Dec. 19, 2025

Phasers Set To Stun: Top 10 Episodes from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season Six

Phasers Set To Stun: Top 10 Episodes from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season Six
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Season 6Phasers Set To Stun

On Phasers Set To Stun, we recognize the popularity of all things Star Trek, with a look at the television shows, animation, movies, and much more!

Our popular "Starter Treks" mini-series is back with a look at Deep Space Nine! Our crew is leaving the bridge and settling in at the Promenade to share the ten episodes you need to see from season six, if you aren't ready to watch all 26 episodes!

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Episodes discussed on this episode:

A Time to Stand
Rocks and Shoals
Behind the Lines | Favor the Bold
Sacrifice of Angels
Waltz
Far Beyond the Stars
Inquisition
In the Pale Moonlight
His Way
Tears of the Prophets

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Space the Final Frontier. Join us for a bold conversation

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our prime directive to recap our favorite Star Trek shows,

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both new and old, to engage and debate about all

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things Trek. Prepare to energize with Phasers Set to Stunt.

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Welcome back to a new episode of Phasers Set to Stunt,

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where we continue to show our love for everything Star

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Trek in this ongoing series from a film by podcast

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which focuses on every system of the expanding Star Trek

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universe by covering television, movies, animation, directors, merchandise, and much

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much more. Flighting your course on this voyage to the

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Wormhole is your Core Trek crew. I'm Wayne whited Ed,

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i'ams Scot Hofban, and now I'm David Burns. And today

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we're returning to the edge of the Frontier to continue

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our discussion on what we like to call Starter Treks.

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A chosen list for first time viewers. This spoiler free

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list focuses on the top ten episodes from each season

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for people diving into Star Trek Deep Space nine for

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the first time, showing them a great place to start

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and what to warp away from. With Starter Treks, we

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simplify the list to give new viewers a taste from

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each season. As you listen to this episode, you can

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find the course we plotted for you in the convenient

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list located in the description below. If you're new to

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the list, I suggest you check out the previous five

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seasons of our top ten episodes of Deep Space nine,

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season by season, where you can find on our website

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or your favorite podcast platform. All Right, it's the beginning

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of the nineteen ninety seven ninety eight season, and things

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have never been busier for the world of Star Trek.

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Star Trek First Contact completed its worldwide release with one

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hundred and forty six million in ticket sales, as well

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as its VHS debut in May. Pre Production on the

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ninth Star Trek film, Insurrection, began in February, and over

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on Star Trek Voyager, the beginning of the fourth season

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saw the introduction of the boor Get to the series,

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along with a change in the cast, with Jennifer Lean's

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character Kess being removed and her replacement a board named

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seven of nine played by Jerry Ryan Broad On Board

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but on Deep Space nine, the series began its sixth

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season with a massive story arc leading into the Dominion War.

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Behind the scenes, there were changes in the writing and

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production staff, with Robert Hewitt Wolf departing the series at

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the end of last season, being replaced by Hans Bleembler

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and Rene Atcheveria, and Steve Oster being promoted to co

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supervising producers. Battles will be fought, planets will fall, and

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many of our favorite characters will never be the same.

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So now let's begin our list of the top ten

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must watch episode from the sixth season of Star Trek

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Deep Space nine. David, why don't you start us off

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with the first episode?

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That would be a Time to Stand? Written by Hans

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Baemer and David Whittell, directed by Alan Kruger. This season

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opens with the continuing battle with the Dominion and marks

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the beginning of the series experimenting with serialization. The Federation fights,

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but continues to retreat as they're taking massive losses and

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the war isn't going the way they would like, putting

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Cisco and crew into a new situation which will will

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send them into the heart of the enemy for a

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special mission. On the other side of the fight, who

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caught on Deep Space nine is enjoying the victories and

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being back in charge of the station he lost so

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many years ago. However, this comes with consequences as he's

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feeling friction of the Bajorans coming back on board and

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dealing with the Dominion who are questioning his leadership. So

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this episode is vital, I think for anybody who's watching

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this show, because we are witnessing a war like the

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Federation hasn't seen in a tremendous long time.

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Are going to get to see some battles on the

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small screen that we've never seen before. We're gonna see

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a little bit more that rest of the season too.

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and it opens up with a bang in this season

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for sure.

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you have a lot of strong episodes here that we're

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going to talk about obviously, But like you said, the

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scale of the space battles and the dramatic tension that

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you see kind of unfold throughout the season, I think

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it's done very very well, and it sets it up.

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It's like the you know, the Empire strikes back just happened, right,

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Empire strikes back.

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is probably one of their strongest seasons. The two points

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I want to bring up is we've got some additions

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this season of the secondary cast, and the big one

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is Admiral Ross is introduced in this episode, played by

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Barry Jenner. He becomes very very important during this season

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and next season. And also this episode has a dedication

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as well to the memory of Brandon Tartakoff was a

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former chairman of Paramount Pictures. He died in August nineteen

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ninety seven. He's the guy that told Rick Berman to

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start a second Star Trek series, which led Deep Space

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nine and.

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The uniforms for Taylor Better. They look really good on

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them now finally.

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Yes.

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Yes, they were rather loose, weren't they last season?

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Yes?

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They were. They look nice, like incomfortable now like it

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suits them.

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They're not doing the the card mooneuver all the time.

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uniforms instead of of a guy tunic on top of him. Yeah,

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it looks so much better.

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All right, Scott. The second one is yours.

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Yeah. So the second one up is called Rocks and Shoals.

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It's written by Ronald D. Moore and directed by Michael Vahar.

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This episod reminded me a lot of the Ship from

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the last season to the extentment when I was writing

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this right up, I started writing about the ship, so

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I'm glad that I fixed that. But it's another one

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that revolves around a tense situation involving a crashed ship

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and a manipulative Vorta. Cisco and the crew are piloting

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ale stolen Geminar fighter when they're shot down crash landing

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on a nearby planet, and they're not alone. There's a

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crashed Dominion ship with a crew of Gemhdar soldiers and

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they're wounded Florta. When two of Cisco's crew are captured,

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the opposing crews face a tense negotiation. Cisco wants his

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crew back and the Florida needed catchter Cell Wight upboards

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Cisco's ship as the Florida fears what happens when his

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gem Hitar run out of the drug and negotiations continue

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and tensions build, Cisco is presented with a choice he'd

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rather not make. There's an impressive secondary actor playing kivon

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the Vorda, who I think does a great job of

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playing just an absolutely reprehensible person, like I hate his character,

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which means that he was doing a good job. And

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apparently this episode was filmed in sun Valley where temperatures

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went up to one hundred and twenty eight degrees. Oh yeah,

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hottest day in the past ten years apparently, and makeup

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was melting off people on camera.

