Mini Review #50: Star Trek DS9 "Paradise" and "Shadow Play" (Patreon)

Two more very enjoyable episodes of DS9 today! Paradise brought us to a planet full of a small community of people who had crash landed over 10 years ago. Because of an energy field surrounding their village, they had no way of using technology and so have been living a simple, isolated life for a decade. I guessed the twist about 10 minutes in but even then, the episode does a great job with a lot of aspects which still had me on the edge of my seat. Alixus was a very interesting character with her theories of human stunting due to tech and made for a pretty creepy time, especially with the cult like aspects of how she ran the community. Sisko was also amazing in this episode and had some great moments of resistance and I thought that it was funny that again, O'Brien for the 3rd episode in a row, was a major player.

Shadow Play was a really nice episode with 3 revolving stories all at the same time. Odo and Dax go to a valley full of people who know about spaceships and warp but not about transporter beams (weird but it sorta makes sense later?). This storyline has a lot of heart, a twist I did not expect, and a moment between Odo and a little girl that had me on the verge of tears. Some great stuff. Next we had Jake figuring out how to tell his father that he didn't want to be in Starfleet. The resolution of that one made me pump my fist in delight. Lastly, Kira was in charge of security while Odo was away which meant a tight watch on Quark. I loved how much she hated him. Speaking of love, make-out session alert!!! Also, THE DOMINION AGAIN I WANT TO SEE THEM SO BAD!