I can only assume Chef Jason Atherton is the Canadian equivalent of everyone's favorite prick from various '80s movies.

It is fun watching the DVD though because they filmed a commentary with the actual guy (Philippe's character, not Hanssen) and it's fascinating hearing his insights on the film. I wish more "true story" movies did that kind of thing.

You forgot "Vaporize 'em."

Just because they predate the Federation according to Enterprise, doesn't actually validate any of the psycho-history stuff. They don't predate Starfleet, and as Starfleet itself has evolved over the last 200 years of Trek time, no reason Section 31 didn't either, including other Federation races or members into its…

I still miss alt-text.

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We don't meet any Ferengi next week, so this statement is just laughably false.

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This, exactly.

That's a role that was sorely missed in Season 7. Season 6 is the season of Avery Brooks and he leads the four best episodes of the season: Rocks and Shoals, Sacrifice of Angels, Far Beyond the Stars, and this one. Sisko as a character kind of gets lost in Season 7, set adrift as a figure of authority and not as…

I find Valiant way underrated. Profit and Lace is obscene. His Way and Reckoning have moments I really like. Everything else is kind of average. But if S6 has the kind of crazy ambition of the War Arc, Far Beyond… and this week, it also makes the average weekly episode stick out more, and I think the week to week…

It's amazing on an show that literally has a black person who is magic, they brought in a traditional one as well.

One thing I love in this episode is the headfake in the plot. At the beginning of the episode Sisko says he can "see where it all went wrong" and then we find out he's going to try to convince the Romulans to enter the war. So, right away we're duped into thinking the series of events we're about to witness will end…

This one's sorely testing my commitment not to downvote on the AV Club…

I just want Andrew Robinson to show up on The Americans.

Thinking Vulcan would pack too much of a punch is interesting considering Trek '09. Of course, learning Betazed fell, every Trek fan just hoped it meant something had happened to Lwaxana…

No mention of the Enterprise theme song can come without watching the infinitely better Perfect Strangers version: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

My favorite quote about the episode remains Andrew Robinson's summation that the episode is about Garak teaching Sisko that "You can't go to bed with the Devil without having sex."

The episode is a moral deconstruction of Sisko and his responsibilities as he gives his confession directly to camera. We saw Picard tortured by the Cardassians and the Borg, but never this morally vulnerable over a decision her made. Picard was right and you knew he was right because he was Picard. He’d give a speech…

One thing I like about having these two episodes back to back is the way the latter illuminates the former. Years before Section 31 cast a question on Starfleet tolerating a rogue, amoral intellifence force, Sisko pretty much did the same thing with Garak: treating him with kid gloves even though he had a particularly…