DS9 loves playing around with that "Federation assimilation" point. Remember "The Way of the Warrior," the conversation between Quark and Garak?

Reading this makes me want to both see Paycheck and listen to the commentary. It sounds like, unlike most "Commentary Tracks of the Damned" examples, an honest and entertaining set of tracks, aspirational, disappointed at what didn't work, and yet not sorry for what resulted. Flop or not, realized vision or not,…

The Coulier bit was great—not only for the "cut it out," but also for the "why does everybody always think it's me?" (For those who don't know—Coulier is all but admitted to be the subject of "You Oughta Know." And like Donna said, "Robin Daggers" is an Alanis Morissette pastiche…)

There was a moment of dignity in "Ordinance Tactics," too, that if I'd remembered had happened in that ep I'd have discussed last week…Sally comes by to ask Casey who he told, Dan walks in and says "hi"—and Sally blows her top at him. But when she realizes she overreacted like whoa, Dan simply allows her to walk it…

There was a moment of dignity in "Ordinance Tactics," too, that if I'd remembered had happened in that ep I'd have discussed last week…Sally comes by to ask Casey who he told, Dan walks in and says "hi"—and Sally blows her top at him. But when she realizes she overreacted like whoa, Dan simply allows her to walk it…

Hm. I hadn't considered the "not feeling close enough" logic. Now that you've mentioned it, while I can see it as something he could potentially believe, he'd be wrong to do so. He's Casey's best friend, he's been working with Casey and Dana and watching their dance for years.

Hm. I hadn't considered the "not feeling close enough" logic. Now that you've mentioned it, while I can see it as something he could potentially believe, he'd be wrong to do so. He's Casey's best friend, he's been working with Casey and Dana and watching their dance for years.

I think Casey didn't want to want it.

I think Casey didn't want to want it.

I'm not sure I agree with Dan's decision here. I think he's being disingenuous by suggesting that telling Natalie absolves him of the responsibility for Dana finding out. I'm not entirely sure what I would have done differently…but if I was going to tell Natalie, I might as well have told Dana myself.

I'm not sure I agree with Dan's decision here. I think he's being disingenuous by suggesting that telling Natalie absolves him of the responsibility for Dana finding out. I'm not entirely sure what I would have done differently…but if I was going to tell Natalie, I might as well have told Dana myself.

Stupid passive jerk, hands down. Everything he's done here has been about being passive, about being afraid to state clearly what he wants, about being unwilling or unable (arguably one and the same) to go after same, about hiding his desires under passive aggression.

Stupid passive jerk, hands down. Everything he's done here has been about being passive, about being afraid to state clearly what he wants, about being unwilling or unable (arguably one and the same) to go after same, about hiding his desires under passive aggression.

As with other aspects of the Jeremy/Natalie relationship, I think it works because of Jeremy's character. He's trying to break up with her not because his feelings have changed, not because hers have, not because either of them has changed, but because of a nebulous "external things have changed" reason. He doesn't…

As with other aspects of the Jeremy/Natalie relationship, I think it works because of Jeremy's character. He's trying to break up with her not because his feelings have changed, not because hers have, not because either of them has changed, but because of a nebulous "external things have changed" reason. He doesn't…

I actually think that does sit well with me. It's sort of forced delegation. Dana's job is is to run the show. She has the wheel. She can't afford to fret about Isaac and worry about what happened and where is he and…

I actually think that does sit well with me. It's sort of forced delegation. Dana's job is is to run the show. She has the wheel. She can't afford to fret about Isaac and worry about what happened and where is he and…

You're misreading it. Bobbi isn't saying that she's ugly now…she's saying that she was ugly then. Or at least, sufficiently unattractive and sufficiently unlike what she looks like now (as the "babe" she turned into) for Dan to have not recognized her.

You're misreading it. Bobbi isn't saying that she's ugly now…she's saying that she was ugly then. Or at least, sufficiently unattractive and sufficiently unlike what she looks like now (as the "babe" she turned into) for Dan to have not recognized her.

Dan's apology to Bobbi Bernstein, and his revelatory moment about what he needs to do with Rebecca, is what makes him my favorite character on the show. And, though I do note this is both odd and somewhat sexist, that's because both of those are all about him, not them.