When Sisko goes insane due to an alien influence, he makes stuff you wouldn't be embarrassed to have in your office for six more seasons. And he's not even an android.

I don't think Spiner does a particularly good job here but I don't think you can realistically say he "lets it down," as if this thing was one decent performance away from working.

Still, at the second that Khan wakes up in the new continuity, he's the same guy as he was in the old continuity. The waters are muddied somewhat by the circumstances under which he wakes up. But Old Spock already knows enough about this guy to be of some use.

Yep. A Khan movie is a distant cry from being a slam dunk, but it could be done effectively.

Probably. He could show up anywhere. I bet we find out in the series finale that Ranjit has been the secret puppet master behind Ted's love life the whole time and he's got a serial killer wall full of pictures and newspaper clippings in his squalid apartment.

Any time somebody's in a cab and it's NOT Ranjit is a huge bummer.

I wouldn't be surprised if it is Khan. Damon Lindelof's said some stuff, however obliquely, that suggests they might go in that direction. For instance, they almost threw a post-credits sequence into the last film that showed the S.S Botany Bay drifting through space.

"What do you know about shapeshifters?"
"I know a lot, actually."

Plus that's kind of who Peter's always been. He's a smart guy and when shit gets weird he just kind of rolls with it.

In a case of art imitating life, Spiner probably woke up at Frakes's house that very morning and said the same thing.

You're right, I forgot about that one. It's only marginally better. The best part about that episode is how Tuvok had them running laps for seven hours and secretly turned up the gravity on that deck by like 15% or something.

Actually, Voyager kind of made a half-assed attempt at this premise. Janeway basically hangs out with a bunch of underachieving redshirts for an hour. In the finest Voyager tradition it was thoroughly mediocre.

I don't even like Lady Gaga but I would pay actual money to see her front Queen.

Y'know, I watched that video and I'm not even sure that Freddie Mercury's dead anymore. That guy's incredible.

Well they kinda hooked up in Insurrection, but it's funny; when I try and remember what happens next I black out for 2 hours and wake up covered in drool. Weird shit, man.

Dude you're giving the Voyager writers SO MUCH MORE credit than they deserve.

I think you're right, Chico. I actually kind of like "Facets" and it's because it's a nifty bit of writing to write to your cast's strengths. You end up with a Dax showcase that takes Farrell's typical early DS9 phoned-in performance and actually makes it work in its favor.

I think "Genesis" and "Sub Rosa" are the only TNG episodes that are legitimately so bad they're good.

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Why? They also have magic medicine and it's just a wound. I'd think he'd have more problems from being fucking decompressed.