I feel like it's one of the benefits of writing stories set in entirely imaginary worlds. The situations have been so abstracted from reality that can be related to subsequent events very easily - and so DS9's post-Watergate cynicism about spying can seem prescient here because obviously it never gets explicitly…

There's a suggestion a lot of SI people are Section 31 (this is true of Admiral Pressman, anyway.)

Avery Brooks goes for a broad theatrical approach for Sisko. It can be a bit hammy, but he's a Star Trek captain, theatrical and hammy kind of come with the job description (Bakula's relaxed, regular joe, 'aw shucks' attitude with Archer on Enterprise being IMHO a misstep here.)

It's not on Netflix? It is here last I checked.

Section 31 never claimed to be unstoppable, just really good at their jobs and around for a long, long time. The first is debatable (though they seem to have their crap together) and the second we know to be true. But yeah, I imagine their importance has been overstated.

That was Margo Martindale?

What about my disappearing avatar?

And Moore did really dislike Equinox - IIRC the second half was written during his short tenure on Voyager - so probably.

Nope. It's on NBC Universal here, along with Bates Motel and Graceland and the like.

I felt that was more of an easter egg. That Section 31 is not to be trusted is a twist, but it's just a twist that certain nerds will have seen coming.

Section 31, scarily enough, is also implicitly better - since literally nobody has ever heard of them. Or alternately this is because the Romulans need fear of the Tal Shiar as part of their repressive state mechanism and acknowledging Section 31's existence would actually be harmful to the Federation (as invaluable…

He said repeatedly he wouldn't do singular week reviews. And then maybe after he saw both episodes.

So basically you're saying Sloan is more threatening than Ru'afo?

And Enterprise would establish that Section 31 actually predates the Federation.

Though on the other hand, I'm tired of all the people who feel Star Trek needs to embrace cynicism and nihilism to be relevant and the optimistic utopia of TNG was something that weighed the series down rather than strengthened it. Star Trek can embrace its optimistic portrayal of the human future and grapple with the…

Section 31 is also one of the most influential things DS9 has ever done, though that statement mostly underlines how little impact DS9 has had on the rest of the Star Trek franchise. The Dominion War merits barely passing mentions in Voyager and the last two Next Generation movies, but Section 31 as a shady and…

I do find it bizarre that the original Killing or Bridge aren't available in the US for precisely that reason. And also it'd be a good opportunity for me to talk about Romanzo Criminale some more here, so yeah, win-win.

I do find it interesting (if a bit bizarre) a lot of Community fans go-to show for comparison is Buffy.

I remember Todd saying earlier this year that Enlightened's second season was up there with Louie's second as what he felt was automatically the best of the year.

Apparently Showtime nixed any ending that had Dexter die.