Wife’s Grade and Comment: C “The characters weren’t that great and nothing about the episode made sense.”ĭr. Grade: C+ “I think that having Prince Humperdinck in this one made me like it more than I should have.” Oh and I thought the ‘swindle the swindler’ aspect towards the end was kinda cool.

But wow the guy who plays Humperdinck is great. Some dying alien in the brig has a space magic lottery device that manages to impact luck on an entire space station? Sure, why the heck not? Start a new business based on these random lotto devices in which all they do is light up and make a happy noise if you win or turn the lights off and make a sad noise if you lose? Yeah, obviously everyone would be interested in that! Luck as something that can be impacted by some strange device that can be easily replicated and made bigger? Why not? Yes, nothing makes sense in this episode at all. And he’s hilariously over-the-top in this episode, just as he is in the movie. I think I can readily say this is not a very good episode, but I enjoyed it way more than I should have because it had the guy who played Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride in it. Dax discovers that the strange luck events trace ti the device Martus acquired. Martus desperately gives his money to an apparently down-on-her-luck Bajoran in a business investment. The bets keep rolling in as Quark’s business regains prominence.

As all of this has been going on, weird accidents and luck shifting have changed all over the station. To try to gain some of the business back from Martus, Quark announces a rival racquetball throwdown between Bashir and O’Brien. O’Brien is convinced that if he just had the speed he used to possess, he’d wipe the floor with Bashir. Meanwhile, O’Brien and Bashir continue a racquetball rivalry, playing each other multiple times. He decides to open up a new casino across the way from Quark’s. Prince Humperdinck… er, Martus Mazor, an apparent con man looking to make a quick buck, gets some kind of gambling device from someone else in the brig.

There are SPOILERS for each episode below. She and I will go through, review every episode, and give commentary and a grade from A-F. I’ve completed my re-watch of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Now it’s time to start Deep Space Nine! I am much less familiar with this show, though I’m pretty sure I’ve seen about 80-90% of the episodes. It’s been so long that I’m sure it will all feel brand new. So much more could have been done in this episode!

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