Whatever, I laughed my bubble butt off at this episode. Joe Lo Truglio is a treasure, and yeah, the caroling B-story was weak, but it was still amusing to see everyone except poor Scully (and I think part of the joke, though it went unstated, was that even though he's a good singer, nobody actually trusts or respects…

J.G. Hertzler (Martok), Robert O'Reilly (Gowron), Patrick Massett (Duras), and Mary Kay Adams (Grilka) are all white.

She's a good person, yes it's true
She's a good person, better than you!

IIRC, Valencia and Josh were on-and-off at periods during that relationship, so Valencia has presumably boned down with other dudes.

She's basically the Paul Ryan of this show.

Josh is not an awful guy, but he's definitely a bit of a tool.

Ah, yes — the good old Major Charles Emerson Winchester III effect.

I was thinking Bonnie Tyler pastiche, complete with the forlorn staring out windows.

Amazon Prime if you're in the Russian Republic Formerly Known as the United States, Netflix internationally.

The West Wing also overused this particular device.

The good news is you have almost two full months to rewatch it!

My ex-wife loved that song.

Ugh, Risa.

Ha ha! Move along home!

It was genuinely a Great Job, Internet.

Military jargon frequently is just jargony for the sake of being jargony.

You have done well, @agent0fn0thing:disqus. Glory to you…

The Dax/Worf pairing was mostly fine — neither Farrell nor Dorn were particularly good at playing romantic, and the chemistry between the actors was hit-and-miss as a result, but they were written well together and mostly acted well. Not electric, but it hardly brought the show or either character down.

Late…season…wishy…

For me, it's Catholic hymns.