Saturday, April 11, 2015

Star Trek DS9 Episode 158 - The Siege of AR-558

"Sisko and crew relieve Starfleet troops under siege by Jem'Hadar at a key communications outpost, AR-558, the largest dominion communications array in the sector."

Fantastic. This has to be the "realest" depiction of war that Star Trek had ever done. That's not to say it's accurate, because damned if I know. So the basic plot is that Starfleet has just taken over the largest Dominion Communications Array. It was a tough fight and many Starfleet members are wounded. Sisko and crew (consisting of the usual members...plus Quark for some reason) are sent to assess the area and help with aid. Unfortunately, while they are there helping out the wounded the Jem'Hadar attempt to take the outpost back. They launch an insane attack. It's not the typical "spaceships shooting at each other" fight scene, this is ground troops. Sisko and the remaining soldiers are vastly outnumbered but they fight hard. Many more are killed and Nog loses his leg. Also, Vic Fontaine shows up for no reason ugghh. In the end they fend off the attack but not before many loses. I must mention that Bull Mumy and the dude that plays Tuco from Breaking Bad/Saul are both in this episode. And I guess it never aired on BBC because it was too violent.


158 down and 18 to go

4 comments:

capt.naps said...

oh boy...the Nog becomes friends with Vic episode is coming up

Unknown said...

Does Tuco inhale some meth then go "TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT!!!!"?

capt.naps said...

I heard the BBC banned every episode that Miles O'brien in it because he was too irish for british television.

Mugato said...

I wish Tuco did that on Star Trek.

And Mile's is almost too Irish for American TV