"Arbitrar Of Quality" <tsmtsm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Feb 11, 12:56 am, "One Bit Shy" <O...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Arbitrar Of Quality" <tsm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> (Incidentally, I like the Ferengi stories on DS9 too. Hee.)
>>
>> > Well, just because they're an embarrassment to the series doesn't
mean
>> > one can't have taste. Ferengi episodes at least know where they
>> > stand; there's not an expectation that they won't be cartoonish. If
>> > anyone cares, that comment was actually brought on by thinking of an
>> > episode called "Resurrection" - remembering episodes by name isn't
>> > terribly important to this discussion, so I won't summarize the plot
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>> > which is not a timeless masterpiece by any means, but which is full
of
>> > intriguing ideas and has one of the very few realistic takes on
>> > romance anywhere on DS9. Yet people apparently take it for granted
>> > that it's not only "boring," but that it's one of the worst episodes
>> > of the series, one that should always be skipped. It's silly to say,
>> > but I occassionally get the desire to yell incoherently at these
>> > people over a message board.
>>
>> Damn, that's S6. I only have the DVDs through S5. (Still waiting for
>> them
>> to show up in a local used store. People don't seem to be unloading
>> those
>> seasons. At least not when I'm around.) I only vaguely remember it.
I
>> see
>> it's one of the mirror universe stories, so that probably explains some
>> of
>> the antipathy towards it.
>
> Some, but not all. It's a mirror episode, but it's the one where one
> of "them" visits "us" instead of the other way around. So the whole
> thing ends up being pretty low-key and doesn't really feel like a
> mirror episode at all (except for the last act, which is a little
> disappointing in its predictability).
>
> -AOQ
> ~so now I can hope/assume that "Profit And Lace," also S6, isn't being
> included in the umbrella of your appreciation of Ferengi episodes?~
I just read the synopsis and I don't recognize it - though I've heard the
name bandied about. It sure sounds like the far end of farce, though I
also
see how the plot builds on what came before.
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