Spoilers Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

[pukunui]

“Invasive Procedures” is a rather sad episode. I didn’t realize that trill hosts had pouches!

Tim Russ plays a klingon prior to becoming Tuvok!

(Kira tells Quark that he’s “done” on the station due to his complicity in allowing Verad and co onto the station. Yet Quark is still there in subsequent episodes!)


“Cardassians” was a good episode, but oof “Melora? Not so much. Apparently low gravity means no gravity? And Melora herself isn’t just prickly. She’s bordering on insubordinate! And of course randy young Bashir who can never get in Jadzia’s pants has found someone else to romance. Quark’s would-be assassin, Kot, is so goofy-looking with that thing in front of his mouth. This could have been so much better.

 

[payn]

Was talking about Krull in a discord server this morning. The lead went on to play Michael Edington!

 

[pukunui]

Watching "The Rules of Acquisition" during lunch. My first thought was "The casual sexism of the early 90s is on full display here!" but having watched further, now I see that the whole episode is a commentary on casual sexism. Kira even refers to the Ferengi as "misogynistic trolls" (after having to endure the Grand Nagus' sexual harassment) and even Quark begins to question his own sexist beliefs by the end.

EDIT: Hey, it's Griff Tannen from Back to the Future 2! (Not really but that alien with the red face paint looks a bit like him.)

EDIT 2: Oh! First mention of the Dominion!

EDIT 3: I understand that this episode hinted at the beginnings of a Ferengi feminist revolution that unfolds as the series progresses. I guess I'll have to keep watching to find out more!