{"id":5202,"date":"2016-10-06T06:04:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T06:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/115-Progress"},"modified":"2016-10-06T06:04:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T06:04:03","slug":"115-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/06\/115-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"1.15 &#8212; \u201cProgress\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1.15 &#8212; \u201cProgress\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Plot:<\/strong> Your twofer plot for today: Kira&#8217;s assignment to oversee the evacuation of the fifth moon of Bajor is complicated by a family of refugees who refuse to leave. Jake and Nog venture into the world of commodity trading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thoughts:<\/strong> This bears the hallmarks of another uninspired filler episode to round out first season. Hey, it\u2019s hard to assemble scripts for 20 great episodes when you\u2019re still figuring out who the characters are and how things will work. The B story (or is it the A story?) with Jake and Nog is emblematic of this. It\u2019s one simple idea strung out at tedious length, without any depth or consequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want to like the idea of Jake and Nog\u2019s friendship, but it would help if the Ferengi were more complex characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The eminent domain plot is uninteresting, since the premise is so stacked in favor of the government. Pick a side and fight for it, fine, but it&#8217;s obvious that the side that wants to heat several hundred thousand homes should win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It doesn\u2019t help that Mullibok is terribly miscast. Even Kira feels miscast playing nursemaid and waxing sentimental about rural life. It feels like a script written blind to the actors and their strengths, maybe turned out before shooting started on season one?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, my toe was virtually tapping with impatience. Then, darn it if Nana Visitor didn\u2019t win me over! Starting with her scene with Sisko. Suddenly the story is about letting go of childish things and accepting the present. Kira&#8217;s lower lip starts trembling, and I&#8217;m rapt. I care again; I can&#8217;t help it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s not my fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, we know DS9 can do better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 of 5 stone ovens.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/Progress\" class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-recommend=\"0\" data-card-width=\"100%\">http:\/\/memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/Progress<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n      ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>        1.15 &#8212; \u201cProgress\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-5202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-star-trek-relive-the-majesty-ds9-episode-threads","tag-kevin-black"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}