Tribunal

[JirinPanthosa]

In the utopian 24th century, we've evolved beyond the need for feeling shame over nudity.

 

[GulBahana]

I can imagine the amount of erotic fan fiction involving Odo and his capabilities.

 

[Nakita Akita]

I can imagine the amount of erotic fan fiction involving Odo and his capabilities.

ONG!
That's horrifying!
Just the thought has made me nauseous

 

[Sakonna]

ONG!
That's horrifying!
Just the thought has made me nauseous

You need a mental palette cleanser. Quick, read some of the Garak/Bashir fanfic! The best DS9 fanfic there is, and the most supported by canon (just look at how unsurprised Bashir is to wake up in the middle of the night and find Garak in his bedroom in "Cardassians"... it's clearly not the first time that happened!)

 

[Nakita Akita]

You need a mental palette cleanser. Quick, read some of the Garak/Bashir fanfic! The best DS9 fanfic there is, and the most supported by canon (just look at how unsurprised Bashir is to wake up in the middle of the night and find Garak in his bedroom in "Cardassians"... it's clearly not the first time that happened!)

Bashir and Garak??!!!
WTF?
Eeew!
Bashir is like a human Cocker Spaniel and Garak is as slimey as a room full of personal injury lawyers.
In the eeeww basket I have to place Bashir, Garak and Odo.
I would get gum replacement surgery over reading a slash/fanfic of any of those three!

 

[BobR]

Well Bashir puts on that "social face" to cover what I suspect is his far more cynical real face. We see some of the latter after his "enhancement" has been unmasked, though mainly in stressful situations such as shipboard during the Dominion War.

But none of those ideas are my cup of tea either. Color me "old fart."

 

[Armus]

This is definitely in my top 10 DS9 episodes. The look inside the Cardassian legal system was fascinating.

"The sentence is death! Let the trial begin!"

I read that one line from Gul Dukat in "The Maquis" inspired this episode.

"On Cardassia, the verdict is always known before the trial begins, and it's always the same."

 

[May 20]

I am rewatching DS9 right now, and I watched this episode today. It's one of my favorites, too, but I love most O'Brien-centric episodes. I was again struck by the utter rigidity of the Cardassian court - he's guilty, and here are the "facts" that prove that. Gul Evek hiding his "sources" behind national/military security was scary, again delineating the stark differences between Cardassia and the Federation. The entire episode emphasizes the darker, less Utopic nature of DS9. Good stuff.

 

[Neetza512]

Odo was naked in "BROKEN LINK" when the Changelings made him a solid.

True but technically when he was a changeling he was always naked. His uniform was part of his body, he wasn't actually wearing anything.

 

[kkt]

It's also weird that the most naked any main DS9 character ever gets is O'Brien, in this episode.

Why is that weird? If you make a list of characters with nudity, I suppose someone would have to be most. Why shouldn't it be O'Brien?

 

[Neetza512]

Colm Meany doesn't exactly have impressive physiology. Most of TV only shows actors partially clothed if they're chiseled gods or twig-like models. It shows ST's willingness to defy the conventions and I like it.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Garak is as slimey as a room full of personal injury lawyers.

 

[May 20]

Colm Meany doesn't exactly have impressive physiology. Most of TV only shows actors partially clothed if they're chiseled gods or twig-like models. It shows ST's willingness to defy the conventions and I like it.

I do, too. Bad things happen to non-chiseled people, too. And poor O'Brien - he has the worst luck when it comes to bad things happening.

 

[Horizons96]

True story. The morning after this episode aired for the first time, I stepped outside my apartment--and saw Fritz Weaver strolling down the sidewalk!

That was weird!

That's quite synchronistic. I guess a lot of people would have seen him that day strolling, and many would have watched DS9, but it meant something to you, to be there at that very moment. Reminds me of the coincidental encounter between Ira Steven Behr and Charlie Brill.

 

[mlbach]

With a lead in like that you have to tell us about it
(Please?)