And yet, all the carts are collected and all the shelves fully stocked.

Seems bland as hell on the surface, but hiding a spicy side.

They could always bring back Touchstone to compensate.

There is one small thing linking this episode to the rest - Sisko's baseball. The alien posing as Buck Bokai gives Sisko the ball that spends the rest of the series on his desk. I also actually quite like all of the interactions between Sisko and Bokai.

Seriously, Profit and Lace managed to be misogynistic, misandristic, and transphobic all at the same time.

she sees how stranded she is and it’s posed to her as inappropriate to partner with someone under her command.

Which is a damn shame given all the looks she and Chakotay shared. And that time they thought they were going to be stuck alone together forever.

The third season has some issues if you look at the plot too closely, but the simple fun factor is high enough that I don't care.

I think they want to ease her into the cast instead of suddenly having five mains.

Tendi is a medical officer; she probably has it covered.

Even without holodecks, should be able to get to four via the Guardian. The present versions of Will and Tom with the past versions of Will and Tom.

Why settle for 9 when you can make one with a knob that goes to 11?

I am totally convinced that the cast can do a musical episode. The script is going to be the difficult part, but if it's fun enough then I don't care.