18:53 " Even my brother on the High Council won't speak to me." To be fair Worf, he's currently an 80 year old Jake Sisko.

Michael Dorn admitted that it took some persuasion on the part of the producers to get him to come on board but their pitch worked and he agreed to it. There was initial grumblings from some of the DS9 cast who were concerned that the introduction of Worf would take the spotlight and development off their characters and Dorn spoke of the fact that the working atmosphere was VERY different to that of TNG

Patreon as a watch platform has gotten to be much more reliable in the past 4 months or so. I still like youtube better , but I for one don't need you to get any headache doing it

Captain Hawk has come to the station and then to Commander wolf gets back in command red and gets a promotion third in command of the space station and first officer of the defiant cancellation will not happen and they will get to seven years

I believe that is a New Orleans class starship that is docked at the upper pylon. I shall dig out my Star Trek Encyclopaedia to make sure. If I remember correctly it is in a cupboard behind some bulk buy corned beef and camo netting…

"Destroying an empire to win a war is no victory. Ending a battle to save an empire is no defeat." I hope Putin heard that. And Trump.

This is about as solid transition of an established character into a new series as I could ask for. Valid high stakes situation, opportunity for the new face to interact with the other cast, good individual character moments for each person while focusing mainly on Worf’s perspective (basically doubling as the view point of incoming audience members), and pretty good political drama and action climax. I’m not sure if l like this one vs best of both worlds, but that’s definitely a good problem to have.

Is the uncut version posted on Patreon? I'm only seeing this post

My whole reason for commenting in Patron takes is to watch Alex struggle to pronounce my name.

Holy shit! Coming off an incredibly busy and exhausting weekend to this edit makes the two of you, Josh and Alex, S-tier people. Thank you.

I just got a copyright notification on the edited video on YouTube. Fortunately I watched the Uncut already

Blocked by Paramount already 🫠🥲(on YouTube, I can just watch here of course, doh!)

Aw hell. I'll watch the full uncut working from memory and this. Thanks guys!

It's not a significant issue going forward, but I wish Dorn was added in season 3. The show was still fine-tuning itself last season. Adding him then would have allowed him to integrate BEFORE all other characters and elements took full shape. It feels like he's a special guest star not quite as core as the original main cast.

Thanks for this! I bought the DVD set second hand for cheap to watch along with you, but the PAL DVDs obviously run at a different speed to NTSC DVDs and I had to run your YouTube reaction at 1.05% to keep it even vaguely in sync, and still had pause to re-sync it at the end of every scene.

I've seen every minute of every Trek ever made. This is the one episode I go back to rewatch more than any other. It is absolutely outstanding, and I'm thrilled you both finally caught up to it. S-TIER+ for me.