Mini Review #47: Star Trek DS9 "Armageddon Game" and "Whispers" (Patreon)

Star Trek gets me so hyped! Armageddon Game was probably one of my favourite episodes of the season and probably one of my favourite episodes overall of the show so far as well! Something about it just hit all the right places for me. Bashir and O'Brien are probably my favourite duo on the show and any episode with the both of them together is already bound to have moments of brilliance. What set this episode apart from other Bashir/O'Brien combo episodes was the fact that there was so much heart in it. Seeing Bashir talk about the love that got away and O'Brien his love for Keiko brought chills and tears to my eyes and their quiet conversation alone on a desolate planet hit even harder as it was one of the first times both of them were not bickering to each other. Just a very emotionally well written episode that managed to get to the core of two characters I love a lot!

Whispers was also such an entertaining episode! Everyone is acting strange towards O'Brien but we don't know why. What I liked about this episode the most is how the show positions us with O'Brien, who also doesn't know anything, in order for the mystery to be revealed with him. I guessed the twist of the episode with a certain degree of confidence but that didn't matter because the ending still managed to give me chills somehow. Oh, also Quark brings up that space squash game that Bashir and O'Brien had in Rivals which was cool. Overall, two amazing episodes!