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Rocks and Shoals

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Series :
Season Ep :
6 x 02
Title :
Rocks and Shoals
Rating :
5
Overall Ep :
125
First Aired :
6 Oct 1997
Stardate :
51107.2
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Your Rating :
4.7500 for 4 reviews
Reviewer : Indefatigable Rating : 4
Review : The end of a desperate exercise leads to another desperate exercise in survival. This is what war does, and there must be hundreds of desperate exercises like this up and down the border just to stay alive. It also provided a bit of moral ambiguity, showing both sides as equally desperate and yet honourable in their own way. The only issues I really had were the question of how Sisko's ship got to where she ended up. Since they lost warp drive, they must be in the same system as the shipyard they blew up. Nothing seen on screen supports this, so where are they and how did they get there? The side-story of Kira and the others aboard the occupied station caught my attention almost as much as than the main story. We got some sense of what it was like to live under occupation, and it is not pleasant. I hope I never find myself in the same situation.
Reviewer : James Koon Rating : 5
Review : This episode says more than words. Speaking without giving the whole plot away, I've never known more hate for a single being in "Hollywood" than the Vorta in this episode. His smug way, knowing that Sisko an crew would act honorably in the end. He played both his own and the Starfleet personnel to ensure his own survival. The "Third" in the episode, played by an apparently great actor, was able to pull off both nobility and servitude with the knowledge of his own plight in a way that is indistinguishable from what the character would know. Overall, strong episode, keeping with the theme of the reprocussions (sp? sorry) of war. For once, it's not one sided "The Federation has better morales that you", but more "The Federation will preserve itself, but not without trying to save you first". The latter, in war, is what is more honorable. Give until you cannot, and let live who will do what is right.
Reviewer : =NoPoet= Rating : 5
Review : After the Siege of AR-558, I think this is the episode that stands out in my mind as an overwhelmingly brilliant episode of DS9. The situation is grim, the enemy prepared to do whatever it takes and there's no rescue coming. The prisoner exchange scene as they walk across the strip of land across the water has become the iconic image of DS9 for me and Garak's banter makes me laugh. The music for the episode is light-years away from the senseless noise we usually hear on Trek (the music for DS9's and Voyager's later seasons was a huge improvement from TNG's). We've got terrific writing ("They've never seen the insides of a Vorta before" is superb characterisation of the Jem'Hadar). This Dominion War arc defined DS9 for me and confirmed that the criticism for DS9 not being yet another TOS clone was foolish and unfounded.
Reviewer : SilverStryfe Rating : 5
Review : Everyone else has touched on why this episode deserves the highest rating, so as to not repeat those words I will add some different insight. This episode contains my favorite Chief O'Brien moment. After dragging the makeshift raft of supplies to shore, ship sinking in the background, and with no ability to call for help, O'Brien genuinely bemaons the tear in his pants before realizing how ridiculous it is and causing everyone else, for a moment, to forget their desperate plight.
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