Genre: Sports
Developer: Tecmo
Year: 1995
Rating: 8
Review: Similar in style to Tecmo Super Bowl II but with a wider array of features that make it the game worth playing of the two.
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149. Family Business (3.23)
Synopsis: Quark’s mother violates Ferengi law by earning profit.
Memory Alpha Summary: Glass ceiling
Review: I know the cast and crew were very proud of this episode, but man I just have a hard time getting into a Ferengi drama. The conflicts are overly simplistic–a female is trying to work AND wear clothes!?!?–and their indignancy is unpleasant to listen to. It was nice to see Rom get angry and use some trickery to resolve the conflict, but when it comes down to it, I just don’t care. One cool thing this episode does is mention the start of Nog’s future Star Fleet career.
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Tecmo Super Bowl II: Special Edition
Genre: Sports
Developer: Tecmo
Year: 1994
Rating: 7
Review: Rather than be content to upgrade the previous installment, Tecmo decided to overhaul the game itself. It remains an arcade version of football with no penalties, but the gameplay became visually less appealing and also less intuitive.
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150. Equilibrium (3.04)
Synopsis: Jadzia Dax is plagued by disturbing hallucinations that allude to the dark past of the Dax symbiont.
Memory Alpha Summary: Need to consult with Sarah McLachlan in building a mystery
Review: Very similar to Eye of the Beholder in style, which left me annoyed throughout most of the episode.
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Tecmo Super Bowl
Genre: Sports
Developer: Tecmo
Year: 1993
Rating: 10
Review: The original version of this game for the NES wound up the #1 game on my countdown. I’ve spent more hours of my life playing that game than any other. However, this sequel for the Super NES comes in fairly close behind it.
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151. Dogs Of War (7.24)
Synopsis: Kira, Damar, and Garak are ambushed on Cardassia; Quark receives a message from Grand Nagus Zek appointing him the next leader of the Ferengi Alliance.
Memory Alpha Summary: A Ferengi episode to interrupt the final drama. Good call, guys.
Review: I was prepared for the penultimate episode being a tour de force, wrapping up the Dominion War while leaving the final episode for the denouement. Instead we have a decent story for the Cardassian rebellion usurped by one final mess of a Ferengi episode. While it’s fitting that Rom would be appointed the Grand Nagus given how much their society has changed under the leadership of Moogie, nobody cares, and it sets up another rant by Quark about how he should be able to sexually exploit his workers. Was that supposed to be funny in 1999? Gee willikers.
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Onward
Year: 2020
Director: Dan Scanlon
Rating: 6
Review: One thing I appreciate about the Disney/Pixar brand lately is their efforts to tell stories from other cultures while also using actors from those cultures (e.g. Moana, Coco, Soul). What I’m pretty sure I wasn’t pining for was a story combining the cultures of elves and Dungeons & Dragons.
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152. Progress (1.15)
Synopsis: Kira leads the evacuation of a Bajoran moon which is being converted into a massive power plant that will render the entire surface uninhabitable, but an old farmer refuses to leave. Back on the station, Jake and Nog set out to turn an inordinate amount of seemingly worthless condiments into profit.
Memory Alpha Summary: Yay, capitalism
Review: This concept was done much better in The Ensigns of Command.
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153. Life Support (3.13)
Synopsis: After a serious accident, Bashir struggles to save the life of Vedek Bareil while Kai Winn concludes a peace treaty with Cardassia. Jake and Nog reluctantly explore the differences between Federation and Ferengi cultures.
Memory Alpha Summary: I tell ya, this episode is on life support. Nyuk nyuk.
Review: When you kill off a character, it only has weight if it’s someone the audience cares about.
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154. Prodigal Daughter (7.11)
Synopsis: Ezri returns to her home to ask her family’s help in finding O’Brien, who disappeared while searching for the widow of a dead friend.
Memory Alpha Summary: O’Brien watching others suffer for a change!
Review: My, my. Lots of “end the conversation by walking away indignantly” going on in this episode. Maybe it’s because I’m from Minnesota, but I’ve almost never seen this in reality. Once in a while for dramatic effect is fine, but nobody in this episode likes saying, “See ya later.”
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