Though the fizzled out into nothing on Voyager, the Maquis had been as soon as one of many extra compelling facets of Star Trek. People who revolted in opposition to the Federation after the Cardassians demilitarized, the Maquis confirmed a extra revolutionary criticism of the central Utopian imaginative and prescient. The perfect use of the Maquis got here with Michael Eddington (Kenneth Marshall), who masqueraded as a Safety Officer on DS9 earlier than revealing himself as a traitor, a lot to Sisko’s chagrin.
Eddington’s story involves a head in season 5’s “Blaze of Glory,” by which the obsessed Sisko lastly brings him down. However Eddington’s finest second got here in “For the Trigger,” when he reveals his true intentions. As demonstrated by the speeches he provides, Eddington’s betrayal vexes Sisko not simply because a traitor hid proper beneath the Captain’s nostril. Moderately, it was as a result of Sisko carries some sympathies for the Maquis, sympathies he doesn’t wish to admit, even to himself.
13. Name to Arms
Season 5 Episode 26
Ever since its inception, Star Trek has wrestled with the concept that Starfleet could also be extra of a army department than an exploratory group. “Name to Arms” absolutely dismisses that query, as any pretense of hedging falls away when the Cardassians, now aligned with the Dominion, take management of the station. Moderately than deal with the flip to battle as a loss, for both the station or Star Trek usually. Sisko makes it clear that he, the Federation, and Star Trek values will return, a promise he makes by forsaking his beloved baseball.
The baseball reveal is a sublime reminder of the hope that is still, even at this darkest level within the present. Nonetheless, it really works due to the large stakes of the storyline, all of which get ramped up in “Name to Arms.” Dukat has not often been as imperious as he’s on this battle, Weyoun not often as slimy, Demar not often as grumpy, all sure they’re properly on their option to victory, whereas Worf and Jadzia get separated, and Odo and Rom keep behind, apparently in service of their enemies. It appears to be like bleak in “Name to Arms.” After which, Dukat finds Sikso’s baseball.
12. Laborious Time
Season 4 Episode 19
