The sequence in Jupiter's atmosphere is, of course, reminiscent of many submarine movies where the commander orders the sub deeper and deeper to avoid destruction. In those cases, typically, the commander has long experience with his ship and knows precisely how far he can push it.

That was funny.  I also loved the reaction to Jake's time-traveler Willie Mays story.  Not only do Giger and Weyoun react, the two Jem H'adar give each other a WTF? glance.  A subtle bit of comedy that cracked me up.

It's also smart because if you successfully mine the wormhole and take out their shipyards, then every ship you kill is one less ship in their fleet. The one advantage the Federation has is manpower and shipbuilding potential, so it makes a lot of sense (and full credit to the writers) that the Federation would pursue…

I love that shot too.

Let's assume that the mines also draw solar energy very efficiently and use that to self-replicate.

They absolutely reused shots and replaced the ship several times. I found it a little distracting, although understandable from a budget perspective.

That's always bothered me. Previous "fleets" have been underwhelming.  Wolf 359 was only a few dozen ships. No way that could have been any real, significant loss to Starfleet.  The same with the loss of the Cardassian and Romulan fleets in The Die is Cast. They each lost only about 20 ships. The idea that such a loss…

Absolutely agree. The depth of the recurring characters and the complex interactions of them with each other and the main characters is greater on this show than certainly any other Star Trek and almost every other serial drama that's aired on TV.

I have been waiting for this review for weeks.

SPOILER

—Oh man, so looking forward to next week.
 Me too!

Chang was great during the first season, but once he was outed as not a professor, the character was put on an unfortunate arc to crazy town.

Well said.  I really like that the Maquis have a big arc covering three Trek series and then came to a legitimate and horrific end.  We've known the Maquis for a long time and they've engendered some sympathy, so wiping them out at the hands of the Dominion raises some stakes.

Actually, that line completely explains how Klingon society functions.

Time is their enemy. We should help them defeat it.

I LOVE Children of Time.  The ending is a gut-punch.

I was going to post exactly the same thing.  Good luck not continuing on to Season six after the final image of Season five which is my all-time favorite moment in all of Trek.  (Even better than "Fire." from BOBW.)

I don't think so.  It was a fascinating choice for him to make as an actor and he seems to have made it during his very first appearance on TNG.

Re. the Hit List number, I couldn't figure out why it would be so difficult for Jeremy Jordan's character to get across the country to LA.  Obstacles?  Really?  He's not frickin' Frodo going to Mordor. Just take a bus!