{"id":5233,"date":"2016-12-29T06:41:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T06:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/25-Cardassians"},"modified":"2016-12-29T06:41:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T06:41:34","slug":"25-cardassians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/29\/25-cardassians\/","title":{"rendered":"2.5 &#8212; \u201cCardassians\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2.5 &#8212; \u201cCardassians\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> Bashir\u2019s lunch with Garak the Tailor leads to intrigue when the pair encounters a Cardassian child in the company of an adult Bajoran who is so distressed by the sight of Garak that the child bites Garak. The plight of war orphans has rarely made for more gripping television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thoughts:<\/strong> Ooh I love this episode. DS9 is very lucky in the casting of Garak (Andrew Robinson), Gul Dukat (Marc Alaimo), and the other fine guest stars in this episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GARAK: I believe in coincidences. Coincidences happen every day. But I don&#8217;t <em>trust<\/em> coincidences!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As in DS9\u2019s best episodes, characters lie constantly, and you aren\u2019t sure who to believe. Gul Dukat is an especially subtle operator. Garak says, \u201cTell me, Doctor. Is there a single trait would you ascribe to me and to my fellow Cardassians? Would it not be our attention to detail?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And, \u201cYou&#8217;d be surprised how often someone needs their pants let out!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can quote Garak all day, but that would be to ignore what a delight Sisko, O\u2019Brien, and Keiko are here. Keiko models confronting racism in real time, as O\u2019Brien offers a nuanced look at the man who we learned in TNG 4.12, \u201cThe Wounded,\u201d picked up a few resentments during his service in the Cardassian War. Our thread on &#8220;The Wounded:&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/112507191344108443039\/posts\/WQ3nwHCPw65?sfc=true\">https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/112507191344108443039\/posts\/WQ3nwHCPw65?sfc=true<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cardassians are a great foil, again, because they are smart, and allowed to express the full range of emotion, rather than having to play caricatures as Romulan, Klingon, and Ferengi characters are frequently called upon to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Sisko\u2019s pajamas! I love the scene where Bashir wakes him up, and can&#8217;t immediately account for what is so important to justify this intrusion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The episode builds very cleverly. Why should we care about internal Caradassian politics, whether Gul Dukat is feuding with Kotan Pa\u2019Dar, or what Garak\u2019s relationship is to any of this? But we do. I feel bad for the child and both potential fathers, and for all the Cardassian war orphans still left behind on Bajor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Terrible episode title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5 out of 5 meticulous orphanage files.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/Cardassians_(episode)\" class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-recommend=\"0\" data-card-width=\"100%\">http:\/\/memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/Cardassians_(episode)<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n      ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>        2.5 &#8212; \u201cCardassians\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-5233","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\/5233","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=5233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}