PATRON TIER LIST - DS9 S3E21 - The Die is Cast

Someone chose E tier in the poll.

Vaguely thought it'd rate high with everyone, but damn - but I guess I am a low scorer of only A. And that's me having seen the series. To me it's what they've built up so far sent off onto the next stage. And really feels just a high, but not top scorer. Poor Alex is worried, but I think there's still great stuff coming. Still some relative stinkers too lol. But The Best is Yet to Come. My favourite part used to be the next escalation of the coming war, phasors pewpew (Defiant did pop one in the Search Alex lol) - when I was younger. Now it's these two exiles that end up with an understanding in a burnt out shop.

I get the S-tier rankings for this one, but it's an A for me. Great episode with a couple of excellent character-building scenes, but I don't think it rises to the level of being one of DS9's very best.

Dang it! The two puns I was planning to use were both already taken 🫤😒

S marks the spot.

What I love about this two-parter is that these are vastly different episodes, and really about different things. I’ve never cared for the sabotaged Defiant subplot, and wish we could trade it for more time with Odo/Garak or Garak/Tain. How cool would the show have been if we never got confirmation of Sisko’s decision until the ship decloaked right in front of the runabout? That would’ve been a moment worth cheering.

The Die is S