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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: By Inferno's Light  Rewatch   Season 5, Ep 15

IT'S ON NOW. A Dominion fleet pours through the wormhole, friends and enemies change alliances, Worf is in the fight(s) of his life, Garak battles against time and his worst enemy, Dukat gets a new job, and the infiltrator aboard the station puts their second and deadlier plan into motion, with the fate of Deep Space Nine, Bajor, the Federation, and the Alpha Quadrant at stake. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on May 22, 2016 - 9 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: For the Uniform  Rewatch   Season 5, Ep 13

One day more, Another day, another destiny, This never ending road to Calvary; These men who seem to know my crime Will surely come a second time, One day more... [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on May 15, 2016 - 10 comments

SGU Stargate Universe: Water  Rewatch   Season 1, Ep 6

Severe rationing can't save the Destiny's dwindling water supply, forcing Colonel Young and Lieutenant Scott to seek out drinkable water on a deadly ice planet. [more inside]
posted by zarq on May 10, 2016 - 3 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Darkness and the Light  Rewatch   Season 5, Ep 11

Someone's killing off the members of Kira's former resistance cell, one by one, and apparently saving her for last... but she's one mean mother(-to-be). [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on May 8, 2016 - 8 comments

SGU Stargate Universe: Light  Rewatch   Season 1, Ep 5

Nearly out of power, Destiny has dropped out of F.T.L. and is flying directly toward a sun. The crew has no access to core systems and no way to change the ship's course. Colonel Young conducts a lottery to determine who will escape certain death to try and find a habitable planet with the shuttle. [more inside]
posted by zarq on May 5, 2016 - 7 comments

SGU Stargate Universe: Darkness  Rewatch   Season 1, Ep 4

Destiny suffers a power crisis, putting the lives of the stranded crew in jeopardy when even the emergency reserves run dry. Colonel Young orders everyone to limit their power consumption and Dr. Rush pushes himself to his breaking point. Meanwhile Eli begins recording individual messages from the crew in case they don’t survive. [more inside]
posted by zarq on May 3, 2016 - 1 comment

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Ascent  Rewatch   Season 5, Ep 9

If Quark and Odo are to survive, they'll have to depend on each other as they climb... into thin air. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on May 1, 2016 - 5 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Let He Who Is Without Sin...  Rewatch   Season 5, Ep 7

Some of the crew are taking some R&R on the planet that's the Club Med of the Alpha Quadrant. What could possibly go wrong? Risa, meet Worf. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Apr 24, 2016 - 17 comments

SGU Stargate Universe: Air (Part 3)  Rewatch   Season 1, Ep 3

With the air supply failing on Destiny, a team disembarks to a desert-like planet in search of lime or a similar mineral to scrub the ship’s air of carbon dioxide. Meanwhile, with life on the ship looking bleak, Colonel Young reports in to General O’Neill and Chloe has one last chance to see her mother, courtesy of the communication stones. [more inside]
posted by zarq on Apr 21, 2016 - 4 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Assignment  Rewatch   Season 5, Ep 5

A new enemy appears on DS9, with a familiar face, and O'Brien has to figure out not only what they want, but why. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Apr 17, 2016 - 8 comments

SGU Stargate Universe: Air (Part 2)  Rewatch   Season 1, Ep 2

In part 2 of the series premiere, approximately 80 scientists, military personnel and civilians find themselves stranded on a large, damaged Ancient space ship, several billion light years from Earth. The new, reluctant crew discover that they're locked out of the ship's systems, life support is failing and they will need to make repairs fast or run out of air in a matter of hours. [more inside]
posted by zarq on Apr 16, 2016 - 4 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places   Rewatch   Season 5, Ep 3

Well, I spent stardates lookin' for you/ Quark's Bar and holodeck lovers were never true/ Playin' a petaQ's game, hopin' to win/ Tellin' those dishonorable lies and losin' again... (it sounds better in the original tlhIngan) [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Apr 10, 2016 - 13 comments

SGU Stargate Universe: Air (Part 1)  Rewatch   Season 1, Ep 1

College dropout Eli Walllace solves a mathematical equation in an online computer game, planted there by Stargate Command. For his achievement, Dr. Nicholas Rush and General Jack O'Neill recruit Wallace to the Icarus program, which is attempting to dial a nine-chevron address with the Stargate. When the hidden base is attacked, an evacuation begins. But with the planet's unstable core about to go critical and lacking any other means of escape, approximately 80 people are forced to step through the gate and head to an unknown destination -- on the other side of the universe. [more inside]
posted by zarq on Apr 8, 2016 - 20 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Apocalypse Rising  Rewatch   Season 5, Ep 1