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Could you imagine wearing that prosthetics and one hundred and

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twenty degrees and gosh, it's uncomfortable.

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had to be just torturous.

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great way of starting this season out. You know, the

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idea that Cisco, you know, his decision on what he's

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going to do with the gym Adar. I won't give

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anything else away, but it it really like it morally

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grounds his character for the entire season. This is the

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direction that sis Go is going.

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and star trek, which is something that we've never really

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established or went into in the franchise, and it's what

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makes this episode one of the stronger ones. And you've

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got to watch this. You can't miss this one.

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station there's quite a tense situation going on, you know,

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with how the Kardassians are running the station and some

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of the compromises that the Jordans are having to make. Specifically,

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there's the performance by Lilian Chauvin I think it is

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who played vedek Ya Seem has a very dramatic omen

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kind of moment in this that I don't know, it

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floored me. But so there's more happening than you know

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just on the planet. On the station, there's a lot

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that's going on as well.

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I have episode three and it's the two parter Behind

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the Lines and Favor the Bold, which was written by

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Renee Etcheveria here Stephen Behar an Hans Beemler. Part one

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was directed by LeVar Burton and part two is directed

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by Winrich Colby. Captain Cisco is reassigned to Starfleet Command Operations,

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just as the Dominion tightens its grip on Deep Space nine,

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leaving Dax in charge of the defiant. On the occupied station,

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Kira and the Resistance cell struggle to sabotage the Dominion's

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efforts to dismantle the protective minefield, but their work is

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jeopardized when Odo falls under the sway of a female

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changeling and neglects his duties. As the minefield nears collapse,

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Cisco assembles a massive Federation task force to retake the

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station and prevent million Dominion reinforcements from entering the Alpha quadrant. Meanwhile, Kira,

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cork Ram, and Jake attend latch efforts of resistance even

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as morale falters and the Dominion closes in. With the

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war's balanced at stake, both starf Lead and the station's

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resistance braced for the decisive battle that will determine control

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of the wormhole. That's quite a mouthful because that's it's

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a lot of long episode, but a very important one.

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This is a very very important two parter for for

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many reasons, and it's one that you really can't skip

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for this season. There's there's a lot of character development here.

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It's important for Cisco he's no longer able to lead

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the missions and has to be the leader and send

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troops in to do the work instead. And it's important

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to Dax because she's the one leading the battles and

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discovers it to you know, she may like war a

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little bit too much. In these episodes, everyone has a

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very important part to play in the story, all of them.

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And then there's course there's Odo.

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Odo.

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He's you know, he's being caught between the Federation and

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his ethics and and his people. You know, it's it's

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a great story, just phenomenally act acted. It's it's just

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you can't miss it. That's the best thing I can say.

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There's a lot I can't stay because I can't spoil

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this episode.

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Get for you guys, just watch it.

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There's a lot of stuff we can't spoil in any

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every episode we're talking about right now because.

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So much is happening.

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But one thing I loved that the show did is

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they realize they need to turn things upside down. And

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that's exactly what they did, because everybody is in a

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very uncomfortable position for probably pretty much the first half

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of the season. And you know, even as as an

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audience or a very uncomfortable position because you're like, this

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just doesn't feel right, but it is because of what's happening.

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So I liked that they did it that way.

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It's it's a direction I ever thought we would see

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for Odo, and I think I could say that in

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an unspoilery way. Amazing performances, but just my jaw was

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on the floor when I I mean I had seen

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it before, but just remembering when it happened pretty shocking

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and shocking for how long it goes on.

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You anyway.

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long time, So it's probably the two episodes I remember

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the most. And you know, Renee Abishon Walt's a phenomenal

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job playing Oto here that you know, there's always that

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question whether he's going to do the right thing, but

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you know, the way he acts it just adds complexity

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shows really highlights his character. All Right, So let's take

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Deep Space nine. Our fourth pick is brought to us

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That would be a sacrifice of angels.

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Written by Hans Bymler and David Whittle, directed by Alan Crooker.

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These three did a lot this season. They did picking

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up right where Favoraboat ends. The battle for the wormhole

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in Deep Space nine is at an all time high,

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says go In. The Federation fleet might do everything can

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to prevent the rest of the Dominion to come through

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the wormhole. However, they must cut through the Dominion Cardassian

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blockade to get to the station.

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It is do or die.

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On the station, things are coming to a fever pitch

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as well. For Cork, Rahm, Rida, Jake, Odo and Kira

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fight for the lives. The war rages and things look bleak.

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The Federation, Cisco and crew need a miracle and the

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consequences in this episode will cause a ripple effect across

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the stars forever you know. This episode contains the largest

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battle ever seen in Star Trek. It's TV wise, it

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is incredible and it is the first time they use

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completely generated graphics for the entire battle, first time Star

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and it also concludes the seven episode arc that we

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have been talking about the serialization here, and it really

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as as someone who's never watched Star Trek before, although

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this is really important that we're talking about it, but

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it is massive part of the history of the Federation

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and Star Trek itself, which clearly makes it very important

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so to watch here.

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so called kind of side characters, although it's hard to know,

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because it feels like on deep space then there aren't

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really any secondary characters because there's also integral to it.

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as Yea. They are all well and Casey Biggs's tomorrow

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they'll have a vital role to play here. I think

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you get a lot more depth out of each of

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these characters, and if you've been following along, this is

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definitely the one not to miss for each of their their.

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Partident when Nog has really coming to his own I

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absolutely love in this season.

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Aaron Isenberg is fantastic.

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I hadn't seen this episode since the first air, and

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I don't know how. I just haven't really done too

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much of a rewatch for the last two seasons. So

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when I watch us, I realized that, you know, yeah,

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the last two episodes were two part of it. This

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actually technically feels like a three, the part three to that,

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so you know, you really can look at it as

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part three, because I mean, it's it's another important episode

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that can't be skipped, not just for the obvious reason

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that this is a seven part or episode seven episode

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arc here at the beginning, but there's a lot of

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for telling.

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In this episode.

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You know, it's very important for the characters of both

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Cisco and Ducott because after this point things take a

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very dramatic turn for them in this season and the

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next season. I was really demonstrated even more on on

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our next pick in the list. So Scott, why don't

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you just go ahead and tell us about the fifth episode?

