NST: DS9 - Playing God - Season 2, Episode 17

About this episode

The episode discusses Dax's intern and a pocket universe threatening DS9 while also touching on Jake's dating life.

Playing God! Dax gets an intern, and he's working really hard for a good letter of recommendation for the Trill joining program. How quaint. Also, there's a pocket universe on DS9 that threatens to expand and destroy the entire star system. Huh. Also, Jake is dating a Dabo girl. Wow! All of these are treated with the same level of importance. Yes. We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek Check out our merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get an additional 20% discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://partner.ekster.com/NewbieStarTrek2026 ! This offer stacks with other sales on the website! Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast! Intro theme song: La Disfida by Nate Tang "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang Catch our other projects (Would You Stay…

People in this episode

Host: Fugitive Frames

Topics covered

• Star Trek
• Deep Space Nine
• episode recap
• Trill joining program
• pocket universe
• Dabo girl
• fan interaction

Keywords

• DS9
• Playing God
• Trill
• pocket universe
• Dabo girl
• episode discussion
• Star Trek reviews

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Newbie Star Trek, Fugitive Frames

Books & works: La Disfida, Around the Sun

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