Jun 24, 2013
The Breen.
When the writers of Deep Space Nine needed to throw one more challenge at the Federation Alliance, they turned to a name we all knew but a race we knew nearly nothing about: The Breen. In this episode of The Orb hosts Christopher Jones and Matthew Rushing take on these menacing aliens in Boushh cosplay as we...
Jun 17, 2013
The Visitor.
The only episode of Deep Space Nine to be nominated for the Hugo Award, “The Visitor” is a moving story that works with or without the Star Trek elements. This account of Jake Sisko’s life following the apparent death of his father tugs on the heartstrings and effectively conveys an enormous sense of...
Jun 10, 2013
Bad Episodes We Love.
Okay, maybe “bad” is too strong a word; but we all have different tastes in Star Trek, even within the series we love most. In this episode of The Orb hosts Christopher Jones and Matthew Rushing examine episodes that were a ratings flop with fans but which we think get a bad rap. From gunji...
Jun 3, 2013
The Defiant.
After the disastrous first encounter with the Jem’Hadar left the Galaxy-Class USS Odyssey in ruins, it became clear to Sisko that they would need something more than runabouts to protect the station and to venture into the Gamma Quadrant. So he returned to an old project he had worked on and asked...