Anne--I loved those episodes. When Sisko is standing in the space station looking out at the stars and you see the reflection of Benny and he asks the question about I am I real or a dream I cried.

DS9 had more power over me than anyother Trek. I never felt the kind of emotional pull with Trek. I can't really explain it with TNG, when I first watched it I was totally into the episodes. Yay and good. But looking back and watching them again, I like them but they don't have the same emotional impact.

I've gone back and watched episodes like the one where O'Brien has broken some law on a planet and been implanted with memories that make him think he's been imprisioned for decades, in a cave like cell and he keeps hallucinating about his cellmate after he returns to the station. That, after watching it even years later, still gets to me. Miles and his pain, and him and Bashir at the end.

Like Genevive Bujould?

Um... yes, I suppose so. Why? Oo, it's the French teacher! Cool!

See, I actually liked Mulgrew okay (actually, I was kind of psyched -- her brother worked for the same company I did at the time), but I thought they were just trying too hard. Trying to make her In Charge and In Command and like that wasn't weird at all, but also trying to make sure we knew she was Feminine, darn it, and Not A Bitter Spinster At All. It never really looked natural.

Plus, looking at other pictures of her -- the woman's main feature is a wry smile. That's just her thing. Which is fine, but it was wasted on that role.

Wasn't there supposed to be a big kerfluffle about Dax just stepping in and basically resuming the life the previous host had been living? I thought that was a big no-no to the Trills.

MmmmHmmm. They actually had a really good episode with Jadzia Dax dealing with that issue when a wife from a previous life came back. So, yeah, whatsit Dax - Ezri - probably wasn't supposed to go back to DS9. Probably justified it with the whole, big Dominion War thing. I guess. I don't remember specifics, though.

It also seems to me that striking up a romance with your ex's co-worker/sorta friend upon returning would be bad form as well. Though perhaps not forbidden, just unwise.

It also seems to me that striking up a romance with your ex's co-worker/sorta friend upon returning would be bad form as well. Though perhaps not forbidden, just unwise.

No argument here. But, hey, at least Bashir finally got his twoo wuv. Or, you know, a version thereof.

Edited for phonetic sense-making.

Thanks Dana. Hate missing Methos being all Methosy but I guess I can live with it.

And why didn't they have early 19th-Century Methos more often?

But, hey, at least Bashir finally got his twoo wove. Or, you know, a version thereof.

That was rather my problem with her. I'd have liked to see Bashir grow out of that and find someone... someone else.

That was rather my problem with her. I'd have liked to see Bashir grow out of that and find someone... someone else.

Also good.

I'm still imagining how cool it would have been to have Dax back as a man. Whole new dynamic.

I can't really explain it with TNG, when I first watched it I was totally into the episodes. Yay and good. But looking back and watching them again, I like them but they don't have the same emotional impact.

This is me. Plus, I found out that I don't really like most of TNG's characters.

I'm still imagining how cool it would have been to have Dax back as a man. Whole new dynamic.

Oh hell yeah. Worf would have had some severe issues with that. I don't think Sisko would have though, since he always referred to Jadzia as "Old man" - they had such a great friendship, too.

And Bashir could still have ended up with his twu wuv - Garek.

Worf would have had some severe issues with that.

Comic goldmine, that.

And Bashir could still have ended up with his twu wuv - Garek.

He really was all about the man-crushes, wasn't he? What a cutie.