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Yeah, Waltz written by Ronald D. Moore and directed by

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Renee Abergion Vas. All Right, so I've got Waltz, which

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is written by Ronald D. Moore and directed by Renee

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Abergion Waugh looks like I have another crashed ship episode,

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but it's also a cave episode. So we've got that

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Cisco and Dscott are on the same ship as Dacott

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is being delivered to a Federation hearing where Cisco is

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to testify. The ship is shot down by the Dominion,

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leaving Cisco and Dscott stranded together. After the former goal

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saves the captain's life, Cisco is forced to depend on

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Ducott for medical care and help with setting up a

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communications beacon to rescue the two. Butt wants something else

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from Cisco, a perspective that Dacott was always acting with

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honorable intentions. Unfortunately, Discott has gone off the deep end

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after the death of someone close to him, and familiar

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voices in his head begin to warp his already tenuous

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grasp on reality. This is a showcase of amazing act

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from both main players Cisco and Dcott, but it's a

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storytelling direction that are at the top of DS nine's game.

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To me, I feel like this plays out like more

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of a stage show that's worthy of a Tony as

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much as it is an Emmy, I could see this

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very easily turning into a small cast stage show, and

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I couldn't put my finger out of put It's reminding

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me of a couple of plays along those lines to

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Dcott's performance, Cisco's performance, but then the supporting players that

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are then called in to kind of manifest the insanity

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I think that's growing in Dacott were fantastic. I was.

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I was absolutely glued to this episode.

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Seeing Decott's going off the deep end is putting it lightly,

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I might.

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Say, oh, yeah, way off the deep end.

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Yeah yeah, powerful performance for sure.

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You're right.

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Yeah, this is this is a character piece for Cisco

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and especially Dacott, you know, after what happened in the

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last episode. It really explores how Fardcott's falling into his madness,

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you know, his his obsession with Bajor and his morality.

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He's gone.

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Really Decott's gone far in this series, you know, probably

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farther than any Star Trek villain has ever in Star

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Trek since, like Con, he's no longer that that two

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dimensional villain that we saw during the first few seasons.

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He's one of my favorite characters actually. In the Face

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nine one of my favorite to follow, and a lot

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has to do with the actor Mark Alamo who plays him.

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He's he's a great actor and he's just acting as

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socks off here in this episode. It's it's like you said, Scott,

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it is. I'm surprised that at least one of them

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weren't nominated for an Emmy this season. I know the

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Emmys don't look very kindly to sci fi, but this episode,

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and one that we're going to be talking about well next,

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I think really should at LEAs Scott denomination for.

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Some of them.

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It's a standout piece that kind of demonstrates why Deep

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Space that is worth watching. Yeah, for episodes like this

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that really just take every aspect of it to.

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The next level.

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Well, talking about that sixth episode that one's mind and

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that is far beyond the stars. The story was by

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Mark Scott Zychri. Teleplay was by Eras, Stephen Bear and

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Hans Beiemler, and it was directed by Avery Brooks himself.

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After receiving devastating news about the war, Captain Cisco collapses

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into a vivid vision of himself as Benny Russell, a

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black science fiction writer struggling to publish a story about

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a black science fiction commander in nineteen fifties America. Benny

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faces racism, police brutality, and crushing editorial censorship as he

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fights to make his story and its hopeful future real.

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Well as the line between Cisco and Benny blurs. Benny's

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emotional breakdown reveals the psychological tool on both eras and justices. Now, this,

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along with I would say the fifth episode or the

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fifth series episodes Trial and Tribulations, are probably the most

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the two most talked about episodes of the series. They're

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definitely certainly the most acclaimed episodes of the series. Most

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of the cast, especially Avery Brooks himself, calls this their

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favorite episode.

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It's easy to see why.

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It's probably one of the most powerful and dramatic episodes

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of the whole series, and one of the best written

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episodes of Star Trek period. And I see that over

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and over again with the critics, with the cast, with

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even people that weren't even in the episode who have

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seen it, say that the performances are very human, very raw,

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from anything that they've had to do before. Like I said,

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Avery Brooks directed this episode in hisself, and he just

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gives really remarkable depth to Benny you know, you can

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feel that it's coming from the heart, that that that

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you know, everything that he wants to portray what he

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wanted to come from Star Trek. Deep Space Night is

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right here and with the open ending, and I won't

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give anything away because it it leaves a lot open

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for interpretation.

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It's phenomenal. I love the ending.

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It's really bold for the series to go this way,

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especially at this point because this episode has nothing to

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do with the Menu in War whatsoever. But Deep Space

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Night had to approach this at one point or the other.

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They you know, it had to go this and and

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because it's the only series, the only Star Trek series

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that could do this.

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Yeah, I think it's fascinating that one of the definitive

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standout episodes for the series, and I would say possibly

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for the franchise, ultimately has nothing to do with what's

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happening on the station.

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Yeah, right, Like you said, it's.

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It's a fascinating that that's the case. But at the

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same time, it has everything to do with Star Trek

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amazing performances. I feel like it's probably you know, considering

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the Rock sent Shoal's conditions with all that makeup kind

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of melting other faces. This is probably a welcome departure

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from that.

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Oh yeah, you get.

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To see a lot of them out of makeup, especially Renee.

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This had to be like, yes, I will do this

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episode five times if you want me to just get

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me out of that makeup.

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Yeah, I mean, this is just that. Episode dealt with

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some heavy subjects too, so which needed to be you know,

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star Trek does a really good job with so it

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was a very good episode.

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I found some interesting trivia about this one that I

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didn't notice the case. Apparently there's a memo on someone's

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desk that says no one would believe that a cheerleader

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could kill vampires, which was an intentional reference to Buffy

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the Vampire Slayer, which also had Quirk's arm and Shimmerman

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playing a recurring role that I forgot was on there.

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I watched Buffy for a long time.

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That's right, I forgot its true.

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But yeah, it was a nice little nod there.

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I got a little behind the scenes bit that I

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discovered during my research too. I thought it was kind

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of funny the deep Space Sine artwork that floats out

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the window and lands. The bootprint that is on that

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paper was actually created by Jerry Ryan. They needed a

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footprint and at the time they were filming on voyager

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of the film in the episode of the Killing Game

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where she was dressed up as a French resistance worker

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with these heavy boots, so they know the art director

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just asked her to stomp on it for him.

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Interesting, all right.

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David tell us about pick number seven.

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And that it would be Inquisition, written by Bet Bradley

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Thompson and David Weddell, directed by Michael dorr Wharf himself.

