The Babylon Podject Presents: PodSpace9

Episode Notes Let He Who is Without Sin: Odo is no longer a wet fascist and is now a catty meatbag bitch. Woo spring break on Risa! 90s space fashion. We find out how Curzon died. We're not enjoying incel Worf. Or incel promoter. Bajoran rite of separation, and healthy relationships. Quark and Bashir are blindsided by Leeta. No Ghosting. Worf makes choices. Bashir asks the right questions. What a...

Episode Notes Continuing our tradition of being totally unstuck in time, CONCLAVE DISCUSSION WARNING. And also we're doing some episodes out of order, sorry. Things Past: We go back to Terok Nor. Quark the collaborator. Dukat is so gross. Cardassian justice, the speed thereof. Another changeling? An Odo morality play. Maybe Garak episodes are only funny when Bashir is there. Rapture: Time for some...

Episode Notes Is the Department of Temporal Investigations the worst job in Starfleet? Probably. Wait, what is that music playing? It's the ORIGINAL Federation Enterprise! Continuity errors repaired. Kirk's 17 temporal violations. The red/gold swap. We're too busy enjoying this work to ask how they did it. Bashir can only lie in the Holosuites. Odo has glands now. Bashir's predestination horniness...

Episode Notes Nor the Battle to the Strong: Jake is saved from medical mean girl drama by a Klingon invasion. Ferengi pregnancies are... renting? Jake learns many lessons in frontline combat. Odo forgets he has bones. The value of gallows humor in terrible situations. The Assignment: O'Brien and Bashir are in trouble. Except they aren't, because Keiko has a passenger. Rom's kicking butt in his new...

Episode Notes Lots of hot takes in our intro. Dax negging Worf. Quark's ex-wife! Worf... picks on Morn, and then pretends to be a traditional Klingon. Worf sulks in a corner while Dax and Quark talk about Grilka. Is Worf a Klingon weeb, or is he just autistic? Quark has to fight another Klingon. Quark meat puppet time! Dax victorious. Oh yeah there's a b-plot too! The OTHER O'Briens. Polyamorous d...

Episode Notes We begin the 5th season of Deep Space 9 with the 50th episode of PodSpace9! Buckle up, folks. Apocalypse Rising: HEIST! Sad formerly goo boy. The problem with prototypes. Oh good more questionable science. Dukat just wants a selfie. Kira is very pregnant. One of the greatest 4th wall breaking jokes in Star Trek, or possibly TV, history. Sisko really digs being a Klingon. Weapons vs....

Episode Notes Puberty or Menopause? Weird Gowron voicemails. Break out the family van, it's time to take Odo to the doctor. Looks like it's a psychosomatic illness, time for a trial? Garak gets Worfed. Odo giblets. Lots of things in this episode are more surprising than Gowron being a changeling. All the terrible things that come with becoming a solid. Text, subtext, and ships. BabSpace9 is a prod...

Episode Notes CW: Pandemic/Bioweapon The Quickening: The most annoying Quark has been, and the most angry Worf has been, so far. Kira, Bashir, and Dax road trip time! Bashir grapples with Big Emotions. Body Parts: Miles Suffers (parental). Body Swap plot, but a brand new version--and the most Star Trek gender reveal party ever. What a great way to hide Nana Visitor's pregnancy. Miles/Kira/Keiko po...

Episode Notes Instead of a hard-hitting question we dive into food porn for a bit. For the Cause: What are industrial replicators? Uh oh, Ben. This is point where the Maquis jump the shark. Cardassian saunas. Where's the episode where Sisko's security clearance is reviewed? Garak makes Bashir jealous. Jude's theory of bad hairlines. To the Death: Haven't talked about Jem'Hadar recently... Wait, I...

Episode Notes CW: Self-Harm Rules of Engagement: Watch this episode, it's a really good Star Trek Legal Drama. The Klingons want to extradite Worf for... murder? What is Worf's holosuite history? Good Sisko Dad moment. The lawyer may be a piece of shit but he's not questioning the sentience of an obviously sentient being. Odo says ACAB. Hard Time: O'Brien Suffers level: SO MUCH. Prison is only pun...

Episode Notes As a holiday treat to ourselves, we are going a bit out of order and temporarily skipping two warcrimes (airhorn) episodes. We'll come back, don't worry! Shattered Mirror: Time for some mirror universe shenanigans! Mom?! Our own Defiant, but made out of spare Pepsi cans and chewing gum. Jude reminds us, again, of one fo his kinks. Jake tries a Parent Trap. Mirror Worf is worst Worf (...

Episode Notes STRIKE! Quark's bar workers unionize. Unfortunately, this is against Ferengi law, and also anathema to Cop Odo. Maybe that's why they love each other so much. Where did Rom get hold of a copy of Marx translated into Ferengi? Jude gets frustrated with the relentless flirting between Dax and Worf. Odo has been sitting on that datapadd for SO long (and how are Enterprise security report...

