Well, the time is here: my final prediction post for Deep Space Nine. I’ve made it through six seasons of this wonderful show, and I’m so glad I got to watch. Let’s revisit season 6 and look forward to the final season of this show.
First things first:
- Sisko/Starfleet will not take back DS9 in the first episode. Huzzah! Correct!
- It’ll take HALF THE SEASON to do that. And then immediately wrong.
- Meaning that the characters will be largely separated until then. I’M COUNTING THIS BECAUSE IT STILL WORKS.
- That includes Jake. THAT MAKES MY HEART BREAK. I HAD NO IDEA HOW MUCH IT WOULD HURT.
- There will be an episode just about Jake’s war reporting. Sort of? “Valiant” kind of fits this.Â
- Odo will be forced to work as Chief of Security under Dukat. Indeed, he did.
- Garak will help Sisko infiltrate DS9 when the time comes. GARAK HELPED WITH MANY OTHER THINGS.
- Jadzia and Worf will get married by the end of the season. YES YES YES YES.
- Kira and Odo will attempt to see each other by the end of the season. OH MY GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE LOOK AT THIS.
- But it won’t work out. oh my god IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.Â
- Keiko and the kids will return to the station by the end of the season. AND IT WAS GLORIOUS and then weird.
- Julian’s past will come up again in another episode. Actually, it came up ALL THE FUCKING TIME.
- This is more of a request, but can Morn speak ONCE? HOW MUCH CACKLING WAS THERE AT MY EXPENSE.
- Quark’s conscience will develop this season after witnessing the war firsthand. This is not a bad prediction, actually, though I’m still bitter that I had to sit through “Profit and Lace” and not get a reformed or changed Quark.
- Season 6 ends with the end of the Dominion War, and the Dominion will be defeated. A bold choice, but I think it’s possible. I WAS 100% WRONG ON THIS, SO WRONG, UTTERLY WRONG, WRONG FOREVER.
So, let’s try this one last time.
- Sisko will not return to Deep Space Nine until the FIFTH episode of the season.
- At some point, a new Dax symbiont will appear, and they’ll be a woman.
- Worf will have to deal with a new Dax, but will ultimately choose to stay with her.
- Oh god, I really want this: JULIAN GETS AN INVITATION TO SECTION 31.
- THERE WILL BE A WHOLE EPISODE ON IT, I WANT THIS MORE THAN MOST THINGS.
- Quark will finally have some character growth.
- Morn will speak once. (Bonus if it’s in the finale.)
- Sisko and Kasidy Yates will get married!
- Kira and Odo will get married, too.
- Gul Dukat dies.
- Garak dies.
- Weyoun dies.
- Damar dies.
- Nog dies.
- Jake leaves Deep Space Nine.
- (I’m gonna just do a whole bunch of huge, series-ending predictions because I suspect this show is not fucking around with me.)
- Deep Space Nine is destroyed by the end of the series.
- Sisko regains contact with the Prophets by re-opening the wormhole.
- Kira leaves DS9 in the finale to live on Bajor.
- The Federation wins the Dominion War, but it won’t happen until the series finale.
- Julian finds a romantic partner by the end of the series.
- The Federation gets a huge new ally before the Dominion War ends.
- I will cry a lot in the finale and at least one other episode.
LET’S DO THIS.
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