The Assignment: Julian: “And besides, I have to be in surgery, operating on someone.” Miles: “On who?” Julian: “I’ll find somebody.” That transition to Keiko’s abduction was SUPER creepy. Oh, man, the WHOLE THING IS SUPER CREEPY. I’ve been writing these as I watch so I can talk about the cute little details and she does the whole “body stolen by an alien thing” really well. Wow Chao is an incredible actress.

This one of those, “Okay maybe it’s justified but seriously no consequences for Miles?” Because Miles almost killed the wormhole aliens which I feel like is problematic. Also why haven’t we come up with a better name than “wormhole aliens?”

Trials And Tribble-ations: guys I can’t describe how happy it made me when Julian made the “I’m a doctor, not a historian,” joke. That made my day. “He put a bomb in a tribble??!” And watching Julian handle the tribble was so cute and sweet. Dax is also amazing in this episode. She both plays her role in the time period and also acts like Dax. I don’t quite get her timeline of hosts, but I love it when she talks about them. Also how did they let the tribbles onto DS9? They saw what happened! I’m surprised I don’t have more to say about this episode. It was fun, I’m super glad they made it, and super impressed with the editing onto the old enterprise. DS9 is the only Star Trek series I’ve watched where I like the time travel episodes. And watching Odo with the tribbles also made me so happy. Odo and Julian, guardians of cute fuzzy things.

Let He Who is Without Sin: is anyone else uncomfortable? I’m uncomfortable.

HOW IS DAX INJURING WORF MORE THAN MORE THAN WORF IS INJURING DAX?

Just a personal pet peeve: I hate in when people say some variation of, “I trust you not to cheat, I don’t trust [insert member of the opposite gender that token you is friends with].” I am so uncomfortable with how Worf is treating Jadzia. Jadzia is fun and exciting, and Worf KNOWS THAT. That’s how they got together. Julian WAY overstepped here and it is so uncomfortable. And why is Julian dating that girl from Quark’s? I’ve accepted that Dax isn’t right for him but her? Jadzia has no self control? I think she has perfect self control, Worf just doesn’t like how she exercises it. I think she has had poor self control in the past, but more in the way that she falls in love a little recklessly.

I thought it was interesting when Julian said Jadzia was too much work to chase after. Julian seems like the kind of person to put in whatever it takes to the very end, sort of like Miles for Keiko. I just came to see Julian and Jadzia as incompatible because Jadzia wants something spontaneous and exciting, not safe. And Julian is incapable of not being meticulous about it.

Can I just say that I love Julian’s vacation outfit? I don’t know what about it, but it looks so comfortable. Same with Jadzia’s. I love the subtle rainbow but not immature. Curzon’s old lover also had a really cool outfit and boy did Curzon get around.

I would have dumped the crap out of Worf after that. I’m not in love with the messaging of this episode for younger audiences. Relationships do take work, trust, and forgiveness but you also have a right to put your foot down. What happens when you forgive your partner and they don’t change like Worf did? Do you forgive them again, and again, and again? Worf’s behavior wasn’t a little slip, it was egregious. It just feels a little dangerous to me, especially given the age I watched most of Star Trek. I was super impressionable and really came into myself through this show. So not my favourite episode so far but there were definitely funny parts.