Pocket Full of Kryptonite is fantastic and you should listen to the whole album
Interstellar News: I did watch two episodes of Deep Space Nine today, but it’s 11:30 pm and I need to get some sleep. I promise I will write about them tomorrow.
Two months ago I challenged myself to read 26 novels in order to get ready for the 27th Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter novel, Sucker Punch. Today I am writing to tell you I failed miserably. I got barely got through the first three books which are some of the shortest in the series and I can easily read in under three hours a piece.
Work got crazy and I just haven’t had much interest in reading, which pains me because I’ve been an avid reader my entire life. Every year I’ve loved reading the novels in anticipation for the new one, but this year it looks like another thing Coronavirus has taken from me.
I write this post for a two reasons. The first reason is to keep you updated, I don’t want you thinking I just write a thing and forget about it. I always try my best to communicate with others, even if it’s people I’ve never met. The second reason is to let you know it’s okay to fail. I’ve read all of the books at least once, some of them several times at this point. I know what happens in them and it’s not as important this time for me to finish what I started because I know how much time I really have. Sometimes you need to say “no”, even if it’s to yourself. Anyway, I will leave you with a picture of the bright, shiny cover… though I’m totally jealous of the UK version.
I will read at least the first chapter before bed.
Interstellar News: The Lucky Devils and Witchy Ways Kickstarter has smashed six stretch goals and still has 24 days to go!
Favorite Quote from “Empok Nor”:
Garak: Maybe it’s true. Maybe you’re not a soldier anymore.
O’Brien: You’re right. I’m an engineer.
The last think Garak hears before O’Brien blows up (almost) up.
So what had happened in “Empok Nor”was…: Nog and O’Brien are fixing a conduit at Quark’s but the entire system is shot. O’Brien takes an engineering team, plus Garak and Nog, to visit Empok Nor – a Cardassian station just like DS9 that was abandoned a year ago. Garak gets them into the station unharmed but unknowingly awakens two cryogenically frozen Cardassian soldiers who destroy the runabout and jam the com systems. The team splits up to find a way to call for help but Pechetti and Stolzoff are killed by the Cardassians. Garak kills one of the soldiers and discovers they’re under the influence of some type of drug. The other solider kills Boq’ta, Garak kills the Cardassian, and then kills Amaro because Garak’s apparently also been affected by the drug. Garak captures Nog and lures O’Brien in for some hand-to-hand combat, but O’Brien engineers a distraction and gets him, Nog, and Garak back to DS9 where Bashir fixes Garak up.
“My father says that I can learn a lot from you. He says you can fix anything.”
“Don’t take this the wrong way, but that was the plan.”: The music in this episode was absolutely excellent but everything else was just sort of meh. I loved seeing the security guards and engineers talking about the mission before the left the station and they generally had a good sense of camaraderie, so it was an absolute shame that they all died. It was good that we got to know a bit about them before and saw scenes where it was just them, just as it was good to have the mystery of the reactivated soldiers. The real terrible part is when Garak turns on Amaro because you realize the drugs have affected him to and he becomes the villain. I wonder if Garak chose to fight without weapons because somewhere his brain was telling him he couldn’t kill O’Brien and Nog or if it was because the drugs just had to make him prove himself, but either way this gives you a glimpse deeper into Garak’s psyche and it is a dark place. I loved Nog trying to play 90’s action hero with a gun as big as he was, but that doesn’t make up for the episode feeling like it went on for too long without a big enough punch. 5 very hungry voles for this episode.
Favorite Quote from “In the Cards”:
Nog: Where’re we going?
Jake: Let me introduce you to a new human expression. We’re going to beard the lion in its den.
Nog: Lions, Gigers, bears.
Jake: Oh my.
A Wizard of Oz reference, huzzah!
So what had happened in “In the Cards” was…: The senior staff are having dinner but everyone is depressed and, to top it off, Kai Winn is visiting the station in order to meet with Weyoun. Quark is running an auction that’s mostly junk aside from a mint baseball card and Jake decides he must have it for Sisko and it must be a surprise. Jake guilts Nog into parting with his latinum (an amount that is familiar to those of us who have watched “Progress“) but they lose the lot to a shifty man named Dr. Geiger. Geiger, however, is willing to trade them the card for some items. They complete some work for O’Brien in exchange for one, rescue Bashir’s teddy bear from Leeta for another, listen to Worf’s operas for a third, and work on Kira’s speech for a fourth. Meanwhile Geiger is making progress but is right under Weyoun’s quarters and Kai Winn is told to stall the Dominion for as long as she can. After getting yelled at by Sisko, Weyoun beams Jake and Nog aboard to find out what they and Geiger have been up to. Weyoun eventually believes the boys are innocent, gives Jake the card, and talks genetics with Geiger. It turns out the boys helping everyone turned their moods around and Sisko loves his card.
