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A decent enough episode in its way. We begin to delve into the dark days of the war. Something like this often happens. The aggressor starts the war because they think they can win it, and so the side on the defensive falls back and back. Usually, they turn it around and the aggressor loses, but we obviously can't know that yet. Everyone deals with the dark days in their own way, and this is what we see here. The other side, Weyoun and Dukat, provided some of the best bits as ever. They form a brilliant double act, both thoroughly nasty in their own ways. One last thing, Sisko's dad is right, why can't we all just get along? |
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Sisko losing Command of the Defiant was a bit of a head-scratcher for me; I thought it was a form of punishment for losing DS9. Then we see a Jem'Hadar ship, no, THE Jem'Hadar warship from many episodes ago, waiting in a dock for him. I appreciate paying attention to details like this. I forgot all about the warship, and there it was, in one piece and read to go! On a mission! As much as I love TNG, it is things like this that I think makes DS9 a better written and better acted show. No longer is a lone ship fighting off the villain/disturbance/holodeck malfunction of the week. DS9's static position means we must be willing to explore more than just the ruptured EPS conduits (or some other damn thing, as Geordi once put it!). Excellent episode in a string of excellent episodes! |