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Doctor Sure is planning to attend a medical conference, but

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before he can leave, a Starfleet secret intelligence arrives on

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the station, quickly canceling his trip. It seems they have

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strong evidence that there is a security breach on the

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station and everyone on staff is suspected. They are all

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relieved of their duties while this secret intelligence does their investigation.

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It isn't long before Bashi is right in the crosshairs

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that he might be guilty of treason. This mind biding

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episode will have you guessing until the very end. Now,

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we can't give away some things in this episode because

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the people who have never seen this before need to

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watch it and be surprised. But It definitely has some

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effects that we're gonna see later on in Star Trek

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in later years. William Sadler obviously has a big role

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in this one, and he does a really cool job

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in this I like William Sadler. I know, we met

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him at the convention.

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He was really cool.

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Yes, yeah, but he plays a big role in this one,

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and for a very good reason. And those who have

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not seen this episode has seen some re things. You'll

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be able to.

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Put this episode together with.

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That recent thing. I don't want to give it away

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for you because I don't want to ruin it. So

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no great episode, and it definitely is mind ending of

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what's going on.

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You're like, what the hell, and.

471
00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:16.640
Then when it finally reveals, it's like, oh, okay, cool.

472
00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.559
Yeah.

473
00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:24.680
Yeah. I've been an enormous fan of William Sadler ever

474
00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:29.559
since Demon Night Tests from the crypt of the movie. Absolutely,

475
00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:34.480
his his character is a favorite of mine in this series,

476
00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:36.519
and I think you'll you'll find out why.

477
00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:40.200
Yeah, this is a good episode. You can't miss this one.

478
00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:42.640
It's too important for the rest of the series. And

479
00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:47.279
David said further on into other series because there's a

480
00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:50.319
lot going on here. I did a little bit of

481
00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:54.079
research and I actually found out that this this episode

482
00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:58.279
was originally intended to be something completely different when the

483
00:25:58.279 --> 00:26:01.279
first draft. I've never seen an episode written so differently

484
00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:03.680
throughout its drafts. But it started off as a comic

485
00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:08.799
episode where he goes to this planet to help the

486
00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:12.079
population and he parks the runabout and then when he returns,

487
00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:14.720
he finds his kids a parking ticket, and the bulk

488
00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:17.279
of the episode he has him fighting against the ridiculous

489
00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:20.319
red tape that the planet's government had set up just

490
00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:22.720
to get out of this ticket. Now that's quite a

491
00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:27.480
difference between while we got how Christy started off. But

492
00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:29.640
I'm gonna be honest, I actually would like to see

493
00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:31.920
that episode. I think it might have been pretty funny.

494
00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:34.039
It could be, but we got a great episode about

495
00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.440
it we did.

496
00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:39.920
I also want to point out too, and this. I

497
00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:42.640
didn't see this the first couple of times I watched this,

498
00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:45.920
but once I saw the when I did my research

499
00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.440
and saw.

500
00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:48.039
The notes, I had to go back and watch it.

501
00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.799
And it does happen.

502
00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:55.079
Uh, Basher appears to give Sloan the middle finger he

503
00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:58.480
was leaving of that meeting. I thought it was they

504
00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:00.839
were kidding about it, but I went, yeah, he.

505
00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.920
Rubbed it along the side.

506
00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:04.799
Yep, yeah, he does. I like that.

507
00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:09.799
I caught that immediately. Oh look at the middle Finger

508
00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.319
Easter egg.

509
00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:14.519
Yeah, but it's a it's a great episode. It's a

510
00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:19.240
very important episode where we're kind of skipping around, working

511
00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:22.880
around the subject of what we're what it's about. But uh,

512
00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:25.319
you know, spoilers, no no phasering this time.

513
00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:28.039
Allow but I.

514
00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:32.400
Will say this is one that you know bears a rewatch.

515
00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:34.599
So I mean, if you're trying to get through the

516
00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:38.000
entire season, go ahead and obviously do that, but it's

517
00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:41.440
one that's you know, because you kind of rethink what

518
00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.039
you were seeing.

519
00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:45.839
Yeah, there were a few episodes this season that really

520
00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:49.359
were incredibly well done and deserve a second or two

521
00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:52.039
or even a third viewing of it. Like I said,

522
00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:54.920
most of these episodes I hadn't seen since their original airing.

523
00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:58.480
This is another one. I enjoyed it. I really enjoyed

524
00:27:58.480 --> 00:28:01.880
rewatching it again. All right, let's pause once again for

525
00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:09.839
station identification. Welcome back to D Space nine starter treks.

526
00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:12.680
We have given you the first seven of our picks,

527
00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:14.960
and Scott will tell us about number eight.

528
00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:20.160
Yeah, number eight is fascinating. In the Pale Moonlight, written

529
00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:23.519
by Michael Taylor and Peter Allen Fields and directed by

530
00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:28.839
Victor Lowell, we open on Cisco making a regretful captain's log,

531
00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:31.920
where here laments ever growing losses of the Federation in

532
00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:35.319
the Dominion War. He reflects on some questionable choices he's

533
00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:38.559
made and wrestles with his conscience about what we see

534
00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:42.759
unfold in the episode. Cisco sacrifices his morals in several

535
00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:45.039
ways so that he can encourage the Romulens to give

536
00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:47.759
up their non aggression pact with a Dominion and finally

537
00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:50.920
join the war. Throughout the episode, we watched Cisco make

538
00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:54.200
one compromise after another in desperation, but we also hear

539
00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:57.559
his reflection on what he's done and what he's willing

540
00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:59.880
to do in order to end this seemingly endless war.

541
00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:03.400
It's a tense, dramatic episode that makes me wonder how

542
00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:06.079
many of our other favorite captains have wrestled with the

543
00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:11.640
same dilemmas in previous wars, because this is the most

544
00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:16.160
we've ever seen dedicated to a war like this, And

545
00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:18.680
I know that this series has gotten a little bit

546
00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:22.319
of criticism as being less star Trek because of it.

547
00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:25.960
I think it's fascinating to see this end of it,

548
00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:29.640
when a science based organization is forced into this kind

549
00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:32.599
of situation, and something that just kind of helps to

550
00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:35.200
kind of drag out what we haven't been able to

551
00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:38.720
see with battles with the Borg or conflicts with the

552
00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:42.440
Klingons the Romulans. I think it just sets up the

553
00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:45.160
opportunity for other series to have that kind of serialized

554
00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:51.440
approach and to get into deeper, doctor darker kind of territory.

555
00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:55.599
I mean, it's definitely something starts right needed in my opinion.

