Review: A show more interesting than satisfying, as we learn more about the Jem’Hadar and why the Dominion has them at their bidding. I like that Odo was unsuccessful in rehabilitating the boy, as it further showed how much power the Dominion has over its subjects, and because rehabilitating someone is not exactly realistic in just a couple of days.
Review: I take back what I said about Kai Winn from ‘Til Death Do Us Part. Dukat just admits everything to her and she only resists for a hot minute before turning to the dark side like a caricature. Her speech as the episode closes nears that of a Bond-villain and I’m less excited now about her comeuppance.
Synopsis: Scavenging an abandoned Cardassian space station identical to DS9 for equipment, O’Brien’s team discovers that the station may not be completely abandoned.
Review: A somewhat entertaining but ultimately dissatisfying episode involving Sisko and Co. trying to salvage a Jem-Haddar ship. There’s just so much bad writing here. For starters, four senior officers, including the captain of the freaking space station, are on a remote planet in the Gamma Quadrant for…wait for it…mining exploration. What the hell? I was waiting for them to say what they were mining for would be used as a defense against the Dominion or something, but nope. Just mining. And sending the captain to do it.
Review: A Klingon episode and a Ferengi episode? I shudder just writing that sentence. But consider me surprised that I didn’t hate this episode, and it’s all because of Armin Shimmerman.
Synopsis: Sisko agonizes over his vision from the Prophets, telling him not to marry Kasidy; Kai Winn receives a vision foretelling a “guide” who will help her restore Bajor; Ezri and Worf are interrogated by the Breen.
Synopsis: When Kira’s resistance cell learns that the Dominion will soon be bringing down the Federation’s minefield, they plot to hinder the enemy’s progress. But matters are complicated when the Female Changeling arrives on Terok Nor and pays Odo a visit. Meanwhile, Captain Sisko is relieved of command of the Defiant while Jadzia commands it on a mission.
Review: Another episode that for a while feels more like treading water during this Dominion War arc, but it develops a few stories quickly by the end: Danar’s troubling personality; Rom getting caught; but most importantly, Odo joining with the Great Link (which we find out later has major, major implications). His last lines to Kira are chilling, his complete apathy towards the humans and the Federation. And thanks to the excellent acting of Auberjonois, it feels like a realistic progression for Odo’s character to be sucked in by the founders and react this way.
Review: Tony Todd is always welcome, though I’m not sure I like this version of Kern. He says he’s never asked Worf for anything, which is only true if you forget that he asked Worf to leave the Federation and join him during the Klingon Civil War. But that was just a tiny favor. I also get annoyed now whenever Worf has an out loud struggle with himself about his Klingon identity and his Federation identity. Not that it isn’t realistic. It totally is. I’m just bored with it by now.
Synopsis: O’Brien, working undercover for Starfleet Intelligence, infiltrates the Orion Syndicate, the Alpha Quadrant’s main organized crime ring, and befriends the man he will have to betray.
Review: Two-thirds of a good episode in the “O’Brien Must Suffer” genre, this one sees O’Brien as an undercover operative trying to infiltrate the Orion Syndicate. It’s a joy watching Meaney act his way through this role and unlike “The High Ground” on TNG, this one actually has something to do with the season story arc and matters.
Death By Troggles 
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