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One that will trip you out if you watched BSG: Admiral Ross is essentially Commander Adama in a different context. The casting is even very similar. This actor doesn't come close to matching Olmos's performance, but he is a guest actor and doesn't get the time or attention to build the character.

Inter arma enim silent leges

This is why I don't trust Garak. He never did give his opinion on the rifle.

"Yes, hmm. I think it works."

Maybe that is just how Cardassians inspect weapons.

Inspection complete. We'll that didn't take long.

Not the gorgeous Vorta!

Plaaarsma rifles?

Eddington is SPOT ON about Starfleet without a doubt!!!

Odo as the female changeling does a good job pretending to be surprised at what Garak is doing

I’m legit convinced the original concept for this episode was Julian finding out about Pale Moonlight, but they replaced Sisko with Ross and had a similar plot to manipulate the Romulans because they felt they wouldn’t be able to walk back Sisko and Julian’s relationship if they dropped that shoe.

Is this the only time in the entire series that Odo impersonates a specific person?

Eddington isnt going to feel so smug when sisko eats his face

We feel disenfranchised by a distant government that is trying to keep the conflict on the Cardassian border to escalate into another armed conflict, therefore it is alright to committ acts of terrorism and piracy. Well, fuck you too, Eddington.

A bit contrived. Mrs. Founder: "Let's interrogate the prisoner! Oh and on a completely unrelated note, what do you think of our new weapon, strange Cardasian who I have never seen before in my life...?"

People like Bashir are naive.

Cardassians learning guerilla and terrorism tactics from a bajoran was a brilliant change of fates. I loved the Dominion War storyline of DS9.

To think Star Trek predicted us Brits leaving the EU...

The maquis had a point, they were attacked by the cardassians at multiple points. The federation was trying to protect the peace, though they were often naive about them. Before Eddignton I feel like they had a point about it and they often felt like desperate people trying to survive next to a group of people who hate them. But after eddigton joined I couldn’t see past his ego, it seemed he was more interested in being a hero and edging them in rather then truly what was best for the people in the DMZ

Bashir's Section 31 storyline cemented him as the best Trek Doctor imo. Alexander Siddig is so great.

Ross and Sloan were right, Federation principles weren't going to mean much if the Dominion had won, and all those people would have died for nothing.

I never understood why the head changeling chose to resemble Odo.

DS9: Has complex, substantial discussions on the merits of S31 and the broader themes. Discovery: wE dO wHaT wE dO sO yOu dO wHaT yOu dO LOL

He's corrupt like Pressman and Layton lol

simple, plain, Garak

Not bad for a humble tailor, Garak.

Everyone handles the weapon as if its a hollow shell made of plastic and cardboard. Could they really not have put something inside it to give it more weight than a tissue?

People here keep saying that Eddington fucked up by comparing the Federation to the Borg in front of Sisko, but to act on THAT, is Sisko's error, not Eddington's. Eddington started his monolgue rejecting any notion of personal motivation, of personal feeling. He spoke to Sisko not as an individual but as a member of a people seeking their emancipation, but Sisko could only ever hear things on a personal level. His decision was driven entirely by emotions, and in a life and death political situation, that is the greatest sin one can commit. The burden falls on Sisko's ego, not Eddington's honest description of the Federation's policies

Sisko was actually a villain in this series. The nuances of the writers were incredible

Sisko was actually a villain in this series. The nuances of the writers were incredible

Garak is a Sneaky sob

Garak's face when he fires the weapon is pitch-perfect. No internal conflict, no remorse, no emotions in fact, just determination. It's not even *grim* determination. He just knows what needs to be done and fucking does it, as if he's possessed for a moment. I wish they had have him speak in that moment. I bet it would have been low and monotonous as well.

Eddington made many good points about the Federation, but his vendetta against the Cardassians was misplaced. Cardassia's Central Command had been overthrown and replaced by civilian rulers. They were no longer a military dictatorship at the time. This would've been the perfect opportunity for the Maquis to call a ceasefire and attempt to negotiate an agreement. Instead, they continued fighting, which, along with the Klingon invasion, forced Cardassia to join the Dominion. Is the Federation insidious? Probably. But comparing them to the Borg was a low blow.

it will serve...

“Paperwork” has no papers, obviously he was a section 31 collaborator

betrayal 5

Can you imagine if that was the name of the episode? Next time on DS9... Garak "inspects" a Rifle!!!

That was one of the most powerful inspections I've ever seen...

They didn't like Michael Eddington because he told the truth.

I would work for Section 31.

It wouldn't have been out of character for Garak to say "I think this will work just fine." after he clears the room.

Eddington spittin' fire and truth.

In Picard, Romulans planted their two moles i.e. Lieutenant Narissa Rizzo and Commodore Oh (Zhat Vash). Bashir is naive.

Bashir needs to understand - the only people who deserve to be protected by ideals and values are those that share them. Neither the Romulans nor the Dominion share his morals, so there is no need to apply them to their defense.

Ahhhh when ideals meet reality 😀

"We were on a break!"

I love the whole "What do you think?" When Odo passes the weapon to Garak, as if the real Female Changelling would care what a Cardassian would think of such. 😂 Although the look on Garak's face is as though Christmas had come early.

Tinker Tailor Soldier SPY

*So anyway, I started blasting*

Garak is so cool.