Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reviews X

This is one of my posts where I “review” Star Trek episodes. I will be giving each one a star rating. I sometimes will make some comments about non-political parts of them that I like or don’t like. I’ll sometimes use the issues raised in the episode to discuss similar issues in real life. And I will sometimes simply high-light the progressive politics of ST. ST is in-line with the three original themes of this blog, as I explain in the first ST post where I offer some general thoughts about ST.


I’m not very familiar with The Original Series and there might be some small amount of material there that would affect what I say about Star Trek (i.e. how often religion is mentioned)

Lastly. multi-culturalism is such a pervasive theme in ST that I only comment on it when it goes beyond the norm (i.e. inter-species partners).

“The Ascent” See this for a plot summary.

A very non-political episode, but a good one. I give it two stars out of five.


“Rapture” See this for a plot summary.

A very non-political episode, but a good one, I give it two stars out of five.


“The Darkness And The Light” See this for a plot summary.

This episode fuels my positive feelings about the Bajoran resistance. It was a very inspirational struggle, both because of what they were fighting against and because they conducted their struggle honorably. The bombing described in the movie seems like a pretty legitimate operation- a military figure is still a military figure even in their home, although in some ways it’s better to attack the military somewhere besides their home. The IRA killed a lot of part-time members of the security forces when they were off-duty and those attacks were a little bit easier for people to interpret as sectarian, even though they weren’t sectarian (I discuss sectarianism or the lack of it among republicans 2/3 the way through this post).

A good episode, I give it two stars out of five.


“The Begotten” See this for a plot summary.

A very non-political episode but a good one, I give it two stars out of five.