Two posts in one day? What is this sorcery?

This sorcery is the fact that I am totally going to miss a day or two later in the week when I have work.

I tried writing these as I watched the episode so I would forget less details. Tell me if it helped.

Rules of Engagement: I honestly found the intro disturbing. Jadzia’s demeanor on stand doesn’t make sense to me. She IS an expert in Klingon Martial Arts. The way I know her, she should have sat there confidently and said, “Yes, he give that final order on the holosuite because he’s an expert officer dedicated to executing the program correctly. In Star Fleet exercises, he executes his Star Fleet training perfectly.” Ah, Chief O’Brien, caving under pressure. Sisko in Worf’s quarters is one of the few moments of his that I like. Especially “You’ll wish you had gone into Botany.” That said, I think Sisko is wrong(ish) on two fronts. First, I think it was actually SISKO’S mistake that Worf took command of that ship. It’s not Worf’s mistake for taking it- Worf has chosen Star Fleet and his Star Fleet training at every fork in the road. He had no reason to doubt himself this time. He wasn’t not ready. And second, I don’t actually think Worf was wrong for firing on that ship. He wasn’t just doing that for him and his ship as Sisko implied. He had a ship full of plague medicine to protect, and war ships were unlcoking, firing, and cloking again. He had, in my opinion, every reason to fire on that ship. But I still loved Sisko’s conviction. He felt believable.

Hard Time: oh man we’re only a few minutes in and this feels brutal. How is Julian simultaneously the most sensitive and insensitive person I can possibly imagine? From, “Don’t worry. We took into account all these little details for you,” to “Oh yeah, that must have sucked.” That alien in there with him is terrifying. I like that Julian’s identity was first doctor, then friend. It’s an interesting reminder of both who Julian is as an individual, but also that he was trying to be what Mile’s needed at the time, first and foremost. Julian is still a doctor without Miles. But he is not a friend. Guys I’m going to be totally honest with you. I think this is an amazing episode, but I wish I hadn’t seen it. It was in this case unfortunately very well done in my opinion. I don’t actually know what else to say. I could praise Sisko again, I liked his decisiveness. But my heart sort of sunk when he saw the weapons locker and hasn’t unsunk. It just feels kind of brutal. I’m not sure if I’m going to see the show the same way after this.