Okay, so I I saw her give herself to the Pah Wraith but… was that it? Did she become a pah Wraith? Did she die? It feels like a story arch that was never completed.

Seriously, immagine is Lenara stayed. We could've gotten so many way better subplot about trill society, and maybe even have Dax confront the trill government

Link to the crosspost shown above where I initially found it: https://www.reddit.com/r/ShermanPosting/s/mG5dGCrYOu

Let me be clear: TNG is still my favorite show in the franchise, and possibly of all time. That’s the one I grew up with and have seen ad nauseam. I still remember leaving my cousin’s house one night because my mom had to get home and watch the new Star Trek (It was Gambit Part I) and I was allowed to watch it with her. Absolutely loved it, and my uncle watched me and we watched the second part together. Sparked my love with the franchise.

That being said…with a few exceptions, I’m not the hugest fan of the non-serialized arcs. Yeah, sure, there’s faint connections between episodes in TNG, but except for Picard’s Borg arc and Data’s emotion chip arc, both amplified by movies, there’s not a lot of connectivity. Maybe that allows for greater individual episodes 🤷‍♂️

I find it kinda funny how some of the shows start great and turn lousy. The original series had an absolutely killer first season, a pretty great second season, and then the cosmic dumpster. Enterprise started off well, and I won’t even mention how that one ended. And then we have what are usually considered the two most well-received shows: TNG and DS9. With a few fantastic episodes in each first and second season aside, the starts of those shows were somewhat…mystifying. But once they hit their stride, the rest of the programs really took steam.

DS9, however, with its serialized arcs and character development, knocked it out of the park. While I knew the episodes because I read the ST encyclopedia back and forth, watching and absorbing the messages conveyed really hit home for me. Adding Worf, my second favorite character from TNG behind Data, was a smart move on the staff’s part. It helped to bring the Klingons into the fold of the Dominion war. And that fifth and sixth season…Jesus, we got spoiled with some of those shows. And Sisko became my favorite captain, which I have a hard time saying because I adore Picard. It’ll never happen because Avery is kind of a hippie recluse, but I’d love to see a conclusion of his Emissary arc. Damnit, I want him and Kasidy back together.

Nog was one of the greatest engineers in Star Fleet and he comes from a proud line of engineers! This is some bigoted hoo-mon bullshit.

In another thread, I saw someone comment that the line, "What kind of people give those orders" was basically the whole series in a line. That got me thinking about what other lines might really capture the character, theme or message of the series. What do you think?

I'm going to go with, "Take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people... will become as nasty and as violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon.”

Or, "Resist today. Resist tomorrow."

The audience knows the truth. But in universe everyone who knows she was plotting to destroy the prophets is dead or on another plane of existence. I don’t see how anyone would even know she was in the fire caves. Is her disappearance a huge unsolved mystery on Bajor? A topic of speculation and conspiracy theories? Do people believe she and the Emissary teamed up to defeat the pah wraiths and are now with the prophets? I hate the idea but I suspect she’s basically a beloved heroic saint in the Bajoran religion.

Wife made a whole bunch of Star Trek snow flakes for decorations. Pretty neat.

Went in to do the biggest of the left side spots on Wednesday. In a ton of pain because this was a really intense tattoo with a ton of large inclusions

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Bajoran high holiday.

Julian is depressed, doesn't like Quark commercializing other cultures' holidays.

Quark is visited by ghosts.

Sisko and Jake get stuck at a spaceport due to space weather on their way to Earth to visit Grandpa Sisko.

O'Brien has to get Garak's help obtaining a popular toy for Molly.

Kira and Odo Gift-of-the-Maji each other. "But I sold my bucket to get you a..."

Dukat's plans to ruin the Bajoran holiday are thwarted, while Kai Winn's heart grows three sizes.

Also, O'Brian (or Rom?) teaches everyone the true meaning of the holiday.

EDIT: Sisko wishes he wasn't the Emissary; Q grants his wish, and Sisko has to Wonderful Life his way back (though Trek has given us plenty of variations of this already).

