Category: Deep Space Nine

– Two and a Half Badges – (Series Finale) “Not with a bang, and not with a whimper. With a bang first, THEN a whimper.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-one years later I have remained disappointed in the conclusion of Sisko’s arc as Emissary, but I…Read on!Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 7: “What You Leave Behind”

– Two and a Half Badges – “The Nagus pulls our Ferengi heroes into an uninspired send off.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-one years later I still feel this one let me down. Like The Next Generation before it, I felt like DS9’s seventh season could…Read on!Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 7: “The Emporer’s New Cloak”

– Three and a Half Badges – “A classy and age-old story that nonetheless brings Odo and Kira together beautifully.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-two years later when I think of this episode I feel I was too hard on the Odo and Kira relationship, which…Read on!Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6: “His Way”

– Four Badges – “A superb and disturbing tale of one captain’s descent into ‘justifying the means.’” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-two years later and everyone agrees this episode is a classic, still, even as it still stares into the abyss of controversy without blinking. **These…Read on!Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6: “In the Pale Moonlight”

– One and a Half Badges – “A worn-thin plot introducing Section 31 ensures its role in history by tainting Trek lexicon.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-two years later I’m still irritated at the advent of the idea of Section 31, and the implication it has…Read on!Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6: “Inquisition”

– Three and a Half Badges – “A quintessential and near-perfect pair of war stories.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-three years later this episode still stands as some of the best of Deep Space Nine’s darker side. It doesn’t get celebrated as much as some other…Read on!Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6: “Rocks and Shoals”

– Two and Half Badges – “A stumble at the starting gate of the sixth season, that does its expositional job.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-three years later, no one cares that the first episode of one of the most epic arcs in DS9, namely the…Read on!Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6: “A Time to Stand”