Melora

I'm pretty new to Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek as a whole; but I mean it when I say this episode was enjoyable from start to finish. Aside from the Quark side plot interjecting the main one at the end, it's a very slow character driven episode. I was surprised to find one review on here saying it failed because it was trying to "push an agenda." Quite frankly I think that's a ridiculous take. The episode features a disabled character, but I struggle to find what agenda there was being pushed? To me, it was just a nice casual episode that gave me a lot to appreciate about this new character Melora (even if she is a one off) as well as Dr. Bashir. Melora's first impression isn't the best, but that doesn't make it poorly written. Julian and Melora even have a conversation getting to the bottom of why she's so abrasive to any form of help, directly calling attention to her rough introduction.

This episode's plot isn't some masterclass of commentary or anything like that, but it's a good episode that felt like a warm embrace to watch. Some people take their reviews way too seriously in my opinion.

7/10, Quark's side plot could have been integrated into the climax of the episode a bit better. Other than that, pretty solid.