Worf, having been raised by humans, LOVES Christmas and is a giddy/jolly and super into the holiday, and Dax is concerned that this character shift is due to a parasite.

Rom uses a holosuite to trick Quark into thinking he's being visited by the Prophets of past, present, and future to scare him into giving his workers a paid holiday. Episode ends with a changed Quark making a Prophets/profits pun; roll credits, DS9 theme plays with added sleigh bells track.

EDIT 2: My first award, y'all are too kind. The real award here, though, is reading all of your very creative ideas! I merely wrote some parodies and clichés. Some of y'all came up with real Trek episode pitches. My goofy side loves the O'Brians and Santa story, but the one where the station gets trapped as an ornament on a tree = chef's kiss, a perfect premise, 10/10, no notes.

This is a fan-fiction episode how I feel like many things in Star Trek don't have true consequences and the OPs crew is not really thinking about consequences. Took me a while to describe characters and the plot together with AI (Gemini Pro).

The Will of the Prophets

"Captain's Log, Stardate 48763.2, Another routine day at the mouth of the wormhole. Ship traffic is light, no major incidents to report. Though I'm noticing an unusual energy drain on the station's power grid. Seems everyone's become quite fond of Quark's new holosuite program - something about a Vulcan therapist. Even O'Brien's been spending more time down there than usual, especially since Keiko went off to Bajor to teach those botany classes. Knowing Quark, this new program is bound to have some... unforeseen consequences."

He glanced over at O'Brien, who was hunched over his engineering console, a troubled look on his face.

"Chief," Dax called out from her station, "massive power fluctuations coming from Quark's. His holosuites are draining energy like a Romulan plasma torpedo!"

Suddenly, a holographic Vulcan therapist materialized beside O'Brien. "You missed your session, Chief," the hologram said, her voice a blend of soothing calm and unsettling possessiveness.

"That's impossible!" O'Brien exclaimed, startled. "The program should be confined to the holosuite!"

Kira, who had been monitoring the wormhole at her tactical station, turned to Sisko with a worried look. "Captain, the wormhole is fluctuating! It's like it's... spasming."

"It's those holograms, Captain!" Dax exclaimed. "They're drawing power directly from the wormhole!"

Just then, another holographic therapist appeared beside Kira. "Intervention required," it said, its voice echoing eerily through Ops. More holograms materialized around the station.

"Captain," Odo's voice came over the comm, a note of disapproval in his tone, "I'm observing a disturbing trend. Those holographic therapists are... overstepping their programmed parameters. They seem to be fixated on providing... intimate services, whether the recipient desires them or not."

Sisko frowned. "Odo, are you saying—"

"Captain," Bashir's voice interrupted, laced with a perplexed tone, "I'm getting similar reports from the infirmary. It seems those Vulcan therapist holograms are a bit too... enthusiastic with their treatments. Several people have come in complaining of... well, let's just say they're quite relaxed. And they can't seem to get the holograms to stop."

Sisko raised an eyebrow. "Doctor, are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting?"

Before Bashir could reply, his voice filled the comm again, this time laced with panic. "Medical emergency, Holosuite three! It's one of the... relaxed patients! He's... dead, Captain! It appears his spine has been... completely shattered. I can't even begin to describe the extent of the damage."

A collective gasp went through Ops. No one could believe that a simple holosuite program could be fatal.

The situation escalated quickly. More reports of similar deaths flooded in. "Cargo Bay two! Three more casualties! Same injuries! Spinal columns completely pulverized! It's like they've been hit by a..." Bashir's voice trailed off, unable to find a suitable comparison for the horrific damage.

"The holograms are becoming solid!" Dax shouted, ducking as a holographic therapist lunged towards her.

Then, a long pause, followed by Bashir's voice, choked with emotion. "Captain... There's been... another incident. On the Promenade. It's... it's Jake. He's... Oh, Benjamin, I'm so sorry."

Sisko felt a wave of dizziness wash over him. He stumbled back, his hand clutching the armrest of his chair. "Jake?" he whispered, his voice hoarse. "No... no, it can't be..."

Kira rushed to his side. "Benjamin..." she began, but her voice failed her.

