The Most Generic DS9 Episode...

[DonIago]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
PLAYING GOD
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
PAST TENSE, PART II
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
RAPTURE
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

I've found "The Search, Part II". While the plot beats aren't really that original, that Odo first finds his people and then realizes they're the overlords of the GQ is still a devastating plot turn that paves the way for much of what's to come through the final episode of the show.

 

[Discofan]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
PLAYING GOD
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
PAST TENSE, PART II
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
RAPTURE
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"DISTANT VOICES" are muted. The whole episode is a metaphor about Bashir's illness (his brain has been damaged by a Lethean) and the fact that he seems to be dying. It's a very weird episode that doesn't make a lot of sense. I saw it several times and I still can't remember why and how Bashir finally recovers or does he? I mean, for all we know this could be irrelevant and Bashir's recovery is just due to the care he receives... I mean if I am sick and delirious and somehow I have the illusion that I cured myself, that certainly doesn't mean that that's what happened. There are a few episodes in that vein (Far Beyond The Stars, Extreme Measures...etc) and I am not crazy about any one of them.

 

[Tosk]

I mean if I am sick and delirious and somehow I have the illusion that I cured myself, that certainly doesn't mean that that's what happened. There are a few episodes in that vein (Far Beyond The Stars, Extreme Measures...etc)

That's not what happens in either of those episodes as far as I see.

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
PAST TENSE, PART II
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
RAPTURE
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

Removed PLAYING GOD. Normally a new universe would be an A story (and then some!) but here it takes a massive back seat to a relatively subdued Dax tale. It's almost like Buffy's The Zeppo in terms of the scale of the two stories being flipped.

 

[Sakonna]

I mean if I am sick and delirious and somehow I have the illusion that I cured myself, that certainly doesn't mean that that's what happened. There are a few episodes in that vein (Far Beyond The Stars, Extreme Measures...etc) and I am not crazy about any one of them.

That's not what happens in either of those episodes as far as I see.

I see what he means. The elements are a little scrambled in "Extreme Measures" (Sloan is dying and we're in his mind, but the episode objective isn't saving him), but in both "FBtS" and "Distant Voices" the med staff is attending to the main characters and treating their conditions, while the actual plot seems to be getting resolved through the focal characters emotional journey, instead of any of the medical treatments.

Personally I love a crazy journey-into-the-mind Trek episode! But I see how they'd rub others the wrong way, I don't love this trope outside of Trek.

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
RAPTURE
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

A turn or two back I kicked "Past Tense, Part I" for running off on a tangent into earth's past, so I'll now kick "PAST TENSE, PART II" to finish up that story. And it's the first ep where the station sets go no use at all -- we're exclusively on Earth or the Defiant.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
PARADISE
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
RAPTURE
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

Removed Rocks and Shoals. Really I'm surprised any episodes from the arc where the station was occupied made it to this part.

 

[Sakonna]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
RAPTURE
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"PARADISE" is a weird one. It's another one of those TNG setups that feels foreign in the DS9 environment. I think it's the episode from the series missing the most regular castmembers -- we only see 4 of the regulars -- Odo, Bashir, Quark, and Jake are all absent this week.

 

[Tosk]

but in both "FBtS" and "Distant Voices" the med staff is attending to the main characters and treating their conditions, while the actual plot seems to be getting resolved through the focal characters emotional journey, instead of any of the medical treatments.

I believe I see what you (both) mean, but there is no real medical treatment going on in Far Beyond or Extreme Measures. Sisko is only out for a few minutes, and everyone is casually gathered around when he wakes up. And Extreme Measures they leave simply by choosing to do so, as was the plan. No medical intervention trying to save them.

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
RAPTURE
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

Removing NECESSARY EVIL. It may not be the only time DS9 takes a noir dive into Terok Nor during the Occupation, but it's the only one (from memory) that uses true flashbacks and not weird telepathy or time travel. Plus, I love the episode and would hate to see it accidentally left 'til last.

 

[DonIago]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
RAPTURE
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

We've left the "Homefront". The first time we've ever seen essentially a terrorist attack on Earth or seen the Federation President outside of a TOS film. We get to meet Sisko's dad and former CO as well.

 

[Discofan]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
RAPTURE
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"FAVOR THE BOLD" is grayed out. Sisko et al. retaking DS9... as we know the whole thing will go south and it will take "divine intervention" (the next episode) to save the day. A literal Deus Ex Machina!!!

BTW: Enough has been said about "Distant Voices" and the like.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
ACCESSION
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

Removed Rapture. The first episode where Sisko goes full on religious and makes major Starfleet sacrifices for the Prophets. Also we find out a little later that his vision saved Bajor. Dominion occupies the station next to a Federation planet, it gets torn to pieces. Dominion occupies the station next to a neutral planet? You get the friendly face gradual invasion.

