Star Trek:Deep Space Nine Season 3 Episode 22-26

3x22 Explorers May 8,1995

Sisko now has a beard, usually this stuff only happens at the start of a season. This is a great father/son story as Sisko builds a solar powered Bajorian sail boat and heads out Jake. The subplot involves Dr. Bashir meeting an old rival from school, the girl who got better grades etc. Bashir has had the most secondary plots this season by far.

3x23 Family Business May 15,1995

A bad Quark episode. One of the reasons 26 is too many episodes. I just was fairly about so a good run of compelling episodes.

3x24 Shakaar May 22,1995

Bajor story arc. Louise Fletcher had earlier became the Religious head of Bajor, now she has her eyes set on the political power. Kira hangs out with her freedom fighter friends. This is a really good episode. The season has been so strong that this episode is good, not great and may get lost in the shuffle.

3x25 Facets June 12,1995

Best episode of the series to date, and we have over a hundred more to go. Jadzia goes through a ritual where she meets Dax's other hosts. It is a ritual she has been pulling off.Her friends temporary host the previous host. It is a well done,thoughtful episode with a big twist. Secondary plot involves Nog preparing to join Starfleet Academy.

3x26 The Adversary June 19,1995

Commander Sisko is now Captain Sisko. This is a Dominion story arc. The Dominion has been the big bad of the season going back to Sisko's words at the end of season two. The episode starts slowly and subtly.Halfway through the episode it has turned into Alien, the crew are paired up wondering through hallways looking for a Changeling who be any thing or anyone on board The Defiant. We get Mexican Standoffs, Blood samples, multiple Odo's and the ships self destruct  going on in real time. The Changeling whispers to Odo "You're too late.We are everywhere."

Season 3 Watched from May 1, 2014 to Mat 24, 2014

This was episode 351 of the franchise.covering 29 years at this point.

Overview of Season 3

At the shows worst maybe we have too many arcs going on. Cardassians v. Bajorians, still bitter feelings.
Cardassians seem to be aligning with Romulans. Kai Winn power grab on Bajor, The Obsidian Order v. Cardassians. The Dominion from the Gamma Quardant v. Everyone. Within The Dominion we have The Founders and The Changelings, not to mention The Jem'Hadar part of The Dominion. We have all but forgotten about The Marquis.

The show demands a lot, I think maybe even more than Battlestar Galactica did. It has been a while,maybe even Babylon 5. There is a lot going on and I think the show deals with it very well. We saw the first signs of too many episodes this season. The show always seems to run low after a two parter around episode 17 and 18. Overall, this is superior television.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 3,Episode 11-21)

3x11/3x12 Past Tense January 8 and 15,1995

Bold Move, a two parter not during sweeps, I like the idea. This is one of the better 2 part stories I have seen on any Star Trek Series to date. There is lot going on, Sisko,Bashir and Dax end up in the year 2024, at the moment of great change in the world. Sisko and Bashir are separated from Dax. The episode is smart,emotional,action packed and tells us things about ourselfs only Sci Fi seems to be able to show us. For some reason Clint Howard appears in the episode, writing several days later, I am still not sure why.

3x13 Life Support January 31, 1995

One of the characters that really has never worked for me has been Vedek Bareil. The acting is rather stiff, a minor reoccurring character dies but the episode didn't really grab me.

3x14 Heart of Stone February 6,1995

The Second story really is the best Quark's nephew wants to join Starfleet, Sisko is skeptical. Nog's speech about how much he doesn't The Ferengi way really works for me.It is a great moment. The main plot with Kira,Odo, really did not work very well. A fine example of even with the series so good, in a season so good, the biggest problem is way too many episodes.

3x15 Destiny February 13,1995

Quark and Sisko discuss the Rules of Acquisition. The 34th RoA is War is good for business , The 35th RoA is Peace is good for business. Quark says "It is easy to confuse the two". This is an interesting episode that deals with Bajorian prophecies. We met a couple of Cardassian scientists who may change the way we think of Cardassians. They view science with the same intensity as other Cardassians view war,occupation and deceit. I mean that in a good way. I would to see these characters again, I honestly don't recall if we do.

3x16 Prophet Motive  February 20,1995

Has the Grand Nagus of The Ferengis suddenly had a change of heart. Charity and Benevolence have replaced Profit. Wow. Wallace Shawn has done a great job with this character. This episode did not really register with me very much.

3x17 Visionary February 27,1995

O'Brien keeps jumping 5 hours into the future.The episode involves Klingons and Romulan,

Odo: But Don't worry -I plan to investigate the Klingons.The Bajorians,Quark and the visiting Terrelians
Sisko: You think Quark had something to do with this ?
Odo: I always investigate Quark

later:

Sisko: I think we have evidence to at least question the Klingon's don't you ?
Odo: Absolutely
Sisko: Just be careful
Odo: Commander, there is no careful way to question a Klingon

Bashir to OBrien " If all you can hallucinate about is Quark's maintenance problems, you do have a sadly deficient fantasy life."

the writing is getting very good,

3x18 Distant Voices April 10,1995

One of the better Garak lines "To Think,After all this time,all our lunches together...you still don't trust me. There is hope for you yet."

