Comments on: Retro Review: Move Along Home

By: Paul Laroquod

Paul Laroquod — Mon, 21 May 2012 22:32:00 +0000

Kira insists she’s an administrator to make the point that she didn’t sign up for dangerous exploration for its own sake, Starfleet-style. I see no reason why having recently been associated with terrorists would make her any more pleased with that kind of duty, so there is nothing out-of-character about what she said, which was essentially, ‘This isn’t in my job description.’ Which is accurate and understandable for to say regardless of whether she might have been conflicted about taking that job.

Also, if not revisiting alien cultures suggests deep embarrassment with them, then something like 80-90% of Star Trek stories must have been deeply embarrassing.

By: DS9 Forever

DS9 Forever — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:19:00 +0000

Technically he had a temporary sex change, so wasn’t in drag!

By: Uncle Mikey

Uncle Mikey — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:19:00 +0000

And yet, it’s still not as bad as VOY: “Threshold”…

By: Mike DeLaney

Mike DeLaney — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:17:00 +0000

Not sure why your contradicting me, I was writing in support of your point… but whatever.

By: Uncle Mikey

Uncle Mikey — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:02:00 +0000

I think your last sentence hits it on the head. This is another story that sounds like one of a bundle of treatments that might have appeared in the initial proposals for the series as an example of the kinds of stories they could tell. There’s a lot about the story that just doesn’t fit the characters as they’ve already been developed, suggesting that it was written and queued up before other stories began to process that development, and then, for whatever reason, not adjusted to better fit.

The most telling mis-characterization for me in this episode is Kira, who insists she’s an just an administrator. This is crap, of course. At this stage, Kira is a self-reformed terrorist who has been made into an administrator.

The fact that we never see or hear of the Wadi again in any context suggests deep embarrassment with the story. The fact that we never get any idea how the Wadi relate to the Dominion, for example…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:50:00 +0000

Totally agreed. Because not only do I note hate Move Along Home, I think Profit and Lace is the single worst episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:32:00 +0000

I don’t think said anything about “Darwinian theory” here, and even originally placed “evolution” and “survival of the fittest” in brackets.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:25:00 +0000

I did not say this before, but I do skip “Profit and Lace” too… Quark in drag… oh dear.

By: Zeorangerix

Zeorangerix — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:52:00 +0000

That’s a shame. This has several good character relationship moments (Quark/Odo, Sisko/Dax) and the plot is at least a little creative. I find it hard to believe one would skip this and not “Profit and Lace.” Your call, of course.

By: Jeff O'Connor

Jeff O'Connor — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:52:00 +0000

Yeah, this is one of those episodes that some fans cite as “not at all as bad as they say” but I have to actually stand in line and respond with a firm “yes, it is” over. Usually I’m in the other camp, but I make exceptions for terrors like “Move Along Home”.

Quite possibly the only episode in DS9′s log that I’ll go ahead and skip next time I rewatch.