The main plot on this episode is the arrival of a Bajoran murderer to DS9. There is an immediate conflict with Odo, there\u2019s a non-fist-fight, and that murderer ends up being murdered with Odo as the only suspect. There do seem to be a lot Bajoran bad-guys that pop up in DS9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was not engaged in the primary plot arc at all. I do kinda like Odo, but I\u2019m just not invested in any of these characters or the politics of the station yet, and don\u2019t really care one way or another about whether or not a bad guy (or a supposed bad guy) was killed, and by whom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, there was some very enjoyable character interactions that added a lot of depth to both Odo and Quark. While Odo is being framed for the murder, Quark is the only one who takes Odo seriously. They clearly hate each other, and while I\u2019m not sure Odo could be described as \u201crespecting\u201d Quark, Quark certainly does respect Odo even if he isn\u2019t fond of him. There is a really nice scene where Quark finds out Odo has been de-badged after Quark offered to find out the true murderer for him. Help his adversary to stay on his good side, and all that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Quark discovers the reality of the situation, he intimates that he\u2019s now going to bring on every thief and conman he can find and really enhance his organization. Odo tells him he\u2019ll just be caught but Quark immediately elaborates, responding that having to stay out from under Odo\u2019s long arm of the law has taught him how to be a better criminal.
Odo, in a moment of humility and desperation, asks Quark if he could use a shape-shifter in his organization, and Quark is completely taken aback. He doesn\u2019t know if this is a joke, or a trap, or a serious offer. After a moment\u2019s hesitation, he slowly laughs it off and walks away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is a lot of depth added to both these characters in this one scene, and it is played just right. I find I\u2019m quite enjoying both of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Secondary Plots<\/strong> Why the doctor is so desperate to get with her, I don\u2019t understand. She’s told him about being a Trill. She’s told him they aren’t compatible. The doc must really just be “warm for her form” and a little less careful about where he puts his genitals than I am. I don\u2019t particularly care for either of their characters so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The second secondary plot is a bit tacked on, but involves Miles O\u2019Brien\u2019s wife. She\u2019s a botanist, and there are no plants on DS9 apparently. She\u2019s bored. It is decided that she should start a school on the station for any and all wayward youngsters. She spends a fair amount of time trying to convince various parents on the station to let her teach their kids, with mostly negative responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end, one of Quark\u2019s underlings sends his child to her class. He plops down next to Sisko\u2019s son, and the Ferengi (not sure his name, sorry) immediately grabs him by the arm, lifts him from his chair, and pushes him several seats down to a desk more removed while exclaiming, \u201cNot next to that human boy! I don\u2019t want you to have anything to do with him!\u201d Other Thoughts<\/strong> Space boobs update <\/strong>\u2013 There was still a fairly obvious shot of space boobs in this episode. It was the alien woman from the first episode wearing the same clothes, and she was at Quark\u2019s gambling. This time, though, it seemed less of a \u201clook: boobs\u201d moment and more of something just kinda there in the background. Am I getting used to it? Was it really less \u201cobjectionable\u201d and less of a pandering to try to keep eyeballs? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Grade: C<\/strong> I was pleasantly surprised by episode three of DS9. I have not been a fan so far, but I\u2019m told that the show really starts to \u201cnot suck\u201d late in Season 2 and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26017,"featured_media":1946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,2,21,33,20],"tags":[28,27,24,29,32,31,30],"class_list":["post-1899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deep-space-9","category-reviews","category-sci-fi","category-star-trek","category-tv","tag-deep-space-9","tag-ds9","tag-reviews","tag-sci-fi","tag-star-trek","tag-television","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assend.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assend.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assend.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assend.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26017"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assend.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1899"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/assend.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2117,"href":"https:\/\/assend.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899\/revisions\/2117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assend.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assend.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assend.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assend.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/assend.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Quark-and-Odo.png\")
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There are two secondary plots in this episode. The first involves the station doctor continuing to try to get into the pants of Dax. I really did not think that Dax being a space-cockroach in a human-looking host would be a main character point for her, but they have kept it in play. They don\u2019t directly refer to it or really illustrate what the entirety of the situation is, so if you missed the first episode you won\u2019t have a full understanding of the situation\u2014just that she is a \u201cTrill\u201d in a host, and not what she appears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a very humorous, very real moment that I have to imagine is probably a common interaction when there are different species living in near proximity to each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/assend.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Not-next-to-that-human-boy-1.png\")
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What\u2019s the deal with the very slow \u201cturbo lifts\u201d just out in the open? They are off on the side of rooms, but they are not encased in their own shaft, they have no doors, and really no safety measures of any kind. There are railings on the lift surface itself, but it appears that the lift just leaves a big hole in the floor when it is on a different floor. Anyone could fall in, or worse, lose a portion of a foot that happened to be over the edge when the platform comes through. It definitely doesn\u2019t seem like it was designed with OSHA compliance in mind. However, it doesn\u2019t even look cool. At least the turbolifts in TNG had the fun little lights indicating motion, and a reason for characters in them to have awkward conversations in a tight space. DS9 turbolifts are just kind open and just kinda there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overall, this was a reasonably enjoyable episode. The acting was generally improved. Certain characters were far improved and starting to exhibit signs of depth and arc. There may be hope for this show, but it has a long way to go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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