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Nine Deeps of Space
by VanVelding
We watch each episode of Star Trek: DS9 alongside you. VanVelding is a veteran Star Trek fan who watched the series when it originally aired, and Kit is a sci-fi fan watching it for the first time.
Episodes
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For the Uniform
I've had an axe to grind with this overrated episode for a long time. I thought a long, hard look at recent news had finally crystallized that, but maybe not. It's about stuff.
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Season Two Supplemental
Ignore what I say in the supplemental; it's our second season but Deep Space Nine's first. We talk a little bit about this season past, the future of characters and stories, and how likeable flawed characters have to be. The future of Nine Deeps of Space is currently undecided, but regular…
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In the Hands of the Prophets
We talk about a lot of stuff in this one. I think it's a good episode for the overarching story. It underutilizes Keiko a bit. I just don't think it or we know what it's really about. Better than I remember, but not really 'good.' Nine Deeps of Space is a Trekalong podcast that lets you watch…
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Duet
We talk about...war crimes mostly. We crack jokes. About the war crimes, now that I think about it. It sounds bad, but you're going to laugh at those war crimes jokes. It's also worse than "Progress." "Progress" had the moral complexity and messiness that becomes a strength of Deep Space Nine....
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Dramatis Personae
It's not just a contagious, telepathic energy field; it's a contagious, telepathic energy field that's good at improv. It puts the fiction in science fiction. No one is good at improv (except for Star Trek: The Improvised Generation). Odo lords his lack of frail, human feet over us, Kira makes a...
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The Forsaken
The B-Plot outshines the A-Plot again as we study Odo, Lwaxana Troi, and what it is to need other people. That Babylon 5 episode came out a year after this one, but it's still way better. Babylon 5 lacks a lot of DS9's subtlety and nuance, but it fucks around far less. I can't find a good source...
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If Wishes Were Horses
To quote a great man, "Nothing good happened here today! None was entertained, nothing was achieved, and no child's life was saved. Everything's going to go on as normal and babies are sometimes going to die and no one fucking cares!" "If Wishes Were Horses" happened and it only happens again…
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Progress
"Are some main characters a little more main characters than others?" Is a big question, and one I cannot answer in season one. We will have to see together, friends. I usually ask a question here to prompt engagement, but this isn't really a questiony episode. It's what Game of Thrones thinks…
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The Storyteller
It's about the limitations of Bajoran territorial law. Bajor has clans I guess. Also villages threatened by monsters. I usually quote twenty thousand years as the age of Bajoran culture. That's actually the age of the lost city of B'hala. Bajoran culture is cited as being five hundred thousand...
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Battle Lines
I've been vocal that I don't care about "universe will change forever" type of events because TNG episodes like "The Chase" and "Unnatural Selection" tell us none of it will matter. Canon in general doesn't matter to me unless I know creators care about canon. It's all the difference between…
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Vortex
We're talking about jumpsuit padding, shapeshifter leather, and putting Siri in a runabout this week as hardened investigator and goo of the world Odo is taken in by an alien who knows nothing about anything. Also, this Odo/Quark tension is getting palpable in the rewatch. I get it now, Quodo...
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The Nagus
This one took a bit longer because I did some additional editing work on it. Welcome to our apolitical show where the SOCIALIST actor mocks the RICH, LIBERTARIAN FATCATS of our day. We have NO strong feelings about Jordan Peterson! But honestly, Zek is a pretty canny operator in this one. The...
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Move Along Home
It's The Heartbreaker. "Move Along Home" broke Derek; it's a show that can break a man. So I'm happy that Kit and I can rip on it for 45 minutes because it's SO BAD! So come along with us as we talk Mousetrap (and other board games), Armin Shimmerman's acting, and whatever accent Lt. Primmin is...
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The Passenger
We get into it pretty quickly. There are a lot of questions. Well, one question, "Who is Vantika?" It's answered in the teaser, but we also get to see Odo act out and talk a bit about Sisko doing admin. So there's a lot happening here. Also, Lt Primmin is not a Southerner! This is a point of...
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Dax
Jadzia Dax is on trial for the, alleged, crimes committed by Kurzon Dax and we spend a plurality of our time discussing Trill probate law and an app called Spotz that lets you hire Trill to point at other Trill. So it's a good one. What can we say? We can say that your parents are probably still...
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Q-Less
There's so many things wrong with this episode--actually, just the one thing wrong. The all-powerful being harassing his powerless ex without a moral core, lesson learned, or any point to it really except for how we're supposed to find the cruelty funny. Also, there's a sci-fi "thing" that's so...
