I expected Nog to take command. It did occur to me, though, that he might have held back from taking command since he didn't know the situation or how the ship had been operating for all those months.

I've been reading these boards for months while I tried to catch up with the rest of you. I finally caught up - and actually overtook the episodes under review - over the Christmas holidays. I've thoroughly enjoyed the commentary here.

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Second this: Barney Miller is a.w.e.s.o.m.e.

While I agree that "Profit and Lace" is a terrible episode, I can't help but burst out loud laughing every time I see that image of Quark in drag. The while premise is ludicrous… an actor who is normally in heavy make-up is made up to be something he isn't. There's something so M. C. Escher about it.

By coincidence, I happened to watch "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" on Dec 24. When my wife and I exchanged Christmas Eve gifts later that night, the box I chose contained a "B. Sisko #15" Niners baseball t-shirt modeled after the uniforms they wore in that episode.

Well. If every porkchop were perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs.