This was inspired by the STAR TREK: VOYAGER thread, and is the last one left.
As with the other threads of this type, pick an episode that you feel is NOT generic, either for DS9 itself or the franchise as a whole. It could mean anything to you... from the way an episode is shot, to the story, to the acting... whatever makes you feel an episode is not generic. It can even mean not generic in a way that makes the episode REALLY bad. Be sure to give your reasons why, and to copy the list with your pick taken out so we can be updated.
When it gets down to the last two episodes, I will create a poll and everyone can vote on it to determine the Most Generic Episode of DEEP SPAVE NINE.
Here are the episodes, in production order...
EMISSARY
A MAN ALONE
PAST PROLOGUE
BABEL
CAPTIVE PURSUIT
Q-LESS
DAX
THE PASSENGER
MOVE ALONG HOME
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
BATTLE LINES
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
IF WISHES WERE HORSES
THE FORSAKEN
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
DUET
IN THE HANDS OF THE PROPHETS
THE HOMECOMING
THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
MELORA
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
WHISPERS
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART I
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR
TRIBUNAL
THE JEM'HADAR
THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
CIVIL DEFENSE
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
FASCINATION
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
LIFE SUPPORT
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
PROPHET MOTIVE
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
EXPLORERS
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY
THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR
HIPPOCRATIC OATH
THE VISITOR
INDISCRETION
REJOINED
STARSHIP DOWN
LITTLE GREEN MEN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
OUR MAN BASHIR
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
BAR ASSOCIATION
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
HARD TIME
SHATTERED MIRROR
THE MUSE
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
TO THE DEATH
BODY PARTS
BROKEN LINK
APOCALYPSE RISING
THE SHIP
LOOKING FOR PAR'MACH IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES
NOR THE BATTLE TO THE STRONG
TRIALS AND TRIBBLE-ATIONS
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
FOR THE UNIFORM
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR
IN THE CARDS
CALL TO ARMS
A TIME TO STAND
SONS AND DAUGHTERS
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
THE MAGNIFICENT FERENGI
WALTZ
WHO MOURNS FOR MORN?
ONE LITTLE SHIP
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART
WRONGS DARKER THAN DEATH OR NIGHT
INQUISITION
IN THE PALE MOONLIGHT
HIS WAY
THE RECKONING
VALIANT
PROFIT AND LACE
TIME'S ORPHAN
THE SOUND OF HER VOICE
TEARS OF THE PROPHETS
IMAGE IN THE SAND
SHADOWS AND SYMBOLS
AFTERIMAGE
TAKE ME OUT TO THE HOLOSUITE
CHRYSALIS
TREACHERY, FAITH AND THE GREAT RIVER
ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH
THE SIEGE OF AR-558
COVENANT
IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
FIELD OF FIRE
CHIMERA
INTER ARMA ENIM SILENT LEGES
BADDA-BING, BADDA-BANG
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
THE CHANGING FACE OF EVIL
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND
EXTREME MEASURES
THE DOGS OF WAR
WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND
As with the other threads of this type, pick an episode that you feel is NOT generic, either for DS9 itself or the franchise as a whole. It could mean anything to you... from the way an episode is shot, to the story, to the acting... whatever makes you feel an episode is not generic. It can even mean not generic in a way that makes the episode REALLY bad. Be sure to give your reasons why, and to copy the list with your pick taken out so we can be updated.
When it gets down to the last two episodes, I will create a poll and everyone can vote on it to determine the Most Generic Episode of DEEP SPAVE NINE.
Here are the episodes, in production order...
