164 - Vortex (1x11) (with Morgan & Derek Lavender)

Reopening the Wormhole: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast

We are getting dangerously close to the end here! In fact, starting with this episode, we’re counting down to the last ten episodes of Deep Space Nine we’ll be covering. And what a way to kick off our final ten episodes! And by that, we mean what a dull and forgettable episode to be our tenth-to-last… Luckily, we’ve got returning champion RTW fan Derek Lavender, and his wife Morgan, along with us to wring every bit of discussion we can out of this fairly dull early episode. And that we do! As a mysterious stranger helps Odo unravel to unravel a bit more about the mystery of his origins, the RTW crew and their guests are unraveling mysteries like: how is Quark using a French turn of phrase? How significant to future episodes will this strange Changeling-esque object that Croden gave to Odo be? (Answer: not significant). Also, just how valuable are Faberge eggs? All that, plus a super-sized Trek Check and a lotta nerds doin’ what nerds do; the DS9 episode may be a snoozer, but the conversation is a HIT!