DeepSpaceNine – Ponderings from the Promenade: A Journey through Star Trek Deep Space Nine

Quark: Star Trek’s greatest ladies man?

Jim’s Take on Episode 18: “Profit and Loss” When most people think of the greatest “romancer” in Star Trek, the first name that comes to mind is surely Captain James T. Kirk. Even people who don’t watch Star Trek know of Captain Kirk’s reputation as a lover of alien ladies who need some help understandingContinue reading “Quark: Star Trek’s greatest ladies man?”

This paradise invokes Stockholm Syndrome

Ray’s Take on Episode 2.15: “Paradise” Miles is a genuine war hero. And, now we’re stranded planetside and captured. Miles looks horrified when he finds out that technology doesn’t work here. Alixus is the queen of exposition, much like her modern AI namesake. She’s not totally wrong. Too much reliance on technology does create aContinue reading “This paradise invokes Stockholm Syndrome”

Miles Edward O’Brien: The Most Dangerous Game

Jim’s Take on Episode 2.15: “Paradise” From previous viewings, I have strong memories of “Paradise” as a Sisko episode. Mostly because of the scene where he proves himself to be a formidable, indomitable, badass by walking himself back to Alixus’ torture box instead of bending to her “cult leader” beliefs in any way. I stillContinue reading “Miles Edward O’Brien: The Most Dangerous Game”

The Rough Road for O’Brien Begins Here

Jim’s Take on Episode 2.14: “Whispers” Another great tradition of DS9 begins with this episode. Because O’Brien is the beloved and adorable “everyman” of Starfleet, the writers can’t resist coming up with strange ways to inflict awful tortures and emotional damage on him! This is the first of many really weird and terrible things thatContinue reading “The Rough Road for O’Brien Begins Here”

Miles envisions circuitry; Julian reminisces about feet

Ray’s Take on Episode 2.13: “Armageddon Game” Harvesters sound right nasty, and they are. I love it when the technobabble includes real concepts. A real engineer or physicist would blow a gasket, but as an armchair theoretical physicist, I find it quite enjoyable. 10,000 Muon particles pass through our bodies each minute, some do ionizeContinue reading “Miles envisions circuitry; Julian reminisces about feet”

Serious title for a buddy comedy

Rhonda’s Take on Episode 2.13: “Armageddon Game” This episode has such a serious title for what is essentially a buddy comedy! (Yeah, yeah, O’Brien almost dies and that’s serious too, but his interactions with Bashir are full of humor.) “Armageddon Game” refers to the reason Bashir and O’Brien are off station. They are on aContinue reading “Serious title for a buddy comedy”

Bickering and bonding at the heart of this episode

Jim’s Take on Episode 2.13: “Armageddon Game” There are many great character duos in Star Trek’s long and storied history. Kirk and Spock. Data and Geordi. Odo and Quark. Seven and The Doctor. Michael and Tilly. Mariner and Boimler. I could go on listing awesome duos all day. But none of them can really compareContinue reading “Bickering and bonding at the heart of this episode”