I have re-watched most of DS9 on Netflix over the past decade with repeated viewings of some of the best episodes. However I had pretty much avoided season 7 since suffering through debut broadcasts in the late 90s and when this episode came on the rerun station at my moms house this weekend I knew exactly why. The show had simply jumped the Shark by then with silly plot-lines like Dukat leading a "Heaven's Gate" type cult, endless holodeck episodes, endless dumb "parallel universe" episodes, the Dukat becomes Bajoran and romances Kai Winn, the mousy little girl with a boy's hairdo they forced on us after refusing to renew Terry Farrell's contract, the nonsensical relationship between Odo and Kira when it was very clear it was a one way longing never to be consummated.
This has to be one of the worst episodes of all. Must be some of the screen writers own hobby horse interest in baseball or something, none of the cast really fit into this mess. Just a gratuitous attempt to force unnecessary silliness from the whole ensemble onto the show. Nor is it even believable that everyone would bother to be part of this dumb thing. The Quark we knew from the show would never walk out on his beloved business to goof off with this while the underlings embezzle the day's profit. Just dumb, if you were already sick with the endless out of place Vic Fontaine episodes, they found a way to make one even worse.
This has to be one of the worst episodes of all. Must be some of the screen writers own hobby horse interest in baseball or something, none of the cast really fit into this mess. Just a gratuitous attempt to force unnecessary silliness from the whole ensemble onto the show. Nor is it even believable that everyone would bother to be part of this dumb thing. The Quark we knew from the show would never walk out on his beloved business to goof off with this while the underlings embezzle the day's profit. Just dumb, if you were already sick with the endless out of place Vic Fontaine episodes, they found a way to make one even worse.