As well you should!

As well you should!

In the fandom circles I hung out in there was also a lot of discussion over whether the treatment of Dukat's breakdown was an offensive portrayal of mental illness given that it gets all tied up in his Pure Eeeeeevil thing. That and that the writing staff had made it pretty clear that we all needed to be reminded that…

In the fandom circles I hung out in there was also a lot of discussion over whether the treatment of Dukat's breakdown was an offensive portrayal of mental illness given that it gets all tied up in his Pure Eeeeeevil thing. That and that the writing staff had made it pretty clear that we all needed to be reminded that…

Yeah, that last scene was really frustrating, especially because I kept up with the stuff the writers said in AOL chats and stuff at the time the episode aired, and they pretty much came right out and said "Yeah, people have forgotten that Dukat is a bad guy so we're going to remind them." Which they then proceeded to…

Yeah, that last scene was really frustrating, especially because I kept up with the stuff the writers said in AOL chats and stuff at the time the episode aired, and they pretty much came right out and said "Yeah, people have forgotten that Dukat is a bad guy so we're going to remind them." Which they then proceeded to…

I like to assume that that was just Ezri misreading her own attraction to Bashir, given that they do eventually hook up at the end, as Jadzia's memories. It's almost certainly not the intended reading, but it's less icky that way.

I like to assume that that was just Ezri misreading her own attraction to Bashir, given that they do eventually hook up at the end, as Jadzia's memories. It's almost certainly not the intended reading, but it's less icky that way.

Plus the "Improbable Cause" version has Shakespeare in it, and that instantly adds extra awesome.

Plus the "Improbable Cause" version has Shakespeare in it, and that instantly adds extra awesome.

Hellooooooo Doctor!

Hellooooooo Doctor!

This was the first time I've watched this particular episode since turning 30 (I'm 33 now, and this isn't an episode I'd generally bother watching voluntarily) and that opening scene sort of made me feel like the show was implicitly criticizing me for being a washed-up adjunct professor.

This was the first time I've watched this particular episode since turning 30 (I'm 33 now, and this isn't an episode I'd generally bother watching voluntarily) and that opening scene sort of made me feel like the show was implicitly criticizing me for being a washed-up adjunct professor.

First DS9 I saw was the second half of the pilot.

First DS9 I saw was the second half of the pilot.

From then on, Coily visited him nightly, till he was driven mad!

From then on, Coily visited him nightly, till he was driven mad!

Action figures have painted-on hair and clothes, and dolls have acrylic hair and removable clothes.

Action figures have painted-on hair and clothes, and dolls have acrylic hair and removable clothes.