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| 1096.2 | Press info, from Vidiot | DECCXX::WIBECAN | That's the way it is, in Engineering! | Mon Apr 21 1997 14:26 | 50 |
| Blaze of Glory
Episode #121
Production #521
SPELLINGS
Althos Four
CAST
Captain Benjamin Sisko Avery Brooks
Odo Rene Auberjonois
Lieutenant Commander Worf Michael Dorn
Lieutenant Commander Jadzia
Dax Terry Farrell
Jake Sisko Cirroc Lofton
Chief Operations Officer
Miles O'Brien Colm Meaney
Quark Armin Shimerman
Dr. Julian Bashir Alexander Siddig
Major Kira Nerys Nana Visitor
GUEST STARS
Eddington Kenneth Marshall
Martok J.G. Hertzler
Nog Aron Eisenberg
Rebecca [Eddington] Gretchen German
Written by: Robert Hewitt Wolfe
& Ira Steven Behr
Directed by: Kim Friedman
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE: "Blaze of Glory" - Sisko attempts to force
his traitorous former officer to stop a final Maquis attack that could
lead to the destruction of the Federation.
TV GUIDE AD
FINAL SHOWDOWN
Only one man can save
the galaxy from total destruction...
Sisko's arch enemy
TV LOG LISTING
Two arch enemies - one final showdown/STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE.
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| 1096.3 | Good one! | DECCXL::WIBECAN | That's the way it is, in Engineering! | Mon May 19 1997 12:00 | 31 |
| Great episode! I am so sorry that they...
Spoilers...
...killed Eddington off. The relationship between him and Sisko was so well
done, I was hoping they'd continue it in some manner. Eddington and Sisko were
marvelous in this episode.
That said, I did find Sisko a little too quick to bring Eddington along and to
offer a pardon, after all he went through. I'm disappointed that we haven't
seen any repurcussions against Sisko for his tactics in bringing in Eddington.
I thought Eddington was too easily left behind on the planet. And I didn't
quite get why finding the launch site was such an important first step in
finding the missles; were they supposed to be able to detonate them from there?
I thought they needed to get near the missles.
On the other hand, I was taken completely by surprise when the missles turned
out to be fictitious. Excellent! More salt in Sisko's wounded pride, more
fuel to the vindictive fire.
At the end, Sisko's begrudging respect was expected, but it's weird that they
didn't have that plot aspect earlier. It was never reciprocated, a tantalizing
device in my view. It makes it altogether worse that the battle of wits will
go on no longer.
That's all; I will now wait for Mr. Debriae's scathing criticism of Avery
Brook's acting ability... :-)
Brian
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| 1096.4 | twas a good episode | SUBSYS::MSOUCY | MentalmETALMike | Mon May 19 1997 12:35 | 17 |
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This was a pretty good episode!
I haven't been following this as much as I'd like to lately, but I
missed the whole Cardassian/Dominion hand-holding thing. Did this come
about due to the Klingons going to war with them (due to Changling
interference, etc..)? I did see the two parter with Worf and Bashir in
the prison camp where they got away with the Klingon general
whathisname.... But I also remember an episode waaaay back when the
ships went after the founders and got their butts kicked seriously....
Note numbers would be helpful! But this episode was good, especially
the way Sisko let eddington have to take the helm to get away from the
Jem H'Adar(sp). Slick move!
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| 1096.5 | | skylab.zko.dec.com::FISHER | Gravity: Not just a good idea. It's the law! | Mon May 19 1997 13:26 | 16 |
| re .3: Yes, Eddington told Sisko that the only place the deactivate codes
would work from would be the launch site. They did not give any particular
technomumble to explain that.
As to it being to easy to promise Eddington a pardon: Sisko offered it in the
beginning, but it's not clear that offer was in effect, because Eddington did
not come along voluntarily (well, at least that's what the Feds thought).
I really loved that whole series of scenes in the shuttle between Ben and
Mike. What a laugh...Ben getting Rackdegina (sp?) while the J'H were bearing
down. Similarly when Mike had Ben going back into the plasma conduits. But
jeez, that "reconfiguration" or whatever was kind of lame! Take 5 glowing
tubes out of one plug and put them in an other. If there was a plug there to
put them in, why not have a switch to switch from one config to the other?
Burns
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| 1096.6 | was he Canadian? | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Conformity is freedom | Mon May 19 1997 13:40 | 6 |
| When he started talking about a coin, I somehow knew right away that
it was a Canadian Loonie. Very weird experience for me. When he
identified it as such I shouted "YES!".