556
00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:58.440
You know, I know it does take criticism for it,

557
00:29:58.519 --> 00:30:01.720
but I think it nice to see it. It's weird

558
00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:03.160
to say this, but it's kind of nice to see

559
00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:06.720
the dark side of Star Trek. And you see that

560
00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:09.920
in Deep Space nine. You know, the three of us

561
00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:12.359
always talk about how heavy this show.

562
00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:13.200
Gets, and it really is.

563
00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:16.759
This season is so heavy, and especially the way it ends,

564
00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:18.279
and again we're not gonna get anything a way, but

565
00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:21.200
it literally ends like the Empire strikes back and you're

566
00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:24.000
just left with this, Oh my god, how were we

567
00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:26.960
going to pick up from this in season seven? But

568
00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:28.960
I mean, it just the whole season just has that

569
00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:31.440
going uh for it, and it just it just does

570
00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.160
not let go.

571
00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:34.640
Yeah, well, let me let me stay because you just

572
00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:37.319
brought up the good point that we've been discussing over

573
00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:40.160
the last couple of weeks is that this Deep Space

574
00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:44.599
nine is really doing, you know, creating new ground for

575
00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:48.960
Star Trek. But it is very dramatic, very dark and

576
00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:53.680
heavy this season, and we it's it's hard to it's

577
00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:56.160
hard to binge watch this this season. We've been talking

578
00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:59.400
about how how difficult it has been getting through these episodes,

579
00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:01.079
and it's not because because the episodes are bad.

580
00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:02.519
That's quite the opposite.

581
00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:08.160
It's just there's a lot of emotional stuff going on

582
00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.799
right now.

583
00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:10.119
With the season.

584
00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:12.680
You need to pay a lot of attention because there's

585
00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:15.359
a lot of continuity, a lot of continuation of the episodes,

586
00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:19.920
so it takes a lot of your attention. Best to

587
00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:22.599
break the season into bits and watch it over a

588
00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:27.599
longer period of time. But this this is an interesting episode.

589
00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:32.000
It's told mostly in flashback, but it's also a very

590
00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:35.240
very important episode for the Dominion War story. And that's

591
00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:37.920
why we chose this as part of the top ten

592
00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:43.079
because it's it's just so important. Avery Brooks. He delivers

593
00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:47.119
a power performance in this. But I want to point

594
00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:48.200
out Andrew Robinson.

595
00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:49.160
I love him.

596
00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:52.160
I love love him for since I saw him for

597
00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:53.680
the first time on Hell Raiser.

598
00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:56.079
He just steals every scene he's in.

599
00:31:56.440 --> 00:32:00.599
He's got that that that chilling calm that Garrick it

600
00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:03.720
can only deliver it. I just I just love him,

601
00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:05.920
and he's phenomenal in this episode.

602
00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:09.119
Yeah, Yeah, and it's it's such a I'm just thinking

603
00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:12.039
back to when we started watching Cisco in season one,

604
00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:17.200
how different he's become, how many kinds of things he's

605
00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:21.240
had to change over the course of it. So I

606
00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:25.359
love the way that this episode begins and ends in

607
00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:27.880
terms of how it's framed with that kind of flashback

608
00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:32.079
until the final fade out to credits, I think is

609
00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:35.839
still pretty shocking. It's a it's a loud silence at

610
00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.240
the end of this.

611
00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:40.880
Yeah, and there's a nice little bit of continuity in

612
00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.480
this episode.

613
00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:44.680
Now I won't get phased for this because no spoiler.

614
00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:47.319
But one of the ships that they stated is that's

615
00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:51.160
destroyed by the Dominion is the USS Cairo, which is

616
00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:55.119
Captain Jellico's ship. If you remember he mentioned that Next

617
00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:59.279
Generation episode change of command, but continuing on more recently.

618
00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:02.319
The rec of that ship will be later found in

619
00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:06.960
the Star Trek Prodigy episode The Fast and the Curious. So,

620
00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:11.799
like I said, nice combination connection between past, this crass

621
00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:15.000
present and the more recent Star Trek series.

622
00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.200
Interesting.

623
00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:19.119
All right, let me bring you number nine and that

624
00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:23.039
is his Way. Written by Iris, Stephen Baer, and Hans

625
00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:27.279
Beiemler and directed by Alan Croker, Winoto struggles to move

626
00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:31.400
past his awkwardness with Kira. Basher introduces him to Vic Fontaine,

627
00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:36.079
a charming holographic lounge singer who becomes an unexpected advisor

628
00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:39.640
in matters of the Heart. Vic encourages Odo to embrace

629
00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:44.720
confidence and emotional vulnerability, even coaching him through simulated scenarios

630
00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:48.599
and with a holographic Kira. As Odo begins to open

631
00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:53.319
up real Kira returns from Beijor, unaware of his growing

632
00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:55.839
determination to express his feelings for her.

633
00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:56.920
Now.

634
00:33:57.720 --> 00:34:00.559
This is a calmer, more lighthearted episode than most of

635
00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:03.880
the season. It's kind of a breather that we needed,

636
00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:06.039
which is why I kind of argued a little bit

637
00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:08.599
to have this in the top ten. It's a romantic drama.

638
00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:12.119
It's caught right in the middle of all these war episodes,

639
00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:16.239
but it showcases Kira and Oda and the relationship together,

640
00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:19.599
and that's two characters that really hasn't had much to

641
00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:23.360
do for the second half of this season, so it's

642
00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:27.039
nice that they got an episode together. But it also

643
00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:30.159
introduces this to one of the last of the secondary

644
00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:32.519
cast for the series to appear, and it's James Darren

645
00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:37.840
as Vic Fontaine, the Holographic Lounge singer. I love James Darren.

646
00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:40.400
He was the star of one of my favorite Armin

647
00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:43.760
Aleen series back in the sixties, the Time Tunnel. I

648
00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:46.679
was fortunate to be able to meet him shortly after

649
00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:49.239
he filmed this episode. I took my mom to a

650
00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:51.920
convention up in Cleveland to meet him because she was

651
00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:54.840
a huge fan of his back in the early sixties

652
00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:57.559
when he was like this teenage heart throb, and he

653
00:34:57.679 --> 00:35:00.320
was so nice to me, so nice to her. He's

654
00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:04.239
a brilliant character actor who unfortunately passed away just a

655
00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:07.679
little over a year ago. But I love Vic Fonteine.

656
00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:11.360
I think he was a great addition, a little lighthearted,

657
00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:14.280
a little bit away from the war that we needed

658
00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:15.440
at this time in the series.

659
00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:17.840
Yeah, I mean we talked about how heavy it's been.

