Talk:Lars' Head/@comment-1156708-20170813193541

''"Steven returning home is very similar to Garak, Worf, Dr. Julian Bashir and Martok getting rescued on the Runabout..." ''

Uhhh... not really? I mean, I guess so far as as much as it's a return from a multi-episode imprisonment, but that's really broad, many shows have had this kind of plot. I don't see that anything to say that's anything more than a passing incidental similarity.

On the other hand:

* In SU, Steven was there because he handed himself in. In DS9, the characters were captured.

* In SU, it's one character returning. On DS9, several characters had been kidnapped (at different times) and return.

* In SU, a character is left behind. In DS9, all our characters escape.

* In SU, Steven escapes by coming across a path back, roughly equivalent to a Star Trek wormhole; there wasn't really a rescue, nor a deliberate escape, and he made it back instantly. In DS9, they plan an escape, signalling their ship to transport them on board, then have to fly back over time.

* In SU, getting home is its own end: the culmination of the plot is his return. In DS9, one of the crew has been replaced, with the kidnapped team racing to escape to let the rest know there's a traitor in their midst.

* In SU, by the end Steven isn't so much imprisoned as hiding, with a group of new characters he interacts with. In DS9 they're very much in captivity, with the only "new" character we're introduced to being one who's (kinda: don't ask, long story) been in the show before, and who escapes with them (Martok).

* Just the details of the episodes are different: there's no real similarity in the environments, camera angles, events, or characters.

* They're both wonderful episodes of wonderful shows that are great for their own reasons. That's obviously not a difference, I just want to make it clear I'm not hating on either show here... I just don't think there's any reference to DS9 being made here.