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BOOOOO HISSSSS BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HISSSSSSSS
November 1, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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"And now the con...tinuation."

That starts with Sisko using a not real "Old Earth saying" he then has to explain.
November 3, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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Unfortunately the three parter kind of falls apart at the end as it just becomes Star Trek Die Hard 9.

It is nice though, for the only time in the show, to see Keiko react to Miles doing an against orders suicide mission (his second in 3 episodes).
November 4, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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If you do a big attention grabbing get lapsed viewers back event three parter, it's really important the first regular episode afterwards keeps bums on seats.

Unfortunately, doing a second Deep Space Die Hard episode in a row with an evacuated station and boarders is ridiculously dumb.
November 5, 2026 at 9:31 AM
#TrekADay Season 2 of DS9 kicks off with what was heavily promoted as Star Trek's first three parter in an attempt to get people back watching.

And yes, "Kira needs to borrow a Runabout for terrorism" is indeed a real thing and not a meme.
November 2, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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Garak's back!

In probably the most boringly named episode of the whole show ("Cardassians").

But, one off choice aside, it's a good thoughtful exploration of accusations of child abuse and abandoned war orphans.
November 6, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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It's an almost unique thing, an episode of a Berman era Star Trek show from the first season that's widely seen as a contender for the best episode of the whole show.

And unlike the other potentials (Moonlight, Stars, Tribbles), it's not a gimmick or unusual one, it's pure hardcore DS9.
October 31, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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It's the best example of why having a transporter in your command centre is a bad idea as they beam aboard a Klingon with a mind virus that makes everyone in the room nuts.
October 30, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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It's Laxwana, who'll transplant to DS9 more successfully than Q by giving her a very cute thing with Odo. Even if this is the best of her three episodes.
October 29, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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It's basically a Q episode (it's even got the same "Work out what's about to blow up the station" ending as QLess), where everyone's imagination comes to life.

It's only really notable for it being Rumplestiltskin rather than a leprechaun because Colm Meaney said "Fuck off."
October 28, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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It's a solid Kira Learns Things Aren't So Simple Anymore one, though Behr was unhappy with the "too twinkly" guest performance.

It's more interesting for having the opposite message to Insurrection: Relocating people and destroying a paradise for the greater good is the right choice.
October 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Today's episode? Why it's...
October 24, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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It's an episode that dares to ask "What if the English and Irish didn't like each other very much?"

Them becoming friends over a couple of years actually is a properly planned out thing, and will become a highlight of the series.

Shams it starts in such a shit episode.
October 26, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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It's another fairiy stock Trek plot (soldiers who fight forever without dying) that has lots of unexpected long term consequences people watching at the time wouldn't have expected.

Starting with it turning out Dukat had a file on Kira that goes out of its way to belittle her.
October 25, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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MOVE ALONG MOVE ALONG HOME
October 22, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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I'm not sure I'll have many thoughts today as I'm full of cold. Which is a shame as it's the first recognised classic DS9 since the pilot, the show's first outright comedy episode (a full on Godfather spoof) and an important lore one with the Grand Nagus establishing Ferengi culture.
October 23, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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It's the first sign Ira Behr is an Iggy Pop fan with The Passenger. An episode about a dying criminal who's put his mind into someone before he popped off.

Who could it be? Na'Tooth from Babylon 5? Or the one person the guy touched as he died?
October 21, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I love these #TrekADay posts. Even when the episode is kind of rubbish. Thank you for posting them. Real highlight of my mornings.
October 20, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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It's a DC Fontana script! And the last by someone who worked on the original series.

Unfortunately, it's an "Establish Dax" that establishes her sensible serious woman persona the show will retcon next year so its main appeal is going "Oh hey, President Logan!"
October 20, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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Time for some old friends to show up, but only after an unexpectedly defining moment for Bashir as his chat-up lines involve complete medical bullshit that the writers would become hung up on proving wasn't a mistake, Bashir fucked up his medical school exam on purpose.
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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There's an unrelated to the rest of the episode cold open with it turning out Quark sexually molests his employees.

Sisko says he'll stop it, but it'll turn out Quark is still doing it as of season 6 (where it gets played as funny).
October 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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It's a DS9 with quite a fun, self-aware concept, of a technobabble virus making everyone talk gibberish.

But it's a very genetic Trek plot, and mainly notable for Armin Shimerman feeling this was the one Quark clicked for him ("You. Gold. Owe. Meeeeeee!!!").
October 17, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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After some of the big threads this last week, nice to have a slight one that was the first regular one shot and is very much everyone easing into it.

This "Bashir is an inappropriate sex pest" scene was the first of DS9 I saw when the Big Breakfast promoted the VHS with it.
October 16, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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It's the first episode of live action Trek without an Enterprise in it, so they compensate by bringing in the gays.
October 15, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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I've TOS'd, TAS'd and TNG'd, but now it's time to go deep.

Starting with the fact the episodes are listed in production order and not intended airdate order on the packaging.

Past Prologue is before A Man Alone correctly on the disc, but that's a bit sloppy.
October 14, 2026 at 10:42 PM