True.  Actually, if you believe the bonus content, I think Gaeta was bi, although that could be my memory being crap.  And I guess he's not one of the "only" two since his lover was also a named character whose name I can't actually remember (Hoshi?) - one of the Pegasus guys originally, who ended up on the opposite…

Last year (during a movie festival), I am led to believe that two folks actually did get married via a re-enactment of the "short short version" scene from _Spaceballs_.  They brought in a legally appointed individual to read the minister's lines.

Oh my gods, there's a message hidden in the rap about the episode in which the character in question sends out a hidden message… once again, RJS blows minds, even if it took them a whole week to notice.

Agreed.

What's funny is that (on the unlikely possibility that no one's mentioned it yet), the closet scene from YACI came as a last-minute fix that the writers threw together.  They realized that their original plan - a sudden somber moment in the middle of all the comedy in which Odo announces to his friends that he doesn't…

@avclub-469855b15af87afcbf7d29ea09e321ed:disqus:  I don't fault Kira because I've talked to people who have been through the phenomenon - readily falling into lust and/or bed with someone who looks a lot like a past lover - and apparently it's a totally real thing that happens to the best of us (or at least to the…

Last week people here convinced me that DS9's approach to serialized storytelling is unique because it organically grew into this epic based on character and such, not based on a master plan.  Well, in "Behind The Lines" I was a little conscious of how artificial it was to decide to abruptly make Odo go beige, yet…

Yuri and MP:  I think it suffers the effects of the fact that it was tentatively slated to come before "Rocks And Shoals," before the writers decided to link the occupation episodes a little more (i.e. adding the cliffhanger-ish ending of ATTS to lead directly into R&S).  Or at least I heard that once.  Other than the…

I miss Ziyal I.  She really only had one full episode ("Return To Grace") and was plenty memorable there.  It's not just amount of screen time that matters - acting and writing can make things happen.

It seems like some of DS9's appeal comes in familiarity with _Star Trek_.  Here, look at Zack's comments about the fundamental change DS9 has to make in embracing serialization and taking a whole arc to delve into its rich setting.  It's a great look for DS9.  But some genre shows embraced serialization before DS9…

"I also have my separate problems with the Odo/Kira plotline - I think
that revealing Odo's feelings for Kira through a sudden visit from
Future Odo, rather than through Odo's own organic character growth, is
jarring and strangely dissonant (and not in a good way)."

Yeah, I think you're right.  Late-era TNG would have done this episode and it probably would've gone with a dark ending, but only DS9 would have gone with the dark ending that both moves forward and casts a shadow over one of its core relationships.

Yeah, count me in among the many who initially reacted exactly the opposite of Zack, and who was initially annoyed that there wasn't more fighting on behalf of the victims (present and future) of the DS9 crew and its swank warship disappearing from the Alpha Quadrant.  Re-watching has helped because the episode works…

Todd - I honestly don't remember.  If so, yes, it changes the situation enough that if there aren't specific instructions, you move on to the next decision-maker.

To me, a big part of what makes Trek the franchise it is is its history of theatrically trained actors, particularly as the captains.  The whole tone of _Star Trek_ for me is kind of ponderous and larger than life, even when it plays at being all full of early-90s nuance.  People give Shatner (often) and Stewart…

They didn't make that argument, though.  Bashir says something like "the Captain made it obvious what he wanted us to do.  I can't overrule that unless his closest relative gives permission."

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Odo as "good" and Worf as "neutral?"  I'd be more likely to reverse those.  Odo's the definition of law and order first, with morality sometimes showing up as a side effect.

Todd - Thank you for reminding those of us who haven't already to congratulate Zack for so entertainingly ripping apart _Hemlock Grove_.  Good to have you back in the world of snobs who loudly proclaim their love of thoughtful SF/F on TV.

I'm not nuts about "The Ascent" but I get the appeal of giving Quark and Odo so much time together.  (The actors mention that this was a specific desire to actually make a whole episode out of Quark and Odo bouncing off each other, which had never been done before - previously it had always been just a few one-liners…