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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Prodigal Daughter (DS9 S7E11)
It's Only a Paper Moon (DS9 S7E10)
Covenant (DS9 S7E09)
Once More Unto the Breach (DS9 S7E07)
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River (DS9 S7E06)
Chrysalis (DS9 S7E05)
Take Me Out to the Holosuite (DS9 S7E04)
Afterimage (DS9 S7E03)
Shadows and Symbols (DS9 S7E02)
Image in the Sand (DS9 S7E01)
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Tears of the Prophets (DS9 S6E26)
The Sound of Her Voice (DS9 S6E25)
Time's Orphan (DS9 S6E24)
Profit and Lace (DS9 S6E23)
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