she knows too well.

"What you call genocide, I call a days work." DAMN. The writing on this show. That is the 1st time I've really heard that.

At around the 4:00 mark, he definitely took me back to the Ghostbusters 2 courtroom scene. All we need now is a bubbling jar of ectoplasm.

This is absolutely my favorite episode in all of Deep Space Nine. Probably because of the responsibility Meritza assumed when he was guilty of nothing and unable to stop the massacres.

this is the episode that got me sold on ds9. the acting was superb. the writing is genius.

_"The monster never sees a monster in the mirror."_ -- J. Michael Straczinski, creator of *BABYLON 5*

This is one of the best moments to ever be on tv.

this is one of the BEST scenes in all ST there is.

"you can never undo what i've accomplished. the dead will still be dead" damn bro

Top notch work by Harris Yulin. When Trek was written well and delivered by good actors it could truly be mesmerizing.

This is by far the best episode of the entire DS9.

This is one of the greatest moments in DS9; in fact, I cannot recall ANYTHING on television that hit me as hard as this first scene. The writing and the delivery are magnificent.

What is this god-tier acting, holy -

Harris Yulin's performance was as mesmerizing as his assumed character was appalling..

God this actor had SUCH a good time playing this role, easily one of my favourite episodes of DS9

One of THE best Star Trek episodes ever, from all series

His performance is shakespearian in projection

"I regret a lot of what I had to do" "How convenient of you!" Was that Robin Williams in that makeup? lmao that timing is perfect

Honestly, the monologues in this scene is so well done! The actor did an amazing job with building up the tension.

Does it turn out he was just some file clerk with PTSD and survivors guilt? That's what REALLY got me about this episode; when he broke down and cried about all the terrible things that were happening all around him that he couldn't do a thing about and Kira actually felt pity for him...

magnificent acting. You have no doubt about his commitment to his work, beliefs and society. Then the plot twist pulls the very core of your being.

True insanity does have a certain purity to it, no matter how disgusting.

This would be an episode to put in a “hook list” of episodes to recommend to someone who has never seen DS9.

This episode had some Hannibal Lector vibes.

“ the dead will still be dead” great writing ✍🏽

Not that I agree to his motives, but brilliant monologue and dialogue. You don’t find this in today’s Trek. Good times, long gone. Sad...

@halocrafter300

2 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the episode? You might actually agree with his motives after all…

@distomos8118

2 жыл бұрын

@@halocrafter300 Of course, several times. Which motives are you referring to? From the one he was impersonating or his own.?

@halocrafter300

2 жыл бұрын

@@distomos8118 Oh, good. Maritza’s motive, not Darheel’s.

@Cargo_Bay

2 жыл бұрын

if this scene would be in todays trek, it would be written off as "sjw woke propgranda" by twitter and reddit nerds who are too cynical.

@distomos8118

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cargo_Bay Sad, but true. Controversys aren’t faced, just hidden or worse, denied.

The real Durheel may not have been as bombastic as this but to Maritiza this is the monster he knew, this is the monster he served under and he’s portraying that monster as he was not the mask he pretended to wear too cover what was underneath.

Superb case of acting - this guy nailed it completely and what makes it even more terryfing it's that on all accounts - he was right all along. And holy crap - that last line was just smashing "What you call genocide i call a day's work". That one was chilling to the bone.

This episode still gives me chills! Harris Yulan’s performance is outstanding!!

I've always felt that since Star Trek was presenting humanity as finally having overcome its baser side the Cardassians were a good stand in for how we would really operate.

"you may give your lives, but that is a sacrifice im willing to make"

@Albukhshi

3 жыл бұрын

Huh, didn't know Lord Forquad was a Cardassian...

this is one of my favourite episode in the whole of star trek universe

"Go ahead and call the Federation! They can't un-genocide the planet!"

One of the best acting I´ve ever seen.

The "people" stories like this episode are the best kind of Star Trek there has ever been, or ever will be.

Thanks to this wonderful performance, i got to know that this episode was inspired by the novel, stage play and then film "the man in the glass booth". And luckily this film is available on you tube. And this film is a master piece.

Simply the greatest portrayal of every evil tyrant in human history........

*all trek shows are bad in their first season!* Meanwhile, this episode.

@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301

3 жыл бұрын

not STTOS it was the other way around maybe you watched those episodes from last to first??

@TheMegaPingasMobile

2 жыл бұрын

@@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 there are so many more star trek series than tos, generally the first seasons are bit worse in one way or another

one of the best episode in DS9

I never saw this episode but from the numerous clips of it on here, what a great actor/character that Cardassian was!