It's amazing how Miles is capable of relating to someone completely different from himself. You'd never guess that those two would end being best of friends, to the point that the latter would even think that the former would enjoy sharing his life for a while, Miles and Julian are like night and day.
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I think it strains credibility that O'Brien would recognize Vash immediately as he never was part of any of the Vash stories. He may remember her from the transporter, but he must have seen tens of thousands of people come and go there over the years. Why would he remember her any more than any of them? That Vash would recognize him back though is completely unbelievable. Just like Q said in that episode, he was one of the little people back then.
SPCTRE, feel free to jump in now with this week's episode if you'd like to rewatch "Dax" and comment!
"Dax" is among the most analyzed episodes on this forum (for the obvious reasons). Nonetheless, here are a few small reflections:
- It should not have been difficult to find motivations for Dax's behavior. Guilt, either for what one has done in the past or the actions of one's ancestors, is a rich and intersting topic that can be covered in many ways.
- We get glimpses of the Sisko-Dax relationship that will emerge, though mostly from Brooks' side.
- The Judge, played by Anne Haney, was awesome. She should have been a recurring character.
- Given that the trial was a vehicle for exploring the character, I don't mind that it came to no clear legal resolution. Collective/social guilt is difficult to resolve.
- I love how Kira backed up Sisko--the better side of Visitor's campiness.
I had trouble suspending disbelief that a trill's responsibility for actions of a previous host wasn't a settled legal issue. Trill should have had thousands of years of legal precedent on this issue. Why wasn't it presented?
It also seemed a bit improbable that Dax wouldn't have told her defense counsel and closest friends what was up so that they could help her more effectively. It could have been a more interesting scene between Sisko and Dax than him asking and asking and her doing old stone face.
It also seemed a bit improbable that Dax wouldn't have told her defense counsel and closest friends what was up so that they could help her more effectively. It could have been a more interesting scene between Sisko and Dax than him asking and asking and her doing old stone face.
Humanity has no settled legal positions on anything, given that we are currently divided in countries, that are sometimes as different as night and day.
I love the opening with Kira and Bashir. Not only is Julian completely full of himself, but he's blissfully unaware of how he comes across to Nerys. And yet somehow I don't hate him for it. I actually like the likeability arc that Bashir had in the early days. He causes major eye-rolling, but he's just so sincere that I can't hate him.
Which is a shame, seeing as Sid's "acting" as Vantika is so painful that it's difficult to look past.
Odo's, "Never gonna happen" convo with Quark is a good one though.
"It's good to want things."
"Even things you can't have?"
"Especially things I can't have!"
I also like the scene between Sisko and Odo. I love that Sisko is good-natured throughout the discussion, no matter how hard Odo pushes for an argument.
Overall I find The Passenger to be one of those episodes that is worth the watch for a bunch of good character scenes, but not much else.
Which is a shame, seeing as Sid's "acting" as Vantika is so painful that it's difficult to look past.
Odo's, "Never gonna happen" convo with Quark is a good one though.
"It's good to want things."
"Even things you can't have?"
"Especially things I can't have!"
I also like the scene between Sisko and Odo. I love that Sisko is good-natured throughout the discussion, no matter how hard Odo pushes for an argument.
Overall I find The Passenger to be one of those episodes that is worth the watch for a bunch of good character scenes, but not much else.
It's hard to believe that someone so vain and self-centered (Bashir) could have kept quiet about
his enhanced abilities
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