660
00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:21.800
We needed a break from all of that, otherwise it's

661
00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:24.159
going the wrong direction. We needed something to have to

662
00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:27.440
step away from the craziness that's happening in the world

663
00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:29.440
of Star Trek. So no, it was well needed.

664
00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:32.960
I liked him very unexpected in a lot of different ways,

665
00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:37.679
with the relationship and the use of vic Fontaine. You know,

666
00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:39.239
this is one where I kind of feel like I'd

667
00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:42.360
have kind of a far Escape reaction, and that at

668
00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:44.920
a certain point far Escape was getting into like tuxedos

669
00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:46.960
and things like that. I remember missing parts of it

670
00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.559
and finding that.

671
00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:50.400
And I was like, what am I, what's happening this?

672
00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:55.079
Apparently it's a lot. I think it's interesting to see this.

673
00:35:55.920 --> 00:36:00.079
It reminds me of the the episode with Data in

674
00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:05.360
the Next Generation where he's working with Joe Piscope. Obviously

675
00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:08.840
more in depth than that, but I don't know, just

676
00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:11.039
an interesting way to kind of go back to this

677
00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:13.679
kind of use of a holiday in a very unexpected way.

678
00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:16.639
Yeah, I love this episode. I loved it back then.

679
00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:19.360
You know, it's kind of a musical if you really

680
00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:22.559
think about it. Years before a Strange New World's tempted it.

681
00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:25.239
You got there's five songs, and I'll be honest, I

682
00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:26.599
think these Space I did a better job.

683
00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.639
You had to bring you had to bring that up

684
00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:32.840
right now. Immediately goes to wrapping Klingons again. Thank you.

685
00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:35.960
No, it's amazing, Colum down.

686
00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:39.880
Incorrect, incorrect, but I mean Odo struggles with humanity stuff

687
00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:42.280
like Data did. So you can really see the similarities

688
00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:45.119
in those two characters, you know, and you see what

689
00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:47.440
Odo is battling. And again we can't give way too much,

690
00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:51.719
but you know things will happen more for him for

691
00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:53.960
where he's leaning in which way he knows he needs

692
00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.159
to go.

693
00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:55.639
There's a lot of moral.

694
00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:58.280
Debatings that going on inside of himself.

695
00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:58.960
There really is.

696
00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:04.320
Yeah, and this opens up this storyline with Vic to

697
00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:06.679
one of my favorite episodes in the next season, which

698
00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:10.159
we'll talk about. It was a funny episode. I loved

699
00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:12.599
that episode. So I thank this.

700
00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:15.000
Episode for being written and brought produce.

701
00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:19.079
It's also very interesting, like if you were going to

702
00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:22.599
tell somebody that this is a very important episode for

703
00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:24.760
a lot of different reasons the way that it opens,

704
00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:27.400
you'd be like, no, it's not, yeah, I don't need

705
00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:29.679
to see this, but you absolutely do, because I remember

706
00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:32.519
not seeing this the first time I saw the opening

707
00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:34.920
of season seven, and I was just like, clearly I

708
00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:38.159
missed so much, So definitely worth watch.

709
00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:40.920
All right, David, You're going to close out the season

710
00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.960
with episode ten.

711
00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:45.840
Tears of the Prophets, written by Hans Bemler and David Weddell,

712
00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:48.920
directed by Alan Crooker. In the season finale and the

713
00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:52.159
one hundred and fiftieth episode, Cisco has chosen to lead

714
00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:54.719
an attack on the Cardashian homeworld. Before he does so,

715
00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:57.000
the Profits make an appearance to him in a vision.

716
00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:59.760
The Prophets warn him on the impending doom that lies

717
00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:03.159
ahead if he leaves the station. Needing help from Basher,

718
00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:06.119
Daxon Wharf make a monumental decision for themselves as du

719
00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:09.360
Kott takes a step into place he never imagined. One

720
00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:13.320
has serious consequences on Cisco as the Emissary Bijor and

721
00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:18.280
all of Deep Space nine. So there's a major ending

722
00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:23.159
in this one that would shock everybody and which leads

723
00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:26.079
us into the Empire. Strikes back vibe that we get

724
00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:29.239
here even another Star Trek movie. But if we say it,

725
00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:32.000
then we're going to kind of give away what happens.

726
00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:35.199
So I don't want to say these similarities between this

727
00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:39.719
and a certain Star Trek film. But yeah, wow, this

728
00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:42.880
one really catches by surprise when you get to the

729
00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:46.599
end of it. You really didn't see that coming at all,

730
00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:49.760
at least I didn't, and it was devastating.

731
00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:52.400
Yeah, I kind of hate this episode. I mean, it's

732
00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:54.079
a very important episode.

733
00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:58.159
But of like you, yeah, yeah, I'm glad you said

734
00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:00.000
that because I was stealing I may be the same

735
00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:02.559
was the only person that felt that way.

736
00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:04.400
But it's a really good.

737
00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:07.159
Sign of a good season finale. It's well written, it's,

738
00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:10.000
you know, like most of the finales, leaves a lot

739
00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:13.199
of open questions, and it sets the stage for the

740
00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:17.519
b storyline for next season. But it's so really, really

741
00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:20.440
hard to talk about this episode. But I remember being

742
00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:24.920
so angry at what they did and not knowing the

743
00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:25.639
reason why.

744
00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:27.480
I think for the end of this episode.

745
00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:30.360
Now years later, I do know the reason, and to

746
00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:32.440
be honest, I'm even more angrier now than before.

747
00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:35.000
I hate, hate, hate.

748
00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:37.360
What they do to one of the characters, and I

749
00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:41.039
feel it really wasn't necessary, especially since the actor didn't

750
00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:43.519
want to do it and had a better solution. But

751
00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:46.880
in my opinion, that they made the wrong decision with this.

752
00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:49.760
I'm gonna leave it at that, but because you know, there's.

753
00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:50.199
Not we can do it.

754
00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:54.760
You know, it's done and gone now. But I didn't

755
00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:57.719
like it. I didn't like it when it first aired.

756
00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.760
I don't like it now.

757
00:39:59.239 --> 00:40:01.519
But still it's a damn good episode.

758
00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:05.519
Yeah, there were probably a fair amount of rage quitters after.

759
00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:07.800
This, probably, but you know what, it's it's a bold

760
00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:08.840
move by the writers.

761
00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:10.039
It is you know it.

762
00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:12.880
It reminds me a Game of Thrones. No one's safe,

763
00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:15.519
and I like that. I get tired of everybody and

764
00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:18.559
start being safe and you know that. So there's no danger.

