It seems like very scene with Avery Brooks, he acts more like an alien than the Bajorans or any other race on the station. He's just so freaking odd in his delivery (either completely monotone, or filled with strange outbursts and exclamations), and everyone seems to be doing their best to act around his bizarre take on the character. I'd love to imagine someone like Tim Russ in the role, and how much better he'd be.
Felecia M. Bell as Jennifer Sisko is also not great... both of them would be better suited on a daytime soap than here, with their extremely deliberate line delivery. Both her and Brooks are just so distracting in their off-putting choices.
That said, this pilot episode is miles and miles better than Star Trek: The Next Generation's Encounter At Farpoint. Better pacing, better overall story, and much better logic make this a pretty decent sci-fi pilot episode, and one of the top 1/3 of long-length stories in all of Star Trek.
Felecia M. Bell as Jennifer Sisko is also not great... both of them would be better suited on a daytime soap than here, with their extremely deliberate line delivery. Both her and Brooks are just so distracting in their off-putting choices.
That said, this pilot episode is miles and miles better than Star Trek: The Next Generation's Encounter At Farpoint. Better pacing, better overall story, and much better logic make this a pretty decent sci-fi pilot episode, and one of the top 1/3 of long-length stories in all of Star Trek.