That's true — and by the way, DAC on the Larptrek comment threads is me :)

Agreed. I don't think Section 31 is done well or realistically enough to substantively address the criticisms that people might have about the bright Trek future, the very future that makes me a superfan of this instead of some other sci-fi franchise. The reason DS9 is the best Trek series has nothing to do, in my…

I'd like to disagree, just because I hate the thought of Section 31, a concept I dislike, being DS9's biggest contribution to Trek lore. But you might be right. Still, I'd like to argue that the full and fair realization of Ferengi culture is their greatest contribution.

I don't buy that Roddenberry's optimistic take on the Trek universe is some kind of impossible dream. Did you ever feel while watching TOS or TNG that something like Section 31 was lacking, and needed? I certainly didn't. It wasn't like the Federation always had it too easy. They faced plenty of challenges and…

That sounds like sort of a jokey soundbyte, though, given instead of delving into the more weighty considerations behind the decision.

I think it's forced, too. It's a little too allegorical, a little too simplistic. I'm not sure I buy that all of our "good guys" would necessarily want to bring down the organization, given the fact that they've seen firsthand the horrors of war and might want to believe, at the very least, that an organization like…

The three-strip arc where Data has Kira commit suicide had me pounding the floor in laughter. The stills of his face were just perfect.

Wow. Thank you for this. I'm already 50 in and I will be continuing.

I'm an Austinite (transplanted, like many), and I don't get the Johnston stuff. I wouldn't miss the frog, and I don't get the music. I know that probably makes me an ignorant, cultureless tool, but I can't help it, that's how I feel.

It's a fair argument. I think more highly of the Season 7 Section 31 episodes than this set-up, but the set-up is of course necessary.

I've been surprised, reading these comments, to learn that "Inquisition" has such a strong following. It didn't leave a big impression on me, though I've seen it three or four times along with the rest of the series, so I actually had to go read the plot to figure out what the fuss was about. It's… fine? I mean,…

Totally with you, though I think they're bashing Bashir/Ezri more than Ezri herself. I like Bashir/Ezri, though, so enough with that bashing too I say!

It's a lonely world I inhabit, being a Worf/Troi 'shipper. I like it better than Worf/Dax. It developed more organically, around their shared interest in Alexander's well-being, and was nicely foreshadowed in "Parallels" before going almost all-out in the series' last couple of hours. I would have liked to see it…

I like Vic episodes, and I think "It's Only a Paper Moon" may be my favorite DS9 episode. But even I could have lived with one less, namely "Badda-Bing-Badda-Bang."

I must be doing something wrong, because I'm not having any issues. I'd like to join the outcry against nuDisqus, I'm sure it sucks, but to my eye nothing's changed.

I'm not a big fan of either episode, the first because nearly every "action" episode in Trek (and a good portion of non-action ones) end up throwing in a if-you-don't-do-this-in-time-so-and-so-will-DIE angle. So really close shaves with death are annoyingly routine for Starfleet personnel, and the decision here to…

Hey, leave Keiko alone!

"On Deep Space Nine, fantasies are coming to life, and, unsurprisingly, it’s not as much fun as it sounds."  BURN!!!

I always thought it would have been helpful to know more about the cultural geography of Bajor.  Like, are people from this part of this continent known to be particularly superstitious to the extent that they could create a bizarre, localized tradition of the kind seen in "The Storyteller"?  Are people from one part…

These lines put me in mind of early X-Files episodes: "Usually this means some tidbit that pushes us incrementally closer to the main goal. By the end of “Vortex,” we find out that Croden has never actually been to a Changeling colony, and that he picked up the trinket from a salesman. But people really did tell…