commander benjamin sisko acting totally normally for 3 and a half minutes

now do you understand why he's the best?

[@naranara1690]

How can he be so eccentric and so stoic at the same time

[@adultdeleted]

he's actually restraining his pimp hand

[@mrizwan7566]

Just see him in william shatner captain documentary, I am not sure but looks like he was high.

[@striker8961]

His own brand of stoicism, not being faced by anything, and so being comfortable animating himself any way he likes to emphasise ye lack of sh-ts that he gives.

[@michaelbread5906]

My friend can do this. He also happens to be a fit black dude, and like Sisko, as soon as he went bald, his threat factor multiplied by 10, lmao.

[@joe9739]

1:28 Lol why the HELL did he randomly wink at this dude, then abruptly remembers he's on the clock 😂😂

[@BestWayKilla]

I feel like Avery Brooks absolutely relished every chance he had to portray Sisko acting like a cartoon come to life, and we should all be thankful for it.

[@mikevignola4213]

Definitely in you can see that he had way too much fun everytime he had an excuse to ham it up. As the Dr.No parody in Our Man Bashir and that one time he was in klingon makeup.

[@SurnameName]

man's a shakesperian actor, those people are great at hamming it up

[@romancandle416]

Let's just say that Mr. Brooks loved a slice of ham.

[@SurnameName]

@@romancandle416 trek loves its theatre actors and theatre actors love ham

[@joe9739]

He doesn't really act anymore, so seeing him on screen is a finite resource,sadly. And I'm not entirely sure that Avery Brooks isn't just another Capt. Benjamin Lafayette Sisko character, like Benny Russell.

[@allature]

That fake ass smile he put on for the ambassadors 😭💀

[@TheClintonio]

Literally me when having to report to more senior staff at work. I'll be waiting in the meeting room stewing about how pointless the meeting will be, they enter the room and BAM I'm cheery.

[@LeonCat]

Imagine you're an admiral watching Sisko's log entries and eventually he starts acting like that.

[@joe9739]

In The Pale Moonlight, he thought he was recording, when in fact he was live streaming... Oops

[@oldusernamewasbadlol]

He is normal though. These are the verbal quirks and flourishes that real-life people have and I love that he gives them to Sisko. Absolute king.

[@eviljoel]

Another reason why Sisko feels the most like a real person out of all the captains.

[@joshuacookingham2171]

When I ask someone if Sisko is the best captain and they don't respond right away: 0:45

[@joe9739]

Yessss😂😂😂

[@wagnarokkr]

almost thirty years since that pilot episode aired, I must have seen it dozens of times, and it only just occurred to me: why was he carrying THREE lemonades?

[@ArchibaldClumpy]

Hey, when life gives you three lemons...

[@Kya71887]

THERE WERE FOUR LEMONADES!! JK. [Laughs in Four Lights]

[@USMarshmallow]

One for him, one for her, one for Jake who wasn't even born in that point in time

[@lunabeekhuizen8858]

"What is it?" "A CLOCK!!!!!"

[@DinnerBells]

"ITS A FAAAAAKE!!!"

[@zachjames6181]

@@DinnerBells IT'S REAL!!!!

[@Yaapo]

@@zachjames6181 HA!

[@heemdream]

@@zachjames6181”I CREATED . . . THE CLOCK!”

[@dashfatbastard]

Those tight, plosive consonants and crisp diction is from what happens when a brilliant musician turns ability and puts in years of hard work and training to become a theatrical performer. Shatner, Stewart, Spiner, Brooks, Auberjenois, Hertzler, Mulgrew and Bakula all had strong theatrical training and experience. Gravitas is a hallmark of their performances.

[@cecilcin4455]

Don't forget Robert Picardo!

[@Brian-rt5bb]

the best and most underappreciated element of old Trek was employing all these mega-talented theater actors to ham it up in wacky costumes and make-up. it's such a delight

[@tilasole3252]

Tell me... Ad_vo_cate... Isn't... It... Pos_si_ble...

