Shadows and Symbols (DS9 S7E02)

We learn a little something about Ben Sisko’s origin. OH, and it’s time to spend more time with that “Ezri Dax” that showed up at the end of last episode.

Research:  Website coming soon.

Ezri: No stumbling out the gate on this one.

Would we have still preferred some stunt casting? What was the thinking behind picking Nicole De Boer? 

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Image in the Sand – Season 7 Premiere!

Season Seven commences! Sisko is off the station again and everyone is trying to deal with the catastrophes of season Six.  What will the final season of Deep Space Nine entail?

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DS9 Season 6: The White Album

Our White Albums for Season 6! It’s that time again, where we each cut a full 26 90’s season of television into a concise modern 8 to 12 episode series.

Turns out we line up pretty well.  What did we keep and what got cut? 

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Tears of the Prophets

Season Six is over!  Does it die with a bang, or a whimper?  The Dominion War reaches a crucial moment.  This is not how we want to say goodbye to our space friends.  

Are the pieces rushed into place? And does this episode wrap things up satisfactorially? 

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The Sound of Her Voice

Sisko and the crew become best friends with a voice on the radio.

A return to A plot/B plot structures. And some adventures in the beta quadrant.

We pretty much liked this episode.  The 500th episode of Star Trek across all its series.

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The Reckoning

Reckoning with a Bajor episode that goes full Ghostbusters. We get on a Kim Kattrell tangent. Hugh Crawford does the math. But wait, it’ll pay off later in the podcast. Instead of our regular polar opinionsA decidely mixed bag of an episode. Odo reduced to “the good boyfriend.” Is the Nurse Ratched cadence infectious to other actors? Hey, remember those Pah Wraiths? Without Mad Men would we have a John Slattery Admiral? Seems like we’d rather talk things other than this episode. Why doesn’t Sisko get more political power or utility out of being the emissary? Is Sisko unrealistically weak amongst the Bajorans? It’s a decidedly mixed bag of an episode. Or is it not? Let us know what you think! 917 408 3898 And check out the Kickers of Elves Patreon for bonus content! patreon.com/kickersofelves