103. The Quickening

David and Perry spend time with Dr. Bashir and analyze his attempts to seem really brilliant in the episode, The Quickening.

The Fire Caves Podcast - A Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Podcast
The Fire Caves - A Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Podcast
103. The Quickening
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What to expect from episode 103: The Quickening?

Briefing

Dr. Bashir’s skills are on display in The Quickening!

An old distress call, a new hope.

Starfleet on the case.

No Dominion, just suffering.

Kira hides, the doc researches.

EM fields can cause disease?

Perry and David play catch up.

Coming to the end of the fourth season.

The Hubris of Trek.

TOS, TNG, and DS9: The Starfleet Problem.

Arrogant Bashir is taken down a peg.

Jadzia lets her hair down.

History of the Dominion.

Perry talks some Trek Lore.

Dr. Bashir goes to work.

What is The Quickening?

Flashback to The 90s and the allegory here.

Languishing on the vine.

Jake is not in this episode.

No Miles O’Brien.

Sisko makes a brief cameo.

The subtly changing face of Deep Space Nine.

Celebrate death, turn your back on life.

Giving hope to the hopeless.

Taking volunteers.

What a Vaccine really costs.

Living on a whim and a prayer.

Bashir makes inroads.

One saved, many more to go.

A bittersweet victory for our young doctor.

There is no B plot.

What we can learn from The Quickening.

Medicine and the right to die in the 90s.

Jack Kavorkian returns.

How would you like to meet your death?

The cultural purpose of Trevean.

Let’s talk about Trek, baby!

SAG-AFTRA.

Scabs cross the line.

Where we stand.

The White Void approaches.

New shows.

Coming up on The Fire Caves.

Where to watch, where to listen.

We are back on Twitter/X.

Updates for The Expanse.

Perry is still not watching Halo.

Controversy abounds.

Episode Credits

Hosts

  • David Wampler
  • Perry Freeze

Editor

  • Perry Freeze

Small Print

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The Fire Caves Podcast - A Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Podcast
The Fire Caves - A Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Podcast
103. The Quickening
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