Saturday, May 24, 2014

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.

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