Story telling, it’s good story telling. Something Nu Dreck series is sadly lacking.

That's what excellent writing, acting and storytelling will do. All things that are virtually nonexistent in today's world.

Yeah she was picking up on Seto’s two days from retirement syndrome.

I was genuinely, really impressed Paula managed to still force out a little laugh there.

Too bad that show was written by a bunch of children who don't know how people in Starfleet talk and behave.

Personally I don't like 7th season at all, but Pegasus, Preemptive Strikee and Lower Decks are just God-tier, the latter being the one Trek episode that broke me the most, way more than City on the Edge.

​@Quotenwagnerianer Lower Decks is awesome, tf you talking about?

True. The season as a whole is not as strong as 5 and 6, but the episodes that are good are definately among the best of the entire 7.

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@@Quotenwagnerianer Yes I think I can agree with that. Not a lot of great episodes, but the ones that are there are GREAT.

That's probably due to the crew being spread thin between numerous projects. Not only was Deep Space Nine currently airing but they were also in the middle of working on Star Trek: Generations, the first TNG movie, and in the early planning stages of Voyager.

Unpopular opinion from a huge fan, but the entire series is hit and miss, including the infamous season 1, which had a few great episodes. Unlike most iconic shows like Simpsons or Seinfeld, TNG didn't have a constant flow of great seasons followed by shit seasons. There were moments of sheer magic scattered throughout a bunch of mediocrity from start to finish.

So as a fellow trekkie, let me share that Kat would make a perfect Bajoran woman. Short hair, slightly masculine features but with real feminine sex appeal, just like Ro Laren, Kira, and Leeta.😉

On behalf of star trek fans, we love you too! Live long and prosper.

Mine too. I got chills when the Cardassian spy said, "i didn't think she would be so young."

I completely agree, this is such a great episode.

"Tapestry" might be mine...which also focuses on brash young officers 😥

Definitely a top five episode for me, maybe my favorite (but that changes all the time tbh).

Troi: "Would you rather be feared or loved?" Riker: "BOTH."

Whew that is a good one. I can imagine...every Doctor saying that.

Probably should watch the 10 movies first too. Since the one episode is basically a spoof of the TOS movies.

A missed opportunity? Hardly. But if you want to go down that route, the missed opportunity is shared by Star Trek Picard, Prodigy and Lower Decks.

Agreed... I can picture the episode now (and attempting to be as spoiler-free as possible but Kat knows Worf goes on to DS9): DS9 Mid-Season four, some Cardassian refugees are brought aboard the station. Worf is given the task to debrief the refugees for information that could help the Federation in the "Klingon matters" while Julian treats minor injuries. It's explained by one refugee that they know nothing about military matters as they are just laborers, cooks, and cleaning staff. One of the refugees reacts badly to being treated (and seeing Worf) and lashes out, knocking over a young female refugee in his escape attempt. He tries to come after Worf with a knife, but Worf just flips him over, Julian sedates him as Worf picks him up. An old Cardassian played by William Morgan Sheppard then eyes our favorite Klingon as Worf helps up the young female refugee and treats a cut on her face with gauze as Julian and a nurse deal with the sedated one for a moment. The old Cardassian approaches and says, "The Starfleet Klingon. She always said you were strong and firm but kind." Worf scoffs and does that little "I'm annoyed" "eechk" of his, which makes the young female refugee giggle. "You were the cook in the Dorel III prison camp." "Head cook, yes," The old Cardassian says as Julian takes over for Worf. And who is this 'she'?" Worf asks more in annoyance than anything, as he begins to leave. "She was a Bajoran but we mostly just called her Starfleet at the prison camp as she was one of you. The guards let her work in the kitchen with us instead of the quarry since she turned out to be Starfleet... Said High Command wanted her to be 'treated better' in case they wanted to exchange her for any prisoners Starfleet might take. Now what was her name?" The young female refugee says, "I think it was See... See--something. She said was an ensign." "Ahh, that's right -- Sito. Ensign Sito." A close-up of Worf stopping just as he was about to exit the Infirmary as we fade to intro. Worf wants to man a rescue mission based on the increased information he learns from the refugees, including the fact that the Klingons have taken over control of the prison camp, but Sisko turns him down. Worf is sulking at Quark's, and gets a little aggressive but calms down enough when Quark warns him that he can have security escort him out. After seeing the outburst, O'Brien discusses the situation with Julian and Dax, explaining the backstory. The old Cardassian approaches and says that if Worf is thinking about going back to the prison camp to rescue "that Sito girl" he'd like to come along too. Not for her, but there are a few other people left behind that he'd like to try to rescue... and he gets to bloody some of the Klingons who nearly killed his granddaughter while he's at it, he won't shed a tear. Later, as Worf and the old Cardassian sneak into a Runabout, Kira is already on board. She lectures Worf about stealing a Runabout, the old Cardassian saying, "We were going to return it..." But after her lecture she tells Worf to start the preflight sequence. The old Cardassian asks her why she's helping if she just lectured Worf, to which she replies, "I'm just following orders. The Council of Ministers made a direct request that the Federation investigate the information the refugees supplied... she smiles and then says she was just waiting for Worf to show up. The old Cardassian chuckles. They arrive, and the old Cardassian says they have to sneak in because the entire facility is filled with transport scramblers... "Oh, you can lock on to a person, but what you'll get won't be pretty." The sneak in and find Sito. While they are sneaking out with Sito and several others, the old Cardassian decides to go renegade and start killing Klingons. He says it's as a distraction, but both Worf and Kira give each other a look that tells us they know that's not the real reason. Kira takes a shot in the arm, but they make it. As they get to the Runabout, we see the old Cardassian on a balcony or scaffolding, take several shots from some Klingon disruptors before his dead body falls off the edge. The Runabout barely escapes the system, thanks to some expert piloting by Sito (as Kira is injured) while Worf is handling the weapons system. Back on DS9, in the Infirmary, Julian is treating the new refugees and of course Sito and Kira. Worf has not left Sito's side. Sisko enters and offers the ensign a spot on DS9 if she is interested, Kira of course saying "We could always use more Bajoran officers in the chain of command on the station." Sito looks at everyone and then replies, "Thank you, Captain... but I think," she looks over at Worf for a moment, "for now, I need to rest. Spend some time on a free Bajor, last time I was there I was just a little girl growing up in the camps... I think I'd like to spend, need to spend, some time recovering with my people." Sisko smiles warmly, "That sounds like a fine idea, Ensign. Take however long you need. Your commission will be waiting for you whenever you are ready." "I'll make certain of it," Worf adds. Sisko and Kira share a look, Sisko raising an eyebrow. Kira leaves to debrief with Sisko. "Thank you, for rescuing me, Commander," Sito says to Worf. "Ensign, I never should have let you go on that mission..." "Sir..." "I was your commanding officer. I never should have put you in a situation in which you needed rescuing." "Sir. It wasn't your fault. I volunteered for the mission." "But I should have known..." No one, not even Dal knew that the Cardassian military had DNA on record of all known Bajoran officers in Starfleet. I fooled them into believing that I had used my position with Starfleet as a way to gain Starfleet training and intelligence to then trick Dal and cross back across the border to help train and free my people. They bought it." "And he just left you there. That spineless, dishonorable, P'takh!" "He returned for me and tried to help me escape the interrogation center, and was killed in the process. He tried to protect me, to help me. The first Cardassian to have ever done something like that for me. Then that cook... he wasn't the nicest guy, but at least he treated everyone other than his granddaughter the same way. He didn't know I overheard him once, but he actually told a rather ...aggressive guard to back off of me or he'd make certain that the guard's next duty station would be guarding the Cardassian embassy on Breen. And now, he gave his life, for me." "He died with honor." Julian approaches and says, "I'm going to have to ask you to leave now, Commander, my patient needs to rest." Worf stands up, but as he is about to leave, Sito says, "Major Kira said she would arrange for some living arrangements for me on Bajor when the doctor releases me. I wouldn't mind an old friend accompanying me to help me get settled in." Worf gives us his soft eyes, "It would be my honor." Fade to credits.