“The entire future of the galaxy may depend on us tracking down Willie Mays and stopping him.”: What a damn feel good episode. Nog and Jake are a really good team and they play off each other well. Jake’s determination to get the card and keep it a secret do make it plausible that they were up to something nefarious in the eyes of Weyoun who doesn’t know them, but he realizes that they’re just kids. This is very much like a more adult version of “Progress” where they keep bartering their services, but this time it’s for Sisko instead of for profit. Their actions wind up helping everyone on the station and it’s such a delight. Nog and Jake also touch upon something I’ve been trying to wrap my head around forever. So if Terrans don’t have money, then how do any of the Starfleet officers have money to spend at Quark’s or anywhere else that uses latinum for that matter?
“I haven’t broken any laws, except perhaps the laws of nature.”
Winn coming aboard, at first, is such a bother for Sisko but she finally is asking for his help and he gives her the best advice he can at the time. I also loved when she grabbed Weyoun’s ear at the end and tells him they are certainly not alike at all. Weyoun is such a fun character and I’m glad they figured out a way to explain his coming back from the dead because he brings so much good humor to every scene he is in. This whole episode just feels right to me and it feels like the calm before the storm because I just know the finale is going to be bananas. 10 mint condition baseball cards, all of “The Great Bambino“.
Favorite Quote from “Call to Arms”:
Rom: My job is here with Chief O’Brien.
Leeta: Then I’m not going either.
Rom: You see that, Nog. We’ve barely finished saying our vows and we’re already having our first fight. We’re really married! You’ve got to go, Leeta. The problems of two newlyweds are but a small thread in the tapestry of galactic events. You might not understand that today, or even tomorrow, but some day you will. So get on that shuttle and don’t look back. Nog, take your Moogie to the docking ring.
Nog: Nice speech, Dad.
Rom is super adorable.
So what had happened in “Call to Arms” was…: Leeta and Rom argue over wedding dresses and then ask Sisko to preside at their wedding in two weeks, just as the fifth convoy of Jem’Hadar ships comes through the wormhole. Jake gets a job with Starfleet News Services, which will become important later. The Dominion has signed a nonaggression pact with the Romulans and several other groups, essentially isolating the Federation, so the Federation decides to mine the wormhole. Rom, in between panicking about getting married and remembering things he’s forgotten to do, comes up with a way to do so. Weyoun comes to give Sisko an ultimatum, remove the mines or else, and then agree to compromise – which neither side actually believes.
“You may continue your work, Commander. I will handle the Jem’Hadar.”
Sisko urges Bajor to sign a nonaggression pact so that they’ll be safe, so Rom and Leeta get married and all Bajorans leave the station. Martok hails DS9 to warn that the Cardassians and Dominion are coming and the battle ensues. Martok helps defend the Defiant so Dax and O’Brien can finish mining the wormhole and, once everything is complete and the shields are down, Starfleet evacuates DS9. Dax and Worf agree to get married when everything is over, Garak goes with Starfleet, and Kira, Odo, Quark, and Rom stay aboard to “welcome” Dukat and Weyoun to DS9. Rom stays behind to spy for Starfleet, under the guise of managing Quark’s, and Jake stays behind to bring news from the front line. Kira executes “program Sisko 197” which overloads the station’s systems so it will not be easy to fix. Sisko leaves his baseball as a message to Dukat that “he’ll be back”
“Well, I don’t know about you, but I feel more comfortable already.”: I’ll start with Garak, Kira, and Odo who don’t have a lot of screen time but are utterly fantastic. Garak is his usual self but I can see the true shock on his face as he kisses Ziyal, like he doesn’t quite know who he is becoming. Odo and Kira are super awkward around each other until Odo says they need to focus on business and you can see the relief wash over Kira. It’s actually quite similar to the conversation Dax and Worf have, about waiting until everything is over in order to get married. Leeta and Rom, on the other hand, don’t wait and get married post haste, though still by the Emissary. Nog, adorably, refers to Leeta as “Moogie” and I just about turned into one of those sappy stickers from Facebook. I was so proud of Jake for handing out medical kits and trying to really stick it out after his debacle in “NtBttS“, he’s really diving into this writing gig head first. The real shock comes twice and both by the Sisko men. Jake staying behind as well as Sisko and the rest of Starfleet abandoning the station had my mouth hanging open in absolute shock that I did not see coming. Both actions make sense after it’s explained but how do you have a show called “Deep Space Nine” when you’re no longer on the damn station?!?! Looks like I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to find out. Deploy program Sisko 197!
