Yes,this is unfortunately exactly right.
I hate seeing 'production value' being squeezed out at the cost of story integrity and logic….

I too love the honour and unexpected depth shown in this scene, and repsect reaching across species,cultural boundaries and the gulf of a war and a guard/prisoner dynamic to find a shared (for want of a better word) 'Humanity'…

As the changeling said, "I ain't got no body— and no body's perfect for me! A yadda,yadda, yah!"

With Lwaxana, I see it as more of the Optimist/Pessimist dichotomy: In our universe she is nearly redeemed by her sensitivity and maternal nature; whereas in the Mirror Universe her constant overbearing, suffocating mothering is nearly redeemed by the gonzo poor taste her psychotic stalking and reductive, misogynic…

This just in:

I've got to get back to that crazy planet
That they call 'The Planet Of The Apes'
And find Cornelius, my favorite ape

Listen I amsure I amnot the firsttopoint out the obvious— WhatDS9 really neededwasa laugh track.

"..on keepin' on…"

Hey, don't knock it! Murphy's Oil Soap's Henry V was a thing of beauty—

I am very sorry to hear about your niece, EH. I hope your sister and the surviving twin are doing OK.

Tout à fait, mes cocos!

It's the same with the original Tribbles for us TOS fans, believe me…

Yes, Tajiiks and Iranians are good workers…
I sell you three for price of two…
No sell you Uzbek, you no like. Is why called Uzbek, cuz Uz always coming Bek to complain about them. Very funny, eh? Iznogud.

I tend to agree; We ften give the writers, creative, clever hard-working professionals that teya re, ore credit than they deserve…

"Damar, when the trap door fell…"

Tajik your Uzbek to the store, it's Bajoran…

I want a "Boobo Happens" bumper sticker.

My honor student was gutted that your son gutted him at Gowron High, home of the Bug-Eyes, "what you look in' at, Willis?'

Brilliant, that gag!

I could easily imagine Garak thinking of possible justifications and cover stories as he's doing something, even before.