Lwaxana Troi used to frighten the life out of me, (she reminds me of my scary aunty!) but ever since I rewatched TNG a couple of years back, she actually grew on me as a character. When she visited DS9, she grew on me further as I loved the interaction between Lwaxana and Odo, both very funny, and sometimes quite moving too.

I guess the Odo/Lwaxana story was the B story in this one, but I found it much more interesting that the tired old Trek standby of the new form of life. A nice O'Brien vehicle though, always fun to see Colm Meaney in action, regardless of the storyline. The Bashir and the federation ambassadors story was fun too.

Andrew (HM) :upside:

Another episode that whilst not earth shattering, I've always enjoyed watching it :)

Pretty much agree with everything Andrew said so I won't say it again :lol:


Edit: Except for the scary Aunty bit of course!

:whistling: You obviously haven't met her then!

Andrew (HM) :upside:


:wox:

I like this episode. I've always disliked Lwaxana in TNG for being a self centred bossy pain in the @rse but here she she comes across in a different light altogether, showing humility, and compassion for Odo.

True the main story wasn't much to get excited about. :yawn: I just kept wondering why Kira has suddenly started wearing a cat suit :lol:

It's amazing but both Troi's appearances on DS9 were ten times better than any of her appearances in TNG (with the exception of Dark Page).

A decent side story for Bashir and some excellent w**k from Rene Auberjonois make this episode a lot better than I expected it to be.

Not much to add (for a change :lol: ). I enjoyed the Odo/Lwuxana story, particularly the way it moved from being amusing to quite touching in such a smooth and natural way. Very deft of the writers, imo :)

The rest of the story is a bit ho-hum, although I did enjoy Quark's scene, and especially the little sign exempting himself from all responsibility for theft on the premises :lol: