BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 4.7.23//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:RMCommunityCalendar NAME:RMCommunityCalendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Avery Brooks saving Sisqo - January 15th 2025 DTSTAMP:20250118T181054Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:138-7-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Avery Brooks saving Sisqo - January 15th 2025\n\n https:/ /aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2828&\;type=status\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n IF YOU DIDNT CLICK THE STATUS LINK ABOVE\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n The Legend of Sisqó played by Avery Brooks\n\n I think the en d of Deep Space Nine kept the old star trek adage the needs of the many ou tweigh the needs of the few or the one while maintaining Brooks desire to be a responsible husband+ father. ...the resulting episode\, maintained si sqo the family man while maintaining sisqo a federation officer willing to do what is necessary to help the most \n\n ARTICLE\n\n Star Trek: Why Av ery Brooks Changed Sisko's Original DS9 Ending\n\n The Star Trek: Deep Spa ce Nine finale almost had a different ending for Benjamin Sisko before act or Avery Brooks requested it changed. DS9 was the third series in the Star Trek franchise and ran from 1993 to 1999 before ending after seven season s. The show delivered its two-part final episode\, \"What You Leave Behind \"\, in June 1999\, rounding out its run with an action-packed and emotion al finale that wrapped up a multitude of storylines. One of the most impor tant storylines to get resolved\, however\, was the conclusion of the arc for DS9's main character\, the underrated Captain Benjamin Sisko.\n\n Sisk o's character arc revolved around him coming to terms with his role as the Emissary\, an important spiritual leader to the Bajoran people chosen by their gods the Prophets to save Bajor by finding the Celestial Temple. Sis ko learned he was the Emissary in episode 1\, and this fact was the basis for many of his storylines throughout DS9. In \"What You Leave Behind\"\, Sisko finally fulfilled his destiny by stopping Gul Dukat from releasing t he Pah-Wraiths\, and subsequently joined the Prophets in the Celestial Tem ple. In doing so\, Sisko left behind his life and agreed to reside with th e Prophets as one of them\, a non-corporeal being outside of time and spac e. Unfortunately\, this also meant Captain Sisko left his family behind in the corporeal world\, including his then-pregnant wife\, Kasidy Yates-Sis ko.\n\n During his final scene\, Sisko was allowed to see Kasidy one last time\, to tell her what had happened and let her know that despite everyth ing\, he would return to her one day. In the original ending\, however\, t he scene depicted Sisko telling Kasidy he would never return and would sta y with the Prophets forever\, never seeing her or his son\, Jake\, again. This would have been a much less ambiguous\, if sadder\, ending for Sisko and his family. This version made it all the way to production and was eve n shot\, but after the initial filming\, Avery Brooks contacted Deep Space Nine's executive producer Ira Steven Behr to request the scene be changed . Brooks told Behr that after giving it some thought he was uncomfortable with the implications of a black man essentially abandoning his pregnant w ife to raise their unborn child alone. Behr apparently agreed with Brooks since the scene was re-shot and changed to the ending viewers are now fami liar with.\n\n Although the change was small\, Brooks advocating for it he lped make sure Sisko was not written completely out-of-character in the fi nale. Being the first black man to be the lead in his own Star Trek show\, Sisko was a groundbreaking character for the franchise\, but over the yea rs\, fans and critics have cited that one of the most important things abo ut him was the fact he was a black male character who was a family man. At a time when the representation of black men as devoted fathers was scarce in media\, Sisko served as a positive example for many. Brooks changing S isko's ending to be consistent with his portrayal as fiercely loyal to his family made sure this reputation wasn't marred right at the end like it m ight have been if the scene had not been altered.\n\n Despite Brooks' chan ge adding a hopeful note\, Sisko's ending was still bittersweet. Additiona lly\, even with viewer interest and the Deep Space Nine creative team havi ng ideas of how to carry on\, there has not yet been a continuation of Sis ko's storyline\, meaning fans have never gotten to see his prophesied retu rn to his family. Even so\, Avery Brooks making sure Sisko eventually woul d return was a very smart move and served to make the end of Star Trek: De ep Space Nine even better.\n\n URL\n\n https://screenrant.com/star-trek-ds 9-sisko-ending-return-avery-brooks-change/\n\n\n\n FROM Steven Barnes OF L IFEWRITING\n\n Avery Brooks was a shattering revelation. The most \"male\" black man I'd ever seen on television.  I almost couldn't believe what I was watching. And according to Brooks\, Robert Urich was instrumental in demanding that Hawk be Hawk.  Bless him.  Bless them both.  Brooks even tually sacrificed his career to resist studio attempts to turn Sisko into a Magical/Sacrificial Negro...preferring to be a good father to his son.   He didn't quite succeed\, but the effort itself would have made Hawk pr oud.\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250115 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR