Deep Space Nine: Holy Shit

Brikar · 11-26-2011, 02:15 AM

I know there's already a thread like this, but I'm gonna restart it anyway.

1x01/1x02 "Emissary" - Commander Benjamin Sisko gathers his crew aboard the space station Deep Space Nine on the Federation border where he discovers the first stable wormhole known to exist, placing the station and the planet Bajor in jeopardy from the Cardassian Empire. 'Emissary' is, in my opinion, the best of the 'Star Trek' pilot episodes. It places less emphasis on action and adventure and makes Sisko's grief over the death of his wife the major obstacle to achieving peace with the mysterious wormhole aliens/Bajoran Prophets. A number of long-running story threads are introduced, including Sisko's role as the Emissary, the Cardassians vs Bajorans back story, Odo's mysterious past, Bashir's attraction to Dax, O'Brien's difficulties with the station's computer (more of a running gag than a story though). There is some action, though the episode is front-heavy in this regard - almost like the producers knew that they needed to start out with a bang if they were going to risk having a slower overall story for the rest of the episode. The opening Wolf 359 flashback is pretty badass, though. There are a lot of great scenes here, especially Sisko's first meeting with Picard; Patrick Stewart's performance is great as Picard keeps trying to be friendly to Sisko and keeps getting shut down.

1x03 "Past Prologue" - When a Bajoran terrorist who has a past with Kira requests asylum aboard the station, Bashir is drawn into a web of intrigue with 'plain, simple' Garak - the Cardassian tailor who seems to know more than he'll admit about the situation. In its second episode, DS9 wastes no time getting down to business with the struggles of the Bajoran Provisional Government, the former terrorists, and Kira's divided loyalties. This is a solid episode that lays an excellent foundation for Kira beyond "I'm angry and resentful about the Federation."

1x04 "A Man Alone" - Odo becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation involving a man he sent to prison years ago, but some of the evidence doesn't quite make sense. A decent murder mystery, but mostly it serves to better define both Odo's character and his relationship with Quark. There's an excellent scene where Quark agrees that he's Odo's worst enemy, and replies that it's also the closest thing Odo has to a friend. There's also a scene between the two of them where there's a kind of mutual respect that neither will admit out loud.

Brikar · 11-26-2011, 10:56 PM

1x05 "Babel" - O'Brien accidentally triggers a device left behind on the station years earlier which releases a virus into the station's food supply that makes people lose their ability to communicate. This episode is kind of 'meh'. It's not that it's a bad episode, really, but the premise sorta stretches things. In terms of its structure, dialogue, direction, etc, it's all very well and good. But I just can't really get behind the idea of a virus that makes you talk funny before it kills you.

1x06 "Captive Pursuit" - The first alien to come through from the other side of the wormhole befriends O'Brien, but the crew soon discovers that this 'Tosk' is the prey in a dangerous hunt, and the Prime Directive may prevent them from saving his life. I like this one a lot. O'Brien is a great character, and he has good chemistry with Scott MacDonald playing Tosk. Macdonald would later play the Xindi Dolim on 'Enterprise'. The action sequences aren't spectacular, but the episode is written well enough that I'm not too disappointed, and they're short, too.

1x07 "Q-Less" - Q visits the station to try and convince Vash to go out with him again and the crew blames him for a series of increasingly dangerous power losses on the station. I don't care for this episode. Q simply doesn't belong on this show, and I think the producers realized it after this one. Sure, John de Lancie is still fun and having a good time, but the episode just feels wrong from start to finish. Part of it is taht the whole thing seems like a grab for TNG viewers.

1x08 "Dax" - An alien world tries to extradite Dax for crimes possibly committed by her previous host, forcing Sisko to defend her in court and Odo to dig into the truth about a man revered as a hero. This episode is very quiet, and reliant entirely on people standing around in a room talking to each other. Problematically, the show gives good arguments for why Dax both is and isn't the same person as she used to be, so it can feel a little wishy-washy about what to do with the Trill. Ultimately, though, it's still a pretty fascinating episode. But a very restrained one.

