Wow, the quality shoots through the roof with a few of these episodes, but not right away…
The Way of the Warrior: Oh, no! I’ve never been a big Worf fan, and I like Klingon-centered episodes even less.
Well, let’s see what is going on in this two hour episode. Sisko asks Starfleet if he can borrow a Klingon officer serving in Starfleet to help deal with the Klingons. Enter Worf.
Without any proof (at least none that I saw) the Klingons are going to invade Cardassia because they think that the Founders have helped to topple the government. The Klingons want to take over the Cardassian Empire to make the Alpha Quadrant safer. Worf speculates that the Klingon’s may be returning to their “warrior ways.”
The Klingons invade, and the peace treaty with the Federation is now ancient history. Sisko takes the Defiant, saves the Council members and ticks off the Klingons. Even with “dozens” of ships (looked like 50+ to me) the Klingons cannot destroy DS9. Apparently the shields and weapons were upgraded during Season 3 without anyone mentioning it. The Klingon’s physically board DS9 (that would never happen – they would fight from their ships, right?) and are beaten back after a big fistfight.
The Klingons vow that they will not forget what happened here today. Oh, scary.
I’m going to keep an open mind but I wouldn’t mind it if I never saw another batleth on Star Trek ever again.
In a side plot, Sisko’s love interest (Kasidy Yates, who appeared once in Season 3) returns. Lovey-dovey Sisko sorta creeps me out. I hope we don’t see too much of the Yates character, but something tells me we will.
The Visitor: I know this is a fan favorite – I saw that it did well on the favorite episodes poll -- and it is nicely done. It just goes to show that even bottle episodes can work if they are written and acted well. Even though you know Sisko and Jake are going to be fine in the end, it’s still really touching.
The set design for the elderly Jake Sisko’s living room/writing room was stunning. I loved those large windows. Does anyone know if windows of that type have a name?
Hippocratic Oath: Great episode. The on-screen time invested in the O’Brien/Bashir friendship is paying off. The formula for this episode is a bit predictable, and I’m not certain that O’Brien was acting in character when he destroyed Bashir’s medical work, but I still loved it. I disagree with the decisions that O’Brien made in this episode, and hope that Bashir’s attempt to help the Jem’Hader comes back to benefit the good guys later.
Indiscretion: This is a very solid, original episode and it shows us a side of Dukat that we have not seen before. It’s always nice to see important, relevant character development. Kira is so much more likeable now versus seasons 1 and 2.
Rejoined: Finally a Jadzia episode that strikes an emotional cord. I got really choked up just before the kiss when Jadzia said “I have missed you so much.”
I doubt if many would agree with me, but this episode is in my top five so far (I also think the TNG episode “Dark Page” is totally awesome and a huge tear-jerker, and a lot of TNG fans don’t care for it.)
A joined species -- seven past lives – there should be so much quality material to work with here and we finally get a sample of it.
Starship Down: This appears to be a near-remake of the TNG episode “Disaster” if I remember the title correctly. And not as well done. I have to give this one very low marks.
Little Green Men: This Quark episode just doesn’t work. Armin S. has his great moments, but I couldn’t help rolling my eyes when I saw that they had traveled into the past and become the Roswell aliens. Puh-lease.
Nog has apparently made it into Starfleet Academy, so the entrance requirements must not be as difficult as we have been led to believe.
One a side note, when you do a spell check in Microsoft Word on the word “Klingons,” the first option given you to correct it is: Clintons.
The Way of the Warrior: Oh, no! I’ve never been a big Worf fan, and I like Klingon-centered episodes even less.
Well, let’s see what is going on in this two hour episode. Sisko asks Starfleet if he can borrow a Klingon officer serving in Starfleet to help deal with the Klingons. Enter Worf.
Without any proof (at least none that I saw) the Klingons are going to invade Cardassia because they think that the Founders have helped to topple the government. The Klingons want to take over the Cardassian Empire to make the Alpha Quadrant safer. Worf speculates that the Klingon’s may be returning to their “warrior ways.”
The Klingons invade, and the peace treaty with the Federation is now ancient history. Sisko takes the Defiant, saves the Council members and ticks off the Klingons. Even with “dozens” of ships (looked like 50+ to me) the Klingons cannot destroy DS9. Apparently the shields and weapons were upgraded during Season 3 without anyone mentioning it. The Klingon’s physically board DS9 (that would never happen – they would fight from their ships, right?) and are beaten back after a big fistfight.
The Klingons vow that they will not forget what happened here today. Oh, scary.
I’m going to keep an open mind but I wouldn’t mind it if I never saw another batleth on Star Trek ever again.
In a side plot, Sisko’s love interest (Kasidy Yates, who appeared once in Season 3) returns. Lovey-dovey Sisko sorta creeps me out. I hope we don’t see too much of the Yates character, but something tells me we will.
The Visitor: I know this is a fan favorite – I saw that it did well on the favorite episodes poll -- and it is nicely done. It just goes to show that even bottle episodes can work if they are written and acted well. Even though you know Sisko and Jake are going to be fine in the end, it’s still really touching.
The set design for the elderly Jake Sisko’s living room/writing room was stunning. I loved those large windows. Does anyone know if windows of that type have a name?
Hippocratic Oath: Great episode. The on-screen time invested in the O’Brien/Bashir friendship is paying off. The formula for this episode is a bit predictable, and I’m not certain that O’Brien was acting in character when he destroyed Bashir’s medical work, but I still loved it. I disagree with the decisions that O’Brien made in this episode, and hope that Bashir’s attempt to help the Jem’Hader comes back to benefit the good guys later.
Indiscretion: This is a very solid, original episode and it shows us a side of Dukat that we have not seen before. It’s always nice to see important, relevant character development. Kira is so much more likeable now versus seasons 1 and 2.
Rejoined: Finally a Jadzia episode that strikes an emotional cord. I got really choked up just before the kiss when Jadzia said “I have missed you so much.”
I doubt if many would agree with me, but this episode is in my top five so far (I also think the TNG episode “Dark Page” is totally awesome and a huge tear-jerker, and a lot of TNG fans don’t care for it.)
A joined species -- seven past lives – there should be so much quality material to work with here and we finally get a sample of it.
Starship Down: This appears to be a near-remake of the TNG episode “Disaster” if I remember the title correctly. And not as well done. I have to give this one very low marks.
Little Green Men: This Quark episode just doesn’t work. Armin S. has his great moments, but I couldn’t help rolling my eyes when I saw that they had traveled into the past and become the Roswell aliens. Puh-lease.
Nog has apparently made it into Starfleet Academy, so the entrance requirements must not be as difficult as we have been led to believe.
One a side note, when you do a spell check in Microsoft Word on the word “Klingons,” the first option given you to correct it is: Clintons.
