148: Miles and Miles of Sass
The Orb: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast
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Show Notes
"Babel" 30th-anniversary reflections
When lazy Chief O'Brien gets a hankering for a cup of coffee and triggers a booby trap left behind from the Cardassian Occupation, the crew and residents of Deep Space 9 begin losing their ability to make sense one by one. As aphasia sweeps the station, Kira must find a Bajoran scientists who may hold the key to an antidote and saving everyone before cross barrels, all job appalled, bread … the arrive … seen earlier!
In this episode of The Orb, hosts C Bryan Jones and Matthew Rushing continue our 30th-anniversary retrospective that will take you through all of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, one episode at a time. In this installment, we discuss, "Babel," how the story long kicked around for The Next Generation found a home on DS9, how it sets the series apart from its predecessor, and how it tests the limits of the Star Trek formula.
Chapters Intro (00:00:00) A Lingering Premise (00:02:57) A (Not So Well) Thought-Out Plan? (00:06:25) Testing the Limits (00:10:17) Depicting Aphasia (00:14:44) Developing Dax (00:18:54) Finding Quark (00:25:19) Life on the Station (00:29:47) The First Black Captain (00:32:55) Final Thoughts and Ratings (00:39:32) Closing (00:42:36)
Hosts C Bryan Jones and Matthew Rushing
Production C Bryan Jones (Editor and Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer)