- The opening scene of this episode is one of my favorite Miles/Keiko scenes.
- "How would you like a jumja stick up--" Lol Miles. XD
- I love Winn in this episode. ❤️
- I feel like this episode is maybe a bit *too* much of a response to creationism/intelligent design vs. evolution debates at the time that it ends up weakening the episode a bit? For example: inaccurate characterization of Galileo's conflict with the Church, and using the wormhole and wormhole aliens here is a bit odd because it's kind of like having a religious debate about the existence of God, when, like, God is right there. He physically exists and you can talk to him in this particular case. I don't know if it's the intention, but it makes the religious vs. secular debate almost hair-splitting/a question of labels compared to equivalent present-day debates, but IDK, I haven't thought about this that much. THAT SAID, I think this episode is generally a banger so I don't really mind any of that.
- Great Quodo scene in this one ☺️ "You wound me. All the years together. I thought you knew me." -- They're extremely married, right? XD Don't mind me, just interrogating my nemesis as we lean in towards each other intimately.... Also, I love Quark's joke about religious types. Once again, it is so INTERESTING how often he brings up sex when talking to Odo...
- Winn being like "you might die, yes, but you will be amply rewarded in the afterlife"... Using religion to radicalize the youth -- love that for her. I also love that the religious fundamentalism is actually just a smokescreen/stratagem in service of Winn's ultimate objective, which is becoming kai. Amazing. Absolutely incredible. Winn is one of Star Trek's best characters, IMO, and this episode is such a strong start to her character.
- I wonder if this episode is one of the first to feature characters using the title "Emissary" to refer to Sisko. I remember it not being very common in the first season, but Winn does it several times in this episode.
Thoughts on Quodo potential:
- Hm, it is once again a bit hard to top what is already in this episode... Maybe you could write an extended scene for Quark and Odo's conversation in this episode. I feel like there's a lot of places where it could go into a bit of a detour, like talking about previous cases Odo has investigated, talking about Rules of Acquisition... add a bit more innuendo?
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- The opening scene of this episode is one of my favorite Miles/Keiko scenes.
- "How would you like a jumja stick up--" Lol Miles. XD
- I love Winn in this episode. ❤️
- I feel like this episode is maybe a bit *too* much of a response to creationism/intelligent design vs. evolution debates at the time that it ends up weakening the episode a bit? For example: inaccurate characterization of Galileo's conflict with the Church, and using the wormhole and wormhole aliens here is a bit odd because it's kind of like having a religious debate about the existence of God, when, like, God is right there. He physically exists and you can talk to him in this particular case. I don't know if it's the intention, but it makes the religious vs. secular debate almost hair-splitting/a question of labels compared to equivalent present-day debates, but IDK, I haven't thought about this that much. THAT SAID, I think this episode is generally a banger so I don't really mind any of that.
- Great Quodo scene in this one ☺️ "You wound me. All the years together. I thought you knew me." -- They're extremely married, right? XD Don't mind me, just interrogating my nemesis as we lean in towards each other intimately.... Also, I love Quark's joke about religious types. Once again, it is so INTERESTING how often he brings up sex when talking to Odo...
- Winn being like "you might die, yes, but you will be amply rewarded in the afterlife"... Using religion to radicalize the youth -- love that for her. I also love that the religious fundamentalism is actually just a smokescreen/stratagem in service of Winn's ultimate objective, which is becoming kai. Amazing. Absolutely incredible. Winn is one of Star Trek's best characters, IMO, and this episode is such a strong start to her character.
- I wonder if this episode is one of the first to feature characters using the title "Emissary" to refer to Sisko. I remember it not being very common in the first season, but Winn does it several times in this episode.
Thoughts on Quodo potential:
- Hm, it is once again a bit hard to top what is already in this episode... Maybe you could write an extended scene for Quark and Odo's conversation in this episode. I feel like there's a lot of places where it could go into a bit of a detour, like talking about previous cases Odo has investigated, talking about Rules of Acquisition... add a bit more innuendo?
- Something on the theme of jumja sticks?