@@jackdubz4247 The idea doesn't really work if it's been decades since she was lost. And it wouldn't really work well on a kids' show or a comedy.

No! Leave characters dead for once

I think it hits better emotionally if characters stay dead. Bringing characters back to life is one of my most disliked tropes.

I mean, Burnham started out a first officer and even after the opening was immediately on the bridge crew. Was the show really conceived with her more out of the loop?

That is a great summary of its style, nice.

I seem to recall a whole movie about a weird resurrection :P

DS9 had enough of its own stories to tell without dealing with TNG's abandoned plots.

@@jackdubz4247 There were crossover characters and episodes, and DS9 drew from the world that TOS and TNG built. Not to mention DS9 getting quite a few scripts originally intended for TNG. So I don't see any need to be snippy about it. With the Bajoran and Cardassian focus of DS9 the thread of this storyline would have fit right in. I just agree with the decision (presumably) to not do it, since Sito would probably not have been known by enough viewers.

Weirdly enough, even though I've only seen it once and still haven't totally made up my mind, if there's any other show I'd keep coming back for other than _DS9,_ it's probably _Lower Decks._ Although I suppose I watched _Strange New Worlds_ s1 more recently and even more distinctly on the fence on that one so I wouldn't mind seeing some other people's opinions hmmmm...

Tapestry is my number 1, but Lower Decks would definitely be in my top 10.

@@phueal You have to prove that it would be in your Top 10 -- when I struggled with mine there were, like, four episodes that I knew HAD to be in my Top 10 that, alas, didn't make it on my list.

Here's mine: 1. The Inner Light 2. The Best of Both Worlds Pt 1/Pt 2/Family 3. Darmok 4. Yesterday's Enterprise 5. The Measure of a Man 6. Face of the Enemy 7. Remember Me 8. Lower Decks 9. Sarek 10. Tin Man

"Kids doing science projects can do whatever they want; commissioned officers need to shut up and sit down. Also by kids we mean a department head's child."

Is there some kind of anti-Asian bias in Starfleet promotions...Ogawa and Kim, the most unjustifiably long stints at Ensign haha. Actually I don't know if Ogawa started out an Ensign or was in some kind of civilian/cadet trainee rank, but you're absolutely right she's around all the time and usually seems like she's second in command of sickbay! She was even CMO in one of the "Parallels", surely our universe could've gotten her to Lt. by now.

I wouldn't hold my breath on seeing anything from DS9 on GG. They are not fans of the show.

It's no ghost-romance, but still a decent episode.

Good point

DS9 was in its second season when this episode was aired, so those issues had been addressed long before.

Ronald D. Moore from DS9 :P

They said a long while ago that they don't have much interest in DS9. I don't think they will cover it.