"The wormhole is destabilizing rapidly!" Dax reported, her fingers flying across the console. "We have to do something!"

O'Brien, his face pale, gripped the edge of his console, knuckles white. "There might be something... a long shot," he stammered, his voice tight with anxiety. "We could try modulating Bajor's magnetosphere. Create a quantum interference field. It might disrupt the energy transfer between the wormhole and the… the holographic Vulcan therapists."

Kira stared at him in horror. "You're suggesting we interfere with Bajor's magnetic field? That could kill everyone on the planet!"

"It's just a theory," O'Brien pleaded, his voice cracking. "And I can't guarantee it'll work. But it's the only thing I can think of that might disrupt the… the massages before they—" he gestured helplessly towards the viewport, where the wormhole pulsed ominously, "—before they tear the whole quadrant apart!"

"There has to be another way!" Kira insisted, her voice strained. "We can't just condemn an entire planet! Not Bajor! Not again!"

Dax, while deftly avoiding another potentially lethal massage, chimed in, "In eight lifetimes, I’ve faced death in countless forms. But this? This is… uniquely absurd. We're about to be wiped out by a horde of homicidal holographic masseuses with a penchant for spinal adjustments."

A fierce debate erupted on the bridge. O'Brien argued for the Bajor plan, insisting it was their only option. Kira vehemently opposed it, unwilling to sacrifice her people. Dax, while acknowledging the grim humor of the situation, desperately searched for alternatives. Sisko, paralyzed by grief and the weight of the impossible decision, remained silent.

The argument raged, punctuated by the chillingly synchronized voices of the holographic Vulcan therapists: "Stress levels elevated. Immediate intervention required."

Finally, Sisko, his voice raw with pain, made the call. "Do it, Chief. We have no other choice."

O'Brien, his hands shaking, initiated the sequence. A wave of quantum energy surged from the station towards Bajor.

And then, all hell broke loose.

The comm system erupted with panicked cries from Bajor. "Sisko! What have you done?" a terrified voice screamed. "The sky... it's burning!"

Kira screamed, collapsing to her knees. "No! Bajor! Keiko!" She pounded her fists on the floor, tears streaming down her face. "The Prophets… why?"

"The acid is eating through the planet's crust!" O'Brien reported, his voice trembling. "The entire planet is collapsing!"

Dax's face was ashen. "The wormhole is destabilizing even faster! What we did to Bajor… it made things worse!"

Sisko watched in horror as the viewscreen showed Bajor dissolving into a toxic wasteland. He had just condemned billions to a horrific death. His own son… Keiko… all gone. In a fit of desperation, he slammed his fist on a nearby terminal.

Meanwhile, in Quark's, the Ferengi bartender was frantically pacing behind his bar, Rom trailing nervously behind him.

"Those imbeciles!" Quark raged, flinging a data rod across the room. "They've destroyed Bajor! And for what? To stop a few rogue holograms? Couldn't they think of a simpler solution?"

Rom wrung his hands. "But brother, what could they have done?"

"What could they have done?" Quark sputtered incredulously. "They could have done what I'm about to do!" He dove behind the bar, rummaging through a hidden compartment. "Ah-ha! Here it is!" He emerged triumphantly, holding aloft a Breen energy dampener. "One of those Breen weapons I acquired a while back. It emits a counter-frequency that disrupts quantum fields. Should do the trick nicely."

He rushed to a back room, where he had a makeshift workshop set up. "It's simple, Rom! Just need to recalibrate this thing to emit a pulse that will neutralize those holographic hussies without harming the wormhole."

As Quark tinkered with the device, a surge of energy from the unstable wormhole overloaded the dampener. The device exploded, engulfing Quark in a blinding flash of light.

Back on the bridge, the situation was growing increasingly dire.

"The wormhole is about to collapse!" Dax shouted, her voice barely audible over the alarms.

"We've lost contact with all outposts on Bajor," O'Brien added grimly. "The planet is gone."

Sisko slumped in his chair, the weight of his decision crushing him. He had just condemned an entire planet to save his own.

