To fully understand the Bashir/Garak thing in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, you need to understand that Garak first appears in the second episode of the series, very obviously trying to arrange a hookup with Bashir – like, it's just barely subtext – and then the network was like "what the fuck" and ordered to showrunners to knock it off with the gay shit, and as a result, Garak promptly disappears from the show for twenty episodes, next appearing in the fifth episode of season two. Can you imagine what that did to folks who were watching in real time?
For the unacquainted, this is literally Garak's first on-screen appearance:
It's about two minutes long, but watch until the end. Trust me.
I want you to imagine being a viewer who's into gay Star Trek fanfic, having this be your cold intro to these two characters' dynamic, then getting zero interactions between them for the next eight months.
You missed a classic opportunity to share the Best Edit Ever Made of this interaction
@aehallhyon Because of you recent post, I thought you'd enjoy this video edit of the scene.






