Awesome metal band name or daring undercover raid into the heart of the Klingon Empire? You decide! [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Apr 3, 2016 - 10 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Body Parts  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 25

Quark is a dead man. No, wait, he's not. Well, then again... [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Mar 27, 2016 - 17 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: To the Death  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 23

Weyoun! DS9 adds to its already-impressive list of recurring characters with yet another Jeffrey Combs portrayal. And there are also a bunch of rebel Jem'Hadar trying to activate an ancient gateway, fate of the galaxy at stake, working with the enemy, etc. The important thing is, Weyoun. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Mar 20, 2016 - 20 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Muse  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 21

A mysterious woman helps Jake write a novel; Lwaxana Troi, pregnant with a son, asks Odo to help her escape her husband. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Mar 13, 2016 - 4 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Hard Time  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 19

O'Brien was forced to endure a virtual-reality simulation of twenty years in prison in a matter of hours, a sentence which he insists was solitary confinement--so why does he keep seeing a hallucination of an alien? [TW: suicide] [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Mar 6, 2016 - 11 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Accession  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 17

Sisko gets to quit the job he never wanted, but the new guy wants to bring back old ideas, and Sisko isn't too happy about that. Plus, Kira contemplates a change of careers, and Worf is in no hurry to be an amateur obstetrician again. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Feb 27, 2016 - 15 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Sons of Mogh  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 15

Worf's brother Kurn arrives on the station, and asks Worf to kill him. Meanwhile, Klingon ships are detected outside Bajoran space. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Feb 21, 2016 - 6 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Crossfire  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 13

What becomes of the broken-hearted... especially when they have to protect the new lover of their crush? [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Feb 14, 2016 - 8 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Homefront  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 10

"I was hoping that this would never happen. But it finally has. The Changelings have reached Earth." [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Feb 7, 2016 - 7 comments

The Expanse: Season 1: "Dulcinea" through "Leviathan Wakes"  Books Included   Season 1, Ep 0

A thread to discuss the entire first season of The Expanse, as well as the James S. A. Corey book it's based on: Leviathan Wakes.
posted by zarq on Feb 4, 2016 - 58 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Sword of Kahless  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 9

Worf is contacted by a legendary hero to help him find a long-lost weapon that was the foundation of their Empire, and an enemy from Worf's past also joins the hunt... but the two Klingons and Dax discover who the real enemy is. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Jan 31, 2016 - 8 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Starship Down  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 7

In the grand tradition of "Balance of Terror" (TOS), a submarine movie IN SPAAAAAACE, and some of the crew learn some pretty important lessons about life... and each other. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Jan 24, 2016 - 16 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Indiscretion  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 5

Major Kira has an unexpected team-up with Gul Dukat, and finds out a deep, dark secret of his... which is absolutely no surprise to anyone who's had even the slightest acquaintance with his character. Also, Sisko gets cold feet. (No, not that kind of cold feet. Not yet, anyway.) [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Jan 17, 2016 - 8 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Adversary  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 26

Benjamin Sisko gets another pip, everyone gets aboard the ship, the infiltrator gives them the slip, oh no--this could be their last trip! [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Dec 27, 2015 - 12 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Facets  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 25

The DS9 cast "gets a chance to pretend to be someone else for a scene or two, which is goofy and fun until the sociopath shows up." [more inside]
posted by zarq on Dec 23, 2015 - 17 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Shakaar  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 24

Kira gets an assignment from Kai Winn, of all people, to convince the former leader of her old resistance cell to stand down his resistance to relinquishing soil reclamators. Bajor is on the verge of civil war again... over farm equipment. And O'Brien's in the zone... [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Dec 20, 2015 - 17 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Family Business  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 23

Quark and Rom's Moogie Introduces Feminism to Ferenginar. [more inside]
posted by zarq on Dec 16, 2015 - 10 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Explorers  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 22

A major milestone in DS9: the first appearance of Leeta! Also, Sisko grows the beard, Jake tries to set up his dad with a certain freighter captain, Bashir is sort of weird about his past (no big change there), and did those feet in ancient times...? [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Dec 13, 2015 - 19 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Die is Cast  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 21

Garak reluctantly tortures Odo for information to prove his loyalty to his former mentor, Enabran Tain, as a joint Tal Shiar / Obsidian Order attack on the Founders in the Omarian Nebula is underway without Starfleet's involvement. [more inside]
posted by zarq on Dec 9, 2015 - 11 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Improbable Cause  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 20

Garak has a fire sale, and everything must go! And Odo is witness to yet another awkward reunion. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Dec 6, 2015 - 10 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Through the Looking Glass  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 19