765
00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:20.760
So I'm kind of glad they went that way in

766
00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:21.239
my opinion.

767
00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:23.559
Yeah, and there's a lot of danger in this series,

768
00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:25.400
especially with this war. We really don't know what's going

769
00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.199
to happen to any.

770
00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:27.559
Of these characters.

771
00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:29.519
I mean, you know, it's different from Next Generation. We

772
00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:30.960
all knew what was gonna happen to all this characters

773
00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:33.280
are gone to make films, but this we have no

774
00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:35.280
idea what's going to happen.

775
00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:37.880
You know anything, and and you know.

776
00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:41.280
Next season even more happens, so you know it, Just

777
00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:45.719
sit down and enjoy the ride. But it does stir

778
00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:47.519
up a lot of emotions.

779
00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:51.679
Yeah, have we talked about Jeffrey Cobbs.

780
00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:54.760
Not a way do we? And we should? We should.

781
00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:56.239
He's so important to this series.

782
00:40:56.800 --> 00:41:01.039
I know that we're we're Yeah, he's He's a phenomenal

783
00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:05.519
actor that plays Wayun. I know that he's been like

784
00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:10.119
eight different characters in Star Trek, probably more if you

785
00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:12.079
count how many way UN's we go through.

786
00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:14.199
He's probably got the round right.

787
00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:17.639
He was a major character on Enterprise too, So yeah,

788
00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:19.159
he's so important to the franchise.

789
00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:24.800
He's just got such a chilling, calm delivery. It's hard

790
00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:30.280
not to see his final round as Scarecrow in the

791
00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:33.960
Batman animated series with the way he delivers his lines. Yeah,

792
00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:39.559
but Wayun is a character that you love to hate.

793
00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:41.440
But I just want to take a moment to just

794
00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:43.840
call it how much of a character he is.

795
00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:46.480
I'm glad you did, because you know, there's so many

796
00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:49.960
secondary characters in this series. Is kind of easy to

797
00:41:50.599 --> 00:41:53.280
forget about talking about one, and they all deserve to

798
00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:56.679
be discussed about because they're all phenomenal. They're fantastic, And

799
00:41:56.760 --> 00:41:58.880
Jeffy Colmes is a great We got to meet him

800
00:41:58.920 --> 00:42:01.039
as well, and he's such such a.

801
00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:02.519
Joy to talk to.

802
00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:06.480
Yeah, all right, and now, of course, with every season,

803
00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:09.440
not every episode turns out to be the classic Star

804
00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:12.599
Trek hit that we all love. Sometimes an episode may

805
00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:15.599
not work. Either the script is lackluster and boring, the

806
00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:18.800
act things Wooden or the ETHX look like something straight

807
00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:22.280
out of the original series. These are the episodes to skip.

808
00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:25.960
Our dishonorable mentions, David, I'll have you go first.

809
00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:29.840
You know, I feel like every episode I'm picking on

810
00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:37.079
a freaking love episode. But here's another one. Resurrection Star Trek.

811
00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:40.559
Just man, they when they go wrong on romance, they

812
00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:44.559
go wrong and this is like a mere universe that

813
00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:48.480
Barrell tries to steal the Bajoran orb of Prophecy, but

814
00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:51.119
Kira falls in love with him, making things that much

815
00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:57.320
more difficult, and it's just no, no, no, it's a mess.

816
00:42:57.440 --> 00:42:59.960
I just know I want nothing to do with this episode.

817
00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:02.639
In listeners, you shouldn't either, Scott.

818
00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:09.159
I agree. I got so sick of mirror universes in

819
00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:10.920
here that I was like, well, this is fun, but

820
00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:15.920
do we really do we really have to? There was

821
00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:18.760
another episode that I didn't even watch profit.

822
00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:19.199
And Lace.

823
00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:23.239
I did watch that, and that was my second choice.

824
00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:25.679
I did rewatch that, and yeah, that's a little cringe worthy.

825
00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:31.239
It doesn't hold up well offensive in a lot of ways,

826
00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:34.440
so I don't think I don't think it advanced as much.

827
00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:36.559
And it's one of those places where it's kind of unfortunate,

828
00:43:36.639 --> 00:43:40.000
like there they are highs than lose to the FERENGI barks.

829
00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:42.199
I feel like it was a low one.

830
00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:45.199
But Wayne, what about you.

831
00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:50.079
Well, I chose resurrection too. I just kind of like

832
00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:52.199
what you said, Scott. I feel at this point the

833
00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:54.960
Mirror Universe has been done to death. There was really

834
00:43:55.519 --> 00:43:57.519
there's no really nowhere else deep space sign can go

835
00:43:57.599 --> 00:43:59.920
with it. But here we are. We have another episode.

836
00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:03.360
It just doesn't have a place in this season. You know,

837
00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:05.239
right in the middle of the Dominion War, we get this.

838
00:44:05.239 --> 00:44:08.840
This filler episode brings nothing to the ongoing storyline.

839
00:44:08.880 --> 00:44:10.320
It just seems like an excuse for the.

840
00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:13.559
Writers to bring back the character of Burial, which you know,

841
00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:16.960
he wasn't really the most popular of characters to begin with,

842
00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:19.360
to tell you the truth, so you know, his his

843
00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:22.440
reappearance it falls flat. It's just more of those you know,

844
00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:24.559
who cares moment that's That's how I felt, you know,

845
00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:26.639
who cares about everything that's happening in this episode.

846
00:44:26.639 --> 00:44:28.199
We want more dominion war.

847
00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:33.400
We don't want this this morning episode exactly. And finally,

848
00:44:33.519 --> 00:44:36.360
for every season, we placed the spotlight on one character

849
00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:40.599
and give our favorite moments. For season six, we take

850
00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:43.840
a closer look at our favorite Trill Science officer, Lieutenant

851
00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:47.440
Jesse of Dax Scott. What is your favorite Dax moment

852
00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:48.039
this season?

853
00:44:49.719 --> 00:44:52.280
Honestly, it's for an episode that we didn't cover. You

854
00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:57.559
were accordingly invited. What she enders that one with Cirilla,

855
00:44:58.000 --> 00:45:01.559
wife of Martak is one thing, but how she handles

856
00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:04.840
it as something else. Entirely. I think the entire episode

857
00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:07.320
shows the strengthen her character, her sense of humor, and

858
00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:10.039
her ability to go toe to toe with any cling on.

