Once again the previous episode of DS9 is knocked out of the season’s number one spot by the next episode. “The Siege of AR - 588” was a great addition to the Trek universe, and it’s worthy of a Hugo nomination. (It also knocked “Once Unto the Breach” out of my top 10 DS9 list.) Not only was the story great, but the music was great as well. Paul Baillargeon, not Dennis MCarthy like I suspected, composed the best DS9 score since Jay Chattaway’s music in “Chrysalis” several weeks back. Surprisingly, Quark gets a serious role in this episode. In fact it’s the only serious role he’s had since season 5’s “Business as Usual”. His scenes with Nog were great to watch, especially his speech about Humans. I think that Quark should get serious material more often. My favorite scenes of the episode took place with Ezri and Kellin. Nicole deBoer gave a standout performance as Ezri, and I really felt sorry for her when Kellin was killed during the battle. The biggest surprise of the episode, or for the entire season for that matter, was Nog’s injury. I never expected that a key character would be affected by the war. Usually the key characters escape unharmed. I really hope we will see several plot elements involving this issue in the future. The atmosphere of the episode made all of the battles seem real. The Vic Fontaine song before the battle was a nice touch, as were the anti - matter mines. Well, the way things are going, DS9’s last season is slightly ahead of TNG’s last season. TNG got nominated for the emmy award for Best Dramatic Series during its final season. I am hoping that this happens to DS9 as well. My Rating : 11.00 out of 10.00! -- NEXT WEEK -- Dukat returns
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