Cymro · 11-26-2011, 11:45 PM

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1x05 "Babel" - O'Brien accidentally triggers a device left behind on the station years earlier which releases a virus into the station's food supply that makes people lose their ability to communicate. This episode is kind of 'meh'. It's not that it's a bad episode, really, but the premise sorta stretches things. In terms of its structure, dialogue, direction, etc, it's all very well and good. But I just can't really get behind the idea of a virus that makes you talk funny before it kills you.

I just find it kind of drags, and nothing really surprising happens.

Brikar · 11-28-2011, 04:38 AM

1x09 "The Passenger" - While the station prepares for an important incoming shipment, an alien security agent warns them that a dastardly criminal plans to steal it. The only problem is that according to all their evidence... he's dead. Honestly, this isn't a bad episode but the big problem is that Alexander Siddig's performance in the final act is awful. I mean, really, really freaking bad. And the whole mapping someone's brain onto someone else's is a little overboard, too. Ultimately, I have to go 'meh' on this one.

1x10 "Move Along Home - ...the fuck?

1x11 "The Nagus" - Quark is shocked when Grand Nagus Zek arrives on the station and names Quark as his successor. But Quark soon finds that power and success are not all they're cracked up to be. I think Wallace Shawn as Zek is freaking hilarious. I've never held the disdain for the Ferengi comedy episodes that others have, so even though this one was kind of predictable, I liked it.

1x12 "Vortex" - Odo arrests a man from the Gamma Quadrant accused of murder, but the situation becomes more complicated when the man claims to have met other shapeshifters like Odo. I like that this one delves a bit into Odo's desire to meet others of his race, but otherwise it's not a particularly awesome episode by any stretch. Randy Oglesby, who would later play Degra on 'Enterprise,' plays a Miradorn set on killing the alien liar, and does a pretty good job of it, too.

1x13 "Battle Lines" - Sisko, Opaka, Kira and Bashir take a trip through the wormhole, but their ship crashes on a prison world where the prisoners are engulfed in an unending war, since none of them can die. I like this one; the characters aren't very deeply drawn, but I really like the story involving Opaka and how important she is to Kira and the Bajorans. I only wish it had been followed up on later, but Opaka only reappears later as a Prophet phantom. Boo.

1x14 "The Storyteller" - Bashir and O'Brien visit a town on Bajor to treat a dying leader, only to find that the entire village is threatened by a strange energy creature and O'Brien is tapped as the new leader to defeat it. I appreciate what this one is trying to do, and I like that it shows us the beginnings of the friendship between Bashir and O'Brien, but otherwise it doesn't really work all that well. It tries to justify its weird premise by mentioning the orbs, but overall I'm not that impressed.

1x15 "Progress" - Kira befriends an elderly Bajoran who is standing in the way of a construction and mining project that will supply much-needed energy to the planet. I like this one. Kira's struggle between her duty and her feelings is well-played, and the guest actor is up to the job of the crotchety but lovable old man. Sisko's scene where he cuts through her indecisiveness and tells her she's "on the other side now" is great.

1x16 "If Wishes Were Horses" - Figments of the crew's imagination begin taking corporeal form, including a famous ballplayer hero of Sisko's, fairy tale character Rumplestiltskin and a horny version of Jadzia Dax. Like "Babel" and "Q-Less" this one just seems too silly for DS9. It'd work well on almost any other Trek show, but here it feels out of place. And it seems to take the crew too long to figure out how to solve the problem of the subspace anomaly. I do like that it wasn't the anomaly that caused their problems, but the other way around. The ending is a nice touch.

1x17 "The Forsaken" - While the crew deals with strange malfunctions around the station, Odo is trapped in a turbolift with Lwaxana Troi. I like this one. As a TNG guest star, Troi works a lot better than Q did on DS9. There are some nice moments between her and Odo, though the other plot involving O'Brien's 'computer puppy' isn't as interesting.

1x18 "Dramatis Personae" - The crew begins to act strangely after a Klingon ship returns from the Gamma Quadrant and explodes. This one's pretty good. The script and the cast do a good job setting up all the paranoia and weird behavior. It's solid, but not really all that remarkable.

1x19 "Duet" - Kira attempts to get to the truth when a Cardassian boards the station who may be a vicious war criminal responsible for the deaths of thousands of Bajorans. Wow. What a great episode, filled with excellent dialogue and a really rockin performance from Harris Yulin as Maritza. Kira's struggles to decide between vengeance and justice is also well-drawn. After the pilot, 'Emissary,' this is probably the best episode of the whole season.

