Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Return to the Garden of Hedon, July 15, 2001
This review is from: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 105: Let He Who Is Without Sin.. [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Where do the advanced humanoids of the 24th century go for their R&R? Well, Voyager's crew enjoys interplanetary "Smackdown" matches; Deep Space Nine features a holographic Rat-Packer's sleazy night-club, and Next Gen's officers visit Raiza the Red Light Planet. So much for our enlightened Trektopian future... This DS9 episode, unanimously rated among the fans' least favorite, was apparently conceived for the sole purpose of displaying the crew in bathing suits. Bashir and his Dabbo-bimbo girlfriend go to Raiza to "ceremonially" end their relationship. This entails partaking in meaningless encounters with a succession of for-hire hookers and gigolos. (Obviously STDs have been erradicated in the future.) Fun-loving Jadzia Dax hauls her dour Klingon mate along "to loosen him up" a little. But Worf is scandalized by the excesses of libertine behavior, particularly when he misinterprets Jadzia's same-sex flirtation with a gorgeous former lover. In a pique of jealousy, he joins a band of fundamentalist guerillas heaven-bent on sabotaging the planet's eco-system and ruining its hedonistic tourist appeal. Actually, this side of Worf's personality is consistant with the established moral character of Klingon males who are described in definitive novel "The Final Reflection" as being much more prudish than the females. One might logically expect Worf to feel threatened and repulsed by Raiza. But most viewers cringe during the scene wherein Worf mawkishly confesses the reason for his aversion to fun and games. It seems little klincub Worf had accidentally killed a Human boy during an exhuberant childhood soccer match, and has never forgiven himself. But, not to worry, once he unloads this traumatic incident onto Jadzia's shapely shoulders, he is miraculously freed of its lifelong burden, and can finally join in some public skinny-dipping.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unfortunate, July 18, 2000
This review is from: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 105: Let He Who Is Without Sin.. [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I don't think that this was the worst episode of Star Trek ever, as some people maintain, however, it certainly is a DS9 lowpoint. There's nothing wrong with a lightweight episode, it's just that LHWIWS tries to be dramatic and foolish at the same time - Worf's story of a childhood incident seems so forced that it robs the character of credibility. The only plus side is that you get nice location scenery and the cast in swinsuites - only enough to impress Baywatch fans.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A visit to Risa the pleasure planet is wasted on Worf, January 1, 2004
This review is from: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 105: Let He Who Is Without Sin.. [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Worf (Michael Dorn) and Dax (Terry Farrell) head for a vacation on the pleasure planet, Risa, so they can figure out their relationship, which means things are pretty much doomed from the start. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," Episode 105, "Let He Who Is Without Sin" (Written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe & Ira Steven Behr, Aired November 11, 1996), has the new couple arriving on Risa with Bashir, Quark, and Leeta, so things are already off on the wrong foot. Then Worf learns that Arandis (Vanessa Williams), the social director at Memtibi Lagoon is the former lover of Curzon Dax. Dating a Trill is clearly going to be lots of fun for the big guy. Then, to make things even more interesting, Worf is approached by Pascal Fullerton (Monte Markham in one of his patented swarmy roles), Chairman of the New Essentialists Movement, who wants to shut down the pleasure planet for good. Worf becomes interested in the beliefs and goals of the Essentialists, especially when he sees Dax and Arandis together (and the way they are dressed helps the viewers to jump to the fantasy if not the conclusion). However, the point at which Worf tells Dax she is not taking the relationship seriously enough is where this one loses me. I am all for making fun of Worf at each and every opportunity when it comes to his relationships with women, but it really has to be out of his stubborn sense of honor and propriety rather than his being stupid. Then Worf reveals something to Dax that only serves to prove to me that this episode is even worse than I thought. Worf has been in more episodes of "Star Trek" than any other character in history (okay, except for the ship's computer as voiced by Majel Barrett), and he even dated a ship's counselor, and yet he has managed to save this particular little tidbit for this point in time? "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." wastes a guest appearance by Vanessa Williams. For that matter it wastes the entire visit to the pleasure planet of Risa. They have been talking about this place for years on "Star Trek," and the whole visit is wasted on Worf in one of his moods. Suddenly the idea of a blatantly exploitative episode offering a look at "The Women of Deep Space 9" would actually be an improvement, as deeply wrong as that would be in the real world. Final note: This episode was directed by Rene Auberjonois, which is actually a shame because I think Odo would have been less uptight visiting Risa than our favorite Klingon. Meanwhile, is there anybody on this show that remembers there is a massive threat aimed at the Alpha Quadrant through the wormhole?
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
|
|
Most Recent Customer Reviews
|
