Just now watched it, and I can say it will be worth it 20 years from now. I don't normally write reviews. Odo would not have been interesting in the episode because he has already rejected his peers, the founders. What is interesting is the human doctor, Bashir, having compassion for another species (although alarmingly humanoid, OK this IS Star Trek). This is a sad episode, a tearjerker, but worth watching to renew your faith in humanity to get the job done. Bashir risks life, remember the threat to kill him, to save the people he encountered. He delivers on his promise, but only to the surviving children. In my opinion, this was an excellent episode because it was not a complete solve, everything hunky dory. People died, but Doctors try, and I'm not a miracle worker, I'm a Doctor, damn it! (Bones was my favorite(for personality), but Bashir is good too). It would not mesh completely with Ayn Rand's Objectivity (Atlas Shrugged, or Fountainhead) or maybe it would. The good doctor's one track obsession with curing the people is his own objective. Each person to their own objective. Read Atlas Shrugged about a year ago, just finished Fountainhead. At least now you know what influenced my review. It's only a show, but it also might reflect how you regard life in general. I personally prefer to see life flourish in all its forms. I hope I would have the conviction and determination to STEADY ON as Bashir did.
Review of The Quickening
