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I realize that "Extreme Measures" isn't a very popular episode, but I thought it was a fairly good episode. The premise was good: Odo's on the brink of death, Bashir can't find the cure, he knows Section 31 has it, so he lures someone to the station. (Sloan) When he tries to interrogate Sloan to find out the cure, Sloan tries to kill himself. Bashir saves him, but he's just about brain-dead. So him and O'Brien literally "enter" his mind to find the cure for themselves. However, I didn't like that they made Sloan's mind Deep Space Nine. I think it should've been more mystical, and less easy to find the cure. This would be a three-star episode, if Sloan had not tried to lure Bashir into death with him. That was a wonderful scene. An episode with a lot of potential, but didn't quite live up to it. |
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And so a major element of the DS9 mythos winds down. Section 31 is defeated, only appearing again in Enterprise and mentioned briefly in Star Trek Into Darkness. I've got to say I loved the idea of S31 and am glad they waited so late to eliminate it. Bashir and O'Brien are excellent together, especially when Bashir is trying to get O'Brien to admit he likes him. There's a playful innocence to this scene which indicates a true, comfortable bond between friends and this kind of scene could only be written for male characters. This episode reminds me very much of Voyager's "Worst Case Scenario". My only criticism would be that S31's imaginary headquarters look like the interior of the Defiant. Seeing Sloan's character the way he perceives himself was interesting. Really like this episode, there's a sense that things are coming to an end, appropriate for an episode this deep into DS9's final season and not leaving any loose ends (unlike Lost's useless finale). |
