Title: 4x04
Description: Hippocratic Oath
Hippy - July 1, 2005 08:22 AM (GMT)
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Stardate: 49066.5 O'Brien and Bashir are captured by a group of renegade Jem'Hadar who want them to find a cure for the biological addiction to the enzyme 'Ketracel White' which they need for survival. This enzyme is regularly administered by the Dominion to keep the Jem'Hadar obedient. Without it, the Jem'Hadar enter a painful withdrawal process and die.
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Phillip Culley - July 4, 2005 12:57 PM (GMT)
Another good episode - it's nie to see Bashir and O'Brien up against each other - it works all the more now we know they're friends. It's still odd though to see O'Brien have to defer to Bashir all the time - while it is how it should be (with Bashir being enlisted and all that), it feels like O'Brien should be in charge.
Oh, and there's a subplot where Worf shoves his oar into Odo's business and pisses everyone off, and then finally gets proved wrong. If I were Odo, I'd be sorely tempted to shove the Klingon through the airlock :)
Hippy - July 4, 2005 01:07 PM (GMT)
Watchable for me, but not really anything more, and a bit of a disappointment after the very strong previous episodes.
I always find it faintly patronizing when Trek does the 'I'm a member of a bloodthirsty race but I've seen the light and decided to become more like you' type eps, and this one is no exception.
Yes, it's interesting to take a look at a different area of the O'Brien/Bashir relationship but I'd have preferred a differnent way of doing this.
The Odo/Worf bit was okay but felt a bit forced.
Cullsoft - July 4, 2005 05:34 PM (GMT)
Pretty much what Phillip said. :) Makes me wonder who's side I'd have taken in that scenario...
As for the B-story, I reckon Worf should have got his backside thoroughly kicked for mucking about in Odo's w**k. That or Sisko pops on his baseball hat and smacks him with a bat, while pulling his wonderful grin. :thumbsup:
Crichton Kicks - August 28, 2006 10:51 PM (GMT)
willowroolz - September 3, 2006 10:13 AM (GMT)
I enjoyed this one :thumbsup:
I remembered it quite well, so no real surprises when the Jem'Hadar popped up, but I liked the conflict between O'Brien and Bashir, the way O'Brien dealt with the situation (bearing in mind his past), and the fact that it was largely unresolved at the end of the episode. If they're back to normal next time I see them I'll be a mite peeved.
The Worf subplot was a bit obvious really, and I find it hard to accept that he would make such rookie errors after his development on the Enterprise. Just an excuse to have the other characters involved and it didn't w**k. Sometimes I wish they'd abandon these forced A & B plots and just tell the other actors to go home :rolleyes: