“The Maquis, Part II” isn’t a completely successful episode of Star Trek, but it is an important step towards Star Trek: Deep Space Nine coming into it’s own. Meanwhile, “The Wire” is completely successful and completely nuts. Plus! Why is Richard so excited to meet Tuvok? Seriously, someone tell us. iTunes Google Play RSS
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine gets its first explicit Original Series link in “Blood Oath” and it’s kind of successful we guess? Later, in “The Maquis, Part I”, the gauntlet is thrown down. iTunes Google Play RSS
Hey, “Playing God” is a Dax episode where her agency is integral to the plot! Hey, “Profit and Loss” is a Quark episode that’s not a comedy! Hey, we appreciate the effort, but you’re still not batting a thousand, show! iTunes Google Play RSS
We leave the space station behind this week for a couple of planet-based episodes. Sisko and O’Brien find a civilian “Paradise”, and Dax and Odo discover a planet where all is not as it seems, in “Shadowplay”. iTunes Google Play RSS
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine seems to really want to make O’Brien and Bashir happen, so in “Armageddon Game”, it strands them on a dead planet to have them talk about their feelings. Then, in “Whispers”, O’Brien’s feelings may not be what they seem. iTunes Google Play RSS
In “Rivals”, we meet another El-Aurian, and he’s a conman! In “The Alternate”, we meet Dr. Mora, who tries to con Odo into leaving Deep Space Nine. We don’t have to con you into listening to this episodes of Trekabout, though! iTunes Google Play RSS
If you’ve been enjoying Star Trek: Deep Space Nine but really wanted Commander Sisko to encounter a manic pixie dream girl, then boy do we have the episode for you: “Second Sight”! Then in “Sanctuary”, the crew meet some aliens on the run from something called “The Dominion”. Hmmmmmmmmmmm. iTunes Google Play RSS
Grand Nagus Zek makes a return appearance in “Rules of Acquisition”, and Gul Dukat makes a return appearance in “Necessary Evil”. Characters that don’t make return appearances: Q. Also! Eric has no patience for the Ferengi. iTunes Google Play RSS
Garak is back! The imaginatively titled “Cardassians” delves deeper into the, uh, Cardassian occupation of Bajor by asking the question: why did they bring their children to the equivalent of a planet-wide concentration camp? Later, in “Melora”, DS9 argues strongly that disabled people are people, which we guess maybe was controversial in 1993 or something? …
Starting off its second season with a three-part story was a daring choice for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but was it necessary? “The Siege” says, kinda? Later, in “Invasive Procedures”, Dax sits around in her own episode (again.) Plus! A controversial statement about Babylon 5. iTunes Google Play RSS
