I give this episode an 8. Why? Well, it had a lot of stuff that I liked, from character development with our main protagonists, to having Nana Visitor and Armin Shimerman reprising their roles from DS9. However, the problem for me was that IT WAS TOO MUCH. It's like eating your favorite desert everyday for about a week. Sure, it's starts out nice, but, eventually, you'll either get bored with it, or, worse, sick of it. This episode gave me too much "fan service" for me to really appreciate it for its nostalgia. By the end, I was just bored with it. Still, I did like the callbacks, and I did appreciate what the producers were trying to do. For me, had they dialed back the content to a proper A/B plot, which means I could do without "Bold Boimler" and "Mariner/Jennifer Shipping", I would have given the episode a higher score.
Anyway, onward to the next episode, I guess...
Anyway, onward to the next episode, I guess...