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Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 102: ...Nor the Battle to the Strong [VHS]

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Bashir and Jake are returning to the station on a runabout when they get a distress call from a Federation colony under attack. Bashir wants to continue on to DS9 because he doesn't want to endanger Jake. However, Jake can only think of the wonderful adventure he will be witness to if they go to the aid of the colony. Jake talks Bashir into going to the planet thinking he will have a fantastic story of heroism to write about. He is immediately thrown into the ugly world of war and death that the young seldom see. After tending to the wounded in the hospital, Jake and Bashir must return to their damaged runabout to get some much needed equipment. Jake panics when they come under attack and runs away. After coming across a field of dead Klingon and Federation soldiers, and coming to the aid of a dying man, Jake makes his way back to the hospital. When the hospital comes under attack, Jake learns first hand that there is a fine line between heroism and cowardice.

Dr. Bashir is my favorite character on DS9 so I bought this episode thinking it was about him. It is actually about Jake Sisko, but I was not disappointed. Cirroc Lofton turns in a strong performance as the troubled Jake. The young Sisko matures a lot in this episode and discovers a special kind of bravery within himself as he makes a confession to his father at the end.

When reading the plotline for this ep i was...well....cynical! I thought..."jools and jake going off to become soldiers? how unlikely is that?" however, i was pleasantly surprised! both Alexander Siddig and Cirroc Lofton did the jobs excellently, and really brought home the grittiness and desperation of war, in whatever century!! well done!

Jake is doing an interview with Doctor Bashir on the frontlines of the Klingon-Starfleet warzone. When the Kligon's attack in brutal fashion Jake has to change his opinion of war, it is not just the glamourous ship to ship battles but the gritty trench wars in which innocent people die.

The storyline was good and had potential but wasn't given the fully bloody, gritty treatment it deserved and would've sent a better message about war, the true message it was trying to deliver. One of the few episodes given to Jake which he acts great in, pitty no one else does!