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Captive Pursuit
It's our first O'Brien episode. No, he doesn't get tortured. Why would you even ask that? "Captive Pursuit" captures a lot of early Deep Space Nine. There's a lot of TNG's mystery stories, but with more action. The characters are actual characters, but without their throughlines or an ungrayed...
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Babel
So we've moved past the humor/horror of "isn't this happening now, lol," TV logic, and into the forgetting references. Titus Andronicus was the Shakespeare play. The Scrubs episode was Season 5, Episode 12 "My Cabbage." DS9, like its predecessor, features officers who know how to make a scene...
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Past Prologue
In this one we're talking about the big, red analog button in every runabout, Klingon sartorial choices, and how effectively Commander Sisko can recap Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes. We also meet a new guy named...Farak or something. I don't think a tailor will be too important to our...
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A Man Alone
I admit, I misremembered the climax a bit, both this time and last time. It's an Odo episode which I feel doesn't tell us too much about Odo and doesn't know how to get where it wants to be. All of our side stories are good; Keiko wants to be useful, Sisko and Dax are adjusting to their new...
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Emissary
We're back with a new co-host, Kit, who has seen some TNG but is new to DS9. Welcome to season two of Nine Deeps of Space. It's a good episode that never gets old and I can confirm that seeing it with fresh eyes always gives a new insight. Did The Prophets know what they were doing? Maybe the...
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Duet
And we're done. It's weird, after six years, for Derek to be out. But here we are. I don't really know what comes next. See you space cowboy.
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Move Along Home
It's another episode with no moral, barely any plot, and just enough character stuff to make it interesting, The Wadi suck and I'm glad we never see them again. Also, I mistook Chutes and Ladders for Candyland. Candyland isn't a game by some definitions because there's no actual randomization and...
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The November Update
So I guess that's it. Derek is done. It's always been something we've done as long as it was fun and it just wasn't fun for Derek anymore. The status of Nine Deeps of Space is in limbo, but I'm still dedicated to continuing it. Really, I think "Move Along Home" broke him.
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The Passenger
I am 100% more compelled by the first five minutes of this episode than the sci-fi idea behind it. Bashir is a legitimately good doctor and has every right to take criticism as validation instead of a humbling gift. I just really like Bashir. This is the first of a duo of episodes without…
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Dax
I'd be angrier if this episode called itself "Jadzia," because that would have been misleading. We learn a lot about Curzon here, but very little about Jadzia. Also, where's our feminist compass for this episode? Bashir is clearly creepy for not taking an explicit "no" as a "yes," but his refusal...
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Q-Less
At least we learned the very important lesson that uh...uh...damn. So we learned nothing, underused John de Lancie, and made an episode that would taste like vanilla frozen yogurt, if you could order a "mild" vanilla frozen yogurt. At least we can all agree this is the worst Q episode right? Even...
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Captive Pursuit
New life forms and new civilizations? Check. O'Brien suffers a bit? Check. Needlessly mysterious aliens? Double-check. Strong, moral idea at its core? ...uh-oh. There's a lot to be said for this week's aliens. Like, "Is there a planet full of filthy gym socks in this universe?" and "Can those...
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Babel
Hey, so between the police brutality and the pandemic, I'm checking to see if there's few DS9 Season 1 episodes where maybe there's a forest fire and then a smoothly run election and then everything is fine forever. Obviously, DS9 isn't prescient--not any more than it was in 2019--it's just that...
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Past Prologue
HIS WHOLE DEAL IS THAT HE'S TRICKING KIRA, right? She wants to see the best in him and, yeah, it's a flaw, but she doesn't get to see the scenes that we see where he's doing bad stuff when he's alone. I don't get Derek not getting Kira in this episode. I feel like this is DS9 showcasing its...
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A Man Alone
WAIT! Before you watch the episode, read below. So Derek and I disagree on the facts that happen in this episode. In editing, I checked the script at chakoteya.net. Then I thought they may have shot those scenes different from the script so I checked the episode. Derek and I were BOTH wrong. In...
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Emissary
Deep Space Nine is a completely different Star Trek. Our non-human character still feels feelings, but just Isn't Like Us, a native of those planets with those stupid people and their idiotic ways is a part of the crew, our commanding officer is neither a paragon nor a captain. It is the boldest...
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We watch each episode of Star Trek: DS9 alongside you. VanVelding is a veteran Star Trek fan who watched the series when it originally aired, and Kit is a sci-fi fan watching it for the first time.
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