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Quodo in Every Episode discussion: "Shadows and Symbols"
This week we're discussing... episode 7x02 "Shadows and Symbols"!
Episode synopsis: Ezri Dax introduces herself to the Siskos and accompanies them on a trip to find answers about Ben's mother Sarah. Meanwhile, Worf, O'Brien, Bashir, and, unexpectedly, Quark serve on a mission to Dominion space daring enough to ensure Jadzia a place in Sto-vo-kor. Meanwhile, Odo accompanies Kira on a potentially suicidal face-off against Senator Cretak over Romulan armaments furtively placed on one of Bajor's moons.
What The Boys are up to in this episode: Quark is a late arrival aboard Martok's Rotarran and has several scenes aboard the ship where he complains, needles Worf, and basically is just a fish out of water on a Klingon ship. Odo has a scene where he discusses Kira's blockade plan with her and then accompanies her as she leads the small fleet of Bajoran ships blocking Romulans from advancing, comparing her favorably to a character from one of his detective books. They both show up briefly at the end to be surprised by the arrival of a new Dax on the station.
One screencap from this episode:
Transcript: http://chakoteya.net/DS9/552.htm
Quodo fics tagged with this episode: None (https://archiveofourown.org/works?work_search%5Bsort_column%5D=revised_at&work_search%5Bother_tag_names%5D=Episode%3A+s07e02+Shadows+and+Symbols+%28Star+Trek%3A+Deep+Space+Nine%29&work_search%5Bexcluded_tag_names%5D=&work_search%5Bcrossover%5D=&work_search%5Bcomplete%5D=&work_search%5Bwords_from%5D=&work_search%5Bwords_to%5D=&work_search%5Bdate_from%5D=&work_search%5Bdate_to%5D=&work_search%5Bquery%5D=&work_search%5Blanguage_id%5D=&commit=Sort+and+Filter&tag_id=Star+Trek%3A+Deep+Space+Nine)
Tell us:
- What did you think about this episode?
- Have you written a fic set during/after this episode?
- Do you know of any other fics set in or that build off this episode that weren't linked above?
- What do you see as the Quodo potential for this episode?
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Episode synopsis: Ezri Dax introduces herself to the Siskos and accompanies them on a trip to find answers about Ben's mother Sarah. Meanwhile, Worf, O'Brien, Bashir, and, unexpectedly, Quark serve on a mission to Dominion space daring enough to ensure Jadzia a place in Sto-vo-kor. Meanwhile, Odo accompanies Kira on a potentially suicidal face-off against Senator Cretak over Romulan armaments furtively placed on one of Bajor's moons.
What The Boys are up to in this episode: Quark is a late arrival aboard Martok's Rotarran and has several scenes aboard the ship where he complains, needles Worf, and basically is just a fish out of water on a Klingon ship. Odo has a scene where he discusses Kira's blockade plan with her and then accompanies her as she leads the small fleet of Bajoran ships blocking Romulans from advancing, comparing her favorably to a character from one of his detective books. They both show up briefly at the end to be surprised by the arrival of a new Dax on the station.
One screencap from this episode:
Transcript: http://chakoteya.net/DS9/552.htm
Quodo fics tagged with this episode: None (https://archiveofourown.org/works?work_search%5Bsort_column%5D=revised_at&work_search%5Bother_tag_names%5D=Episode%3A+s07e02+Shadows+and+Symbols+%28Star+Trek%3A+Deep+Space+Nine%29&work_search%5Bexcluded_tag_names%5D=&work_search%5Bcrossover%5D=&work_search%5Bcomplete%5D=&work_search%5Bwords_from%5D=&work_search%5Bwords_to%5D=&work_search%5Bdate_from%5D=&work_search%5Bdate_to%5D=&work_search%5Bquery%5D=&work_search%5Blanguage_id%5D=&commit=Sort+and+Filter&tag_id=Star+Trek%3A+Deep+Space+Nine)
Tell us:
- What did you think about this episode?
- Have you written a fic set during/after this episode?
- Do you know of any other fics set in or that build off this episode that weren't linked above?
- What do you see as the Quodo potential for this episode?
Anonymous comments are on, so feel free to chime in even if you don't have a Dreamwidth account! If you prefer, we are also available on Discord:
https://discord.gg/VaCnMYvKu6 (18+ proship Quodo Discord - there is a dedicated channel for this event)
https://discord.gg/Htz4crCdCt (general Quodo Discord)
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- Ah, I love Ezri's introduction. She's hanging on by a thread 😂
- Ah... But I don't really like this Jadzia Sto-vo-kor mission plotline. Sets up one of the more annoying plotlines in season 7 and it's just kinda boring in this episode! That said, I like the fascinating metaphysics of Worf believing that "Jadzia Dax" has died and is capable of getting into Sto-vo-kor, even while the Dax symbiont lives on and with Jadzia being not Klingon.
- Aww, I love this Siskos family space trip. Amazing. Joseph being a grumpy old man and the conversation between Ezri and Jake!
- I also love the little Starfleet desert uniforms with the division color stripe! Cute.
- I also love Weyoun and Damar's interactions. I feel like they're pretty shippy here with Weyoun throwing the stink eye at Damar's female companion lol.
- I like Martok being the chill one here and like, "What's wrong, Worf? It's an honor to have Jadzia's friends here."
- "Take me out of the oven, Moogie." -- lol, Quark does have nice lines in this one.
- Lots of fancy CG here -- showing off a bigger effects budget?
- Okay, it's kind of heavy-handed/manipulative, but I do like the last shot of Ezri looking like she's back home aboard DS9. The feels ðŸ˜
This episode is okay -- I think it suffers a bit from having TWO plotlines that are just kinda boring (the Kira vs. Romulans plotline and the Rotarran plotline). The Sisko plotline is pretty fun, though. And it's fun seeing Casey Biggs out of prosthetics in this one!
Thoughts on Quodo potential:
Oh boy, I'm a bit stumped. This season is kinda bleak for Quodo, but I guess you could have Quark jealous at Odo going with Kira, and meanwhile Odo jealous at Quark going off to honor Jadzia. Both of them trying to convince the other not to do it and not because they're worried about them dying or anything, b-baka. IDK, help! XD