Arrghhhh, a very painful triad this week on SPIKE for DS9

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• The Storyteller *** -- When O'Brien and Bashir beam down to a Bajoran village, the community selects O'Brien as their next Sirah--expecting him to save them from a menacing entity.
• 5/10/1993. Progress *** -- Kira finds herself in a difficult moral situation when her job demands she force an adamant Bajoran man from his home in the name of progress.
• 5/17/1993. If Wishes Were Horses

 

[Jono]

Not sure what you are getting at...is it just these are two/three of your least favourite episodes?

 

[Apogeal Alpha01]

I think that would be the point. Painful, though?

 

[JNG]

Dunno...there's some really good acting in Progress

 

[Lateralus]

'Progress' certainly isn't an episode I'd dole out to an up and coming Trekkie. But personally I enjoy it.

'If Wishes Were Horses' sucks. But I enjoy it for one big reason; It introduced Sisko's baseball.

 

[IndiMan]

Progress was good.
Baseball or not, the other eps were bad

 

[grabmygoblin]

IWWH was ok because it made me want to hug O'Brien. he's such a sweet daddy :-3

 

[Temis the Vorta]

What's with the three stars? Three out of ten?

 

[Kegek]

"The Last Storyteller" isn't so bad. "Progress" is one of the best episodes of the first season.

But it'll be a cold, wintery weekend with ice-rink skating in hell before I defend "If Wishes Were Horses".

 

[PKTrekGirl]

I like Progress quite a bit.

The other two I could definitely live without. Not one of DS9's finer moments in either case.

 

[SonicRanger]

Bashir's FantaDax alone makes "If Wishes Were Horses" worthwhile.

 

[Mr. Fergy]

I think that would be the point. Painful, though?

Agreed. This is First Season crap, no?

Regardless it gets much better.

 

[chancellorjake]

The Storyteller is simply awful. I laughed a little bit when that village's fate was mentioned in the DS9 Re-launch.
I always liked Progress. Mullibok was a very sympathetic character. Now, It's sad to watch it and realize that Brian Keith committed suicide a few years later.
I never understood If Wishes Were Horses. Who were the aliens? What was the point of the whole episode?
Plus, why is Buck Bokai fat and short? He's supposed to be a professional athlete. Why couldn't the casting people find an athletic looking actor?

 

[Fist McStrongpunch]

He's a baseball player. He doesn't have to be in shape.

 

[Garth Rockett]

Plus, why is Buck Bokai fat and short? He's supposed to be a professional athlete. Why couldn't the casting people find an athletic looking actor?

What about Tony Gwynn? He wasn't short, but he was as chubby as Bokai, and he was a first ballot hall-of-famer.

Of those three episodes, I don't think any of them are awful, but Progress is the only one I really like.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Babe Ruth wasn't exactly a stick, ya know?

 

[chancellorjake]

^ You all make good points, so I stand corrected. If Babe Ruth could run to the next base, then I'm sure Bokai could.