Episode Notes Some very timely holiday content. Sons of Mogh: Time for a ritual killing! Worf and Dax. Worf was cucking Ricker. Dax is basically a Klingon for the purposes of this show. Murdering family members is a bridge too far. Klingon Operation would be really complicated. The triumphant return of the warcrimes airhorn. Jude does not like the end of this episode. Excession: Kira always has to...

Episode Notes We're all 90s kids. Crossfire: Worf and Odo bond over being neurodivergent and cops. Odo is stuffed into the third wheel. Quark is a good dude, in his own way--and possibly the only character that recognizes that Odo has actual emotions. Jude has thoughts about the cuck chair. Major Kira likes Bland Powerful Hot Boys, and Jude curls a monkey's paw. Return to Grace: Time for another D...

Episode Notes We recorded this before the election. Sorry. Jude gets some managerial advice. Home Front: At least there's another Dad in this. Cadet Nog! Sabotage! Babylon 5 I Know That Face! "Ancient Klingons slew our gods a millennia ago." Nog is part of the Sisko family now. Paradise Lost: Planetary Emergency! ...what is Red Squad? Lots of stuff happens here. Don't use cadets for a fa...

Episode Notes Sword of Kahless: The only evil telepaths in Star Trek. Cursed or totemic? More Klingon lore and the central conflict of Worf than we've really ever previously gotten. Yeet that artifact into space. Our Man Bashir: This gets pretty unhinged, you've been warned. Garak's introduction to the Bond Franchise. Bond Girl Kira? Justen rants about Baccarat. The episode that launched a thousan...

Episode Notes Jude gets busted down to acting ensign due to an HR error. Starship Down: Justen goes feral. The Ferengi are like a bad cell phone company. Sloppy-style concussy. Worf learns a management lesson from O'Brien, and pulls a TNG move. Quark and Hanok are great, and it's nice to see Quark succeeding. Little Green Men: Klingon and Ferengi chew toys. Quark leaves MORN in charge of the bar....

Episode Notes Indiscretion: A bottle episode with Dukat and Kira? Hilarity ensues. Dukat drops the mask a bit. Kira is surprised by well-read Dukat, and has to deal with Cardassians as something other than the oppressor. Foreign-object-in-butt jokes are funny. The... Breen? Sisko biffs it. Dax channels Curzon for a bit. Rejoined: Jadzia has never let Dax's baggage interfere in her job, right? righ...

Episode Notes The Visitor: In which we traumatize Jude. Captain Dad is the best even when temporally displaced. What else did this writer do? Oh, In the Pale Moonlight . Uh oh. The one mistake they made is getting Alexander Siddig's aging completely wrong. Some tech Trek gets right, some it gets hilariously wrong. Hippocratic Oath: O'Brien/Bashir besties. Ketrecel White! Cop Worf does not gel with...

Episode Notes Be ready for the longest summary in the history of the podcast... Jude gets a promotion! The Galaxy Class is the Worf of the Federation ships. Klingon Armadas are disruptive. Worf is also disruptive. Odo shows his affection by spying on you. Certainly nothing could go wrong with a Klingon preemptive strike... Clearly they added Worf to the cast to add a terrible father to the mix. DS...

Episode Notes Facets: Nothing can go wrong with everyone embodying Dax's former hosts, right? Dax gives Quark an earjob just to make him be a woman. Kurzodo? Maybe this episode is more about Kurzon and Sisko's relationship? Yikes. Nog is starting on a great journey, and Rom is lovely. The benefits of a strong ensemble cast. Avery Brooks' "creepy voice". Trek episodes where familiar actor...

Episode Notes It's still a provisional government?! A lot happens in this episode to move the Bajor plot forward. Disability and injury in storytelling. 20th century comparisons. Kai Winn is charismatic, unfortunately. BabSpace9 is a production of the Okay, So network. Connect with the show at @babylonpodject Help us keep the lights on via our Patreon! Justen can be found at @justenwrites Ana can...

Episode Notes Jude bucks for a promotion again (they all forgot he got one at the beginning of season 2). Explorers: Sisko advances to "project sailboat in the garage" dad status. Oh yeah, Dax was a dad at one point. Bashir gets lovingly teased by roughly half the principal cast. What a great Bashir and O'Brien scene. Jake's career plans, and Jake's opinions of his dad. The question of m...

Episode Notes Improbable Cause: Directed by Avery Brooks! It's weird how major diplomatic incidents frequently get explained away by "they're Romulan". [GENERIC CAVE SET]. This episode is like "Coming of Shadows" from DS9. Garak is so perfectly disinterested in Julius Caesar. Jude admits he doesn't hate Odo any more. The principles of not over-using a looming threat. You know G...

Episode Notes Mirror Kurzon was definitely into it. Maybe the reason the Mirror Universe is so stupid is because the blood goes down to your junk. Cross-dimensional STIs. Mirror Garak is a pathetic little meow-meow. Sisko is a good action commander. Mirror Universe episodes are a chaotic, horny delight. BabSpace9 is a production of the Okay, So network. Connect with the show at @babylonpodject Hel...