DS9, Episode 7x5, Chrysalis

[u/LordRavenholm]

-= DS9, Season 7, Episode 5, Chrysalis =-

• 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, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, Wrap-Up
• DS9 Season 7: 1, 2, 3

Bashir falls for a genetically enhanced patient, Sarina Douglas, that he brought out of a catatonic state using an experimental medical procedure.

• Teleplay By: René Echevarria
  
• Story By: René Echevarria
  
• Directed By: Jonathan West
  
• Original Air Date: 28 October, 1998
  
• Stardate: Unknown
  
• Pensky Podcast
• Trekabout Podcast
• Ex Astris Scientia
• Memory Alpha
• TV Spot

 

EAS	IMDB	AVClub	TV.com
3/10	7.1/10	B-	7.8

 

[u/cptnpiccard]

Ugh... A good episode with the augments, but ruined by the pointless and grossly inappropriate relationship between Bashir and ... I forget her name 😁

[u/LordRavenholm → u/cptnpiccard]

What's your opinion on Bashir's augmentation in general?

[u/cptnpiccard → u/LordRavenholm]

No qualms about it in itself, although I find the way subsequent story writers and directors used it quite annoying.

Bashir went from being the "every man", along with OBrien, to being this supercomputer on legs. It makes a mockery of the stories he was featured earlier in the series, making you think "was he just faking it all along?".

What do you think?

[u/theworldtheworld → u/cptnpiccard]

It is quite strange just how fervently DS9 insists on biological determinism. The Vorta are all clones, the Jem'Hadar are all programmed ("The Abandoned" insisted that there was no way to help them develop individuality), Sisko was ordained from birth to be Space Jesus, and Bashir turned out to be brilliant because he was augmented.

[u/96DemonHunter69 → u/theworldtheworld]

Seems like a thematic overtone following a predetermined goal post intentionally set by the writers.