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Captain DeSoto
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Commanding officer of the Federation starship USS Hood, posting exclusively about whichever episode of Star Trek I happen to be watching.
Alright. Let’s see what all the hubbub was about. Time to watch #Section31
February 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
#StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine
S1E7: Dax

We get a courtroom episode, because Star Trek, where Judge Rishon Uxbridge has to decided if Jadzia can be extradited to go on trial for a murder Curzon may have committed. Turns out he didn’t murder anybody but he did bang his buddy’s wife. So that’s awkward.
December 23, 2024 at 9:38 AM
#StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine
S1E6: Q-Less

Speaking of random TNG characters swinging by DS9 for no good reason, here’s Vash!
December 9, 2024 at 8:50 AM
#StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine
S1E5: Captive Persuit

We have our first visitor from the Gamma Quadrant. He is Tosk.
December 8, 2024 at 3:31 PM
#StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine
S1E4: Babel

O’Brien is talking complete nonsense and no one can understand him. But it turns out he’s just Irish and that’s normal.
December 8, 2024 at 2:21 PM
#StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine
S1E3: A Man Alone

Odo is accused of murder. Odo investigates himself and finds no wrongdoing.
December 8, 2024 at 2:05 PM
#StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine
S1E2: Past Prologue

Garak makes his triumphant debut. It’s easy to see why he was brought back so many times after this. He’s fantastic here.
December 8, 2024 at 1:52 PM
#StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine
S1E1: Emissary

No Star Trek series premier opening scene fucks as hard as this one. We want you to know that this show isn’t fucking around. We’re opening with Wolf 359.
December 6, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Quote this with who you would be in Star Trek.
December 4, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Do you think Geordi knows that the bridge officer’s test requires you to kill Geordi?
December 3, 2024 at 5:14 PM
#StarTrek The Next Generation
“Parallels”

This is one of my favorite episodes. Everyone’s trying to do multiverse stories these days but can’t quite nail it. They need multiple parts and sequels to explain it all. Star Trek told a whole multiverse story that made perfect sense in a single episode.
December 3, 2024 at 11:20 AM
#StarTrek The Next Generation
“Attached”

The final episode for Picard’s red suede jacket he debuted in Darmok.

RIP Captain Picard Action Jacket
1991-1993
December 3, 2024 at 7:42 AM
#StarTrek: The Next Generation
“Descent”

AKA the one where Data gets pissed off for the first time and kills a Borg.
November 28, 2024 at 1:58 PM
#StarTrek: The Next Generation
“The Chase”

Star Trek finally answers the question: “hey, why does every species we meet just look like humans with prosthetic makeup on their faces?”
November 27, 2024 at 1:16 PM
“Why do you always do that with your leg?”
“This is how I talk to Data.”
“Yes, I know. You’ve been doing it for six years. Why though?”
“I…don’t know.”
November 27, 2024 at 11:48 AM
#StarTrek: The Next Generation
“Starship Mine”

Picard takes Tim Russ down with a Vulcan nerve pinch. Vowing to never be out-Vulcan’d again, Tim Russ went on to play a Vulcan for seven seasons on Voyager.
November 27, 2024 at 10:50 AM
“It’s an exact reproduction of my hand, right down to the DNA structure.”
“Okay, doctor…um…I’m going to take this back to my quarters for a few hours…to…study it further…”
November 26, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Madred makes one final attempt to make Picard say there are 5 lights and Picard screams there are 4 before being taken away

They smartly didn’t show the lights here so when he admits to Troi that he thought he could see 5, you don’t know if he hallucinated that or if Madred was actually showing 5
November 26, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Jellico goes into Riker’s quarters to ask him to pilot the shuttle mission. The sexual tension here is palpable.
November 26, 2024 at 2:37 PM
🎶 I have never had such a feeling
Such a feeling of complete and utter love
as I do tonight

Data in red 🎶
November 26, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Lemec manages to pin Jellico to the wall on Picard being caught doing a covert mission in Cardassian territory. Riker wants Jellico to just admit Picard was there on orders so he’ll get POW protections. Jellico and Riker have a tremendous screaming match and Riker gets himself relieved of duty.
November 26, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Madred gets Picard naked and restrains him and calls him a naughty little boy

The safe word is the Federation’s defense strategy for Minos Korva
November 26, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Picard is captured and we’re introduced to Gul Madred, played by Star Trek veteran David Warner who was called as a last-minute replacement when the original actor dropped out. He didn’t know the lines and was reading from cue cards. And still gave one of the best performances in this show’s history
November 26, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Picard, Crusher and Worf successfully make it into the underground lab and discover…nothing

Picard delivers the second-best “IT’S A TRAP!” in science fiction
November 26, 2024 at 1:43 PM
“It would be a shame if something were to happen to such a…noted officer.”

This dude is amazing.
November 26, 2024 at 1:40 PM