1x20 "In the Hands of the Prophets" - Vedek Winn comes aboard the station and stirs up trouble regarding the Federation school. Meanwhile, O'Brien tries to solve the murder of a young engineer and uncovers a dangerous plot that could destroy the relationship between Bajor and the Federation. Another great episode; Winn is a total bitch, but exactly the kind of slimy character this show needs. The mystery is well written, the cast is all doing a great job, and the tension is palpable. The only problem I have is that there's this great slow-motion climax... nearly ruined by Sisko's "Noooo!" and awkward slow-mo dive to save the day. Pulls me right out of a great scene. Oh well. Season One still goes out on a high note.

Sam Cogley · 11-28-2011, 06:26 PM

I've always liked "Move Along Home" precisely because it's one of those weird, TOS-ish high-concept episodes that actually seems to work in the DS9 framework. Other attempts, like "The Storyteller" just don't seem as at home on DS9.

Brikar · 11-28-2011, 06:42 PM

2x01 "The Homecoming" - Kira rescues a Bajoran war hero from a Cardassian prison camp. Meanwhile, a dangerous group of extremists begins plotting a takeover of the Bajoran government. The first part of three, (and Trek's first three-parter) this one, to me, feels like it's still part of season one. It builds right off the ideas presented in "In the Hands of the Prophets." It's well-written, with a little action and some political intrigue that keeps things moving.

2x02 "The Circle" - Relieved of her post, Kira spends time at a Bajoran monastery and grows closer to Bareil. Meanwhile, the Circle continues their plans to overthrow the Bajoran government and orders the Bajoran military to seize Deep Space Nine. Second part, just as good as the first. Vedek Winn once again makes me want to punch her in the face. Frank Langella as Minister Jaro is a little meh... there's not much life in his performance; he seems disinterested.

2x03 "The Siege" - Sisko, O'Brien and the DS9 crew hide aboard the station and conduct guerilla warfare against the Bajoran military while Kira and Dax make a desperate run to Bajor to expose the Cardassians as the suppliers of the Circle's weapons. In all honesty, I think this episode should be the first season finale. This three-parter flows so well right after "In the Hands of the Prophets," that I don't think they should've been separated by a 3-month hiatus. Of course, the benefit of watching them on DVD is that the hiatus is negated. Still, it's all well and good. This episode moves along at a nice clip, has solid performances from the cast, nice action and special effects, etc. A very finely-produced hour of television.

2x04 "Invasive Procedures" - The crew is held hostage when a group of mercenaries boards the station and demands that Dax give up her symbiont. Not a bad episode by any stretch, but not a great one. It's the second episode in a row to feature the crew alone on the station under duress, and also repeats some of the same themes as last season's "Dax." But it has its moments, a couple of short little fights, etc.

Bean · 11-28-2011, 10:07 PM

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1x13 "Battle Lines" - Sisko, Opaka, Kira and Bashir take a trip through the wormhole, but their ship crashes on a prison world where the prisoners are engulfed in an unending war, since none of them can die. I like this one; the characters aren't very deeply drawn, but I really like the story involving Opaka and how important she is to Kira and the Bajorans. I only wish it had been followed up on later, but Opaka only reappears later as a Prophet phantom. Boo.

Oddly enough I watched this ep last night on a whim. I couldn't help but think the exact same thing about a follow up episode. The episode itself was only average, but generally when DS9 did an episode like that and had a loose thread left at the end it was a setup for a future episode.

This one just seemed to much of "we need to replace the actor" or something.

And as for "Move Along Home". I swear to god... this one ranks right up there with Spocks Brain and Threshold for me.

Arik · 11-28-2011, 11:26 PM

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Bean stopped drinking long enough to mumble

And as for "Move Along Home". I swear to god... this one ranks right up there with Spocks Brain and Threshold for me.

Incidentally, Robert Hewitt Wolfe just called "Move Along Home" his least favorite DS9 episode (that he didn't write).

Brikar · 11-29-2011, 01:03 AM

in my mind, it's the only flat-out bad episode of the first season. there are some that don't really work, some that have one element or another that drags it down... but that's the only one that's just really bad.