[@dashfatbastard]

@@cecilcin4455 I say forget him...he's not even CLOSE to the class of Brooks or Stewart as far as training, skill, raw talent, or the interior gifts necessary to center a Trek franchise show....he should thank god he'll never have to. He's a TV actor who got lucky. He's a lightweight.

[@Sithvulcan76]

Avery Brooks owned this character. This show was full of character that's why I loved it so much.

[@michaelealey7370]

Sisko wins 'most eccentric' Captain for sure.

[@reliant1701]

Is anyone else a little terrified by Sisko Smiling?

[@charlottewolery558]

Death glare is the warning you need to take. The smile is when the fun begins. Nor for you, but for Sisko

[@ArchibaldClumpy]

When he's romantically interested in someone he smiles like he's imagining how their head would look mounted on his wall.

[@LekxianMagician]

that enunciation! *chef's kiss* a master of elocution!!

[@redpillfreedom6692]

2:31 It's a wonder Avery didn't blow out the audio equipment here.

[@centuryuncle8347]

one-rakta-jino-with-a-jacarine PEEL 👌🏿

[@bigfuckinfrogo-o6070]

i love him so much. hes fucking insane

[@martymcfly4654]

Best decision sisko made was growing that badass beard/goatee

[@Eph_Wilson]

That beach outfit looked freaking tight.

[@allature]

OWWW!

[@jasonabernethy99]

1:19 Major Kira being so done with that place broke me the 1st time i watched that episode,

[@theyos88]

1:49 lmao, how did I never notice this before?

[@chitterlingsrtasty]

hah! yeah, I and I just watched the episode again a few days ago and still missed it lol

[@TryingIGuess]

I just watched the first episode of ds9 for the first time. My god somebody put a rizztraining order on him.

[@joe9739]

1:35 LMAO😅. WHY TF DID HE WINK AT HIM😂😂!? Then proceeded to just go robot mode, BACCK TO WORK 😂

[@reboandzooty]

Sisko freakin rules

[@maarifawalcott5145]

Possibly the best iteration of Star Trek. Certainly my favorite, but top three for sure.

[@dna9838]

“Captain’s a psycho..” is what what nobody ever said in the series, but should have.

[@danverss6176]

How is bro's B and P bass boosted 😭😭😭

[@Saiyanprince1114]

3:00 Avery Brooks's plosives were always S-Tier

[@andyb1653]

Ben Sisko is like James T Kirk being channeled through Mr. T. Only Avery Brooks could have done that.

[@potsdam28]

Well more like Hawk from Spenser for Hire

[@tilasole3252]

What's wrong with that Odo? A little romance... [zooms into the face and then the eyes!]

[@TYANTOWERS]

hey the clock thing is not fair. He was not himself

[@pandaowl6141]

And still, it tells you everything you need to know about him xD

[@ultra6671]

I love how watching this out of context makes Sisko look like a total madman.

[@PeachWookiee]

Does anyone else feel like putting a conga beat to Alamarain?

[@chadlarson4149]

2:34 - 2:42 He just had enough of the replicator serving him scolding hot coffee. It was just the final straw when it was served ice cold.

[@TheOrigamiGuru]

p....P......BUTT! Hilarious!

[@seskal8595]

Dramatis personae is a gold mine for this

[@Daimo83]

Now consider that he would have had to do the exact same thing on multiple takes...

[@patrickschulz2193]

And this was only from when his hair kept him in check…

[@juno433]

this is hilarious. thanks

[@joe9739]

1:04 Lmao you KNOW shes just thinking 'God help me😐. This man is insane!"

[@psuley1977]

This is important

[@dashfatbastard]

I loved this scene!

[@SwordGuy17]

Which one?

[@dashfatbastard]

@@SwordGuy17 First one, with Jennifer. It was a bit cringe but I could relate.

