"The Maquis, part II"
(Makiji, 2. dio)

Sezona: 2
Epizoda: 21
Datum premijere: 01.05.1994.
Prikazana na HRT-u: 04.12.2008.


Scenaristi: Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor, and Ira Steven Behr
Redatelj: Corey Allen
Gostujući glumci:
Tony Plana as Amaros
John Schuck as Legate Parn
Natalija Nogulich as Admiral Alynna Nechayev
Bertila Damas as Sakonna
Michael Bell as Drofo Awa
Amanda Carlin as Kobb
Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat
Stardate: nepoznat (2370)

Kratak sadržaj: (preuzeto sa ST centra)
Sisko, Kira i Bashir zarobljeni su u kampu Makija, ali Gul Dukat nije tamo. Cal Hudson kaže Sisku da napušta Zvjezdanu Flotu kako bi radio zajedno s pobunjenicima, siguran da Kardasija krši sporazum s Federacijom krijumčareći oružje u Demilitariziranu Zonu. Hudson otkriva kako da će on i Makiji napraviti sve kako bi ih zaustavili.Sisko nudi pomoć svom prijatelju putem mirnijih metoda, ali Hudson odbija, i tada ošamućuje Siska i njegovu pratnju kako bi pobjegao. Natrag na DS9, Sisko dobiva lekciju od strane admiralice Nehajeve koja inzistira da se sporazum mora održati. Ne želeći odustati od Hudsona, Sisko odlučuje ne prijaviti kako je njegov prijatelj posato izdajnik. Nešto kasnije, Ssiko se sastaje s kardasijanskim legatom Parnom, koji krivi Dukata za krijumčarenje oružja. Taj susret definitivno uvjeri Siska kako Kardasija krijumčari oružje - ali ne preko Dukata.
Detaljnije informacije:Memory Alpha

Kompletan scenarij: ST Minutiae

Background Information:
* In this episode, we see a Klingon member of the Maquis, perhaps foreshadowing B'Elanna Torres, and also a Native American Maquis portrayed by the same actor who appeared as a member of the Dorvan V tribe in "Journey's End", perhaps foreshadowing Chakotay.
* A line cut from the episode stated that Hudson and Sisko had once played dom-jot on Pelios Station against two Zakdorn on the suggestion of Curzon Dax. The two Starfleet officers clearly lost and Curzon told them that he had placed a high bet on the Zakdorn.
* This is the first episode to introduce some ambiguity in relation to the character of Gul Dukat. Dukat had appeared five times prior to this episode (in "Emissary", "Duet", "The Homecoming", "Cardassians", and "Necessary Evil"), but had predominantly been depicted as a villain. In this episode, his character is fleshed out, particularly in the scene where he is speaking to the Xepolite hetman. After his conversation, Dukat notices that Kira is looking strangely at him and he smiles to himself. This ambiguity as to Kira's attitude toward Dukat would remain a recurring theme for the duration of the show, perhaps seen at its most ambiguous in the fourth season episode "Return to Grace". However, despite this ambiguity, Nana Visitor herself never wavered from maintaining that there could never be any kind of romantic relationship between Kira and Dukat: "To Kira, Dukat is Hitler. She's not ever going to get over that. She can never forgive him...she will always hate Dukat." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
* Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #3 ("Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to")
* Dukat's line that "on Cardassia, the verdict is always known before the trial begins" became the basis for the episode "Tribunal".
* Ira Steven Behr is extremely proud of this episode and considers it to be one of the most important early episodes in establishing the darker Star Trek ideology for which Deep Space Nine would become famous. In particular, he refers to Sisko's speech to Kira, and the line "it's easy to be a saint in paradise", as expressing a much less optimistic view of humanity than had ever before been presented in Star Trek. Behr has said he always wanted to dig deeper into Starfleet, to see what Earth was really like, and to examine the paradise that Gene Roddenberry had envisioned. Indeed, he wanted to do this on The Next Generation but was never allowed; "I'd been waiting to say that line in Star Trek for a long time. We need to dig deeper and find out what, indeed, life is like in the twenty-fourth century. Is it this paradise, or are there, as Harold Pinter said, "Weasels under the coffee table." Sisko's speech in this episode was the beginning of our really starting to question some of the basic tenets of Star Trek philosophy. Because, yes, it's a paradise - but so what?" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion) This theme of examining the most basic elements of Star Trek philosophy would return in Quark's speech about the Federation in the episode "The Jem'Hadar", in the third season "Past Tense, Part I"/"Past Tense, Part II" two-parter, in the fourth season "Homefront"/"Paradise Lost" two-parter, in Michael Eddington's comparison of the Federation to the Borg in the episode "For the Cause", in the character of Richard Bashir in the fifth season episode "Doctor Bashir, I Presume", and would ultimately culminate in the creation of Section 31 for the sixth season episode "Inquisition".
* At the end of the episode, Kira tells Sisko he prevented a war, but Sisko wonders if he really did or had he only delayed the inevitable. By the end of the fifth season, the answer is known.
* Sisko would discover in the fifth season episode "Blaze of Glory" that Cal Hudson has been killed by the Jem'Hadar. That episode would also see the last activity of the Maquis, which has been wiped out due to the increased military presence in the DMZ brought about by Cardassia joining the Dominion.

