Synopsis: An alien criminal, attempting to prolong his life, hides his consciousness inside the mind of a station crew member.
Memory Alpha Summary: Mr. Mystery dislikes overdone tropes.
Review: How many times has Star Trek done the whole alien body snatcher plot? It’s just not that interesting, no matter how they dress it up. The mystery is not a mystery as the teaser more or less reveals the climax forty minutes earlier.
Continue reading 160. The Passenger (1.09)Year: 2020
Director: Max Barbakow
Rating: 8
I will pretty much watch any time loop show or movie no matter how terrible it is, but Palm Springs (despite its stupid title) rises above most of them to deliver a funny and entertaining ninety minutes.
Continue reading Palm SpringsSynopsis: Archaeologist Vash arrives from the Gamma Quadrant as Q plagues the station and an unknown force threatens to destroy it.
Memory Alpha Summary: Sometimes reunions are disappointing.
Review: I was originally excited to see an episode with Q, but Q-Less proved to be far worse than his worst episode on TNG.
Continue reading 161. Q-Less (1.07)Genre: RPG
Developer: Square
Year: 1994
Rating: 10
Review: I’ve spent a lot of time gushing about this game here. I ranked it my second favorite RPG I’ve played and my friend nibbish and I counted down the Top 20 moments. So this review will have a bit of a different flavor.
Continue reading Final Fantasy VISynopsis: With the sudden death of Grand Nagus Zek, Quark becomes the new leader of the Ferengi Alliance, but he also becomes a target for murder.
Memory Alpha Summary: I guess a lot of fans found this episode hilarious.
Review: The first of the dreaded Ferengi episodes introduces us to the Nagus.
Continue reading 159. The Nagus (1.11)Synopsis: While Worf, Dax, Bashir, Leeta, and Quark vacation on Risa, Worf decides to join a radical fundamentalist group determined to start a political revolution on Risa.
Memory Alpha Summary: Almost saved the worst for last.
Review: Wow, what a dumpster fire. This is what happens if you take Justice, remove all the camp, and make it even less sexy.
Continue reading 160. Let He Who Is Without Sin… (5.07)Synopsis: Quark discovers that his mother and Grand Nagus Zek have fallen in love with each other.
Memory Alpha Summary: Your daily reminder that (most) Ferengi devalue women
Review: Whenever there’s a Ferengi episode, it’s pretty much guaranteed to be either dreadful because it’s a cartoon, or tolerable because it helps develop Quark’s character. This one is solidly in the former.
Continue reading 161. Ferengi Love Songs (5.20)Synopsis: A mysterious woman helps Jake write a novel; Lwaxana Troi, pregnant with a son, asks Odo to help her escape her husband.
Memory Alpha Summary: Worse than Scottish ghost sex
Review: Depressed Worf is the best.
Odo: Ahem
Lwaxana: Odo, would you like to join the party?
Odo: Actually, I have some free time, and was wondering if you would like to take a walk?
Worf: I would…
Unfortunately, that’s the best part.
Continue reading 162. The Muse (4.21)Synopsis: Jadzia falls in love with a scientist on a planet whose inhabitants shift between this universe and a plane of pure energy, re-emerging every sixty years. Back on DS9, Quark tries to obtain a holo-image of Major Kira for an erotic holosuite program for a wealthy patron.
Memory Alpha Summary: Needed a bigger budget, and a better inspiration
Review: A really gross, pointlessly contrived episode (based on Brigadoon) that sees Dax do the Trekky fall in love in a matter of minutes routine, but because she can’t leave the show, find a reason for her to stay on Deep Space Nine anyway.
Continue reading 163. Meridian (3.08)Synopsis: Grand Nagus Zek is deposed after he begins to promote female rights; Quark changes his sex temporarily to prevent Brunt from becoming the new Grand Nagus.
Memory Alpha Summary: Today’s lesson kids: Never learn empathy!
Review: Widely considered to be the worst episode of Deep Space Nine and you’ll get no argument from me.
Continue reading 164. Profit and Lace (6.23)
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