Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Progress (1993)
Season 1, Episode 15
8/10
A good episode about taking grumpy grandpa to the nursing home.
11 March 2020
I really enjoyed the Kira/Mullibok dynamic in this episode. This is a real pickle of a position to put resistence fighter Kira in....

Some stand out moments of dialogue included the 'hung on like fanatic's' exchange between Kira and Mullibok and Sisko telling Kira that he wants to be BFF's and finds her strong willed personality to be bad ass --- well, he didn't say that exactly but it's pretty clear that Sisko respects displays of strength and conviction. The second line of dialogue was the mentioning of the mean/nasty tree that took root in front of Kira's house ---- I just love clever writing like this.

It's a real kick in the gut for Kira to become the 'bad guy' and transplant Mullibok. He acts as a mirror to Kira's tendency to be stubborn. It is a testament to the core of Kira's character that she took the responsibility for doing this to Mullibok --- she could have just gone for coffee and leave it up to Starfleet. Love ya Kira!

Nog grows a big pair of ... lobes? A nice tame low stake B-Plot. Quark buying back his own product is hilarious and we further establish that Nog has skill and tenacity.

Good stuff all around.
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