Ova dosta dobra izjava dokazuje da DS9 nije toliko utopijska serija kao TNG , ali svejedno ima tu nekakve univerzalne istine , onaj kome je dobro ponekad zaboravlja da postoje ljudi kojima i nije tako dobro a dio su istog sustava ili da kazem carstva , federacije
Iskreno onaj makijski prkos hudsona i izbjegavanje dogovora je djelovalo gorovo ako teroristicka propaganda , zasto bi se netko borio za mir a izbjegavao razgovore o njemu i dijalog , nema mi to smisla
Cak u kontekstu ovog svega , ona quarkova izjava vezana uz 3 pravilo stjecanja i nije besmislena , jer ipak cijena sireg rata je ipak veca od cijene dijaloga , pa barem i loseg dijaloga
Istini za volju makiji su mi djelovali puno postenije u TNG epizodama s indijancima na planetu i demitilitariziranoj zoni i sa RO koja se infiltrira u makijsku celiju , nekako su mi oni makiji bili ipak nesto posteniji , mozda je to samo istina u oku promatraca ali tako je ja vidim
Bonus svemu je i ipak malo veca moralnost ljudi naspram kardassianaca , dok bi dukat sve raznio i digao u zrak , sisko pak dosta puta se ponese civilizirano i ponekad malo i naivno , doduse dukatova predstava kad je trebalo zaplijenit oruzje sa krijumcarskog broda je impresivna , no zapravo samo jos jedan dokaz koliko su kardassianci okrutni , jer cisto sumljam da bi ga se onaj kapetan bojao da nije bilo tako :/
Jedno stvar ipak moram priznat , iako kardassianske spletke su remkdjelo , fale mi romulanci , fali mi ono malo jace sivilo kad neznas sta te ceka a opet to revno iscekujes , ali pitanje je dal je star trek i dalje utopija slobode kad uzmes u obzir da imaju politickih igara po broju jednako kao u danasnjem realnom svijetu ?

Eto, pojavili se Makiji i na DS9
Meni se ne cine puno drugacijima nego na TNGu...
U kasnijim pojavljivanjima neki se prikazu kao totalni zlocinci, a neki kao obicni ljudi - npr. u Voyageru je pola posade bilo Makiji, na pocetku je bilo incidenata, ali na kraju su i Makiji i Starfletovci postali jedinstvena posada, sa zajednickim ciljem - povratkom kuci.

Odlican Dukatov nastup, pogotovo u sceni s krijumcarima...

Pocinje se razvijati i odnos Kira-Dukat koji ce biti cesta tema u kasnijim epizodama...

DS9 polako postaje mracniji i prava DS9 atmosfera se pocinje zahuktavati...

Jako dobro opazanje.
To je jako zanimljiva izjava - jedna od najboljih u Star Treku opcenito... bas udara u srz federacije.
Kao sto pise gore u detaljima - neki su jedva cekali trenutak kada ce takvu izjavu smjeti pustiti na Treku - "it's easy to be a saint in paradise"

Ovo bi bila prijelomna epizoda Treka nakon koje ce DS9 biti puno drugaciji - mracniji, dublji, siviji,... manje u orginalnom Genovom idilicnom duhu star treka... na fanovima je da odluce da li im se takav trek svidja vise ili manje nego orginalni TOS i TNG-ovski...

Pa nije nit TNG idilican , tamo je svaki drugi admiral korumpiran a svaka druga urota je unutar federacije (pegasus u sedmoj sezoni , kraj prve sezone i slicno)

To stoji (makar su urote uglavnom bile posljedice vanjskih utjecaja, ili pojhedinacni slucajevi)
No likovi su uglavnom bili crno-bijeli, a u DS9u ima toliko sivila da ponekad ni sam nisi siguran da li je neki lik pozitivac ili negativac... uzmi npr. Garaka kao primjer...

A neke stvari koje se događaju u DS9u teško da bi prosle u TNGu - SF kapetan koji smulja drugu rasu i na prevaru je uvuče u rat, visokopozicioniran negativac koji želi iskoristiti rat da od federacije stvori diktaturu i sl... takvih stvari baš i nema puno u TNGu...