Tupperfan · 11-29-2011, 02:27 AM

I'm also going back and watching DS9, albeit at a way slower pace. Duet is next (I'm excited!) and I must admit there's a decent amount of episodes I just never watched (trying to get to watch or record Trek was quite the challenge in my family back then). That said, DS9 is by far the one I watched the higher percentage of episodes of them all (and yes, I call myself a Trek fan)

As for Move Along Home. Yeah, it's a complete waste. As Brik assessed, others don't always work, but that one!

I mean: A society of gamer geeks?!? No, Star Trek, no: You don't need to cater to your demographics that much!

11-26-2011, 02:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	Deep Space Nine: Holy Shit I know there's already a thread like this, but I'm gonna restart it anyway. 1x01/1x02 "Emissary" - Commander Benjamin Sisko gathers his crew aboard the space station Deep Space Nine on the Federation border where he discovers the first stable wormhole known to exist, placing the station and the planet Bajor in jeopardy from the Cardassian Empire. 'Emissary' is, in my opinion, the best of the 'Star Trek' pilot episodes. It places less emphasis on action and adventure and makes Sisko's grief over the death of his wife the major obstacle to achieving peace with the mysterious wormhole aliens/Bajoran Prophets. A number of long-running story threads are introduced, including Sisko's role as the Emissary, the Cardassians vs Bajorans back story, Odo's mysterious past, Bashir's attraction to Dax, O'Brien's difficulties with the station's computer (more of a running gag than a story though). There is some action, though the episode is front-heavy in this regard - almost like the producers knew that they needed to start out with a bang if they were going to risk having a slower overall story for the rest of the episode. The opening Wolf 359 flashback is pretty badass, though. There are a lot of great scenes here, especially Sisko's first meeting with Picard; Patrick Stewart's performance is great as Picard keeps trying to be friendly to Sisko and keeps getting shut down. 1x03 "Past Prologue" - When a Bajoran terrorist who has a past with Kira requests asylum aboard the station, Bashir is drawn into a web of intrigue with 'plain, simple' Garak - the Cardassian tailor who seems to know more than he'll admit about the situation. In its second episode, DS9 wastes no time getting down to business with the struggles of the Bajoran Provisional Government, the former terrorists, and Kira's divided loyalties. This is a solid episode that lays an excellent foundation for Kira beyond "I'm angry and resentful about the Federation." 1x04 "A Man Alone" - Odo becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation involving a man he sent to prison years ago, but some of the evidence doesn't quite make sense. A decent murder mystery, but mostly it serves to better define both Odo's character and his relationship with Quark. There's an excellent scene where Quark agrees that he's Odo's worst enemy, and replies that it's also the closest thing Odo has to a friend. There's also a scene between the two of them where there's a kind of mutual respect that neither will admit out loud. __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

11-26-2011, 10:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	Re: Deep Space Nine: Holy Shit 1x05 "Babel" - O'Brien accidentally triggers a device left behind on the station years earlier which releases a virus into the station's food supply that makes people lose their ability to communicate. This episode is kind of 'meh'. It's not that it's a bad episode, really, but the premise sorta stretches things. In terms of its structure, dialogue, direction, etc, it's all very well and good. But I just can't really get behind the idea of a virus that makes you talk funny before it kills you. 1x06 "Captive Pursuit" - The first alien to come through from the other side of the wormhole befriends O'Brien, but the crew soon discovers that this 'Tosk' is the prey in a dangerous hunt, and the Prime Directive may prevent them from saving his life. I like this one a lot. O'Brien is a great character, and he has good chemistry with Scott MacDonald playing Tosk. Macdonald would later play the Xindi Dolim on 'Enterprise'. The action sequences aren't spectacular, but the episode is written well enough that I'm not too disappointed, and they're short, too. 1x07 "Q-Less" - Q visits the station to try and convince Vash to go out with him again and the crew blames him for a series of increasingly dangerous power losses on the station. I don't care for this episode. Q simply doesn't belong on this show, and I think the producers realized it after this one. Sure, John de Lancie is still fun and having a good time, but the episode just feels wrong from start to finish. Part of it is taht the whole thing seems like a grab for TNG viewers. 1x08 "Dax" - An alien world tries to extradite Dax for crimes possibly committed by her previous host, forcing Sisko to defend her in court and Odo to dig into the truth about a man revered as a hero. This episode is very quiet, and reliant entirely on people standing around in a room talking to each other. Problematically, the show gives good arguments for why Dax both is and isn't the same person as she used to be, so it can feel a little wishy-washy about what to do with the Trill. Ultimately, though, it's still a pretty fascinating episode. But a very restrained one. __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

