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	Sep 2 - Keep up to date at TrekToday.com! Trek Nation will no longer carry updated news Aug 29 - Retro Review: Hero Worship A young boy who is the sole survivor of a disaster that killed his parents decides to emulate Data. Aug 21 - Retro Review: New Ground Worf's human mother brings his son Alexander on board, insisting that she can no longer raise the boy. Aug 14 - Retro Review: A Matter of Time When a visitor from a future era arrives on the ship, Picard asks for assistance about how to save a dying planet. July 31 - Retro Review: Unification, Part Two Picard learns the reason for Spock's visit to Romulus: an attempted reunification of the Vulcan and Romulan races. July 17 - Retro Review: Unification, Part One Shocked to learn that Spock may have defected to the Romulans, Picard and Data cross the Neutral Zone in to find him. July 10 - Retro Review: The Game When an interactive game becomes addictive to the crew, Wesley Crusher and his new girlfriend must save the day. June 20 - Retro Review: Disaster Troi must take command of the ship while Picard struggles to work with three children and Worf delivers Keiko's baby. June 6 - Retro Review: Silicon Avatar A scientist pursuing the Crystalline Entity discovers that Data's brain holds her son's memories. May 30 - Retro Review: Ensign Ro A court-martialed Starfleet officer from occupied Bajor is sent to help locate a terrorist leader. May 23 - Retro Review: Darmok Picard is exiled with the leader of an alien race who speaks in incomprehensible metaphors. May 15 - Retro Review: Redemption, Part Two Picard discovers that Tasha Yar's Romulan daughter is influencing the Klingon civil war. May 9 - Retro Review: Redemption, Part One When Picard is asked as Arbiter of Succession to oversee Gowron's installation, Worf resigns from Starfleet to fight against the Duras family. May 2 - Retro Review: In Theory Data creates a romantic subroutine to experiment with love. Apr 24 - Retro Review: The Mind's Eye LaForge is kidnapped and altered by Romulans to take part in an assassination plot against a Klingon governor.

By Michelle Erica Green
Posted at January 12, 2004 - 4:12 PM GMT

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Negotiating a deal for the Grand Nagus, Quark seeks the advice of Pel, who assists in his deal making but complicates matters first by making a pass at him and then by proving to be female. The deal works out, however, providing the first bond between an Alpha Quadrant species and a Gamma Quadrant race known as The Dominion.

Analysis:

"Yentl" in space -- I'm plotzing. Well, DS9 does have a knack for coming up with smart, funny women and this one challenged human homophobia as well as Ferengi sexism. That scene where Dax acknowledges that Pel loves Quark before she knows Pel is female is worth a thousand of the "The Outcast." I was SO glad to see Pel go off on her own and not stay with Mr. Dabo Girls.

The tulaberries plot seemed goofy; I didn't realize then that we were being set up for the (clunky) advent of The Dominion, so in a way this is the most important episode of DS9's early seasons. I loved the aliens, especially the women calling Quark "this insignificance" and walking in on Quark and Pel with that dry, "Am I interrupting?" A lot of sins in this episode can be forgiven because it kept a sense of humor.

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Michelle Erica Green reviews 'Enterprise' episodes for the Trek Nation, for which she is also a news writer. An archive of her work can be found at The Little Review.



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