DS9+17: 107: Q-Less
Ahhh, the ubiquitous (at least as far as Star Trek goes) Q. I don’t know if I’m shocked that they waited a whole seven episodes to bring him on, or shocked that they brought him on so early. Maybe I’m not shocked in the least, and instead generally apathetic. Yeah, that’s probably it.
Jen mentioned at the end that every episode ends with someone making a knowing smile… and I think she’s probably right. I’m going to have to watch for it now.
So, in this episode:
- The doctor continues to be a semi-creepy lech. Can you not hit on everything with a vagina, please? I guess it was how they gave him something to do in this episode, since I really didn’t see the reasoning for calling him over to help with the jammed door in the beginning.
- A groovy space-ray from the gamma quadrant hatches and almost destroys the station
- Morn appears
- Dax has the closing knowing smile
- Sisko punches Q in a mustache.
- Quark gets rubbed off. His ears, he gets them rubbed. Which I’m pretty sure is the same thing as masturbating a human. But less messy? You know, I don’t think I want to know the answer to that.
- Odo and Quark have another moment of character contrast that draws them unknowingly closer together.
- Everyone almost dies, yet survives, with less than 10 minutes between them and SPACE DESTRUCTION!
Oh, and I’m going to try not to bring this up very often… but the fact that 98% of the species a) is humanoid and b) speaks English is… highly amusing? A useful plot conceit? Friendly to the budget?
You should mention me more in your posts, it makes me feel important.
Q episodes are always equally entertaining and frustrating. There’s no bargaining with God you imbeciles!!
(except there is)
Your words, they have the two different sides to the words they do.