4x1/4x2 The Way of the Warrior October 2,1995
I was so excited that I took a couple of days from and dived right into Season 4 a few days before the start of the month.
The Big Casting News is Worf from The Enterprise joins the cast. Remember is this the post Generations world as Worf has been thinking of resigning from Starfleet.
Plot: A Klingon task force has arrived at the station to assist in fighting The Dominion. The Klingons are planning to attack Cardassia because they are convinced The Founders have taken over the Cardassia. Sisko arranges for Garak to inform Dukat of the pending invasion. Chancellor Gorwon tries to recruit Worf to the cause, Worf chooses his duty to Starfleet. The episode becomes of the best war/actions episode of the series to date. There is a ton of action.
4x3 The Visitor October 9, 1995
This is an odd episode in a lot of ways.First of all, it is a wonderful, thoughtful,very well written.The episode is just of place. It is set in the future and Jake is a well known writer who is visited by a writing student. The demise of Captain Benjamin Sisko is related by Jake. Benjamin appears to Jake at various points through out his life. It becomes a Doctor Who Timey,Whimey type episode. I won't get into spoilers. I like the episode, It just is a such a departure and I more interested in the adventures of Worf on the Station.
4x4 Hippocratic Oath October 16,1995
4x4 Hippocratic Oath October 16,1995
The one where Bashir and O'Brien are in a shuttle and crash on a planet in the Gamma Quadrant. I really had a hard time getting into this one.
4x5 Indiscretion October 23,1995
A Dukat and Kira adventure. It was a good,not great episode.The last two episodes fall into my theory 26 episodes is too many.
4x6 Rejoined October 30,1995
November sweeps gives a break from a string of so-so episode. Jadzia meets the spouse of one of Dax former Hosts, who is also a Host. Okay, got that ? Dax Host at the was male. Love sparks fly between Jadzia and Lenara, two women,on television in 1995, Wow !!!! The rules of Trill society forbid joined individuals rekindling relationships from past lives. They face expulsion and the symbant dying. The episode comes down to is love worth it. A Beautiful episode. The Lesbian relationship is ahead of it's time.
4x7 Starship Down November 6,1995
This episode just did not register with me, I don't think I watched it all in one sitting. Before I write I look up the episode on Wiki or Memory Alpha just to check details or get a line of dialogue correct. I looked for this one and really couldn't remember anything about it, other than I thought James Cromwell's makeup was horrible.
4x8 Little Green Man November 13,1995
This was a good one Quark and Rom are taking Nog to Earth and Starfleet Academy. They end up in 1947. This is a great episode because we see the Universal translator malfunctioning. There was an episode in the first season where the translator had not figured out the language yet. Odo joins them on the trip. An amusing and entertaining episode.
4x9 The Sword of Kahless November 20,1995
I have been waiting a true Worf/Klingon episode all season. I was not disappointed.
4x10 Our Man Bashir November 27,1995
A wonderful not too serious episode. One of the little things I love about the series is the pulp novels that are discussed here and there, I think I mentioned Odo reading I,The Jury. Bashir and Garak discussion murder mysteries. It is not really surprised that Bashir has a 60's Cool,hip man of mystery holo program and suddenly in a tux Garak enters the program.
Meanwhile a transporter accident brings several members of the crew into the simulation and they have to keep them alive or they will die in real life. This is really the first episode where Holodecks have played a big part.They have been mentioned, a minor piece here and there. Our Man Bashir is really the first Holodeck DS9 episode, my reading tells me the writers thought the Holodeck was over used in TNG (I agree).
