DS9 Season 7

The seventh and final season of DS9 opens with the reunion of Sisko and Dax, the emotional turmoil of Worf, and the empowerment of the Bajoran people. It ends with a revelation about Sisko that may or may not change everything? Wes and Clay get together to discuss Star Wars and Star Trek going outside…

When Ezri Dax returns (?) to Deep Space 9, she is greeted with a mix of enthusiasm (Quark) and hesitancy (Worf). Meanwhile, Garak begins to suffer from panic attacks. Wes and Clay discuss “Afterimage” and try to decide if bringing Dax back to the show was such a good idea. Plus! The guys discuss Garak…

Baseball has been in DS9’s DNA since the pilot episode, so with the final season underway the producers of the series decided that it was finally time to have a baseball episode! Sisko and the station crew battle a Vulcan superteam on the holosuite while Odo plays umpire. Wes and Clay discuss an episode of…

The genetically enhanced group from “Statistical Probabilities” returns to the station to have Doctor Bashir treat Sarina, the quiet one. After Bashir works his magic, he begins to fall in love with his patient and becomes too enamored with a life that he has always wanted but has never been able to have. Wes and…

Weyoun lures Odo to a remote planet and reveals two things. First, he wants to defect to the Federation. Second, he’s not the Weyoun that Odo knows and loves! Or is he? Meanwhile, Nog teaches O’Brien about the Great Material Continuum when they kick off a scheme to repair the Defiant. Clay and Wes sit…

Kor, the elderly Klingon warrior, arrives at DS9 and informs Worf that he wishes to die with honor. Worf tries to convince Martok to help Kor get his wish, but Martok has hated Kor for 30 years and that isn’t about to change any time soon. Meanwhile, Quark and Dax have a strange plot about…

During a supply run to AR-558, Sisko meets a group of Starfleet officers who have been pushed to the brink trying to hold a vital Dominion communications array. When a group of Jem’Hadar attack, Sisko and his crew experience, first hand, the horrors of front line combat. Wes and Clay discuss DS9 embracing the wretchedness…

Kira is abducted and taken to Empok Nor by a Bajoran cult that worships the Pah-Wraiths. Once there, she discovers that the groups charismatic leader is none other than Dukat. But is Dukat truly reformed or is this another of his tricks? Wes and Clay form a “Covenant” in this episode of the podcast and…

In “The Siege of AR-558”, Nog lost his leg. In “It’s Only a Paper Moon” he loses his enthusiasm for life and it’s up to Vic Fontaine to pull him out of his depression. Clay and Wes get together to discuss an episode that quietly examines PTSD and phantom pain, as well as the distractions…

O’Brien has gone missing while looking for the widow of his old friend Bilby, and Ezri heads home to see if her family can help find the chief. Unfortunately, Ezri’s family has its fair share of skeletons in the closet. Wes and Clay discuss “Prodigal Daughter” and try to determine if it has the worst…

Grand Nagus Zek has gone missing in the Mirror Universe. Quark and Rom, with the aid of Mirror Universe Ezri, head into the “alternate universe” to rescue him. Many hilarious situations ensue! Wes and Clay discuss the final DS9 episode to deal with the Mirror Universe, “The Emperor’s New Cloak”. Plus! The guys talk about…

A series of strange murders rock the station. A killer is on the loose. In response, Ezri consults with Joran, a previous Dax host, in order to enter the mind of a serial killer and find out who is responsible before it’s too late. In this episode of the podcast, Wes and Clay discuss “Field…

A Changeling, Laas, finds Odo returning from a conference. Laas reveals that he is another of the Hundred Changelings. Laas tries to convince Odo to leave DS9 and join him in the search for the other Changelings, but things are not so easy for a “Chimera” such as Odo. In this podcast, Wes and Clay…

In “Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang”, holographic mobsters try to run Vic Fontaine out of town. It’s up the crew of DS9 to perform the heist of the century. Wes and Clay discuss being attacked while playing in the holosuite, a heist without much difficulty, and the powerful sexuality of Nana Visitor!

In “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges”, Section 31 recruits Dr. Bashir to aid them in making sure that the Romulan Star Empire remains on the righteous” side of the Dominion War. Special guest Darren joins Wes and Clay to discuss the final “regular” episode of Star Trek: DS9. Plus! The three discuss pushing Star Trek…

DS9 has entered “The Final Chapter”! In ‘Penumbra’, Sisko and Kasidy announce their plans to marry, and Ezri tries to rescue Worf. The “Final Chapter” is the series ending run of nine episodes that finish out DS9. in this podcast, Wes and Clay discuss the problems with DS9’s serialized storytelling, when characters get “too real”,…

Ignoring the will of The Prophets, Sisko and Kasidy Yates get married. Meanwhile, the captured Worf and Ezri are interrogated by the Breen. On DS9, Dukat works to lure Kai Winn to the Dark Side. Wes and Clay get together to discuss “‘Til Death Do Us Part” and how it works as the second hour…

The Breen have attacked Earth. Dukat has convinced Kai Winn to review the ancient texts of the Pah-Wraiths. Damar rebels against the Dominion. In this podcast, Wes and Clay discuss “The Changing Face of Evil”. Plus! The guys discuss burning the peppers, the abrupt lethargy of the “final chapter”, and the failures of the Winn/Dukat…

“When it rains, it pours.” Things go from bad to worse as Gowron arrives at DS9 and takes command of the Klingon forces. Odo discovers he is infected with the sickness ravaging the Founders. Bashir and O’Brien learn that Section 31 is responsible for the infection. Kira, Odo and Garak are sent to train Damar’s…

In “Tacking Into the Wind”, our characters face an uphill battle against themselves. Gowron continues to sabotage the war effort, and Kira and Odo attempt to steal Breen technology. In this podcast, Wes and Clay discuss the collapse of two Trek empires. Plus! The guys talk about the death of Rene Auberjonois, the pointless romance…

Odo is dying. The disease that has infected the Founders has spread to Odo, and he does not look well. To cure him, Bashir and O’Brien lure Section 31’s Sloan to DS9. They plan to enter his mind and steal the cure, and hopefully end Section 31 once and for all. In this podcast, Wes…

In the penultimate episode of DS9, Damar becomes the leader of a Cardassian revolution. Bashir and Ezri hook up. The Siskos get some big news. And Quark gets some exciting, and then upsetting, news. Clay and Wes get together to discuss the choice to involve the Ferengi so heavily in the second to last episode…

The two year journey through DS9 is almost finished! But before they tackle the DS9 finale, Wes and Clay head back to where it all began by revisiting the DS9 pilot, “Emissary”. In this podcast, the guys discuss

This is it. The final episode of DS9. “What You Leave Behind” serves to close out both the Dominion War and the series itself. It has action, drama, comedy and retrospection in spades. It’s a brilliant ending to a fascinating series. But it’s not perfect. In this podcast, Wes and Clay discuss what the finale…

With DS9 over, Wes and Clay get together to give some final thoughts about the series as a whole. Is DS9 better than TNG? Does it matter? The guys try to understand the complexities that make DS9 unique and both amazing and awful (but mostly amazing).