I enjoy this two part episode ---- sure it's a bit heavy handed with the social message about inequality but sometimes you need to pound that message home to some thick headed people. I don't think the message is getting out because as a society it's the same as it's always been ----- 90 percent of the wealth in 1 percent of the populations hands. That's partially on us as a society but we are not exactly on our way to a Federation like utopia society.
It's a twist on the quantum leap tv show premise. Having to assume the role of a person of historical importance to maintain the sanctity of the timeline.
I would call this episode star trek comfort food. You know where this episode is going and you know the message but it's still fun to get to the end point.
I love the picture of Sisko as 'Bell' at the end of the episode. In a perfect world I would have liked them to play with the idea of a miscalculation in the past actually having a lasting impact in the current universe of the show and those who are on the defiant are the only ones who actually know that something is not what it should be.
Overall a solid episode. It didn't move me emotionally or truly engage me with a philosophical question. The statement is pretty clear ---- We are kind of capitalist self interest first jerks at this point in history.
It's a twist on the quantum leap tv show premise. Having to assume the role of a person of historical importance to maintain the sanctity of the timeline.
I would call this episode star trek comfort food. You know where this episode is going and you know the message but it's still fun to get to the end point.
I love the picture of Sisko as 'Bell' at the end of the episode. In a perfect world I would have liked them to play with the idea of a miscalculation in the past actually having a lasting impact in the current universe of the show and those who are on the defiant are the only ones who actually know that something is not what it should be.
Overall a solid episode. It didn't move me emotionally or truly engage me with a philosophical question. The statement is pretty clear ---- We are kind of capitalist self interest first jerks at this point in history.