DS9 S5E11 – "The Darkness and the Light"

DS9 S5E11 – "The Darkness and the Light"

From Treks and the City by Forever Dog

June 8, 2026 · 1h 5m · Episode 84

About this episode

Alice and Skyler discuss DS9 season five, episode eleven, covering various topics including Bryan Fuller and Kira's Bajoran background.

This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five, episode eleven, "The Darkness and the Light." Topics include the career of Bryan Fuller, the songwriting skills having cats leads to, smoky transporter skeletons, having a low-key birthday with some low-key vegan Italian food and bad service, loving the song "My Hometown" from Eurovision Song Contest , Kira's Bajoran terrorism background coming back to haunt her, and much, much more! They also confuse Rom for Nog!! Listen!!! 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: A Site Where You Can Generate Your Own Episode Title Images: https://trek.epicrandomness.com/ "Jaja Ding Dong" From Eurovision : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlBUH8zMZng The "My Hometown" Performance From The Train Station Oscars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UamELF1MyN0 The "He's An Insurgent Now" Hurt Locker Beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhjRW-j139k Manhunter : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunter_(film) Faces of Death (2026)…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alice, Skyler

Topics covered

  • Star Trek
  • DS9
  • Bryan Fuller
  • Eurovision
  • Bajoran terrorism
  • podcast discussion

Keywords

  • Star Trek
  • Deep Space Nine
  • Bryan Fuller
  • Eurovision
  • Kira
  • podcast
  • comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: My Hometown, Eurovision Song Contest, Jaja Ding Dong, Manhunter, Faces of Death (2026), The Darkness and the Light

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