4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Episode, May 27, 1999
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This review is from: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 6: Captive Pursuit [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This is a good episode! DS:9 first encounter with an alien from the wormhole. Obrien befriends the creature but he is a prey in a hunt, when the hunters storms on the station alerting security, Cmdr. Sisko demands an explanation when he gets one, he orders the creature to be released to their custody, Obrien disagrees with Sisko and breaks him out, and the hunt resumes. "Die with honor"
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The hunt is on!, August 19, 2000
This review is from: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 6: Captive Pursuit [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This is an episode that centres around O'Brien and his relationship with an alien who is part of a slave-race that serves as hunt in a deadly game where their masters pursue them to their death. When O'Brien tries to protect his new found friend, a direct violation of Federation policy, he becomse the prey also - except this is Deep Space Nine his battleground and no one knows the station better than Chief O'Brien!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
How much Brien is in this episode? *Miles* O' Brien., August 6, 2003
This review is from: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 6: Captive Pursuit [VHS] (VHS Tape)
CAPTIVE PURSUIT is a nicely understated episode featuring some solid performances from the regular cast and crew. The first season is still young, so it's good to see them focusing on individual characters rather than trying to cram everyone into the mix, regardless of how well they fit a particular episode.
The first alien from the Gamma Quadrant accidentally finds himself journeying through the wormhole and arriving at the Deep Space Nine station. Although he comes from the other side of the galaxy, he looks pretty much the same as most other types of aliens that we see in Star Trek; it's up to Scott McDonald's performance to put some feeling of otherness into the creature, and he succeeds admirably. O'Brien attempts to gain the alien's confidence to learn what he is up to as well as opening ties to life-forms from the other side. The alien, who describes both his species and himself simply as "Tosk", is reluctant to talk, sparking discussion among the station crew that he may be an escaped prisoner or a wanted fugitive.
I liked how relaxed the first contact with an alien from the Gamma quadrant was. I'd imagine this same story taking place on the Next Generation ship would have involved a lot of pomp and circumstance, and it would have stretched over two commercial breaks, punctuated with long speeches delivered by Patrick Stewart. Here, O'Brien just wanders up to the guy and asks if he needs any help fixing the ship. The two characters work well together, and the episode's most successful scenes are those of the pair trying to learn about each other's culture. It really is standard science-fiction stuff, but the two actors make even the more hackneyed dialog sound fresh.
This could very easily been a rather bland episode, but it's rescued by good performances and some clever dialog. For me, Star Trek is often at its best when focusing on the smaller-scale stuff, when it remembers to allow the characters to have some depth. And that's just what we have here.
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