Luis-style Summary: The Enterprise-E is ordered to patrol The Neutral Zone for stray Romulans while the Borg attack Earth. Picard and Riker look dashing, Crusher has blonde hair, La Forge has implants instead of a VISOR, and Troi has flatter hair. As Earth’s defenses start to crumble Picard disobeys orders and joins the fray, leading the surviving fleet to destroy the Borg cube and Worf, who was on the Defiant, to join them at tactical. Out of the cube comes a Borg sphere and it creates a temporal disturbance that alters the timeline so the Enterprise follows them to 2063, right before Zefram Cochrane made first contact with another species.
“Someone once said ‘Don’t try to be a great man. Just be a man, and let history make it’s own judgements’.”
On the Enterprise the Borg beam over and slowly begin taking over the ship. Picard is ruthless, Worf battles, Data is captured, and several of the crew are assimilated. Data is held captive and meets the Borg Queen who tempts him with grafted skin and making him her partner, there is very likely android sex involved. Picard, Worf, and Hawk gear up to stop the Borg from connecting with their collective in the Delta Quadrant, but Hawk is assimilated and then spaced. Picard wants to fight but Lily talks him out of it so he plans to blow up the Enterprise, thus killing the Borg. Everyone evacuates but Picard, he tries to bargain with the Borg Queen for Data. Data pretends to be turned but then helps take down the Borg Queen.
“He will make an excellent drone.”
Riker, La Forge, and an engineering team (including Barclay who fangoobers over Cochrane) have to fix the Phoenix so it can go out into space the next day. Troi finds Cochrane who is more interested in drinking and doesn’t want to become a monument to society, he’s in it for the money. Eventually they get everything up and running, while listening to Steppenwolf, and catch the attention of the Vulcans who are shortly introduced to music and whiskey. The crew of the Enterprise beams away and prepares to… wait for it… go back to the future. I’ll see myself out.
TL;DR: The Borg attack Earth and, when faced with losing, go back in time to try to stop Earth’s first contact with the Vulcans. The crew of the Enterprise-E must stop the Borg and help Zefram Cochrane achieve warp.
Favorite quotes:
Cochrane: And you people, you’re all astronauts, … on some kind of star trek?
LaForge: Look, Doc, I know this is a lot for you to take in, but we’re running out of time here.
A groan worthy placement of ‘star trek’ followed by a time joke in a time travel plot… sigh
“He wouldn’t even talk to me unless I had a drink with him. And then it took three shots of something called tequila just to find out he was the one we’re looking for. And I’ve spent the last twenty minutes trying to keep his hands off me. So don’t go criticizing my counseling techniques. It’s a primitive culture. I’m just trying to blend in.“
Today is a Good Day to Die: ” Assimilate this!”
My Thoughts and Impressions: As much as I loved “The Voyage Home“, which was also a time travel story, I truly loved this movie. There are so many excellent moments that call back to a lot of things I am now familiar with. Crusher setting up the EMH in order to distract the Borg was one of the reasons we chose to wait to watch the movie in the middle of the fifth season of DS9. The holodeck scene, a callback to “The Big Goodbye“, was awesome and allowed there to be some non-sci-fi costuming in a way that made sense. La Forge gets to show off his shiny new eyes and it’s so nice to be able to see his face. Adding Worf back into the fray is believable because the Defiant would totally be out helping defend Earth, but I wonder what O’Brien is going to say about all the repairs that will be needed. Troi doesn’t get to do a lot, but I loved her scene in the bar. I do wish they had found a way to bring Guinan in, she’s still my favorite bartender… just don’t tell Quark. I loved the character of Lily and how she doesn’t take shit from Picard, she’s really the only one who could have given him the come-to-Jesus talk because everyone else has been under his command for too long. Worf came close but he’s still a subordinate and a Starfleet officer at heart. Lily was the breath of fresh air to cut through the chain of command in a meaningful way. I do believe, however, that the only reason the Enterprise didn’t actually explode is because Riker wasn’t in command.