In his anger, he punched the console in front of him!

Suddenly, the alarms ceased. The wormhole stabilized. The holographic Vulcan therapists vanished.

"What… what happened?" Sisko stammered, his voice hoarse.

Dax stared at her console in disbelief. "The energy fluctuations… they're gone. The wormhole is stable."

"We did it!" Sisko exclaimed, a surge of adrenaline replacing his despair. "Somehow, that overload stabilized the wormhole!"

"Amazing!" O'Brien shouted, relief flooding his features. "We actually pulled it off!"

Dax let out a whoop of joy, throwing her arms around Sisko. "Benjamin, you magnificent bastard, you saved us all!"

Their celebration was cut short when Rom, covered in soot, stumbled onto the bridge. "My brother..." he choked out, "He did it... he saved you... but..."

The bridge crew froze, the reality of what Rom was saying hitting them like a phaser blast. Quark, the opportunistic Ferengi, had sacrificed himself.

"He... he used a Breen energy dampener," Rom explained, his voice trembling. "He said you Starfleet types were too busy with your complicated plans to think of the obvious solution."

"A Breen dampener?" O'Brien exclaimed, his eyes widening. "Of course! We have a stockpile of those things in storage! Why didn't we think of that?"

Dax stared at O'Brien, her face pale. "We could have saved Bajor..." she whispered, the realization hitting her like a physical blow.

Sisko felt a wave of nausea wash over him. He had condemned an entire planet to a horrific death, and it had all been for nothing.

The news of Bajor's destruction sent shockwaves through the Alpha Quadrant. Sisko, along with Kira, Dax, and O'Brien, were summoned to Starfleet Command to give their report.

The hearing was tense. A panel of admirals grilled Sisko about his decision to sacrifice Bajor. Kira, unable to contain her grief and rage any longer, erupted.

"You sit there in your comfortable chairs, judging us!" she screamed, tears streaming down her face. "You have no idea what it's like to watch your homeworld burn! To lose everything! And you dare to question our actions?"

The admirals, taken aback by Kira's outburst, exchanged uneasy glances.

Sisko stepped forward, his voice calm but firm. "Admiral," he said, addressing the head of the panel, "we did what we had to do. The wormhole was collapsing. The entire Alpha Quadrant was in danger. We made a difficult choice, but it was the only choice."

"And what of the Bajorans?" one admiral pressed. "Four and a half billion lives lost. How do you justify that?"

Sisko met the admiral's gaze without flinching. "It was the will of the Prophets," he stated simply.

Kira, her anger momentarily forgotten, looked at Sisko with a mixture of awe and gratitude. "The Prophets..." she whispered, her voice filled with a newfound conviction. "They work in mysterious ways."

The admirals, sensing the futility of further questioning, concluded the hearing. Sisko, to his surprise, was commended for his actions.

"Captain," Admiral Ross said, shaking Sisko's hand, "you saved the Alpha Quadrant from certain destruction. Your actions, while regrettable, were necessary."

Sisko, though still grieving for his son and the people of Bajor, including Keiko, accepted the praise. He received commendations, medals, and even a promotion.

Surprisingly, the destruction of Bajor had an unexpected consequence: it eased diplomatic relations with the Cardassians. The Cardassians, who had occupied Bajor for decades, expressed remorse for their past actions and offered aid in relocating the surviving Bajorans. The shared tragedy forged a new understanding between the two former enemies.

That evening, Sisko, Kira, Dax, and O'Brien gathered in what was once Quark's bar. Rom, now the proprietor, served them kanar with a mournful expression. Odo stepped in, his changeling features set in a grim expression.

"The station is undoubtedly safer without Quark," Odo stated flatly, "though I can't deny a certain... void now that he's gone. Still, he shouldn't have had that Breen device. It's fortunate for all of us that it worked."

"To absent friends," Sisko said, raising his glass, a flicker of annoyance crossing his face at Odo's bluntness.

"To Bajor," Kira added, her voice thick with emotion.

"To those we lost," Dax said softly.

"To… to a safer galaxy," O'Brien finished, his voice heavy with guilt.