A second visit to the twisted, brutal Mirror Universe, this time with pirates, Sisko's dead wife and freedom fighters. [more inside]
posted by zarq on Dec 2, 2015 - 11 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Distant Voices  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 18

It's Bashir's birthday, and he's feeling especially old, but why is Garak acting so suspiciously? I mean, more so than usual. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Nov 29, 2015 - 16 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Visionary  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 17

In which O’Brien meets O’Brien, and all hell breaks loose.... [more inside]
posted by zarq on Nov 25, 2015 - 13 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Prophet Motive  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 16

Zek has seen the light, and it's not the gleam of latinum. Can Quark deal with the Nagus' new groove? And Bashir is oddly bashful about his chances of winning a major award. WARNING: Although this episode was approved for broadcast twenty years ago, it features scenes of oo-mox that younger or more sensitive viewers may find disturbing. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Nov 22, 2015 - 5 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Destiny  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 15

An ancient Bajoran prophecy of doom complicates the first joint Bajoran, Cardassian, and Federation science mission: an attempt to establish a permanent communications link through the wormhole. [more inside]
posted by zarq on Nov 18, 2015 - 12 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Heart of Stone  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 14

Odo has a crush on Kira, but Kira is just getting crushed. Can he save her from Star Trek's oldest and most implacable foe, the styrofoam boulder? Also, Nog has an intriguing proposition for Sisko, but there are some things even latinum can't buy... [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Nov 15, 2015 - 16 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Life Support  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 13

A fatally-injured Vedek Bareil struggles to stay alive long enough to complete the most important act of his career. Jake goes on a disastrous double date with Nog. [more inside]
posted by zarq on Nov 11, 2015 - 17 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Past Tense, Part II  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 12

Sisko takes a dead man's name; will he have to sacrifice his life in order for the Federation to exist? The people of Sanctuary make a desperate last stand while Kira and O'Brien search through history to rescue their crew. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Nov 8, 2015 - 9 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Past Tense, Part I  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 11

A transporter accident sends Sisko, Bashir, and Dax three centuries into Earth's dark past to 2024, where the United States has attempted to solve the problem of homelessness by erecting "Sanctuary Districts" -- makeshift ghettos for unemployed and / or mentally ill persons. They've arrived just days before a violent incident that will lead to a turning point in Earth's history. Now they must find a way to avoid disrupting the timeline and get back to the 24th century. [more inside]
posted by zarq on Nov 4, 2015 - 18 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Fascination  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 10

A Midsummer Night's Dream IN SPAAAAAAACE, featuring the Aunt Mame OF SPAA--look, I know I did this joke just last week, but it fits, OK? [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Nov 1, 2015 - 26 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Defiant  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 9

Commander Riker shows up on DS9, charms the crew and convinces Major Kira to take him on a tour of the station and the Defiant. After she unlocks the Defiant's systems, he stuns her and steals the ship. Sisko assists Gul Dukat on Cardassia Prime to prevent the ship from entering Cardassian territory. [more inside]
posted by zarq on Oct 28, 2015 - 25 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Meridian  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 8

Brigadoon IN SPAAAAAAACE! Will our crew be able to science the ---- out of this one? Plus, everything you never wanted to know about the holosuite but were too squicked out to ask, or, you thought the one with Barclay in TNG was TMI... [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Oct 25, 2015 - 11 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Civil Defense  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 7

While converting the station's old ore processing unit into a deuterium refinery, Chief O'Brien and Jake Sisko accidentally trip an old Cardassian security program, which was set to put the station on lockdown in the event of a Bajoran uprising during the Occupation. [more inside]
posted by zarq on Oct 22, 2015 - 25 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Second Skin  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 5

Major Kira is kidnapped by the Cardassians and told she is actually an undercover field operative of their Obsidian Order named Iliana Ghemor whose appearance was altered and memory erased. [more inside]
posted by zarq on Oct 14, 2015 - 15 comments

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Equilibrium  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 4

Jadzia can't get a song out of her head. And who was that masked man? [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Oct 11, 2015 - 6 comments

Continuum: Final Hour  Season 4, Ep 6

Series Finale. Kiera and Alec risk everything to stop the future soldiers and their devastating plan. Kellog, despite a loose alliance with Kiera, has plans of his own. All factions clash violently in order to determine which path the future will take. [more inside]
posted by zarq on Oct 10, 2015 - 10 comments

Continuum: The Desperate Hours  Season 4, Ep 5

The penultimate episode of Continuum. Despite sharing her agenda with her partner, Kiera pushes Carlos’ patience to the limit as she pressures him for more time. Kellog faces unexpected peril. Carlos reveals all to Dillon. The future soldiers stage a daring raid to free their recently imprisoned leader.
posted by zarq on Oct 10, 2015 - 12 comments

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