Deep Space Nine Season 7 Recap

Deep Space Nine Season 7 Recap
Introduction

Deep Space Nine has come to a close. Did it go out with a bang? A whimper? Some gurgling sound somewhere in between? How will we get our Garak fix now?

This photo feels odd to me. Quark is up top (and possibly on a footstool), which makes sense given his stature. But then shorties Kira and Ezri are down below, while towering hulk Work is at the very top? Awkward.

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: What You Leave Behind

Deep Space Nine, Season 7
"What You Leave Behind"
Airdate: June 2, 1999
173 of 173 produced
173 of 173 aired

Introduction

Here we are. The end of another Trek franchise. The Dominion War will end, one way or the other. Dukat and Winn's enter the final stage of the plan to release the Pah Wraiths. Will the crew survive? Will the Federation?

 Kira and Odo end their romance much as they began it - surrounded by an unconvincing puddle of goo.

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: The Dogs of War

Deep Space Nine, Season 7
"The Dogs of War"
Airdate: May 26, 1999
171 of 173 produced
171 of 173 aired

Introduction

Kira, Garak, and Damar arrive on Cardassia to spearhead the resistance. Quark learns that he will become the next Grand Nagus from a garbled subspace transmission. Bashir and Ezri annoy both viewers and fellow characters with their budding romance. Kasidy Yates discovers that she is pregnant. The show runners realize they have to shoehorn in every possible remaining plot line before the finale.

 That guy up there beaming away is me, in hopes of escaping the Bashir/Ezri storyline.

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Extreme Measures

Deep Space Nine, Season 7
"Extreme Measures"
Airdate: May 19, 1999
171 of 173 produced
171 of 173 aired

Introduction

Bashir and O'Brien risk everything for a chance to save Odo from the Changeling virus.

Director Sloan surrounded by documentation of all the outlandish conspiracies his organization has engineered. Rigged Elections, Russian moles, obstruction of justice... you know, that kind of stuff.

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Tacking Into The Wind

Deep Space Nine, Season 7

"Tacking Into The Wind"

Airdate: May 12, 1999

170 of 173 produced

170 of 173 aired

Introduction

While Kira and Odo struggle to collaborate with the Cardassian insurgents, tensions between Martok and Gowron come to a head.

Worf finds the Chancellor getup to be an ill-fitting and quickly dated 90s look.

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: When It Rains...

Deep Space Nine, Season 7

"When It Rains..."

Airdate: May 5, 1999

169 of 173 produced

169 of 173 aired

Introduction

After their defeat, the alliance regroups. The Klingons see leadership changes at the top, while Kira finds herself in the odd position of helping the Cardassians wage a successful guerilla war.

And Dukat learns that looking at naughty books really can make you go blind.

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: The Changing Face of Evil

Deep Space Nine, Season 7
"The Changing Face of Evil"
Airdate: April 28, 1999
168 of 173 produced
168 of 173 aired

IntroductionThings come to a head all over the Alpha Quadrant, as the Breen attack Earth, the Federation launches a counterattack, Dukat is revealed to Kai Winn, and Damar begins his rebellion against the Dominion. Exciting!

 Poor Solbor is unexpectedly penetrated.

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Strange Bedfellows

Deep Space Nine, Season 7
"Strange Bedfellows"
Airdate: April 21, 1999
167 of 173 produced
167 of 173 aired

Introduction

Damar is pushed to his breaking point by the manipulations of Weyoun. Kai Winn discovers just how far her lust for power will push her to go. Also, some stuff happens to Worf, Dax, Sisko, and Kasidy.

Mirror, mirror on the wall... who's the most reminiscent of congressional Republicans circa 2017 of them all?

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: 'Til Death Do Us Part

Deep Space Nine, Season 7
"'Til Death Do Us Part"
Airdate: April 14, 1999
166 of 173 produced
166 of 173 aired

Introduction

Dukat begins his seduction of Kai Winn, pretending to be a humble Bajoran farmer, while he really advances the mysterious purposes of the Pah Wraiths. Also, Sisko decides to defy the Prophets for love, and Worf keeps being a tool to Ezri.
 

Hello?
Is it me you're looking for?
I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your smile
You're all I've ever wanted
And my arms are open wide
'cause you know just what to say
And you know just what to do
And I want to tell you so much
I love you

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Penumbra

Deep Space Nine, Season 7
"Penumbra"
Airdate: April 7, 1999
165 of 173 produced
165 of 173 aired

Introduction

As Deep Space Nine enters its final stretch, our crew finds itself in a bit of upheaval. Worf is lost in the badlands when his ship is destroyed and Ezri decides to go after him. Captain Sisko makes an important decision about his relationship with Kasidy. Meanwhile on Cardassia, the Founder is suffering the effects of the disease afflicting her people.