This is what I saw when the Borg Queen was dying.
The big four characters to focus on are The Borg Queen, Data, Cochrane, and Picard. The Borg Queen, who started out organic and slowly replaced herself with synthetic parts, is the opposite of Bicentennial Man as Andrew started out a complete android and slowly added human parts until he was no longer a machine. She dangles humanity in front of Data, who was only tempted for a fraction of a second, but she’s convincing enough that you’re wondering if she was able to break Data. Data does an excellent job of switching between emotion on/emotion off when needed while still having his unique Data-ness without the rambling. Picard is all over the damn place here. He starts off with PTSD flashbacks, becomes slightly defeated, then needs to save the day (which he does, kind of), is then utterly ruthless and hellbent on revenge and vengeance, and then finally morphs into the Picard we all know and love who listens to his crew and does what is best for all. Cochrane isn’t what we know him to be from the history books and it seems to much for him. Just like Picard, Cochrane needs to go through a whole slew of emotions and states of mind in order to come to terms with what his legacy will be, but you can see how space and meeting Vulcans can turn just about anyone.
“Live long and prosper”
Movie rating: While there are certainly some criticisms about the movie, they are slight and small and not worth me mentioning. In comparison to the other movies on my Rankings page, I believe it earns itself a warp 9.
Musical Accompaniment: The dulcet tones of a dear friend who needed to talk because they’ve been without power for over 24 hours now. After we finished, I dived back into iTunes and I’m onto songs that start with the letter ‘J’.
Interstellar News: The Kickstarter I posted about the other day has already met its goal and is almost on its FIFTH stretch goal, you should totally back it too!
Favorite Quote from “Children of Time”:
Gabriel: Is it true you can kill someone just by looking at them?
Worf: Only when I am angry.
You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry… oh wait.
So what had happened in “Children of Time”was…: The Defiant is heading back from a week long mission in the GQ when Kira discloses she and Shakaar have ended things and Dax finds some unusual readings. They go to investigate and encounter their descendants because, apparently, when they were here the first time they entered a temporal disturbance and traveled 200 years back in time and were stranded on the planet they call Gaia. We find out that Worf and Jadzia got married, O’Brien eventually moved on with an ensign from engineering, Bashir shacked up with a new transfer, Odo got really good at shapeshifting, and Kira died.
“Do you remember that dancer that you met on Pelios station?”
Our crew knows what happens and wants to avoid it but Yedrin Dax has a plan. The problem is the plan is a phony and, despite objections from Worf and Kira, Sisko plans to avoid the trip through time even if it means the lives of the 8,000 inhabitants. Everyone participates in the “planting day”, even the Klingons, and they all realize they have to repeat history and can’t let these people disappear. They set the ship to autopilot but it moves at the last minute and they realize everything and everyone is now gone and Gaia no longer exists. Odo visits Kira and explains that Gaia’s Odo linked with him before he left and was the one that changed the autopilot because he couldn’t bear for Kira to die again.
“You don’t look busy.”: There is a lot to unpack in this episode. Of course there’s baseball on Gaia it’s a wonderful legacy for Sisko. It makes sense for Kira and Worf to be on the same page as they are the ones who are most spiritual, just as it makes sense for Dax to feel responsible for the entire community and for O’Brien to just want to go home and feel uncomfortable about the whole thing. Bashir was the one who surprised me since he has made it clear he doesn’t want children and I’m curious if he investigated how his genetically engineered self fared with procreation. I loved the children but my favorite were the Klingons because they were a group that didn’t discriminate. If you wanted to live life as a Klingon but weren’t born one, that’s fine… you’re family now. It reminds me a lot of the LGBTQ community and also how I have my chosen family that is different than the one I was born into.
” Some by blood, some by choice. Our hearts are Klingon. We live as warriors, just as you taught our ancestors long ago.”
