Star Trek: DS9 (Season 4, Episodes 21-25)

4x21 The Muse April 29,1996

Two stories here and they both work. I am finally coming around to Lwaxana Troi's annual visits, here she is pregnant and the father's home views require male children to be raised by the males,away from the mother. She would have that and ends up marrying Odo. The Title refers to a Muse who appears on the ship and beings to influence Jake Sisko in his writing abilities. This is a really good episode.

4x22 For the Cause May 6,1996

There has been a minor Character Micheal Eddington who has been around since the beginning of season 3. In the brief recap and mostly opinions of the episodes, there has been little reason to talk about him until now. Odo comes to believe Kassidy Yates, Sisko's girlfriend might be a smuggler they set her up. Sisko takes The Defiant to follow and it is a trap, Lt Commander Eddington tries to take over the ship in the name of the Marquis, which the writers seem to have forgotten about this season. Nice episode.

4x23 To the Death May 13,1996

Renegade Jem Hadar attack the station  and the crew of  The Defiant end up teaming up Jem Hadar to stop them. The Jem Hadar leader promises next time we shall meet as enemies. Great Sweeps type episode.

4x24 The Quickening May 20,1996

Alexander Siddig really shines as Bashir in this episode where he,Kira and Dax are attacked by Jem Hadar, glad to see they are backed, I have missed them this season. Bashir ends up trying to cure a plague. It is a really touching episode and easily the best Bashir episode of the series.

4x25 Body Parts June 10,1996 

first plot line is a run about is attacked and Bashir has to move the O'Briens baby from Keiko to Major Kira, so she is now pregnant with a human baby. Nice plot device for Nana Visitors real life pregnancy. The episode is named for Quark fearing is dying and puts is body up on some sort of Ferengi exchange and people bidding on it. The end of the episode is really touching as Quark realized his true self worth to others.


4x26 Broken Link June 17,1996

I was beginning to wonder if this was a 2 part episode or not and if anything truly dramatic was going to happen. Kira/O'Brien's pregnancy was a subplot. The main plot revolved around Odo was not able to maintain solid form so they had to take into Dominion space and find The Founders. This is one of the better Garak episodes to date, first he tries to set Odo up on a date, then he comes along on the journey to keep Odo company. Garak spins yarns of assassination and intrigue as only Garak can. It is a marvelous episode.


Overview of Season 4:

The episodes at the end of the season really saved it, I liked the 2 parter about Changelings on Earth. It was very heavy on stand alone episodes. I have notice any Star Trek season seems to lose it's mojo around episodes 12-15 and the season becomes a grind. The Character development is very good, It took TNG 5 or 6 seasons to reach this point. This was about as strong as a finish as any Star Trek season. You can see I was slow to get through the season.  I will probably wait until August 1 to start in on 5.I really can't wait for the Wars to break out.

Viewed May 30,2014 to July 12,2014

Season 5 and the First Contact movie coming up

Star Trek DS9 : Season 4, Episodes 11-20

4x11 Homefront  January 1,1996

1996 gets off to a great start in the Trek Universe. Sisko,Odo,OBrien and Jake go to Earth where trouble is afoot. We find out before the episode is over that 4 members of The Dominion are on Earth. Threats of Martial Law, extereme measures for testing are imposed. This is a great decent into Martial Law and a little Cold War fear as well. TO BE CONTINUED .....

4x12 Paradise Lost January 8,1996

A nice continuation of the story line.I love everything, framing Sisko, the final showdown. Usually the guest stars are terrible and wooden, Robert Foxworthy is great. Susan Gibney who was the scientist Georgi fell for the holodeck and was married to in the series finale plays a Starfleet officer and is in the episode, she joins a small list of Actors.

4x13 Crossfire January 29,1996

Odo is in love Kira. A Bajorian diplomat arrives on the station and quickly develops a Romantic with Kira,crushing Odo's heart (if he has one). We get to see Odo and Quark interplay for what seems like the first in a while. We find out Odo lives above Quark. Quark files official noise complaints.

4x14 Return to Grace February 5,1996

Going back to the story line with Dukat's not totally Cardassian Daughter earlier in the season. We have Kira and Dukat on a freighter, he has been stripped of his rank. A Good episode, this show has done so good at making three dimensional characters.

4x15 Sons of Mogh February 12,1996

As always, any episode featuring Klingons are good. Honor,Battle everything the Klingons love at work here.

4x16 Bar Association February 19,1996

Quark has to deal with striking employees and fight off Unionization. Fun episode.


4x17 Accession February 26,1996

We find out, I think for the first time that Sisko performs a lot of weddings of Bajorian couples in his role as Emissary. A ship comes through the worm hole with a Bajorian man who claims to have been called as the Emissary, he brings back the long dead Caste System and takes Bajor backwards. Subplot: O'Brien  is about to become a Daddy again. First appearance of his wife in ages.

4x18 Rules of Engagement April 8,1996

This is one of the best of the season. Worf has made the commander of the Defiant and in a fog of war type situation fired on a civilian transport. Worf faces extradition to the Klingon Homeworld, which I don't think has ever been given a name. Anyway this one of the best trail episodes I have seen in the whole series to date. Ron Canada is the Klingon prosecutor a dones an incredible job. If you have read this far, you know I rarely guest stars, so this is a great role. This is a 5 Star episode.

4x19 Hard Time April 15,1996

One of the more touching episodes of the series. Miles O'Brien has been released from servicing a 20 year Prison  Sentence. Oh, wait, it was only 20 years in his mind, in reality it was 3 hours. O'Brien felt every minute of the 20 years, it was  very,very real to him. Just a great science fiction plot. I am not really going to get into the hows and why, other the alien race who sentenced him has an interesting view of justice. Stunningly great episode.

4x20 Shattered Mirror April 22,1996

Mirror universe, yawn