Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

In Purgatory’s Shadow
By Inferno’s Light

Episode 67

Friday 2 June 2023

Garak is standing in the darkness in a narrow space inside a bulkhead. His face is lit by some bare optical cables. He is looking very stressed.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Series 5, Episodes 14–15

Stardate: 50564.2

First broadcast on Monday 10 February 1997
and Monday 17 February 1997

It’s a soap-opera extravaganza on Deep Space Nine this week, as Garak reconciles with his long-lost father, Dukat abandons his long-lost daughter, and Julian discovers a scheming lookalike that he never knew he had. Meanwhile, there is a shift in the balance of power in the Quadrant, as the show rewrites its own premise in the way that we have come to admire and enjoy.

Recorded on Tuesday 23 May 2023 · Download (115.2 MB)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Ferengi Love Songs

Episode 135

Friday 29 November 2024

It's an elderly Ferengi couple: on the left is Moogie, a lady in a  polka-dotted dress and lots of gold jewellery. On the right is Grand Nagus Zek, a very wrinkled old man with huge hairy ears in an equally elaborate outfit. They both look terribly happy.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Series 5, Episode 20

Stardate: Unknown (2373)

First broadcast on Monday 21 April 1997

Again, the story doesn’t really have a legitimate theme, it’s just More Ferengi Farce, but without any solid laughs. In fact, I’d put “Ferengi Love Songs” on or near the bottom of the Ferengi episode list.

Jamahl Epsicokhan, Jammer’s Reviews

It’s all pretty trivial and unamusing. The only reason this is watchable at all is that Armin Shimerman is so accomplished. Moogie is right – leave your action figures in their original packaging.

Tom Salinksy, Trekaday

It was a show that worked well in dailies, in little snippets, but put it all together and you’re saying “Enough already!”

Ira Steven Behr, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion

– I don’t think that that episode was as good as either A Night in Sickbay or Genesis, but I do think it was pretty fun, and I’m glad that Deep Space Nine does it.
– Yeah, I don’t think that was an amazing episode, but pretty fun, I’ll take.

Nathan and Joe, Untitled Star Trek Project
Recorded on Tuesday 26 November 2024 · Download (69.9 MB)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Blaze of Glory

Episode 23

Friday 8 April 2022

In the cockpit of a runabout, a handcuffed Eddington and Sisko  eye one another warily.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Series 5, Episode 23

Stardate: Unknown (2373)

First broadcast on Monday 12 May 1997

Previously, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Tired of being a supporting character in a thankless role, Michael Eddington leaves DS9 to star heroically in a TV show which we never see and which exists entirely in his own imagination. After most of the cast and crew are killed by Cardassians — which can happen — and he himself is imprisoned for treason, he is recruited by Sisko for one final mission — to stop a deadly attack on Cardassia that is also entirely imaginary. Hero, traitor, or just some asshole with bad hair and a penchant for lavish Broadway musicals? Let’s find out.

Recorded on Wednesday 30 March 2022 · Download (70.0 MB)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Empok Nor

Episode 123

Friday 30 August 2024

We're on DS9's sister station, Empok Nor. It's dark, but looming out of the darkness is the sweaty, clammy face of a very angry Garak: behind him, out of focus, is a distressed-looking Nog.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Series 5, Episode 24

Stardate: 50901.7

First broadcast on Monday 19 May 1997

This week, Deep Space Nine does the best that it can with a slasher horror premise involving four redshirts and some murderous Cardassians, including beloved secondary character, plain, simple Garak. Fortunately, no one suffers any long-term ill-effects — except for the people who are no longer around to complain, I suppose.

Recorded on Tuesday 27 August 2024 · Download (69.5 MB)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Rocks and Shoals

Episode 81

Friday 15 September 2023

On a sunny day, two Jem'Hadar warriors are standing on a cliff,  looking out to sea.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Series 6, Episode 2

Stardate: Unknown (2374)

First broadcast on Monday 6 October 1997

Star Trek goes outside this week, for a top-tier episode in which Sisko and Kira are both confronted by radical integrity and self-sacrifice in the face of overwhelming opposition. Solid and memorable.

Recorded on Tuesday 12 September 2023 · Download (69.8 MB)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine