Comments on: Retro Review: Tribunal

By: Robert Clements

Robert Clements — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:07:00 +0000

Thanks for that, Wordsworth. Mr Weaver is one of that great selection of USAmerican character actors which blessed Star Trek (in general) & DS9 (in particular). I for one should have acknowledged the excellence of his performance in this episode

(… &, i must admit, acknowledged the Emissary’s role in bringing all of these fine performances to TV. I only really credited the writers but directors like Mr Brooks were crucial to this great show)

With thanks
Robert

By: Wordsworth

Wordsworth — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:11:00 +0000

The episode also features a wonderful performance by the marvelous actor Fritz Weaver as O’Brien’s much-put-upon defense counsel.

By: Robert Clements

Robert Clements — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:44:00 +0000

It wasn’t just Bashir & the Chief competing with the relationship between the Chief & Keiko (+ Molly): Ms Chao decided she only wanted an occasional role on the show; & even Mr Meaney had negotiated a mid-season break each year to do a film or play in the UK. Its a tribute to the brilliance of the DS9 writers – & the complexity of the show’s ultimate concept – that Keiko seems a more important character in the show than her limited screentime would suggest

(She doesn’t even appear in Emissary, yet the Chief’s Kumomoto line is not only one of the show’s best but keeps Keiko firmly in the narrative context)

Tribunal is a pretty obvious, TNG-style story with plot holes you could drive a pretty big starship through, but its carried by the dramatic writing & acting (especially of Mr Meaney). Not a masterpiece but lovely nonetheless

By: Enterprise1981

Enterprise1981 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 22:25:00 +0000

Miles and Keiko was still the most neglected of the relationships on that show. And an unfortunate casualty of the Bashir-O’Brien bromance. But who wants a lot of the same old happy family storylines that have been done to death in other genres? At least it was made up for with Sisko & Kasidy, Kira & Odo, Dax & Worf, etc.

While the approach to telling the story did have its flaws, it still ranks as one of my top episodes of the whole series.

By: Zeorangerix

Zeorangerix — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:46:00 +0000

I always interpreted it as Keiko and Miles NEVER questioning their love for each other, or their desire to be together. It’s a marriage of give-and-take. Keiko seemed to do most of the sacrificing early, then definitely got the chance to spread her own wings later at Miles’ expense. What I like are the throwaway lines, particularly Keiko’s “You DO?!” as she learns something new about her husband.

This is another episode I yawned through as a teenager, but rewatched recently. I’m struck by how, post “The Maquis,” the writers started to throw off the shackles of TNG storytelling and started doing things their way. Second season DS9 is a turning point for the whole franchise.