An Empires Lullaby
Detective Maza from Gargoyles guest stars on Deep Space 9 and Sisko is smitten. Briar tries not to go on tangents about dopamine and epigenetics. Matt talks about the cultural origin of terraforming. Visit Mixolydian Gray on SoundCloud:
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CW: policing, the fascist Cardassian occupation of Bajor
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In this episode, Grand Nagus Zek returns and sends Quark and a waiter at Quark's bar on a quest filled with capitalism, love, and surprise twists!
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CW: disability, accommodations, ableist frameworks
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CW: Surgery, invasive medical procedures
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Starfleet tries to hold the fort on DS9 while Kira and Dax smuggle key evidence to the Bajoran prov. government.
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CW for The Circle: Torture
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CW: concentration camps, forced labor, genocide
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It's our Season 1 retrospective and Q&A episode! Matt and Briar answer a handful of questions submitted by people. Matt reveals a secret project to be completed, and hoarse Briar is slightly hoarse, of course.
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In the finale of DS9 Season 1, a Bajoran spiritual leader with lofty political aspirations arrives to shake things up on the station. Matt and Briar compare the issues Vedek Winn brings up to real-world conflicts between faith and secularism to point out what works, and what could have used a little extra time in the writing room.
info_outlineIn DS9 episode "Q-less"; Matt learns what Marvel movies feel like to non-comic book fans. Q, the inter-dimensional super-being, returns to the series along with Vash, and a host of other call backs to The Next Generation. Briar is unimpressed, and argues that Q a B-tier trickster god. Neither Q nor Sisko are taught humility, though Q might have learned to respect Commander Sisko. Also, The Ferengi are given room to breathe, and be fleshed out characters rather then one note villains. Finally the effects of Gravitons is questioned.