The Sword of Kahless: this could have been better. It ended up dragging a little bit for me. I felt the distrust started early and then the rest of the episode was, “I don’t trust you.” “Well, I don’t trust you either.” Worf was hurt and that could have played a bigger roll in the outcome, or added more of a sense of danger. This would have been a good episode to have a side plot of something silly going on on the station, like Julian and Miles in Explorers. Scenes like those make this show really vibrant to me- they’re lighthearted, fun, exciting, but also simple and easy to watch. This would have been a perfect place to insert one of those. There have been less of those so far in this season and even though the quality of writing, characters and production seems to have increased, I miss that. I do really love when Dax interacts with the Klingons. She makes it feel like Curzon wasn’t quite done romping around with them so she’ll have to carry on for him. It’s jovial but she also seems very skilled, which I love to watch.

Our Man Bashir: I knew this one would be fun just from the title. I am simply amazed at how angry Julian and Garak can get at each other and not care about it five minutes later. We got to see Julian being a lady’s man without being super demeaning, which I found really funny. I was going to say that everything Garak does is pure gold but honestly I was surprised when he told Julian over and over again to quit and let them die. I know Garak isn’t going to be the heroic, leave no-man behind type of person, because that’s now how he was trained, but he was really quick to just throw everyone out the window. Whoops, they’re all gone. It’s not that I didn’t like this part, but it wasn’t what I expected. LOVED when Julian shot him for it. Didn’t love when Julian used Garak’s speech at the end. I was totally caught up in how smooth Julian was throughout and wanted to see his line- how he intended to get out of a bad situation whether Garak was there or not.

I could have gotten through one more episode but the next one is a two parter so I’ll save that whole thing for one post. I’ve read the episode descriptions and the first part doesn’t seem like my style, but the second part seems more my speed. What I’m really excited for comes AFTER that though. Towards the end of the week, it looks like we’re going to get to play with some fun stories.