Well, That was the worst season finale ever for Deep Space 9. It made absolutely no sense at times. Why would the platforms target their power plant? Couldn't the programers think that someone might "imprint a warp signal" on it? And I am getting ticked off over DS9's "never show the shields" policy. Voyager seems to have them - I have never seen shields on the Defiant. The same goes for every ship in that battle. The energy beams just slice on through. That Galaxy class ship had big holes in it after two hits (The Enterprise-D NEVER had more than one small one - and that was from the Borg, not a Cardassian weapons satelite). Jadzia's death felt so empty. It was supposed to be random, but that was stupid. She had never believed in the Prophets before, why would she go thank them now? Why not after she and Worf had concieved? As for the loss of the wormhole and Sisko leaving, big deal. It, like Sisko, will come back next season. He sure shrugged off the Prophets this week after he nearly sacrificed his son in "The Reckoning". That Admiral was an idiot too, he saw what the wormhole aliens could do, I think he might want to listen for once. Overall I give "Tears of the Prophets" a 5 out of 10 (mostly for the special effects).

Well, finally after two weeks of reruns, a good episode. "The Sound of Her Voice" proved that an actionless DS9 is still interesting. Basically the plot was the Defiant headed off on six day journey to rescue the sole survivor of the Starship Olympia. The captain of the ship was speaking via sub-space to various crew members and was very lonely. Unfortunatly the sub-space also crossed time. She had died three years before the Defiant heard her message. I must say I wished that the Captain of the Olympia had survived. It would have been a nice change of pace. I liked the shuttle from the Defiant (looked like a baby version of it). Also, I liked how O'Brian foreshadowed Dax's death next week. Over all I give this episode a 7 out of 10.

This week's episode certainally was not a great episode, but was not bad either. "Time's Orphan" simply was not new or exciting. It started out with the O'Brian's picnicing on some scenic planet not far from DS9. Molly falls through a rift in time (wouldn't you scan the area before you brought your kids??) and is brought back ten years older. She had been at an uninhabited era on the world and had become a "wild child". The O'Brians try to readapt her to station life, but fail. Molly attacks some people in Quarks and is arrested. Miles and Keiko rescue her and (with a little help from Odo) return Molly to the planet. She reenters the time rift, but (predictably) enters at the moment the young Molly did. Young Molly then crosses back to find her parents waiting. This episode did have an interesting subplot, with Worf and Jadzia babysitting the O'Brians young son (I can't remember his name). I simply did not feel all that interested in "Time's Orphan". It had average acting, an unoriginal plot, and no suprises. I give "Time's Orphan" a 5 out of 10.

Well, I am not quite sure how to rate this one. Not too much in the way of special effects, acting was allright, but I didn't really like the plot. It was written ok, but I just didn't like it. Anyway here is a general overview of the episode: It starts off when Quark and Rom are unable to contact Ferenginar, and soon suspect Dominion forces have invaded. They are quickly proven wrong when the Grand Negus and Ishka (Moogie, Quark's mom) arrive at the station and inform them that female Ferengi have been granted equal rights - the resulting subspace traffic disrupted the communication relays across Ferengi Space. Liquidator Brunt immediately assumed control, and the Negus fled to DS9. He then is able to convince one old "friend" to help him show that Ferengi females are equals. Ishka is the key to his plan, but when she has a heart attack Quark is forced to actually become a female (this is where it kind of got gross). Anyway Quark (now known as Lumba) convinces the Negus's friend, who then wants to have, um, "dessert" with her/him. Well she/he doesn't, but shows off her/his female anatomy. In the end Ferenginar is equal for all, the Negus is back, and Quark is Quark again. I give this episode a 5 out of 10.

Well, I am sure we were all looking forward to this great one. A Jake and Nog episode, how thrilling (sorry I will stop the sarcasm). This episode was so full of plot holes and bad acting it was pathetic. Here is a brief overview of the episode. First Jake and Nog are attacked by a Jem'Hadar fighter and are rescued by the USS Valiant. The Valiant is crewed by Red Squad, the ultra good cadets. The cadets all end up dead in the end (except for one)and Jake and Nog learn a good lesson. Now for my thoughts on this poor episode. First off, why would Sisko give and ensign and a reporter a runabout? Its stupid in peace time, but in war during an important mission it is rediculous. Secondly, the Valiant was so weak. The Defiant often destroys ships in a single shot - the Valiant couldn't do it with quantom torpedos. Also, it just seemed to fall apart under fire. I guess this can be explained by the fact that cadets are basically pre-ensigns. And ensigns are panel, beam, explosion, etc magnets. The ship must have had to throw everything it had to kill them all. Now for my complaints on Red Squad. They were very poor actors overall and if they were SO smart couldn't they turn off the safeties on their own? And how did ALL of the real staff get killed? That seems a little hard to believe, and I could go on for ever but I won't. I give this episode a 4 out of 10.

Fleet Command, like Psi Phi's Home Page, is a Central Illinois viewer. The local FOX station (43) has rescheduled DS9 to a very bad time slot (Psi Phi has a number to call and complain). It may be difficult to get reviews every week (unless I can get good reception from Springfield). Well anyway I finally got to see this weeks episode, and I think it was a good solid DS9. Not a great episode, but okay all around. It seems the old story with the Prophets has taken a strange twist. For some reason the prophets want a showdown with those evil aliens. I don't quite understand why, they seem powerful enough to defeat them without Sisko, but thats probably in a future episode. I am never a big fan of Jake (he makes Wesley look tough), and I don't see why the evil aliens wanted him, they could take someone much stronger. Once again Kai Winn destroys the day, and I truely hope Dukat kills her when he seeks his revenge on Bajor. Relativly good acting, Avery Brooks is never too good, but he was ok this week. Overall I give this episode an 8 out of 10.