859
00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:13.840
I think in some ways you could argue that she's

860
00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:18.880
more click on than Wharf as much as Wharf prise

861
00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:23.079
to you know, kind of dance that balance. But yeah,

862
00:45:23.639 --> 00:45:25.599
she just she blew me away in that one, and

863
00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:27.559
I loved seeing where the episode ended up.

864
00:45:28.159 --> 00:45:30.159
I'm glad you brought up that episode because that is

865
00:45:30.280 --> 00:45:32.320
kind of it's an important episode that we had to

866
00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:33.559
kind of leave off the top ten.

867
00:45:33.800 --> 00:45:34.880
So I mean, I.

868
00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:38.159
Guess those any episodes outside are top ten. Doesn't really

869
00:45:38.159 --> 00:45:41.000
matter about spoilers. But people, Wharf and jed Zia they

870
00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:44.599
get married in this episode, so that's kind of important

871
00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:46.400
to know, I guess. So if you haven't figured it out,

872
00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:50.039
if you watch these now, David, what do you think.

873
00:45:50.159 --> 00:45:52.719
Oh, it's the same thing, it's you a quarterly invited.

874
00:45:52.800 --> 00:45:57.000
It really shows you the depth of Dax from this episode,

875
00:45:57.599 --> 00:46:00.480
how she's able to handle everything, and how she is

876
00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:03.800
in the Klingon world. Uh. Sometimes it's almost embarrassing for

877
00:46:03.880 --> 00:46:06.480
Wharf because she does such a better job of it

878
00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:12.880
than he does. Absolutely, and and Star Trek has never

879
00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:15.400
really had a full wedding episode, and this is a

880
00:46:15.440 --> 00:46:19.039
full wedding episode from beginning to end. The entire episode

881
00:46:19.079 --> 00:46:21.840
is and it's it's done really well. So I think

882
00:46:21.840 --> 00:46:23.639
the whole episode not just a moment, it's a whole

883
00:46:23.639 --> 00:46:26.159
episode of Dax that is just extremely well done.

884
00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:29.679
It's funny that we've you guys chose an episode that

885
00:46:30.199 --> 00:46:32.239
we didn't include in our top ten, because I did too,

886
00:46:32.280 --> 00:46:35.679
But I chose a change of heart only because of

887
00:46:35.840 --> 00:46:39.639
a couple of specific scenes. But the episode is Wharf

888
00:46:39.639 --> 00:46:42.559
and Jessea. They go on a dangerous mission to extract

889
00:46:42.559 --> 00:46:46.519
a high value Cardassian informant, but when Dax is badly wounded,

890
00:46:46.920 --> 00:46:50.039
Warf must choose between completing the mission and or saving

891
00:46:50.079 --> 00:46:55.679
her life. Because Jess she's injured, and she urges Wharf

892
00:46:55.800 --> 00:46:58.719
to to go on leave her and complete the mission.

893
00:46:59.400 --> 00:47:03.039
She really loves Warf and but and she's accepted her faith.

894
00:47:03.079 --> 00:47:05.800
But Warf, of course he refuses. He does, spays the orders,

895
00:47:05.880 --> 00:47:09.599
risks his career to save her. It's one of Jizia's probably,

896
00:47:09.719 --> 00:47:14.920
in my opinion, this season, more hur rawest moment. It's

897
00:47:14.960 --> 00:47:16.480
one of the few times that she and Warf get

898
00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:19.599
to show just how much they mean for one another. Plus,

899
00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:22.719
it has one of my favorite exchanges for the season.

900
00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:26.360
It's when when Dax's surprised that Wharf tells her a joke.

901
00:47:27.519 --> 00:47:30.000
He says, you know, I have a sense of humor

902
00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:32.039
on the Enterprise, I was considered to be quite amusing.

903
00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:34.599
And she goes, that must have been a very dull ship.

904
00:47:34.679 --> 00:47:38.239
And then Warf con that is a joke. I get it.

905
00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:40.039
It is not funny, but I get it.

906
00:47:40.400 --> 00:47:41.079
I love that.

907
00:47:43.320 --> 00:47:48.039
Wharf is a lucky character. Yeah, it's a miracle that

908
00:47:48.199 --> 00:47:53.559
man got married. But yeah, more of a testament to

909
00:47:53.920 --> 00:47:54.320
jed Zy.

910
00:47:54.440 --> 00:47:57.880
I think, well, it's nice that he finally found a

911
00:47:57.880 --> 00:48:00.639
little bit of happiness. You know, he had everything happened

912
00:48:00.679 --> 00:48:03.199
with Klaar and then you know, we never did find

913
00:48:03.199 --> 00:48:07.719
out whatever happened between him and Deanna Troy, which it

914
00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:11.039
was a relationship. I wasn't overly crazy about on there anyways,

915
00:48:11.079 --> 00:48:13.480
but something something happened.

916
00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:15.760
I don't know what they do went together, But.

917
00:48:16.039 --> 00:48:20.039
So he gets happiness and gets married. It's it's nice, yeah,

918
00:48:20.079 --> 00:48:23.199
for sure. And there you have it, our top ten

919
00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:26.880
episode starter Trek choices from the sixth season of Star

920
00:48:26.960 --> 00:48:30.280
Trek Deep Space nine. We'd like to open a channel

921
00:48:30.320 --> 00:48:32.440
to our listeners and here just what you thought about

922
00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:35.599
our choices and the season in general. You can email

923
00:48:35.679 --> 00:48:38.400
us at a film by Podcast at gmail dot com,

924
00:48:38.800 --> 00:48:41.480
find us online at a film by podcast dot com,

925
00:48:41.880 --> 00:48:45.440
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926
00:48:45.440 --> 00:48:47.519
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927
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928
00:48:51.159 --> 00:48:53.559
A big thank you once again to my fellow trekkers

929
00:48:53.639 --> 00:48:56.639
David and Scott for joining me through the wormhole once again.

930
00:48:57.159 --> 00:48:58.239
Yeah, thanks Wayne.

931
00:48:58.360 --> 00:49:01.840
Thanks mixt episode, we'll give you our top ten episodes

932
00:49:01.840 --> 00:49:05.639
from season seven. Continuing and concluding the Dominion War and

933
00:49:05.719 --> 00:49:10.360
the Saga of Deep Space nine, Empires will fall, alliances

934
00:49:10.360 --> 00:49:12.400
will be forged, and new friends will be brought on

935
00:49:12.559 --> 00:49:15.599
board station to join in the battle. We look forward

936
00:49:15.599 --> 00:49:18.119
to returning to Deep Space nine and to you our

937
00:49:18.159 --> 00:49:21.400
listeners on the next episode of Phasers, set to stun