DS9 1x03: "Past Prologue"

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Episode Notes: ( Yesssssssssssssssssssss. )

Overall Reaction: Apparently there was some sort of plot, here? Something about the sacrifice of revolutionary ideals and working from within the system? Some sort of spy intrigue?

Well, normally I would eat that stuff up with a spoon, but I must have been distracted by all the GAY.

Gaaaaaaaaaay.

That Garak, aside from being one heckuva character -- I can see why he was ultimately brought in as a pivotal figure, and I enjoy his repeated assertions that he is just a "simple" tailor -- could not have been hitting on Julian more and it was DELIGHTFUL. Especially Julian's utter obliviousness to it (because he's obviously going to be the butt of every single joke in DS9). Everyone around him is all, "Wow, sweetie, you got asked out on a date. How are you so dumb?" And he's all like, "Spiiiiiies!" And just by sheer coincidence, he was almost right.

Basically, I nearly split my face grinning while watching this. There were sort of jazz hands! For serious! If he straightens up in the future I do NOT WANT TO KNOW.

Star Rating: ***, but ONE MILLION for Garak

Quote of the Episode: Okay, so I go to a college where people will frequently say, "Um, we should watch that movie sometime, for class" and shuffle off and trick you into what they consider a date with their social awkwardness. This, however, combined with shoulder-touching and a tone of frank appreciation, is not doing that:

"You may also know, I have a clothing shop nearby, so if you should require any apparel or simply wish, as I do, for a bit of enjoyable company now and then, I'm at your disposal, Doctor." (Garak, who's a fucking spy)

Dear lord, Julian, not everyone has to hump the leg of their prospective dates like you do. ♥

DS9 1x04: "A Man Alone"

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Overall Reaction: If I wrote episode notes, I'd have nothing to write here.

This is another episode where I simply just wasn't paying very much attention and... missed out on some salient points. But, as I am unwilling to rewatch episodes when I am already leading a clearly busy life -- well, I do have a job now, but I'm home sick, so my point kind of falls apart there -- I shall press on, undaunted by my ignorance and lack of witty things to say!

I do love closed room murder mysteries, and I believe I am coming to love Odo, and so those elements were appealing to me, but the plot never really picked up enough momentum for me to become engrossed in the action. The most interesting parts were Quark and Odo's sniping, in my mind, which serves perfectly well as flavor in episodes that aren't centred around them -- I especially liked Odo's asking Quark if he thought he "could use a shapeshifter in his organization.

Star Rating: ** 1/2

Quote of the Episode:
"I'll never understand the humanoid need to ... couple." (Odo, horrifying Quark)

DS9 1x05: "Babel"

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Episode Notes: ( Waffle hangnail... )

Overall Reaction: Oh my gosh, the scripting process for this episode must have been sheer madness! How meticulously scripted do you think it was? Sometimes it mightn't have mattered, but other times the timing had to be on the dot! Occasionally I wondered if they just let people improv, but humans are notoriously bad at randomness -- even typing two random words up there I almost did two foods, and then was halfway through writing "hangover" when I thought "hahaha, a waffle hangover would be hilarious" and went off on a complete mental tangent. Like I am now. I'd love to see the script for the show. Did they create a random word generator, plugging a selection of words into a, I don't know, BASIC program from the dictionary and letting it write the script for them?

Um. This was a solid episode, if you completely handwaved the idea that a disease could spread aphasia like wildfire throughout the crew. Kira was a total badass in it. Yup.

Star Rating: ***

Quote of the Episode:

"Care to place a friendly wager?... If it's your reputation you're thinking about, no one need ever know."
"It has nothing to do with my reputation. The truth is, I never... learned the game."
"You mean you sat here for all these years and you don't even know how to gamble?"
"That's correct."
"No wonder you always look so bored." (Quark and Odo, two of the only people who can talk for most of the episode)

DS9 1x06: "Captive Pursuit"

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Episode Notes: ( Read more... )

Overall Reaction: Way to Kirk it up O'Brien. I mean that both in that I think you have an inappropriate relationship with this new alien and that you have a surprisingly intuitive grasp of alien psychology.

Um, or something.

Anyway, it was nice to see Miles O'Brien get an episode -- he hasn't really become any sort of major player over in TNG, at least not as far as season two -- and to have some rollicking space adventures with a new friend. He was really great here, and he's not often given a chance to shine. I wasn't overly surprised to learn that his new friend was taking part in some sort of intergalactic Deadliest Game, but it was still fun to see the crew all become complicit in keeping him in the running.

Star Rating: ***

Quote of the Episode:
"Don't call me barkeep, I'm not a barkeep, I am your host." (Quark, being pleasantly persnickety about titles)