The signs are there all along, however, when you really look for them. You never see Gaia’s Odo interacting with the others and why would he? He cannot reproduce and the only woman he loved on the ship died, so it makes sense for him to bide his time, get super good at shifting, figure out how long changelings live for, and try to reverse history the first chance he gets. It doesn’t make the ending any less heartbreaking but it wasn’t a huge shock either. This also allows the Kira/Odo will they/won’t they to be back on the table, but adds just a bit of complication because Gaia’s Odo messed with the will of the prophets. Speaking of the prophets, I’m pretty sure Kira forgot that Sisko was the Emissary and if he’s stranded 200 years in the past on some random GQ planet, he can’t be leading Bajor and doing Emissary stuff. Many thanks to the husband person for planting that bug in my ear. Overall, a super interesting time travel-ish episode with 8 smart fungi.
Favorite Quote from “Blaze of Glory”:
Nog: Now either move or I’m going to have to place you under arrest.
Martok: You are either very brave or very stupid, Ferengi.
Nog: Probably a little of both.
Martok: Indeed. Courage comes in all sizes. But don’t tempt fate.
Nog finally figuring out how to deal with Klingons.
So what had happened in “Blaze of Glory” was…: Sisko cooks dinner for Jake and Nog and finds out Nog is having a hard time with his time in Security, mostly because the Klingons don’t take him seriously. He has a few false starts but eventually is able to win the respect of General Martok. Martok reports to Sisko that they intercepted a Maquis transmission about missiles heading to Cardassia and that could lead to war with the Dominion so Sisko goes to visit Eddington in jail. Eddington just wants to die in peace but Sisko thinks that Eddington doesn’t have a death wish. Eventually they work together to escape the Jem’Hadar and get to the launch site but it was really an excuse for Eddington to get the help he needed to free any remaining Maquis. Eddington makes up for lying to Sisko by dying for what he believed in.
“For a dead man, you talk a lot.”: The end to the Maquis and Eddington, though I hear there’s more for me to look forward to in Voyager. I’ll put my likes first. I liked that Morn apparently lost it, attacked Quark, and was naked in the Bajoran shrine but I hate that they didn’t do anything more with it. Sisko adding pureed tube grubs and Jake’s reaction was fantastic and reminds me of the story about my father in law hiding lima beans in pb&j sandwiches… which is for another time. I loved Nog earning the respect of the head Klingon himself, another Ferengi making an impression on an important Klingon by way of hubris. As someone who has been short all of their life, I really feel for Nog. It’s hard to get people to respect you instantly when you are not physically assuming, but it’s certainly not impossible and much easier when you have a quick wit and a sharp tongue. I absolutely loved, loved, loved all of the banter between Eddington and Sisko and will admit I was taken by Eddington’s misdirection and lies. Every time the two of them interacted it was fantastic and was played so beautifully.
“It may look like chicken, but it still tastes like replicated protein molecules to me.”
Now that that’s all out of the way, here’s my problem with this whole thing… I don’t care about the Maquis. There were two not-so-terrible solutions to the redistricting of the borders: relocation or changing sides. If you didn’t want to move, like we saw in “Journey’s End“, you could just petition to be Cardassian citizens instead of staying with the Federation. If you wanted to stay with the Federation, they were happy to help you relocate. If you didn’t like either of those options then the only choice was to fight, which is what the Maquis did and that was just fucking stupid. I will admit that I’m not from a culture where the land is super important to me and I’m also a super ambitious person and have made my start over many times, but it still never made sense to me how all of these people just decided to become terrorists because the lines got drawn a little differently. It’s a fitting end to Eddington and the Maquis and I give it 7 cloaked missiles.
Musical Accompaniment: Figured out I’m on my “5 star” iTunes playlist
Interstellar News: Today I learned that my Aunt Lucy passed away. I don’t know if she ever watched Star Trek but I dedicate this post to her nonetheless.
Favorite Quote from “Ferengi Love Songs”:
Quark: Of course not. He was willing to throw our entire economy into chaos just so he could grab power.
Ishka: Sounds like a true Ferengi to me.
Quark: A Ferengi, maybe, but not a Nagus. A Nagus has to be better than that. His personal greed has to reflect the public’s greed.
Quark and his mother debating the finer qualities of being a Nagus.
So what had happened in “Ferengi Love Songs”was…: Rom and Leeta decide to get married, he’s even sporting a Bajoran earring. After talking with O’Brien and Dax, Rom thinks he’s compromising too much and demands Leeta signs a Ferengi contract. She refuses and they call off the wedding, though both are clearly miserable. Rom eventually decides to donate his entire life savings to a Bajoran charity so he and Leeta can live off their love, oh and Leeta’s salary from Quark’s.
