DS9 S5E05 – "The Assignment"

About this episode

Alice and Skyler discuss the fifth episode of DS9's fifth season, covering various topics including character arcs and film references.

This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five, episode five, "The Assignment." Topics include the effectiveness of book marketing on Skyler, where Garret has gone and what the hell he's doing there, Tony Gilroy's upcoming cello movie, dogs under the bed, adding muscle to your back, all the cool ads Memory Alpha's providing its visitors, Alice's dance moves, Keiko getting possessed by a space ghost, whether or not Jake Sisko is seven, being mean to Rom, the chances of consequences sticking for any DS9 character, and much, much more! Listen!! Also, please be warned, Skyler's track had a connection issue, making for a bit of an obnoxious buzzing that comes in and out throughout the episode. THIS IS AN ANOMALY AND WE APOLOGIZE. It should not happen again, but! It must be noted. To hear episodes early and without ads, check out: https://www.patreon.com/treksandthecity Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/treksandthecity/ Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode: The Creepy Poster For The Bay : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1713476/mediaviewer/rm3537469184/?ref_=tt_ov_i The Other The Bay : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8425404/ Line of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alice, Skyler

Topics covered

• DS9
• episode discussion
• book marketing
• character analysis
• film references
• podcast recommendations

Keywords

• DS9
• The Assignment
• Alice
• Skyler
• Tony Gilroy
• Garret
• podcast
• film
• character analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Assignment, The Bay, Line of Duty, The Telepathy Tapes Podcast, Behemoth

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