 

[Discofan]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
ACCESSION
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"SONS OF MOGH" goes the way of their ancestors. Worf's brother has nothing to live for and wants to die. Apparently, the Klingon tradition condones suicide under certain conditions. Worf using his elder brother authority orders his brother to live and to become a part of society. Kurn seems to comply but eventually tries to commit indirect suicide by letting someone kill him. Worf decides to agree to wipe out his brother's memory and basically make him someone else. Pretty unique not only in the series but in StarTrek in general.

 

[sekundant]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
SECOND SIGHT
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
ACCESSION
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

SANCTUARY is destroyed. One of the lowest point of Star Trek imho, with questionable moral dictation. You save the peoples life who you didn't know before, they request things that you cannot fulfill but still ready to help them and they blame and assault you, try to force you and show not even sight of thankfulness. What would you learn from the story? Do not help the people that you don't know. Contradictory to all ST- spirit. (And has too much similarities to actual refugee discussion at Europe.) DS9 is not a "flower power" ST show but the episode is definitely outrages even for DS9.

 

[DonIago]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
SECOND SIGHT
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"Accession" is going back to the wormhole. We have episodes where Sisko doesn't like being the Emissary, and episodes where Sisko has embraced his role, and we have this episode, which marks the midpoint between the two and leads to Sisko accepting what he is to the Bajorans.

 

[Farscape One]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
SECOND SIGHT
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"SHAKAAR" has been removed from this list. This is a rare time when Kai Winn actually loses, the only other time being at the very end of the series. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed Kira telling her to get packing.

 

[Discofan]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
SECOND SIGHT
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
PARADISE LOST
RETURN TO GRACE
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"CROSSFIRE" is shot. The only time in the series when Odo is guilty of negligence and almost causes the death of the person he was supposed to protect. Jealousy is the reason. He doesn't tolerate well seeing the woman he loves falling for another man right in front of his eyes. Of all people, Quark is the one to talk some sense into him. Like it or not, it's definitely unique.

 

[Sakonna]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
PARADISE LOST
RETURN TO GRACE
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"SECOND SIGHT" A very TNG-ish story that sticks out in DS9. We spend so much time on this random pre-Defiant ship, to give them mobility for the week. No other episode spends quite so much time on atmospheric Late Night On The Promenade scenes -- which is the one thing I really like about it, those scenes have a nice feel.

 

[Discofan]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
PARADISE LOST
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND

"RETURN TO GRACE" is discommended. Dukat and Kira (almost) on friendly terms. Dukat renouncing a comfortable position on Cardassia to go on an iffy anti-Klingon crusade. Dukat and Kira on the same side! Plus Dukat's daughter goes to live on the station under Kira's protective tutelage. That's more than enough to make it a non-generic episode.

 

[Farscape One]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
PARADISE LOST
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...


"TACKING INTO THE WIND" uses its sails to gain speed away from this list.

This was the end for the Klingon arc that began with Worf almost 10 years prior to this episode. Gowron is killed, Martok is made Chancellor after Worf briefly is Chancellor, and Ezri gives a very cold, and pretty accurate, analysis of Klingon society. Very appropriate that Ronald D. Moore wrote this one. Considering how long the Klingon arc was for Worf, ending it can't be considered a generic episode.

And now, there are 40 episodes left. We're going through this series VERY quickly. I am impressed by all of you.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
PARADISE LOST
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...

Eliminating The Storyteller.

A village is so stupid, their stupidity physically manifests and terrorizes them.

 

[Discofan]

PAST PROLOGUE
VORTEX
PROGRESS
THE FORSAKEN

THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
RULES OF ACQUISITION
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE COLLABORATOR

THE SEARCH, PART I
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
MERIDIAN
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
VISIONARY
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
FAMILY BUSINESS
THE ADVERSARY

INDISCRETION
SHATTERED MIRROR

APOCALYPSE RISING
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER

A TIME TO STAND
BEHIND THE LINES

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
WHEN IT RAINS...

"PARADISE LOST" goes to hell. The head of Starfleet becomes megalomaniac and attempts a coup to become head of the Federation! The episode takes place almost entirely on Earth. Odo uses the Vulcan neck pinch, for the only time of the series. The episode has also bizarre aspects, like the fact that the changelings seem to be helping the coup, even though from their point of view it makes Earth stronger... Also, Leyton seems to be the only one who expected some resistance. I mean 400 people partaking at the highest levels and not ONE of them thought that there would have to be some physical confrontation??? That's really hard to believe and in my eyes discredits the whole story. The conclusion that they would not take any precautions nor change their way of life because of the Dominion threat must have pleased the changeling spies who now know that Earth is as disarmed as they'd like it to be!! I mean Our neighboring country is planning to invade us? Never mind, we'll not change our way of life for that!!! Sure! That's smart! Also, they never solved the case of whom planted the bomb that killed all the people in episode 1, but they don't care!!! Next time they'll plant a bigger bomb!!! The incoherence of some of these stories sometimes gets to me!!!