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What's at least one episode that you could easily watch any time it comes on and why do you love it?
There will be some spoilers here, and I consider that sufficient warning for an episode that is not only nearly 28 years old (in just 5 days in fact), but spoiled on cards.
Deep Space Nine's Duet really stands out for me, especially since most of the first season was the show just trying to find its footing and establish its world. It does a great job of making you totally think everything is as it seems to be before the big twist. It's real character growth for Kira as she realizes she can't see the world from the same limited perspective as a Resistance fighter any more (though it's not the only time she had to learn that lesson)
Harris Yulin's portrayal of Aamin Marritza really makes the episode work as he slips brilliantly from scene chewingly boastful Darhe'el being the villain he thinks both the Bajorans and Cardassians need him to be to his real self once he realizes the jig is up.
Given the parallels between the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor and the Holocaust, we really don't want to think about how awful either must have been, but this is one of the episodes that makes us think about it.
The only weak part is the ending, but it's hard to see a better alternative. Marritza probably had to die for the story to be as good as it was, but if Kainon (the drunk Bajoran) is willing to kill him because "He's a Cardassian. That's enough.", one wonders why he hasn't killed Garak long before.
There will be some spoilers here, and I consider that sufficient warning for an episode that is not only nearly 28 years old (in just 5 days in fact), but spoiled on cards.
Deep Space Nine's Duet really stands out for me, especially since most of the first season was the show just trying to find its footing and establish its world. It does a great job of making you totally think everything is as it seems to be before the big twist. It's real character growth for Kira as she realizes she can't see the world from the same limited perspective as a Resistance fighter any more (though it's not the only time she had to learn that lesson)
Harris Yulin's portrayal of Aamin Marritza really makes the episode work as he slips brilliantly from scene chewingly boastful Darhe'el being the villain he thinks both the Bajorans and Cardassians need him to be to his real self once he realizes the jig is up.
Given the parallels between the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor and the Holocaust, we really don't want to think about how awful either must have been, but this is one of the episodes that makes us think about it.
The only weak part is the ending, but it's hard to see a better alternative. Marritza probably had to die for the story to be as good as it was, but if Kainon (the drunk Bajoran) is willing to kill him because "He's a Cardassian. That's enough.", one wonders why he hasn't killed Garak long before.
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