Or, our political situation has aged quite poorly…

I have to say that ITPM is a great episode primarily because Avery Brooks is a fantastic actor. He nails every scene in the episode, especially the climax & the denouement. He plays a convincing Sisko that is completely at odds with his religious fervor in Rapture (which was also good, for different reasons). He…

Hype never does anything any favors. However, this lesson is very easy to forget when it concerns things that you like.

Well said, person-on-another-forum-somewhere. How insightfully anonymous. Or anonymously insightful.

That kinda goes without saying. Hell, the admiral in that movie was more threatening than Ru'afo, AND he had a better motivation to be a bad guy (no petulant prodigal son there), AND he died a cooler, more symbolic death.

So did the Augments. Coincidence???

Especially when considering that the movies have, thus far, pretty much ignored DS9's existence, the Defiant notwithstanding.

Yeah, the most unrealistic thing about Section 31 nowadays is the fact that they are actually a secret & not some overt NSA/CIA/Black Ops department that everyone is aware of… but they only know enough to be afraid.

Yeah, DS9 was great at examining the concept of a utopian human society, & the work that is needed to maintain that society. The episodes Homefront & Paradise Lost are probably the most obvious examples of this examination.

But, if Columbo checked it, then it wasn't perfect then, was it?

NOT AVAILABLE ON THE ARGUS ARRAY (ironically enough)

Waitress! You should've cut him off an hour ago!! No more kanar!!!

Um, I think that was a typo. I believe that you meant EMO.

No, he wasn't. He was mildly amusing at best. Garfield Without Garfield is genuinely hilarious.

Where in the Gamma Quadrant is Rappin' Jake Sisko?!?

!SPOILERS!

I've actually heard it said that one of the show's creators (ISB? RDM?) would have preferred to kill off Jadzia in the first season, if they had known what Terry Ferrell would do later. That may have been said in a fit of pique, though, & I may be misremembering a detail or two, but that's my understanding of the…

I spoilered it. Sorry.

Yeah, it's rather subtle, & nobody ever points a finger at it, but you're totally right. Kira was the attempted assassin mentioned in that episode. I love little details like that in this series.

Yeah, Dukat should hide in the stations vents & just troll the shit out of everyone. Steal Molly's toys. Turn off Nog's alarm. Wipe Jake's PADD. Turn the safeties off on the holosuites. Poop in Odo's bucket. Blame it all on Worf. Or O'Brien. Or Keiko…