[@AndrewChapman]

Yep, seems totally normal to me😂

[@mikeomoran9256]

0:06-0:13 What the hell.... opaca lives rent free in my head

[@shawntco]

Every year or so I run across this video again. And every time, 2:11 gets me in tears laughing

[@michaelpuglisi6767]

Granted a solid minute of this is not Sisko

[@BijouBakson]

ha ha ha... My fav captain!

[@dmitrikalashnikov4754]

SPOILERS for those who haven't yet seen the last season of DS9 Must've been kinda funny for the Prophets to see Sisko, quite literally a child of one of their own, come back to them and he acts like this: 0:27. Excellent stuff, truly

[@SerAkimbo]

That Allamaraine chant haunts my dreams

[@aaronknight7129]

WELL DONE

[@jtymusic100]

Not into star trek, but this was good

[@doyltruddy902]

how can you not like star trek wtf

[@Foxingg]

@@doyltruddy902 If my only introduction to the franchise was the modern series I wouldn't like it either. Once upon a time this show DOMINATED television

[@slighter]

Acting!

[@slighter]

Or as Sisko might call it: AC..tinng.

[@TheMarlinspike]

Where?

[@keks1krvmel]

king

[@roberthenryscott8176]

A clock!! 😂😂😂

[@starfleethastanks]

When you watch DS9 enough, you stop seeing it.

[@bironicus]

He's literally just one of the girls

[@keithtorgersen9664]

I’m pretty sure 2:30 was someone who had taken over commander sisko’s brain

[@Geekus]

A CLOCK!!!

[@Shinobi33]

Damn he did have hair

[@canadanionerdo5434]

"Normal"

[@giovannigodinezochoa5789]

2:10 xD

[@AckzaTV]

opaka u could make a great sequel to that star trek tng pyschedelic comedy video with this

[@esmith8818]

I mean, it DID turn out to be a clock...

[@Lajos_Kelemen]

So the moment he shaved his head he went berserk

[@AckzaTV]

that michael jackson scream needs to be remixed

[@johnnynorrisjr.39]

Q: Kirk or Picard? A: Avery Brooks

[@hughsmith7504]

2:42 Did that officer just survive a Sisko Backhand? must have been distracted by clocks or something.

[@georgewang2947]

Seems like people talked about fricassee a lot more in the 90s

[@whuffer5103]

"BUTT"

[@awizardwithwords994]

2:14 What a fucking strange edit lol

[@Vel_Plays_2.0]

I just had a satisfying dump whilst watching this lol

[@wristdisabledwriter2893]

Singing the rhythm is normal?

[@martinm.1967]

Fremdschämen.

[@October-sw3pt]

Am I the only one who doesn't see what's wrong with many of these scenes? The entire last third is from an episode where he was under mind control and acting like someone else.

[@TheClintonio]

I like his acting almost all of the time, occasionally I feel he goes too far but this compilation was full of good moments.

[@admiralandy1983]

Commander Sisko > Captain Sisko.

[@bunnybismuth]

What the fuck is "rolloped" anyway

[@Yaapo]

Move Along Home is so cringe

[@darkridearts]

CRINGE so strong it burns

[@NPC-30]

Bad acting deluxe.

[@nevillesmith426]

Avery Brooks bad acting was probably the single biggest turn off for me to DS9. So fucking cringe. More wooden than Pinocchio.

[@agentcarbunkle]

Avery's acting starts terrible in DS9 with the very hammy acted death scene of his wife (Somebody help meeeeeee) then becomes bearable towards the middle then trails off again at the end of the later seasons. The other characters and the writing of eps save DS9 and although I do like TNG I do prefer DS9 the crew of TNG can be a bit too goody two shoes for me at times.

[@ryanderenbecker8837]

I mean, if we're gonna come here to start an argument SG > ST, I'll take O'Neill over all of em any day.