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Synopsis: The first official delegates from the Gamma Quadrant arrive at Deep Space Nine. This episode, much like the earlier one “Captive Pursuit,” deals with foreign species that come from the Gamma Quadrant through the wormhole and bring the unexpected. Which is much like how bits of unconscious material come to the attention of the… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 10: “Move Along Home”

Synopsis: A rescue of a ship in distress brings a dangerous consciousness onto the station. In this episode we see a theme of certain episodes that goes back to Star Trek: The Original Series in which consciousness has so been separated from our body that bodies have become interchangeable, even between species. This is unlike… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 9: “The Passenger”

Synopsis: Representatives from a planet where Curzon Dax is accused of murder and treason thirty years ago, come to the station to extradite Jadzia Dax and bring her to trial for the alleged crimes of her symbiont’s former Trill host. This episode explores the relationship between the Trill’s symbiont being and its host body, how… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 8: “Dax”

Synopsis: Two characters originally seen on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Q and Vash, make an appearance on the station. Just as I mentioned in a previous post that Deep Space Nine has no control over what might come through the wormhole that connects it to the Gamma Quadrant, in this episode Vash is found… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 7: “Q-Less”

Synopsis: Deep Space Nine comes to the aid of the first ship that comes through the wormhole from the Gamma Quadrant. This episode illustrates that Deep Space Nine has no control over what might come through the wormhole that connects it to the Gamma Quadrant, just as the rational conscious ego has no control over… Continue reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 6: “Captive Pursuit”