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A Look at Hippocratic Oath (DS9)
A Look at Hippocratic Oath (DS9)
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Opinionated DS9 Episode Guide presents another tale of being captured by the Dominion, but this time to cure their drug …
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Even though fully against the producers wishes, they really did take the fact they were dumped Worf and let it actually be an asset to the show. They could had easily just made him open the hailing frequencies and be a brute when needed. But they really fleshed out the character much better than TNG, even with some solid Worf centric TNG episodes l.
2:00 Who else thought of "My Fair Lady" here?
"Well why can't a woman be like you?"
Unfortunately the orange cones around the planet got hit by that plasma thingy
and of course landed at the same spot
Bashir and O'brien. Trek's greatest Bromance.
The main plot of this episode definitely needed a bit more refinement, but at least the Worf subplot goes a long way towards redeeming the whole! Honestly I think bringing Worf to DS9 was the best thing they ever did for the character.
Special shout-out to how totally f'n awesome Scott Thompson is in this episode. He had one of the very best Jem'hadar roles in the entire show.
I love that in this episode Sisko is still working on that clock he made when he was possessed all the way back in 'Dramatis Personae'. Low-key that's one of my favorite episodes. Apparently the clock was auctioned off some time ago. Personally that's the one artifact from all of Star Trek that I would love to have.
I liked the Jem'Hadar leader in this episode, but I didn't really like the episode itself. The main cast members came off as idiots. Worf's presentation actually makes sense, he has fo adjust to his new surroundings. But why paint Odo, Bashir, and O'Brien in a bad light?
I wish we could have met the Jem'Hadar leader again and explored more his immunity to the White. Is the reason he is immune connected to his willingness to reconsider the Dominion's way of life. This had potential, but it was wasted.
It's a pretty easy conclusion to draw that the genetic anomaly that caused the Jem'Hedar squad leader to not require Ketracel-White is also what caused him to contemplate an alternative life for the Jem'Hedar.
Worf WAS outwitted by Pakleds previously.
Quark Fashion > Neelix Fashion
Regardless of switching directors between Auberjounois and Livingston for production scheduling, the ep felt…. WEAK. Such potential… but petered out. The planet's stage lighting was really bad, the camera was outta focus most of the time, and Chattaway's USUAL music really worked against everything.
Too bad Scott MacDonald's talent was scheduled for this ep, and not another one. He was the only shinning coin in the pool.
Hey, that was my request! Long time ago 😀
This is a nitpick, but since Jem Hadar get their energy from the white instead of eating, and this guy had a mutation that meant he doesn’t need the white . . . how does he live? Where does that energy come from? Photosynthesis? It seems that a random mutation can result in an infinite energy glitch. That’s gotta be pretty long odds, that’s like a person randomly being born without the need for oxygen.
The thing about Worf sub-plot, even if Odo owes him no explanation, Odo revealing he was aware of Worf's tracking him and incorporated into his plan, really makes it as much his own fault as Worf's. He may be right about Worf having no business interfering with his job, but once he decides to let him do it as part of his plan, he doesn't get to complain about Worf making a legal arrest at an inconvenient time due to information he wasn't provided with.
“A Pakled with a pipe might as well be the Riddler.” is one of my favourite Chuck lines.
The writers saw the B-plot as an opportunity to indicate how DS9 Worf was going to be different from TNG Worf. As Ronald D. Moore explained, "He used to be a cop, more or less, on the USS Enterprise-D, but it's not going to be like that anymore. We wanted to keep emphasizing, 'this is not TNG. The station doesn't work like the Enterprise. Worf is going to have some troubles fitting in, but he's going to learn.'"
Star Trek has a habit of making planets seem really small. It's honestly pretty funny. I would also have liked to see the Jem'Hadar squad leader return, if they had time for it.
Okay so I'll say this. I actually very much DISLIKE this episode. I think no one, from Bashir to O'Brien to Worf to Odo come off ANY good in this episode. All four come off as petulant idiots who only think THEY are right. I did like the Jem'Hadar guy, he was very fascinating and tragic to me. Him, I wanted more of.
I wont be surprised if Odo's list actually did indeed contain every single Worf security screw up of the Enterprise-D and not just the Rascals and Matter of Time incidents.
There were SO many gay overtones in DS9. It's too bad they weren't allowed to explore them further… 😕