Bashir is zapped and ages rapidly.

3x19 Through the looking glass April 17,1995

Return to the mirror universe as O'Brien kidnaps our universe Sisko. Great episode.

3x20 Improbable Cause April 24,1995
3x21 The Die is Cast May 1,1995

Just a minor note but I love the fact this isn't named  Part 1 and Part 2.
My Notes as I took them watching the episode.
Assassination attempt on Garak leads to a witty,well written investigation. At times this episode (Improbable Cause) is heavy into Odo and Garak. This is a good thing.
It is great to watch/listen to the writing. They really know how to write Garak, Romulans called him a Cobbler.  Is this is the first time I noticed he has been exiled from Cardassia ?

3x21

Wow, the torture scene where Garak tortures Odo is intense. This is so well written and acted. The series is at the top of it's game right now.

Star Trek:Deep Space Nine Season 3,Episodes 1-10 plus STAR TREK:Generations

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3x1/3x2  The Search  September 26/October 3,1994

Deep Space Nine is now the only Star Trek show on the air with TNG gone off the air in June. It seems like a long time ago because I have not seen a TNG show since late January. The Station is preparing for war with The Dominion and whatever is in the Gamma Quadrant. We are introduced to The Defiant, a battleship The Federation with a cloaking devise. It is at DS9.  We find out Odo is a Changeling , he and Kira go to his home planet. Mystery solved, he would rather be with humans. This is a really good political episode,lots of intrigue. You get the feeling the series has really taken a new turn.

3x3 The House of Quark October 10,1994

Wow, Quark kills a Klingon before the Credits. Of any of episodes of any series that I have watched so far, this is the best open ever. Quark ends up marrying the widow. As with TNG, any Klingon episode is good,so with DS9 any Quark episode is good. Mixing Klingons and Quark is magical.

3x4 Equilibrium October 17,1994

A great Jadzia Dax episode

3x5 Second Skin October 24,1994

One of those episodes when I realize what a great character Garak the Tailor is. Is Kira a double agent ?Is Kira really a Cardassian spy who had surgery to look like a Bajorian ? This season has been epic so far.

3x6 The Abandoned October 31,1994

A story about an abandoned baby who grows up really quick. The best part of the episode is Jake,Sisko's son is dating a Dabo Girl (a Gambling game played at Quarks).Think Black Jack girl or worse.I am think Jake has really been underdone in the series.

3x7 Civil Defense November 7,1994

This seasons candidate for best episode of the season one of the best of the series. Remember that The Federation took over the station from The Cardassians. An old security program is tripped and the whole station might self destruct.

3x8 Meridian November 14,1994

One of the best romantic episodes of the series,any series. A Planet suddenly appears out of nowhere.It exists in 2 Dimensions. As the crew work to try to figure a way for the planet to stay in this dimension Jadzia falls in love with one of the scientists.


Star Trek:Generations
Release Date:November 18,1994

This is probably the second true epic in the Star Trek movie franchise. You have Khan and now you have the two captains.I liked the movie then and I liked it now. An Enterprise crashes which seems to be a standard in the movies.

The film opens with Kirk,Scotty and Chekov attending the launch of The USS Enterprise-B. This allows for one of the best title sequences of a champagne bottle floating through space. It really is a cool scene, a sign of a budget in 1994, today a commercial could product such a cool scene.

The ship isn't fully staffed and is missing a lot "That is due Tuesday" Captain Harriman keeps saying as their is a distress call that only one who can respond.And Captain James T Kirk dies trying to save the ship. Refugees come on board Whoopie Goldberg and a sinister looking Malcolm McDowell.


The First appearance of The Next Generation crew is on board an old time sailing holodeck ship.Worf is getting promoted, in the course of events Data throws Dr. Crusher overboard and doesn't understand why no one found it funny and decides it is time to put in the emotion chip, for Your Moment of Data Movie Edition. Spiner goes through every emotion in the book Pain,Fear,Humor, some of it interesting and some of it is not.

The movie has appearances by the Crazy Klingon Sisters from TNG and DS9. McDowell makes a great Star Trek villain. The reason why Picard enlists Kirk's help is some what contrived. The scenes are really good and this is the last we see of William Shatner as Captain James T Kirk, I will suspend objections and just enjoy the almost 30 ride with the character.Again this movie works for the most part.

3x9 Defiant November 21,1994

Will Riker shows up at the Station. This is a very good episode, anything else would spoilers.

3x10 Fascination November 28,1994

It is The Bajorian Gratitude Festival and everyone seems to be having a little fun

This series has dealt with conspiracies and bad guys like The Dominion,The Marquis, The Obsidian Order and the unresolved issues of the Cardassian occupation of Bajor and The Space Station it's self. There have not been a lot of fun episodes. This one borrows a little bit from A Midsummers Night Dream.It is a lot of fun.





Nice to see Jadzia Dax out of uniform