148 posts tagged with sciencefiction by Halloween Jack.
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Profit and Lace Rewatch Season 6, Ep 23
When an unexpected development shakes up the Ferengi government, Quark has to... I mean, he decides... folks, I'm sorry. This is just the worst episode. I really can't think of anything clever or cute to put here, I could barely make it through the episode as it was. Sorry. No, I'm not sorry; this one made "Move Along Home" look like "The Visitor." Sheesh. [more inside]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Reckoning Rewatch Season 6, Ep 21
It's too bad that DS9 has already used the titles "Armageddon Game" and "Apocalypse Rising", because that's what happens in this episode, for real this time; it starts with Sisko taking a gander at a dusty old tablet, and ends up with two ancient enemies getting it on like Donkey Kong. [more inside]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: In the Pale Moonlight Rewatch Season 6, Ep 19
When you dance with the devil in the pale moonlight... the devil always leads. [more inside]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night Rewatch Season 6, Ep 17
You might think that it wouldn't be possible to hate Dukat any more than you already do, because you already hate him with the hate of ten thousand burning suns, but ask yourself: are those suns supernovas? Well, they are now. [TW: rape] [more inside]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Honor Among Thieves Rewatch Season 6, Ep 15
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Far Beyond the Stars Rewatch Season 6, Ep 13
And now for something really different: for the first time anywhere, an adaptation of a long-lost work by the tragic and underappreciated African-American SF author and Afrofuturist pioneer Benny Russell, a story considered so controversial at the time of its writing that it was completely suppressed by its publisher: "Deep Space Nine"! [more inside]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Waltz Rewatch Season 6, Ep 11
Dukat is back, and he seems positively conciliatory toward Sisko, especially when they're marooned on a planet together. But is he telling the truth about their situation, and are they really alone? [more inside]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Statistical Probabilities Rewatch Season 6, Ep 9
Bashir gets a visit from The Dream Teamthe Jack Pack, a group of genetically-enhanced savants who are capable of rapid and stunningly accurate assessments of the Dominion threat. But what does he do when they predict that the Federation will lose the war? [more inside]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Favor the Bold Rewatch Season 6, Ep 5
OK, you know how, when you think you've found the right person, you just can't get enough of them? And you totally lose track of time in their arms? And all your friends are like, hey, where have you been, and you try to tell them that this is the one, man, and they just don't get it? And then you realize that one of them is going to get executed because you didn't do your part to resist the invading aliens? OK, maybe not so much the last part, but that's Odo's deal. Also, Sisko & Co. prepare to retake the station. [more inside]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Sons and Daughters Rewatch Season 6, Ep 3
Temporarily assigned to the IKS Rotarran, Worf is shocked to discover that one of the new crew members is his son, Alexander Rozhenko; so is the rest of Trek fandom, because the kid is only about eight in Earth years. (I mean, the Jem'Hadar grow to maturity in days, and the all-time Trek precocity champ is probably the resurrected Spock, but still.) And, against all odds, Dukat manages to be even creepier. [more inside]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: A Time To Stand Rewatch Season 6, Ep 1
In the first episode of the six-part "Station Occupation" arc, Jake learns the limits of freedom of the press under the Dominion, Dukat creeps on Kira (big shock), Odo balances being a god and a cop, Quark looks on the bright side of life, and the exiled Federation crew (plus Garak) execute a plan that's so crazy, it's gotta work--or does it? Plus, special bonus July 4th surprise! [more inside]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: In the Cards Rewatch Season 5, Ep 25
Sisko, J. and Nog [NFI], "The Acquisition of Unique Artifacts in a Post-Monetary Society: A Case Study", The Journal of Deep-Space Studies, Stardate 50929.4, v. 47:9, pp. 1701a-e. [more inside]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Blaze of Glory Rewatch Season 5, Ep 23
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the song of angry men?
It is the music of the people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes. [more inside]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Soldiers of the Empire Rewatch Season 5, Ep 21
Qoy qeylIs puqloD. Qoy puqbe’pu’. yoHbogh matlhbogh je SuvwI’ Say’moHchu’ may’ ’Iw. maSuv manong ’ej maHoHchu’. nI’be’ yInmaj ’ach wovqu’. batlh maHeghbej ’ej yo’ qIjDaq vavpu’ma’ DImuv. pa’ reH maSuvtaHqu’. mamevQo’. maSuvtaH. ma’ov. [more inside]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Ties of Blood and Water Rewatch Season 5, Ep 19
Kira gets an offer of help from an exiled Cardassian, but finds herself challenged both by his past deeds... and by her own. Plus: Ol' Blue Eyes is back! (No, no that one. Not him, either.) [more inside]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: A Simple Investigation Rewatch Season 5, Ep 17
Things are rarely simple when love and crime get mixed up, as a certain changeling cop who's about to get entangled in a 24th-century version of one of his crime novels is about to find out. (Spoilers for a 1952 movie below the cut.) [more inside]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Abandoned Rewatch Season 3, Ep 6
Quark finds a baby in a pile of junk, then things get weird. Who's your daddy? [more inside]
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]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Search, Part II Rewatch Season 3, Ep 2
We can't all just get along. Also, Odo's first family reunion becomes rather awkward. [more inside]