The most liked episode of DS9: Season 2

[dub]

We've had the vote for favorite episode from season 1 (and the winner is "Duet"), so let's continue the tally by voting for your favorite episode from season 2. After we're done with each season, we'll vote for the favorite overall.

The poll will be open for a week to give as many people a chance to vote as possible. Comment on your favorite, but don't forget to vote!

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I know this is still considered early DS9, and some people say the show hadn't found itself yet...but to me there are so many awesome episodes from this season. Great character development too. In fact, there are few from this season that I didn't absolutely love. So I feel bad to vote for just one, but I'm going to go with "The Wire" because I love Garak, I love his relationship with Bashir, and I love the develpment of that releationship and of Garak's character in this episode. Plus it was a great story and wonderful acting. And one of my favorite quotes is in this episode:

Bashir: Out of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?
Garak: My dear doctor, they're all true.
Bashir: Even the lies?
Garak: Especially the lies.

But again, tough choice for me.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

dub, you hit the nail on the head re:The Wire.

 

[BruntFCA]

Aside from a mid season slump, S2 is fantastic with many great episodes but I have to go with "Necessary Evil" which I would probably put in the top 5 of all Trek.

 

[garaks the best]

Necessary evil is my favourite from this season because i love the ending with kira and odo.

 

[tomalak301]

So many great episodes this season, but I went with Necessary Evil. DS9 does Noir and does it really well. Also, it was great going back to the days of the Occupation and Terok Nor.

 

[Pemmer Harge]

Necessary Evil is definitely my favourite episode of Season 2 and possibly of all DS9

 

[jpv2000]

Necessary evil is my favourite from this season because i love the ending with kira and odo.

Same here.

 

[Nine of Four]

"The Wire".

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[Pondwater]

It was tough choice between "Necessary Evil" and "The Wire" but "Necessary Evil" won my vote because of Terok Nor.

 

[jimbotron]

As far as solo episodes go, my favorite is The Wire, but I like the Circle trilogy and The Maquis two-parter most of all.

 

[EnsignRedshirt]

'The Wire', but it was not an easy decision.

 

[dub]

You have less than 3 hours to get your vote in for your favorite season 2 episode if you have not already! I'm going with the total at 12:42pm EST to be fair (since I forgot to actually set the poll closing date in the settings for this poll).

 

[dub]

And the winner of this poll with 9 out of 21 votes (42.86%) is...

THE WIRE

This DVD Extra has a couple of great scenes from that episode:

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkEoB9nWCnk[/YT]

And here is a segment from an interview with Andrew Robinson about "The Wire," which he says is his favorite episode of the series:

http://youtu.be/kX2eRrzBPak?t=1m40s

Some interesting facts about the episode from Memory Alpha:

Robert Hewitt Wolfe's original idea for this episode was to have Kira addicted to battle stimulants ever since her days in the Bajoran Resistance, but that idea was rejected because it would be difficult to do subsequent episodes with Kira without referencing the addiction and it was felt it could tarnish her character too much (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)

Paul Dooley made his first appearance as Enabran Tain in this episode. This was originally intended to be his sole appearance, but, much like the situation with Andrew Robinson's Garak, the fans liked Tain so much, and the producers were so impressed with Dooley, that they decided to bring him back. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion) He later reprised the role in "Improbable Cause", "The Die is Cast", and "In Purgatory's Shadow".

This also marks the first appearance of the Obsidian Order, which was going to be the Grey Order until the producers learned that Babylon 5 planned to introduce a group called the Grey Council and felt the names were too similar (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion).

A line in the script but not contained in the finished episode would have revealed that Benjamin Sisko served at the Federation embassy on Romulus early in his career, where he befriended a Romulan member of the kitchen staff named "Stolpan." It was further revealed that Stolpan was arrested by the Tal Shiar for "political improprieties," and in response, Sisko was prepared to go to the Tal Shiar Headquarters and convince them to set him free, however, Sisko was eventually persuaded by Curzon Dax not to go. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library)

David Livingston commented "It's a bottle show. It's basically Andy Robinson in a room, but it's very compelling because it's one man intervening". (The Deep Space Log Book: A Second Season Companion, p 43)