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4.0 out of 5 stars
A pretty good episode, February 18, 2000
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This review is from: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 33: Armageddon Game [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This was a pretty good episode. It mainly focuses on O'Brien and Bashir's frienship when the two are trapped on a planet. Although nothing groundbreaking, it is entertaining and contains a pretty cool battle sequence.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
What a wife knows, November 9, 2004
This review is from: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 33: Armageddon Game [VHS] (VHS Tape)
O'Brien and Bashir are on assignment aboard an alien vessel, attempting to help two alien species - the T'Lani and the Kellerun - destroy despicable biological weapons. The two races have been at war for centuries and have come to a truce and an agreement to destroy all weapons of war that have killed so many on both sides - but they cannot merely turn their swords into plowshares. Their biological weapon stockpiles have mostly been destroyed - with the exception of one man-made virus, known as "The Harvesters." Kinda creepy - makes you think of this cootie "harvesting" entire countries by killing the populous, leaving the buildings behind.
Bashir has been experimenting with several types of radiation in an attempt to completely neutralize the agents without changing their DNA properties - this would not only be a way to destroy The Harvesters, but to also cure someone who was infected.
The T'Lani and Kellerun have one thing in common - freaky hair styles. They look fairly human, with ears reminiscent of Kes from Voyager. Their hairdos look like topiaries - everyone, male and female has a topiary on their head - all in funky shapes that look like primitive anvils. What a hoot!
Bashir hits paydirt and finds a way to destroy the harvesters using Muron radiation at a particular frequency. They have destroyed nearly all the stockpiles and are loading the last batch into the radiation bay when mercenaries come running in with laser rifles and tear up the place. All scientists are killed, but Bashir and O'Brien manage to defend themselves and overtake the mercenaries. In the fighting, a container with the Harvesters was hit and a small amount landed on O'Brien's arm - condemning him to death if they don't get back to DS9 soon.
They don't know why they were attacked, but begin to speculate as more attackers encroach on their position. They beam to the barren planet below and hide among the ruins to try and figure a way to contact Sisko. Unfortunately for O'Brien and Bashir, Sisko believes the two are dead. T'Lani representatives come to Sisko with a data chip that supposedly records the death of everyone aboard the station where the Harvesters were being destroyed. They claim that O'Brien inadvertently triggered a security system that sent a high-intensity radiation pulse that destroyed everyone on the station and the video clip is proof - or is it?
Sisko is convinced and has no reason to think otherwise. Even Kira and Odo view the footage and see nothing amiss, but do want to talk to the security people aboard the station to find out why they didn't protect their crewmates.
Sisko has the unenviable job of informing Keiko that her husband has died in the line of duty. She is stoic, but visibly shaken and requests to see the video of her husband's last moments. Keiko sees something that no one else would ever notice - Miles is drinking coffee in the late afternoon - something he never does. She brings her findings to Sisko who decides to investigate.
Meanwhile, Bashir and O'Brien are trying to figure out how to revive some of the technology in the ruins so they can contact Sisko or anyone. O'Brien begins to show signs of the Harvesters and soon has vision problems and loses the use of his legs while he must talk Bashir through the repairs. Bashir and O'Brien are not fond of one another. O'Brien's fur really gets rubbed the wrong way by the cocky, cockney doctor and for good reason - he is cocky and often, patronizing, although he doesn't seem to realize he is being patronizing.
Facing life and death together, they are forced to get along and bond. Bashir talks of womanizing and adventure, but O'Brien tells him that marriage is the greatest adventure there is and that Bashir doesn't know what he's missing by being a bachelor. While Keiko and Miles are in different solar systems in their various scenes, their love for each other is evident - just in their eyes as they think about each other, the love is palpable. The acting of Colm Meany and Rosalind Chao is truly stellar and in stark contrast to Siggig El Fadil's often stony - theater-esque performances. To be fair to Fadil, I think a lot of it has to do with the ridiculous dialogue they give him - it's hard to be real when your words are so fake.
When Sisko and Dax go to retrieve the runabout that O'Brien and Bashir had used to travel to T'Lani III, they discover that Keiko's observation was more than just a wife's hopeful desire - something very fishy is going on - partial log deletions and an indication that O'Brien attempted to beam out via the runabout AFTER they were supposedly killed. Sisko knows they are alive - but where? And why would the Kellerun and T'Lani be lying to them?
An interesting tale of love conquers all, even biological weapons.
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