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Mar 19, 2022·edited Mar 19, 2022Liked by Juliette Ochieng

I think that may be why DS9 was peak Trek (fight me!)

By placing the show at a nexus where many other civilizations passed through, and near a hotly contested planet, they were able to explore stories the haughty Federation would never dirty their hands with. Even the Ferengi (previously just a capitalist punching bag), Cardassians (big bad until the Dominion showed up) and the religious Bajorians were all treated as three dimensional.

And Gul Dukat was best character. 💙

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Mar 19, 2022Liked by Juliette Ochieng

Walter Koenig went on to play Alfred Bester, PsyCorp Cop in Babylon 5 a few decades later. Bester was almost as good of a villain in the series as Q was in Next Generations. And Koenig played it like he was enjoying himself. Cheers -

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Mar 19, 2022Liked by Juliette Ochieng

Star Trek has always been political. I'm so old, I can remember when it was liberal without being leftist. The original series episode, Let That Be Your Last Battlefield with two half black half white guys clearly sends a liberal message that I agree with. See also The Omega Glory and Bread and Circuses.

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Mar 19, 2022Liked by Juliette Ochieng

Attempting to punish anyone descended from Russians is part of the unthinking mob mentality that seems to have taken over every organization in the West. It's insane, and it's only a matter of time before the mob comes after you (any reader of this comment).

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Mar 19, 2022Liked by Juliette Ochieng

I missed that little note from Sirtis when it first came out. Too bad. Her character grew on me and I thought she was better than that.

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Watching Picard Season 2 and the woman are just overwhelming. And of course they killed off one of the men.

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