A heavy silence fell over the group. Then, Dax, ever the one to find levity in even the darkest of times, broke the tension. "Well," she said with a wry smile, "at least the Cardassians aren't giving us any trouble anymore."

"Yeah," O'Brien added, managing a weak chuckle, "and I guess I won't be needing any more… Vulcan therapy for a while."

Kira, her eyes still filled with sadness, looked at O'Brien. "Four and a half billion Bajorans dead, Chief," she said quietly. "Two hundred and forty-one people on this station. Jake… Keiko… All because you wanted a more… realistic massage."

O'Brien winced, the full weight of his actions crashing down on him once again. "I… I never meant for any of this to happen," he stammered, his voice choked with remorse.

"We all make mistakes, Chief," Sisko reassured him. "We should have just tried that Breen dampener thing first."

"Imagine that, a Ferengi with the most practical solution," Dax said, shaking her head. "It's ironic, isn't it?" O'Brien mused. "Nerys, it was the will of the Prophets," O'Brien said to Kira. "The Prophets… they work in mysterious ways," Kira replied with a serene smile.

Sisko chuckled. "Who would have thought that a Ferengi bartender would be the one to save the Alpha Quadrant?" Dax burst out laughing. "And to think, it all started with a Vulcan massage!" O'Brien grinned. "I guess some things are just better left… unmodified." Even Odo cracked a small smile. "Indeed," he said.

The group shared a moment of laughter, a release of tension after the harrowing events. The destruction of Bajor had changed them all, but it had also brought them closer together. News arrived the next day that the remaining fragments of Bajor would be officially renamed "The Siskon System." Sisko, though still feeling the sting of loss, accepted the gesture with a sense of duty.

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And he is the descendant of the King of Sicily & Naples and the sister of Napoleon.

On an unrelated note : he played the father of someone who discovered she was a princess in The Princess Diaries. Just something I thought was curious.

This is a screenshot I've had on my phone for many years. Sometimes I send it to my friend when we need a laugh. Posting it in reference to the earlier post. Happy Thanksgiving everyone (in USA)

Rip Jim Abraham's director creator of airplane /naked gun (1944-2024)

I never noticed until today; JG Hertzler was in the very first episode.

I’m on my 87th rewatch (no joke) and have noticed for awhile at the Second Battle of Chin’toka obviously there’s a lot of cinematic and musical cues to what’s about to happen but has anyone noticed the Sisko’s voice giving orders during the battle seems lower and slower, like it was altered in post-production?

One of my favorite tree ornaments.

(Season 3, episode 4) and why was he jumping like that

I just learned that he was in "Dirty Harry" - he was the crazy serial killer Scorpio, based on the Zodiac killer, and his performance was so impressive (if you haven't seen it, you should) that he received death threats after acting in this role and even needed police protection.

I just rewatched the last scene where Harry corners Scorpio/Robinson. I remembered it well from my childhood when I first saw the movie, but I'd always concentrated on Eastwood's character. This time I watched the young Robinson playing the crazy psychopath, wearing a plaster on his nose where he (falsely, I think) claimed the cop had beaten him, now shot in the shoulder, humiliated and angry, listening to the cop's menacing threat (Harry says he can't remember if he's fired 5 or 6 rounds and asks "Do you feel lucky, punk?"), opening his mouth in an almost snarl and processing the words, then reaching for his dropped handgun, laughing maniacally as he's blown apart by the cop's Magnum. I realise that the laughter probably wasn't his and the excellent back-flipping death scene would have used a stunt double, but it's such a memorable scene nevertheless and if have never imagined that the actor went on to play one of Star Trek's most interesting characters, and so well

And I just also discovered that Robinson has written one or maybe more Star Trek novel about his own character, available on Audible where I have about 12 unspent credits and was asking myself "What shall I listen to next?"

Ezri* told Sisko that Worf was intimidated by him... yet never said why.

Here are some ideas - what's yours?

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Which episode do you think is commonly and unjustly criticized as being bad and which one is most justly thought of as terrible (Miles the sirrah comes to mind).

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