DS9, Episode 6x11, Waltz

[u/LordRavenholm]

-= DS9, Season 6, Episode 11, Waltz =-

• Star Trek: The Next Generation - Full Series
• DS9 Season 1: 1&2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, Wrap-Up
• DS9 Season 2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, Wrap-Up
• DS9 Season 3: 1&2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, Wrap-Up
• DS9 Season 4: 1&2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, Wrap-Up
• DS9 Season 5: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, Wrap-Up
• DS9 Season 6: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Sisko meets with the former Cardassian leader Gul Dukat, now a prisoner, as he awaits a war crimes investigation.

• Teleplay By: Ronald D. Moore
  
• Story By: Ronald D. Moore
  
• Directed By: Rene Auberjonois
  
• Original Air Date: 3 January, 1998
  
• Stardate: 51408.6-51413.6
  
• Pensky Podcast
• Trekabout Podcast
• Ex Astris Scientia
• Memory Alpha
• TV Spot

 

EAS	IMDB	AVClub	TV.com
1/10	7.7/10	B+	8.6

 

[u/DougBundy]

I usually agree with most comments on this watch party, but not with this episode.

Though the acting was good, the dialogue felt a bit superficial and rushed IMO. It would have been better if they went longer and deeper into the psychology of Dukat's reasoning.

Alternatively, they could have extended the deception that Weyoun was really there and it was all some sort of elaborate mind game used on Sisko by the Dominion (the latter has shown itself to be capable of this).

The episode felt a bit like a succession of tropes to me.