War is hell. Sisko and crew get put in the middle of it.
What does the end of History and the 90s have to do with this episode? WELL WE’RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT.
Salts vs Boots. Tuco Salamanca! Will Robinson! Neoliberalism!
Why was this such a hard episode to get made?
Is this a facile argument about war in general? Is the question of whether the war is just or necessary an important one to ask for this story?
Contrast this to City on the Edge.
Framing alien species against humans. Does Quark here epitomize an ideology that we’ve grown beyond?
Hell is for Heroes. And that ain’t us. Heinrich Colbe has some cred though.
Leave Worf out of this one.
Remember PCU?
Does this suffer for the lack of Star Trek aspirations?
Is the sermonizing about war is underthought?
Rule 34 again: War is good for business.
He almost changed the line. Nicole wasn’t going to beam crouched.
What songs do the troops play before battle?
Oh Vic. Some of us hate you. Star Trek even turned the Beastie Boys into Vic Fontaine.
Is Tuco Vargas? In praise of technobabble.
Turns out with an episode this good we have to critique what it says, not how it says it.
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Past Prologue (DS9 S1E03)
A Man Alone (DS9 S1E02)
Emmisary (DS9 S1E01)
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Catching You Up on Voicemails
A Quick Message from Wade
Themes and Stories: A Look Back on DS9 and The Rules of Acquisition
What You Leave Behind (DS9 S7E25)
The Dogs of War (DS9 S7E24)
Extreme Measures (DS9 S7E23)
Tacking Into the Wind (DS9 S7E22)
When It Rains... (DS9 S7E21)
The Changing Face of Evil (DS9 S7E20)
Strange Bedfellows (DS9 S7E19)
Til Death Do Us Part (DS9 S7E18)
Penumbra (DS9 S7E17)
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges (DS9 S7E16)
Bada Bing Bada Bang (DS9 S7E15)
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