For a random Netflix viewing, I watched Battle Lines last night. I think DS9 season 1 is better than some would have it, but it still well short of the heights the series would later reach. Still, this is a solid episode. Watching it again for the first time in several years did remind me of how much I like Kai Opaka, and how disappointed I am that they didn't follow up on the promise that she and Sisko would cross paths again.
For the 50th last year I decided to start rewatching through the franchise via my DVD collection during my thrice weekly stationary bike sessions, so for exercise time a little later in the evening, it was time to finish off TNG's third season with The Best of Both Worlds. All these years later, and that ending still takes me back to seeing it on it's original broadcast. I think I've said it on this board in other threads before, but when it first aired I knew it was the season finale, but I had no idea it was going to be a cliffhanger. I remember thinking near the end of the episode, "How are they going to wrap this up in the next five minutes?" When the screen cut to black and it said "To Be Continued", my mind was blown. I keep expecting the memory of that thrill to fade each time I rewatch it, but that feeling still comes back to me when I watch it now. In this case, it probably also helped that I wasn't watching Part II immediately afterward (haven't done that since I don't know when). That will have to wait for my next bike session tomorrow night.