11-28-2011, 04:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	Re: Deep Space Nine: Holy Shit 1x09 "The Passenger" - While the station prepares for an important incoming shipment, an alien security agent warns them that a dastardly criminal plans to steal it. The only problem is that according to all their evidence... he's dead. Honestly, this isn't a bad episode but the big problem is that Alexander Siddig's performance in the final act is awful. I mean, really, really freaking bad. And the whole mapping someone's brain onto someone else's is a little overboard, too. Ultimately, I have to go 'meh' on this one. 1x10 "Move Along Home - ...the fuck? 1x11 "The Nagus" - Quark is shocked when Grand Nagus Zek arrives on the station and names Quark as his successor. But Quark soon finds that power and success are not all they're cracked up to be. I think Wallace Shawn as Zek is freaking hilarious. I've never held the disdain for the Ferengi comedy episodes that others have, so even though this one was kind of predictable, I liked it. 1x12 "Vortex" - Odo arrests a man from the Gamma Quadrant accused of murder, but the situation becomes more complicated when the man claims to have met other shapeshifters like Odo. I like that this one delves a bit into Odo's desire to meet others of his race, but otherwise it's not a particularly awesome episode by any stretch. Randy Oglesby, who would later play Degra on 'Enterprise,' plays a Miradorn set on killing the alien liar, and does a pretty good job of it, too. 1x13 "Battle Lines" - Sisko, Opaka, Kira and Bashir take a trip through the wormhole, but their ship crashes on a prison world where the prisoners are engulfed in an unending war, since none of them can die. I like this one; the characters aren't very deeply drawn, but I really like the story involving Opaka and how important she is to Kira and the Bajorans. I only wish it had been followed up on later, but Opaka only reappears later as a Prophet phantom. Boo. 1x14 "The Storyteller" - Bashir and O'Brien visit a town on Bajor to treat a dying leader, only to find that the entire village is threatened by a strange energy creature and O'Brien is tapped as the new leader to defeat it. I appreciate what this one is trying to do, and I like that it shows us the beginnings of the friendship between Bashir and O'Brien, but otherwise it doesn't really work all that well. It tries to justify its weird premise by mentioning the orbs, but overall I'm not that impressed. 1x15 "Progress" - Kira befriends an elderly Bajoran who is standing in the way of a construction and mining project that will supply much-needed energy to the planet. I like this one. Kira's struggle between her duty and her feelings is well-played, and the guest actor is up to the job of the crotchety but lovable old man. Sisko's scene where he cuts through her indecisiveness and tells her she's "on the other side now" is great. 1x16 "If Wishes Were Horses" - Figments of the crew's imagination begin taking corporeal form, including a famous ballplayer hero of Sisko's, fairy tale character Rumplestiltskin and a horny version of Jadzia Dax. Like "Babel" and "Q-Less" this one just seems too silly for DS9. It'd work well on almost any other Trek show, but here it feels out of place. And it seems to take the crew too long to figure out how to solve the problem of the subspace anomaly. I do like that it wasn't the anomaly that caused their problems, but the other way around. The ending is a nice touch. 1x17 "The Forsaken" - While the crew deals with strange malfunctions around the station, Odo is trapped in a turbolift with Lwaxana Troi. I like this one. As a TNG guest star, Troi works a lot better than Q did on DS9. There are some nice moments between her and Odo, though the other plot involving O'Brien's 'computer puppy' isn't as interesting. 1x18 "Dramatis Personae" - The crew begins to act strangely after a Klingon ship returns from the Gamma Quadrant and explodes. This one's pretty good. The script and the cast do a good job setting up all the paranoia and weird behavior. It's solid, but not really all that remarkable. 1x19 "Duet" - Kira attempts to get to the truth when a Cardassian boards the station who may be a vicious war criminal responsible for the deaths of thousands of Bajorans. Wow. What a great episode, filled with excellent dialogue and a really rockin performance from Harris Yulin as Maritza. Kira's struggles to decide between vengeance and justice is also well-drawn. After the pilot, 'Emissary,' this is probably the best episode of the whole season. 1x20 "In the Hands of the Prophets" - Vedek Winn comes aboard the station and stirs up trouble regarding the Federation school. Meanwhile, O'Brien tries to solve the murder of a young engineer and uncovers a dangerous plot that could destroy the relationship between Bajor and the Federation. Another great episode; Winn is a total bitch, but exactly the kind of slimy character this show needs. The mystery is well written, the cast is all doing a great job, and the tension is palpable. The only problem I have is that there's this great slow-motion climax... nearly ruined by Sisko's "Noooo!" and awkward slow-mo dive to save the day. Pulls me right out of a great scene. Oh well. Season One still goes out on a high note. __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

