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At long last we have reached the docking pylon so we can provide the end-of-season wrap up you all love! The DS9 Season 4 RIP is here and it's is a long episode for a reason. What was good? What was bad? Who gave Sisko a run for his money? What other awards do we hand out? Listen and find out!

When Odo comes down with a bad case of a low poly count, there is only one place he can go for help as we wrap up Season 4 with our review of "Broken Link". In this super-sized episode we go deep on everything - from Gowron's motives, O'Brien's new domestic prolems, and Garak's sudden ability to throw hands at high-tier level!

Oi Gevalt, what is a good faithful Ferengi to do when you when a schlemiel of a doctor gives you a bad terminal diagnosis? Well, Quark finds out the hard way as we review "Body Parts"! As the Federation's favorite bartender finds out just how deep Brunt's hatred of him runs, we see an entirely different 'binding contract' be forged as the writers find a very clever way to write in Nana Vistor's IRL pregency. What are the Trouble Twins to do now that Kira is having 'O'Brien's baby?

We see the dire result of the Dominion making an example of a whole planet as we review "The Quickening"! When Julian goes into a wrecked planet with a genetic plague, he expects to have it all wrapped up in a week or two like every other Starfleet doctor-wizard. However, when things don't go accoring to plan, we get a deep story about arrogance, nobility in suffering, and the dread of what fate the Federation could meet.

Between the deep discussions on Jem'Hadar life and O'Brien's familiarity with the wild habits of Klingon women, your hosts finish thir discussion of every detial in "To The Death"! While Sisko tries to keep a small ship filled with murder hobos on track, Dax gets complimented for her graceful aging, Worf once again shows his character flaw is 'getting into fights in front of his boss', and Peter finds his season four contender for the weakest moment. What is it? Listen and find out!

Our good friend Jeff Combs finally arrives in his most iconic Trek role in thisfirst part of our discussion on "To The Death"! We dig deep on every nuiance of this episode as we respect the discussions put on the table by the show itself, from Federation defense posture, Starfleet's increasing need to treat itself as a millitary, Sisko's place as a war leader, and of course the arrival of Weyoun.

At long last the not-at-all-suspicious Commander Eddington definitly does not betray everyone as we review "For the Cause"! While the movie start guest star manages his heist of a bunch of Big Ol' Replicators, Sisko has to deal with possibly having to put his girlfriend in jail. Meanwhile there is a B pplot no one wanted or asked for, but it has Garak in it so it it's not all bad.

In this extremely odd, very TNG, and not all bad experience, your hosts spend most of their time telling you how they would have re-written this week's episode, "The Muse"! Our girl Lwaxana deserved better than this (perhaps she shouldn't have written it), and despite it having it's moments, there was a much better episode just waiting for them to have made. But what do we know, right?

Another season, another vacation day for the captain as we review "Shattered Mirror". We dive deep on the concepts behind the Mirror Universe, particuarly Feral Historian's video on the concept, as the Sisko's fufill some long held desires. For Jake, it's to hang out with his Kinda Evil Mom, for Ben, it's once again to commit as much violence as possible. Boy sure hope this one has a happy ending!

The most difficult time all of us do is wrestling with the monster we fear we could become as we review the excellent "Hard Time". When Miles gets forced to play the worst Choose Your Own Adventure of all time, he is stuck with the memory of 20 years of prison. With his MK Ultra abilities now a hindrance, the Chief gets help from all his friends to cope. In the end, is O'Brien unique or is he just the first 24th Century man to have to face the truth?