[DS9] Distant Voices

[DS9] Season 3, Episode 18: Distant Voices

Distant VoicesRating: 1

Distant Voices takes us into the mind of Bashir and we find out it’s really boring. It’s only a mystery for the first bit of the episode, so theoretically “Distant Voices” main appeal should be a character study of Bashir. Unfortunately we don’t learn anything of consequence, and nothing is deepened or built from what we already knew.

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Someone electrocutes Bashir's brain

Someone electrocutes Bashir’s brain

When he wakes up, everything is creepy, or at least meant to be.

When he wakes up, everything is creepy, or at least meant to be.

Bashir runs into Quark and Garak, but they just leave

Bashir runs into Quark and Garak, but they just leave right away.

Bashir is also getting older. We accept pretty quickly that this is some kind of fantasy land, where things don't make sense, which kind of takes away any suspense there might be

Bashir is also getting older. We accept pretty quickly that this is some kind of fantasy land, where things don’t make sense, which kind of takes away any suspense there might be

We learn that Bashir is in a comma, and all the people that he sees are different aspects of him. We learn that the monster is trying to wreck up the place to destroy his mind, and they have to fix the station, because the station is really his mind or something. I'm already ready for this plot to be wrapped up but there is still 25 more minutes

Bashir finds more people. They’re acting weird.

Comma

We learn that Bashir is in a comma, and each person is a different aspect of Bashir. O’Brien is his doubt, Dax, his confidence, Odo, his suspicion, and Kira, his aggression.

people

The station is really Bashir’s mind and the monster is trying to wreck up the place. They need to fix the station to wake up Bashir. I’m already eager for this plot to wrap up, but there’s still 25 minutes left.

He also finds Sisko. He's Bashir's skill and professionalism

He also finds Sisko. He’s Bashir’s skill and professionalism

The monster keeps killing different aspects of Bashir's mind. He can't be stopped. Yet another story element that just makes me want this story to be over

The monster keeps killing different aspects of Bashir’s mind. He can’t be stopped, which is yet another story element that takes away any tension there might be.

The main barrier to Bashir progressing is him getting older and breaking hips and stuff. It makes it a little frustrating to watch

The main barrier to Bashir progressing is him getting older and breaking hips and stuff. It makes it a little frustrating to watch

Finally Bashir goes to sickbay and does a thing that fixes everything

Finally Bashir goes to sickbay and does a thing that fixes everything.

 

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