Thirty Days of Star Trek: Favorite DS9 Episode

[selenak]

Day 13 - Favorite DS9 Episode

This is haaaard. And again depends on my mood. „Best of“ declarations would be easier to give; I’d probably go with „In the Pale Moonlight“ then, but I really don’t love it best.

So: if I want comedy, it varies between „Our Man Bashir“ (best Bond that never was, best DS9 holo stsory, hilarious, and also last hooray for Garak/Bashir stories), „Trials and Tribble-ations“ (best Trek/Trek crossover and TOS homage, even the framing narration with Mulder and Scully, err, Dulmer and Lucsly is a riot, excellent ensemble use, and so many quotable lines!) or „House of Quark“ (best outing of my guy Quark, hilarious Klingon/Ferengi culture clash (that scene of Quark demonstrating to the Klingon High Council how D’Gor cheated the market is a classic!) with unexpectantly moving conclusion (Quark faces down Klingon machismo by calling out the „duel“ as what it would be in this case, murder), Grilka is a great guest star, and it’s the first time the Quark-Rom relationship is something other than over the top caricature.

If I want character drama: The Wire, which made me fall in love with with Garak, Bashir and Garak/Bashir (earlier outings had intrigued me, but not enough to fall in love), Blood Oath (Jadzia Dax and the three musketeers original Klingons on a quest, Indiscretion (Kira & Cardassian is always a great combination, no matter who the Cardassian is, but in this case, it’s Gul Dukat, looking for his daughter) , or The Visitor (aka DS9 does Arthur Miller about the Siskos, in a heartbreaking way).

And finally, there’s Civil Defense, which isn’t one of the all time greats but which I love a lot anyway. It’s ensemble-tastic, it has Garak and Dukat, the simple premise (accidentally, a programm from the Cardassian Occupation is triggered, our heroes are trapped in various parts of the station in various combinations (Odo and Quark inevitably end up together), and finally, Dukat himself, alerted by his old recording, comes to gloat but ends up trapped on the station as well along with everyone else) is gleefully executed, and as an episode, it’s just glorious fun.



Day 1 - Favorite TOS Episode

Day 2 - Favorite Federation Race

Day 3 - Favorite Starship

Day 4 - Favorite Captain

Day 5 - Saddest Event

Day 6 - Happiest Event

Day 7 - Favorite TNG Episode

Day 8 - Favorite Federation Enemy

Day 9 - Favorite Character

Day 10 - Most Shocking Moment

Day 11 - Crew Position You Would Want

Day 12 – Crew Position You Wouldn’t Want

Day 14- Favorite Time Travel Episode
Day 15 - Favorite First Officer
Day 16 - Favorite Voyager Episode
Day 17 - Favorite Trek Novel
Day 18 - Favorite Non-Aligned Race
Day 19 - Favorite Enterprise Episode
Day 20 - Character You're Most LIke
Day 21 - Least Favorite Character
Day 22 - Favorite Trek Film
Day 23 - Best Trek Tech
Day 24 - Best Overall Space Vessel
Day 25 - Favorite Discovery Episode
Day 26 - Planet You Would Most Like To Visit
Day 27 - Character You Would Date
Day 28 - Name Your Own Starship
Day 29 - Favorite Trek Quote
Day 30 - Favorite Trek Series

Comments

[felis]

Oh, it's fun to see Civil Defense on your list! I always thought it was one of the funniest episodes of the show, with lovely character interactions and great comic timing.

[selenak]

Same here! It's just a treasure. (In gold-pressed Latinum.)

[lilacsigil]

So many stand-out episodes!

[selenak]

So hard to choose!

[jo_lasalle]

I could have written that list. Blood Oath was so amazing.

[selenak]

Down to the last silent minute, when the exchange of looks between Kira and Dax, and Dax and Sisko, says so much. And I'm so glad the three older actors got such a meaty script as their final (except for Kor) Outing in ST!