They should have ended the episode with Sisko staring out the port hole
with the coin playing in his fingers.
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| 1096.7 | | DECCXL::WIBECAN | That's the way it is, in Engineering! | Mon May 19 1997 13:59 | 14 |
| >> I haven't been following this as much as I'd like to lately, but I
>> missed the whole Cardassian/Dominion hand-holding thing. Did this come
>> about due to the Klingons going to war with them (due to Changling
>> interference, etc..)? I did see the two parter with Worf and Bashir in
>> the prison camp where they got away with the Klingon general
>> whathisname....
That was the one. A two-parter, "In Purgatory's Shadow" and "By Inferno's
Light." The Cardassian Government, as represented by Gul Dukat, joined with
the Dominion and tried to destroy Bajor and DS9. The Klingons made up with the
Federation and joined forces. There have been a few episodes since then with
Klingon presence on DS9, communication with Dukat, etc.
Brian
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| 1096.8 | promo="Sisko vs Eddington: only 1 will come out", no surprise who | APLVEW::DEBRIAE | language by declaration | Mon May 19 1997 17:44 | 41 |
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This was a very good DS9 episode, yet I'm disappointed (for the series).
The Eddington episodes have been the best ones this season. And Eddington
was the best character on the show imo. He had everything that Sisko lacks,
namely a personality. He was witty, cunning, honourable, and on the whole
very likeable. The pairing of Eddington against Sisko even brought out the
best in (at least very faint glimmers of life from) the usual dullard Sisko.
I'm very sympathetic toward the Marquis anyway, and given the strength of
Eddington's character, I frequently felt myself rooting for him in his
struggles against "just a StarFleet desk job" Sisko. He was the far more
cunning and resourceful of the two to say the least, and often times his POV
seemed in the right.
The episodes which included Eddington were always very interesting, that
being something of short supply on DS9. And now the series just cavalierly
kills him off. Bad move, short-sighted move. And worse still and most
bothersome, the weak "too easy" way Eddington was written off didn't do his
character justice imo. It felt as though the writers didn't know what they
had in his character.
"Salt to Sisko's wounded pride" indeed, but deservedly so. Clearly the
better man lost yesterday.
Forgetting the cost to the series by nonchalantly killing Eddington off in a
completely throw-away scene, I did however enjoy the shuttle scenes between
the two (Eddington at the helm and Disko at the warp engine reconfiguration).
It's a shame that now we'll never see such 'alive' banter on the show
again...
The lameness of the actual warp reconfiguration didn't bother me, it didn't
hurt the story at all even if it did look silly. Same with having to
deactivate the missile from the launch site, the Marquis could have easily
designed this into their systems and I had no problems with that.
Sorry to disappoint you Brian, but Brook's acting was OK this time 'round.
However the role didn't require much acting from him this time, or else we'd
have seen his patented "flaring my nostrils is the only way I can telegraph
any sense of internal emotion or aliveness" usual one trick pony act. :-)
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| 1096.9 | | CSC32::HADDOCK | Pas Fini! | Tue May 20 1997 10:46 | 40 |
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spoilers:
I knew it was a set up. Especially after it became evident that the
message really was for Eddington. It was a little too convenient that
the romulans would pick up the message. If they really had launched
missiles, then what was the point in going to all the trouble to get
the message to Eddington? He'd find out soon enough when the
Jim'h'dar showed up to wipe out the station. Besides he would be
getting some news instide the prison if he heard about the Marquise
getting wiped out. Several Marquis missiles blowing a big hole
in Cardasia would certainly make the evening news.
fred();
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| 1096.10 | flashlight-wielding warriors | VAXUUM::KEEFE | | Tue May 20 1997 16:24 | 12 |
| Also though the situation looked dire at the end, they didn't actually
show him getting killed so if they felt like resurrecting him, they
could.
I thought he was a good character too, though I didn't care much for
the badinage. I like Avery Brooks but he does brighten up a bit when
playing off an interesting foe.
Nit-wise, the action scenes are ridiculous as usual. Fierce Jem Hadar,
with those wimpy lasers! For a warrior race that can materialize
anywhere at will, you'd think they could come up with a decent handgun.
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| 1096.11 | | PTOSS1::BRUNSON | | Fri May 23 1997 17:35 | 8 |
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Excellent episode. The Eddington character will be missed by me. His
presence did liven up Sisko. He was in top form fighting Eddington.
Eddington had a great death scene though. Romantic to the end,
poignantly uttering "Rebekah" with his last breath....sigh!
Velda
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