In Shield Podulation's first dip into Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Brandi and Dave find they might be contaminated. Babel find the crew and denizens of the space station exposed to a nasty virus, one that messes with the language center of the brain.

Your hosts discuss this prescient episode's treatment of a pandemic. Brandi and Dave list the parallels between DS9 and Babylon 5. Also, they commend the strengths of this early installment in the series.