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DS9 s6e15 "Honor Among Thieves"

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I have two theories. Section 31 was terrible at recruiting covert ops and we've seen their blundering over and over again on the small screen. Or, they were very good at covert ops and we've only seen the few times they misjudged the morality of their operatives.
I'm a carpenter. If I do my job well, you won't know I was there at all.
- I don't recall O'Brien's mission as being under Section 31, but rather the Federation's own special ops. Certain decisions/actions were still above board and part of why it ate away at the chief.
  Your point stands that we've only seen them at their bumbling worst. Shouldn't trust an augmented doctor with a conscience.
after a year of seeing memes about this guy on lemmy i have to ask. whats the show and is worth or only for the memes?
- Completely biased but it's the best of 90s trek because it dares to break the episodic formula and have season spanning stories. Ensemble cast of characters so we get plenty of varied stories interlaced.
  It's not perfect, there's a few moments where clearly they were building to a thing and either didn't know how to pull it off or executive meddling forced them to do something else (Julian and Garak's relationship one of the most noticable)
  It's a bit dated on visuals but still holds up rather well. A lot of them social commentary disturbingly relevant today. First season is a bit weird (basically a cardinal rule in star trek at this point) but really finds its feet and goes strong around season 2.
- DS9 is a bit like coffee. Some people don't like it. Some people love it immediately. If you don't like it and keep consuming it, chances are you're going to develop a taste for it.
  Terry Ferrell is consistently amazing in it. Sid is great, except when he's phoning it in because he's pissed with what the writer's room did to his character. Avery Brooks is consistently overacting, but I think he does it in such a way that it works. René Auberjonois manages to bring incredible depth of character to his role. Nana Visitor was the perfect choice to play her character. She's very believable. Colm Meaney absolutely nailed the nuance that is occasionally required for Chief O'Brien, my only complaint is that he has no chemistry with his on-screen wife (who appears less often as the show goes on.)
  When Michael Dorn joined the show as Worf, it felt like they got things really right. It probably helps that Ronald D. Moore came onboard just before that, bringing storytelling improvements with him.
  Armin Shimmerman, Andrew Robinson, Jeffrey Combs, Marc Alaimo are all show stealers when they appear.
  I started rewatching it about a month ago and just made it into season 4, no regrets on the time spent.
  
  Ah but unlike coffee DS9 is actually pretty good.
  
  Shoulda kept my own mouth shut, since you managed to convey the idea...
- This is Chief engineer Miles O'Brien from Star Trek The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. Both shows have their ups and downs, but are overall worth the time investment.
  As for the crazy evil characterization in the memes... well, that's just speculative fun on our part. He's a sweetheart, really.
Is that why he was such an asshole in Stargate Atlantis?!
- and then he was nuked by Laden.
Yeah, it works well

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