Nine Reasons We Need a ‘Deep Space Nine’ Revival

In 2020, I dedicated my extra time at home to tackling a feat that normally wouldn’t be possible: watching the entirety of the Star Trek franchise. I laughed. I cried. I cringed. And I loved it all. One thing that stuck with me throughout the entirety of the journey is that Deep Space Nine is perfect. The character arcs. The narrative progression. The insight. In my opinion, this is the show we should have gotten instead of Picard. I need more of it now.  So here are nine reasons why we need more Deep Space Nine. 1: There’s More Story to Tell

This is honestly the biggest reason, and every other point I make from here on out is really just branching off from this point.  We live in a time where reboots and continuations are the norm in television and movies. Sometimes they work. Sometimes they don’t. Doesn’t matter if something ended on a sour note or if it had a satisfying ending. If there’s money to be made, it can be revived.  Deep Space Nine falls somewhere in the middle. While its finale was satisfying, it also left threads open with a promise for more. But to this day, we haven’t gotten a canonical entry into anything that the show left open. That hurts me. In a continuation of Deep Space Nine, we could find out what life was like after Sisko ascended into a Prophet. Either from his perspective or the perspective of his family and friends. At one point in time, the show was going to have movies just like The Next Generation, but they were shelved. Dust …