#i'm convinced colm meany's performance here single handedly made them consider O'brien for ds9

[ireallyamabear]

yeah yeah O'Brien must suffer and everything but really, the real tragedy here is that when we meet him and Keiko he thought he put the war against the Cardassians so far behind him that he hadn't even talked to his new wife about his experiences at all. And then he makes a career move to develop the only positive thing he took away from that war and Setlik 3 - his love for engineering - and gets thrown back into that same conflict with the Cardassians, that actually never really ended, and that will overshadow his relationship with his wife and whole family forever now. Poor guy.

#just rewatched 'the wounded' and that is such a great episode #they perfectly set up a whole new alien species and seven seasons of tv story telling in one go #i'm convinced colm meany's performance here single handedly made them consider O'brien for ds9 #(and Marc alaimo as well) #star trek #tng #ds9 #the wounded #miles o'brien #keiko o'brien #colm meaney #rosalind chao #marc alaimo #cardassians #mp