#DS91sttime: Season 4, Episode 10, “Our Man Bashir”
Several years ago I was at Dragon*Con waiting for the start of an event in one of the grand ballrooms. Said event was running behind schedule, so the organizers had several people playing “You Don’t...
View Article#DS91sttime: Season 4, Episode 11, “Homefront”
Well, that didn’t take long. Just when I’d started complaining about this season spending too much time away from the core Dominion plot arc, we’re thrown into a terrorist attack taking place on Earth...
View Article#DS91sttime: Season 4, Episode 12, “Paradise Lost”
Talk about missed chances. If you hadn’t told me this episode concluded a midseason two-parter, I would have thought it was one of Trek’s many botched wrap-around season opener/cliffhanger duos. It...
View Article#DS91sttime: Season 4, Episode 15, “Sons of Mogh”
By the very nature of all the writing that I do, and how busy I stay, I usually only get the chance to post one of these episode reviews weeks after I’ve seen the subject. That’s usually a good thing,...
View Article#DS91sttime: Season 4, Episode 17, “Accession”
Since this Bajoran-related episode is in large part based on their religion, I think it’s appropriate to begin with a confession. I’m writing this review at 10:51 PM on a Sunday night leading into...
View Article#DS91sttime: Season 4, Episode 18, “Rules of Engagement”
What’s big, brooding, and looks confused all over? If you said Michael Dorn during his tenure (as of this episode) on Deep Space Nine, you wouldn’t be half wrong. And he doesn’t seem to be the only one...
View Article#DS91sttime: Season 4, Episode 19, “Hard Time”
There are times when I wonder if I’m being too negative in this review series, particularly when I see the reviews of others online. Then I have to remind myself that the kind of person leaving a...
View Article#DS91sttime: Season 4, Episode 20, “Shattered Mirror”
Once again we descend into the mirror universe in “Shattered Mirror”, a place where–as my wife puts it–“everyone becomes a worse actor”. I don’t know if I completely agree with that, though this might...
View Article#DS91sttime: Season 4, Episode 21, “The Muse”
Writers–the ones that believe in their bones that they were made to write–are very driven people, given to not only burning the midnight oil, but the morning and afternoon oil as well. Like all...
View Article#DS91sttime: Season 4, Episode 22, “For the Cause”
Yes, I know. It’s been forever. Still, one couldn’t blame me. I’ve grown a little frustrated with Deep Space Nine. It seems like–at this point in its run–that it kept veering toward greatness, but was...
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