“That’s okay. I just want her to be happy.”
Quark’s is closed due to a vole infestation and it’s just one of many things that have caused him to be depressed, so he goes to Ferenginar to be comforted by his mother only to find the Grand Nagus hiding in his bedroom closet because they have been having a secret romantic relationship. They explain how they met and Quark sees this as an opportunity to be reinstated, but the Zek refuses. Brunt comes to visit and tells Quark he’ll give him his license back if he breaks up Ishka and Zek, which Quark does. Zek makes Quark his aide but Quark sees that Zek has Ferengi Alzheimer’s and Ishka was helping him all along, oh and this is Brunt’s play to grab power no matter the cost to Ferenginar. Quark helps Zek, gets Zek and Ishka back together, and gets to keep his reinstatement.
“Maybe, but lust can be a lot more fun”: So Rom and Leeta are adorable and please excuse me while I go get sick over in the corner. I loved every bit of their scenes, though. Rom’s ridiculous earring, Rom sobbing at the panel he’s trying to fix, and Kira trying to talk some sense into Leeta were all absolutely adorable. It’s nice to see things going well for Rom, though I wonder what Nog thinks about having a Bajoran stepmother. The bit between Odo and Worf, however, was delightful and it was only a matter of time before Odo and the Klingons clashed.
“Maihar’du will make dinner. I’ve got other plans for you.”
The real meat of the story is everyone coming out of Quark’s closet. I found it quite funny that after finding Zek and Maihar’du in his closet, Quark was not the least bit phased to find Brunt transporting in and out of it. I realized that Brunt is a touch on the dramatic side, but so is Quark so maybe it’s just a Ferengi trait. The interesting piece for me is that Quark helped his mother because it was for the good of Ferenginar, not because he loved his mother and wanted her to be happy. While he may have developed a conscience with all the “hu-man interaction”, he certainly has not figured out how to value females. Both stories showed how sometimes couples have to make compromises to make things work, but if you love each other it’s totally worth it. 6.5 jellied gree worms for this episode.
Favorite Quote from “Soldiers of the Empire”:
Martok: Major, we’ve rescued 35 survivors of a disabled Klingon battle cruiser. Request permission to beam them directly to your Infirmary.
Kira: Permission granted, General. You’re also cleared to dock at bay four.
Martok: We’ll need an engineering team to repair our battle damage. And one other thing. Arrange to have 15 barrels of bloodwine waiting for us in the airlock so we can celebrate the first victory of the Rotarran over the Jem’Hadar!
FIFTEEN barrels?!?! That’s a lot of wine.
So what had happened in “Soldiers of the Empire” was…: Martok is given command of the Rotarran in order to find the missing B’Moth ship and asks Worf to come along as his first officer. Dax tags along as their Science Officer but O’Brien and Bashir stay on DS9 to split Worf’s other station duties. The crew of the Rotarran have low morale and while Worf worries about Martok’s state of mind and decisions, Dax is seeing the powder keg that is about to blow. When they receive a distress call from the B’Moth, Martok thinks it’s a trap and refuses to cross the border so Worf challenges him for command of the ship. Martok kicks Worf’s ass and it reminds him that he’s a bad ass, so he leads the Rotarran to victory over the Jem’Hadar and brings back 35 survivors. Martok asks Worf to join his house and Worf is now a true Klingon again.
“Why did you not tell me?” “It’s more fun this way.”
“The House of Martok would be honoured to welcome the Son of Mogh into our family as a warrior and a brother.”: So I put on the captions while I watch Netflix and other streaming services and there was one moment where it reported “Klingons laughing lustily” and I laughed a lot at that caption. This was a wonderful Klingon episode where it makes sense for Dax to be there not just because of her connection to Worf but because of her affinity for Klingon culture and politics. I loved that she spent the time in the trenches with the crew and could hold her own, she didn’t need Worf to be there for her. There were other funny bits like when Nog was trying to not be between the two Klingons or when O’Brien and Bashir were bitching about all the extra work they had to do to fill in for Worf. This was another great look into how Klingons run their ship and how they interact with each other, but it was also great to watch Martok get his mojo back. Worf and Dax are also adorable together in their own way, though she has far too much fun poking at Worf. 7 vats of bloodwine!
To Boldly Go Where Everyone Has Gone Before 