EMISSARY
A MAN ALONE
PAST PROLOGUE
BABEL
CAPTIVE PURSUIT
Q-LESS
DAX
THE PASSENGER
MOVE ALONG HOME
THE NAGUS
VORTEX
BATTLE LINES
THE STORYTELLER
PROGRESS
IF WISHES WERE HORSES
THE FORSAKEN
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
DUET
IN THE HANDS OF THE PROPHETS
THE HOMECOMING
THE CIRCLE
THE SIEGE
INVASIVE PROCEDURES
CARDASSIANS
MELORA
RULES OF ACQUISITION
NECESSARY EVIL
SECOND SIGHT
SANCTUARY
RIVALS
THE ALTERNATE
ARMAGEDDON GAME
WHISPERS
PARADISE
SHADOWPLAY
PLAYING GOD
PROFIT AND LOSS
BLOOD OATH
THE MAQUIS, PART I
THE MAQUIS, PART II
THE WIRE
CROSSOVER
THE COLLABORATOR
TRIBUNAL
THE JEM'HADAR
THE SEARCH, PART I
THE SEARCH, PART II
THE HOUSE OF QUARK
EQUILIBRIUM
SECOND SKIN
THE ABANDONED
CIVIL DEFENSE
MERIDIAN
DEFIANT
FASCINATION
PAST TENSE, PART I
PAST TENSE, PART II
LIFE SUPPORT
HEART OF STONE
DESTINY
PROPHET MOTIVE
VISIONARY
DISTANT VOICES
IMPROBABLE CAUSE
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THE DIE IS CAST
EXPLORERS
FAMILY BUSINESS
SHAKAAR
FACETS
THE ADVERSARY
THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR
HIPPOCRATIC OATH
THE VISITOR
INDISCRETION
REJOINED
STARSHIP DOWN
LITTLE GREEN MEN
THE SWORD OF KAHLESS
OUR MAN BASHIR
HOMEFRONT
PARADISE LOST
CROSSFIRE
RETURN TO GRACE
SONS OF MOGH
BAR ASSOCIATION
ACCESSION
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
HARD TIME
SHATTERED MIRROR
THE MUSE
FOR THE CAUSE
THE QUICKENING
TO THE DEATH
BODY PARTS
BROKEN LINK
APOCALYPSE RISING
THE SHIP
LOOKING FOR PAR'MACH IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES
NOR THE BATTLE TO THE STRONG
TRIALS AND TRIBBLE-ATIONS
THE ASSIGNMENT
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN...
THINGS PAST
THE ASCENT
RAPTURE
THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT
THE BEGOTTEN
FOR THE UNIFORM
IN PURGATORY'S SHADOW
BY INFERNO'S LIGHT
DOCTOR BASHIR, I PRESUME
A SIMPLE INVESTIGATION
BUSINESS AS USUAL
TIES OF BLOOD AND WATER
FERENGI LOVE SONGS
SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE
CHILDREN OF TIME
BLAZE OF GLORY
EMPOK NOR
IN THE CARDS
CALL TO ARMS
A TIME TO STAND
SONS AND DAUGHTERS
ROCKS AND SHOALS
BEHIND THE LINES
FAVOR THE BOLD
SACRIFICE OF ANGELS
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED RESURRECTION
STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES
THE MAGNIFICENT FERENGI
WALTZ
WHO MOURNS FOR MORN?
ONE LITTLE SHIP
FAR BEYOND THE STARS
HONOR AMONG THIEVES
CHANGE OF HEART
WRONGS DARKER THAN DEATH OR NIGHT
INQUISITION
IN THE PALE MOONLIGHT
HIS WAY
THE RECKONING
VALIANT
PROFIT AND LACE
TIME'S ORPHAN
THE SOUND OF HER VOICE
TEARS OF THE PROPHETS
IMAGE IN THE SAND
SHADOWS AND SYMBOLS
AFTERIMAGE
TAKE ME OUT TO THE HOLOSUITE
CHRYSALIS
TREACHERY, FAITH AND THE GREAT RIVER
ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH
THE SIEGE OF AR-558
COVENANT
IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOAK
FIELD OF FIRE
CHIMERA
INTER ARMA ENIM SILENT LEGES
BADDA-BING, BADDA-BANG
PENUMBRA
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
THE CHANGING FACE OF EVIL
WHEN IT RAINS...
TACKING INTO THE WIND
EXTREME MEASURES
THE DOGS OF WAR
WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND