Rocks and Shoals has the pretty terrifying idea of Kira just going to work every day in her little routine, trying not to upset the apple cart and have Bajor remain neutral. Vedek Yassim's arrival, saying that evil needs to be opposed, certainly stirs some frustration in the messy situation in Kira, but she isn't willing to do anything. Then, of course, the ending, where Yaasim kills herself, is a very bold way to go, yet unfortunately appropriate. A shocking end, but it finally gets Resistance-Kira in action. DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Babel" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 1: "The Storyteller" DS9 Season 2: "The Circle" DS9 Season 2: "The Siege" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 2: "The Collaborator" DS9 Season 3: "Life Support" DS9 Season 3: "Shakaar" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Crossfire" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "Shadows and symbols" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains... DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
I keep thinking someone has already saved "Shakaar" and it has been erroneously left on the list, but no one has saved it. But the fact that I keep thinking that means I want to save it. I looooooove how Kira smacks down Winn at the end of this one. And I love how much big drama it spins out of a dispute over farming equipment. Too bad the title character is so poorly cast! Though he comes off better here than he does in either of his subsequent appearances. DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Babel" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 1: "The Storyteller" DS9 Season 2: "The Circle" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 2: "The Collaborator" DS9 Season 3: "Life Support" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Crossfire" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "Shadows and symbols" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains... DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
Saving "LIFE SUPPORT". Very sad end for Bareil, but he went out as he lived... serving his people. His calling. Few can say that. DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Babel" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 1: "The Storyteller" DS9 Season 2: "The Circle" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 2: "The Collaborator" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Crossfire" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "Shadows and symbols" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains... DS9 Season 7: "What You Leave Behind"
@Sakonna I saved the episode in the last contest. I know it's not as strong as one or two of the other episodes in the Final Chapter, but I'm saving What You Leave Behind. It's so bittersweet, with many of the relationships we've enjoyed seeing over the seasons, being separated by the end of the episode. The war ended triumphantly, and I loved the last get-together of the crew in Vic's to celebrate. DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Babel" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 1: "The Storyteller" DS9 Season 2: "The Circle" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 2: "The Collaborator" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Crossfire" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "Shadows and symbols" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains...
"Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night" - I think this episode has a really powerful story. It has so much character development for Kira and this episode jumps out at me as being the point when Kira realises that the world isn't divided in to good and evil or them and us, it's far more complicated, it's a lot of people most of whom were just trying to survive or wanted their families to survive the occupation. It's also so tragic. DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Babel" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 1: "The Storyteller" DS9 Season 2: "The Circle" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 2: "The Collaborator" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Crossfire" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "Shadows and symbols" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains...
I enjoy "Shadows and Symbols" because it shows us how far Sisko has come on his character journey, and it gives all the other characters something interesting to do as well. DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Babel" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 1: "The Storyteller" DS9 Season 2: "The Circle" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 2: "The Collaborator" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Crossfire" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "The Changing Face Of Evil" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains...
I'll go with The Changing Face of Evil because it really moved in the final; arc along briskly, with the Breen attacking Earth and destroying the Defiant. Winn killing Solbor was one of those moments where she moved deeper into the pro-Pah Wraith camp, now passed the point of no return. DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Babel" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 1: "The Storyteller" DS9 Season 2: "The Circle" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 2: "The Collaborator" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 4: "Crossfire" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains...
Crossfire for the scene between Odo and Quark after the former wrecks his room. I love the relationship between those two. DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Babel" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 1: "The Storyteller" DS9 Season 2: "The Circle" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 2: "The Collaborator" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains...
I wouldn't say I like "The Collaborator," exactly, but I do appreciate the way it acknowledges that sometimes, and especially in war/occupation, there isn't always a good choice. DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Babel" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 1: "The Storyteller" DS9 Season 2: "The Circle" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains...
My opinion of "Babel" has zig-zagged wildly over the years. I rewatched it for this list and my opinion is back up. It's very much "rough draft DS9", but it's interesting to watch them figure out the puzzle of this show. DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 1: "The Storyteller" DS9 Season 2: "The Circle" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "Covenant" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
Saving "COVENANT". A good illustration of how easily religion can be turned into a bad cultist movement. And Dukat was quite convincing in his change. DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 1: "The Storyteller" DS9 Season 2: "The Circle" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
I'll save "The Storyteller" for the "oatmeal" scene alone. But it was also fun to watch the interplay between Bashir and O'Brien when they weren't friends yet. DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 2: "The Circle" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows" DS9 Season 7: "When It Rains..."
When It Rains... begins the excellent Kira story, where she helps the Cardassians start a resistance against the Dominion, going full circle as a character. DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 2: "The Circle" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
Its beginning and end have already been saved, and now it's time for DS9: "The Circle" to join them. DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 2: "Cardassians" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
"Cardassians" was a cool one to revisit. Great world building, with the orphanage on Bajor. Really utilizes the potential of the DS9 premise. DS9 Season 1: "Past Prologue" DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Darkness And The Light" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"
Still struggling to choose! The Darkness and the Light brought back Kira's old Resistance pals that we first met in Shakaar, which was some nice continuity. Seeing them killed off in a brutal manner was so memorable. DS9 Season 1: "A Man Alone" DS9 Season 1: "Battle Lines" DS9 Season 2: "Sanctuary" DS9 Season 2: "The Alternate" DS9 Season 4: "Indiscretion" DS9 Season 5: "Things Past" DS9 Season 5: "The Begotten" DS9 Season 5: "Ties Of Blood And Water" DS9 Season 6: "Resurrection" DS9 Season 6: "The Reckoning" DS9 Season 6: "Tears Of The Prophets" DS9 Season 7: "Image In The Sand" DS9 Season 7: "'Til Death Do Us Part" DS9 Season 7: "Strange Bedfellows"