DS9+17: 120: The Hands of the Prophets
Another strong episode stirring social issues (and Bajor! Suprise!) into the mix. In this case we have some creationism vs. evolution shenanigans (I know, right?) BUT unfortunately they don’t have to actually resolve the issues (they do try though, and most folks are level headed about it. Kind of.)
- Morn mills around in the background
- The crew member that suddenly had a name and was talking last episode? Yeah, you guessed it, they have a role in this episode and won’t be seen again.
- Kira and Sisko exchange knowing smiles to close us out
This was a strange “season finale” in the sense that I’m used to them kind of leaving something hanging, or being a two-parter, or both, but this was a done-in-one no cliffhanger. So odd by today’s standards. Maybe they didn’t know if they were coming back the following season?
In any case, the DS9 crew made a serious enemy and a serious ally… hopefully at least one of them will be back in the future.
So wow, a whole season down… I can’t remember the last time I watched a whole season of something – the second season of Heroes maybe? So what do I think? I think it had a bit of a rocky start – not a horrible one, but just not an awesome one – but seems to be picking up nicely towards the end. I’ll probably take a month or so break before starting season 2. Onward.
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