During this proposal, snippets of classical music passed through Kasidy's mind: "My milkshake may perhaps bring the boys to the yard, but thenceforth they are obligated to put a ring on it."

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges

Deep Space Nine, Season 7
"Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"
Airdate: March 3, 1999
163 of 173 produced
164 of 173 aired

Introduction

Doctor Bashir is recruited by Director Sloan to engage in intelligence work on Romulan soil.
 

 My research into Ancient Earth tells me that I should now say "Excellent."

Deep Space Nine: Season 7: Badda Bing, Badda Bang

Deep Space Nine, Season 7
"Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang"
Airdate: February 22, 1999
164 of 173 produced
163 of 173 aired

Introduction

Vic Fontaine's program undergoes a sudden change for the worse, with his club now under the control of the mob. The only technical options would require wiping Vic's memory. To save Vic and his lounge, the crew has to find a way to defeat the mobsters using only the period specific options the program makes available to them. Plus, there is a ton of fun costume work.

Look, out, Gowron! She's going to slip you a mickey!

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Chimera

Deep Space Nine, Season 7
"Chimera"
Airdate: February 17, 1999
162 of 173 produced
162 of 173 aired

Introduction

When he finds another of his kind roaming the Alpha Quadrant, Odo is faced with the dilemma of staying on DS9 to live like a humanoid or leaving his beloved in order to live as he was "meant to."

 Oh, yeah, baby... give me that big, beautiful golden light shower like only you can...

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Field of Fire

Deep Space Nine, Season 7
"Field of Fire"
Airdate: February 10, 1999
161 of 173 produced
161 of 173 aired

Introduction

A series of gruesome and inexplicable homicides plague the station. The killer manages to leave no physical evidence at the scene, so Sisko to turns to Ezri to try use psychology to find him. Doing so requires confronting another killer, the one who lives in her memories, her former host Joran.

It picks up the rifle and puts on the eyepiece...

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: The Emperor's New Cloak

Deep Space Nine, Season 7
"The Emperor's New Cloak"
Airdate: February 3, 1999
160 of 173 produced
160 of 173 aired

Introduction

Quark and Rom are taken to the Mirror Universe in order to deliver a stolen cloaking device as a ransom for Grand Nagus Zek. Hilarity fails to ensue.

Episodes like this make it really hard to maintain my "All Real Star Trek is better than the Abrams movies" stance...

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Prodigal Daughter

Deep Space Nine, Season 7
"Prodigal Daughter"
Airdate: January 6, 1999
157 of 173 produced
157 of 173 aired

Introduction

Ezri returns to her home world when Chief O'Brien goes missing there. Tangled business dealings and fractured family dynamics make finding a missing person even more complicated.

New Sydney looks like the GOP's fantasy planet. Drill, baby, drill!

Deep SpaceNine, Season 7: It's Only A Paper Moon

Deep Space Nine, Season 7
"It's Only A Paper Moon"
Airdate: December 30, 1998
158 of 173 produced
158 of 173 aired

Introduction

Nog returns to DS9 after receiving a replacement leg and convalescing with Starfleet medical. But some of his less outwardly apparent wounds still need healing, and he retreats to the holosuite as a result.

Huh huh huh. Fire! Huh huh huh.

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Covenant

Deep Space Nine, Season 7
"Covenant"
Airdate: November 25, 1998
157 of 173 produced
157 of 173 aired

Introduction

Kira is whisked away from the station by an old friend to meet a cult of Bajorans and their unexpected leader - Gul Dukat.

Just so you know, there's no such thing as child support in the Pah Wraith religion...

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: The Siege of AR-558

Deep Space Nine, Season 7

"The Siege of AR-558"

Airdate: November 18, 1998

155 of 173 produced

155 of 173 aired

Introduction

Sisko and crew join a group of Starfleet soldiers struggling to hold a Jem'Hadar installation from recapture. They are pushed to the limits of their endurance by the long, grueling battle.

They are also pushed to the limits of human eyesight by the utterly drab and formless underground cave set.

Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Once More Unto the Breach

Deep Space Nine, Season 7

"Once More Unto the Breach"

Airdate: November 11, 1998

155 of 173 produced

155 of 173 aired

Introduction

Worf is approached by a living legend, Kor, in search of a final glorious command with the Klingons. But Kor's advanced age ends up proving a liability in battle.

Cry havoc! And let slip the... something something...