11-28-2011, 06:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sam Cogley Man-whore Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 491	Re: Deep Space Nine: Holy Shit I've always liked "Move Along Home" precisely because it's one of those weird, TOS-ish high-concept episodes that actually seems to work in the DS9 framework. Other attempts, like "The Storyteller" just don't seem as at home on DS9.

11-28-2011, 06:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	Re: Deep Space Nine: Holy Shit 2x01 "The Homecoming" - Kira rescues a Bajoran war hero from a Cardassian prison camp. Meanwhile, a dangerous group of extremists begins plotting a takeover of the Bajoran government. The first part of three, (and Trek's first three-parter) this one, to me, feels like it's still part of season one. It builds right off the ideas presented in "In the Hands of the Prophets." It's well-written, with a little action and some political intrigue that keeps things moving. 2x02 "The Circle" - Relieved of her post, Kira spends time at a Bajoran monastery and grows closer to Bareil. Meanwhile, the Circle continues their plans to overthrow the Bajoran government and orders the Bajoran military to seize Deep Space Nine. Second part, just as good as the first. Vedek Winn once again makes me want to punch her in the face. Frank Langella as Minister Jaro is a little meh... there's not much life in his performance; he seems disinterested. 2x03 "The Siege" - Sisko, O'Brien and the DS9 crew hide aboard the station and conduct guerilla warfare against the Bajoran military while Kira and Dax make a desperate run to Bajor to expose the Cardassians as the suppliers of the Circle's weapons. In all honesty, I think this episode should be the first season finale. This three-parter flows so well right after "In the Hands of the Prophets," that I don't think they should've been separated by a 3-month hiatus. Of course, the benefit of watching them on DVD is that the hiatus is negated. Still, it's all well and good. This episode moves along at a nice clip, has solid performances from the cast, nice action and special effects, etc. A very finely-produced hour of television. 2x04 "Invasive Procedures" - The crew is held hostage when a group of mercenaries boards the station and demands that Dax give up her symbiont. Not a bad episode by any stretch, but not a great one. It's the second episode in a row to feature the crew alone on the station under duress, and also repeats some of the same themes as last season's "Dax." But it has its moments, a couple of short little fights, etc. __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

11-29-2011, 01:03 AM	#9 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	Re: Deep Space Nine: Holy Shit in my mind, it's the only flat-out bad episode of the first season. there are some that don't really work, some that have one element or another that drags it down... but that's the only one that's just really bad. __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

11-29-2011, 02:27 AM	#10 (permalink)
Tupperfan Forgot to bring booze... Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The bush, Canada Posts: 180	Re: Deep Space Nine: Holy Shit I'm also going back and watching DS9, albeit at a way slower pace. Duet is next (I'm excited!) and I must admit there's a decent amount of episodes I just never watched (trying to get to watch or record Trek was quite the challenge in my family back then). That said, DS9 is by far the one I watched the higher percentage of episodes of them all (and yes, I call myself a Trek fan) As for Move Along Home. Yeah, it's a complete waste. As Brik assessed, others don't always work, but that one! I mean: A society of gamer geeks?!? No, Star Trek, no: You don't need to cater to your demographics that much! __________________ "Gods drunkenly cried juvenile acne, lop ears, the Lafontaine park, retirement at 60, disappointing love, public washrooms and raging toothaches"

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