Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reviews V

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).

“Body Parts” See this for a plot summary.

A very non-political episode, but we learn something new about Ferengi capitalism. It has a racist aspect, as contracts with another Ferengi are sacred but contracts with aliens can be broken for any reason. I found that kind of surprising.

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

“Broken Link” See this for a plot summary.

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

“Apocalypse Rising” See this for a plot summary.

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

“The Ship” See this for a plot summary.

A non-political episode, but a good one. I especially like the end when Sisko and Dax talk about the minor-very minor Starfleet characters who were killed.

I give it four stars out of five.

“Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places” See this for a plot summary.

A very non-political episode. I give it two stars out of five.

“...Nor the Battle to the Strong” See this for a plot summary.

A very political episode about how horrible war is. Although I believe that sometimes, in this fucked up world, it’s necessary, helpful, and/or justified, to fight, but war is still horrible and this episode does a good job of illustrating that. The more people understand how horrible war is, the more people will see it as an option of last resort.

I give it three stars out of five.