I haven't had time to skim through all 1,000+ comments, but has anyone talked about how offensive the depiction of Chakotay is in the series?

Isn't it already back? Just called "Homeland" and on Showtime?

I love "For The Uniform" & it gives a nice hint of the part of Sisko's character that's willing to bend the rules for the greater good, but even when I watched it for the first time as a teenager I had a hard time believing that Sisko could basically use bioweapons against a civilian population (who're Federeration…

One of the weirdest examples of this tendency that occurred recently was the decision by The CW's "The Carrie Diaries" (AKA the "Sex and the City" prequel) to feature a NYC skyline devoid of the World Trade Center towers… even though the show is set in 1984!

Here's a question related to the idea of "Dax as Girlfriend."

This also becomes more of an issue later on during some of the news regarding fleet movenments during the Dominion War, but the series initially gives you the impression that Bajor is on the far edge of Federation space, hence the name "DEEP Space Nine."

It's not really prostitution though, since there's NO MONEY or exchange of goods.

Although, I would guess the "selling" advantage Risa would have over a holodeck is that the women & men are real and the setting is real (even if it is the product of a weather machine).

Going into this episode, I could see the relationship between Frank & Claire as probably being more of a partnership to achieve power than a relationship built on love. But I thought in the early episodes there were elements of genuine affection between the characters. After this episode, I wondered if what we're…

I remember reading a theory once about the Changeling appearance which connected it to the ancient humanoids that seeded the galaxy in TNG's "The Chase," with the Changeling's "default" form looking very similar to the appearance of the ancient humanoids.

Although, that raises a few questions.

I always viewed "It's A Good Life" as Rod Serling & Jerome Bixby's commentary on the nature of totalitarian regimes like North Korea & the people that rule them. Basically, living under a tyrant is like trying to live in a society that caters to the whims of a spoiled child.

But even in "Equinox," they're not willing to give any nuance to the situation or allow for there to be any mitigation of the situation. The crew of the Equinox did horrible, barbaric acts, but I thought they could have made the situation so much more interesting if Ransome's position was given even a moment of…

"The Quickening" is one of my favorite episodes of "Star Trek." It's not only a deconstruction of the "Star Trek" formula (i.e. Starfleet shows up at the planet of the week & solves all the problems), but it achieves brilliant character growth for Bashir & in many ways continues the trend of separating DS9 from the…

One somewhat interesting tidbit about "The Muse" is that I believe it's the only episode of any of the Trek series to reference the idea of "Psionic Energy" from TOS' second pilot; "Where No Man Has Gone Before." (i.e. a story idea that went the "we shall never speak of this again" route, with its implication…

If I recall correctly, Brandon Tartikoff (who ran Paramount during DS9's development) described DS9 as being "The Rifleman" in space.

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@avclub-b31df16a88ce00fed951f24b46e08649:disqus "Most humans are Starfleet members or employed directly or indirectly by Starfleet."

The Federation has always seemed more like an idealized form of the United States that gives its members a bit more autonomy, than the United Nations. I always took the "Ambassador" title to be the equivalent of "Senator" within the Federation Council.

Some tidbits from these episodes: