Whispers

I wonder who are these that gave high ratings ! BORING episode !

Chief O'Brien finds himself at the heart of an apparent conspiracy.

This is a great little mystery with a strong lead performance.

It is impossible to say much about the plot without ruining the episode for those who have not seen it. However, it's safe to say that it is a good story in the spirit of such thrillers like 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers', 'The Parallax View', and 'The Manchurian Candidate'. The ending is a great, original concept, but it is slightly rushed, overly explained and has minor plot holes.

When you watch it for the first time it has a tremendous sense of creepiness, paranoia, and tension. However, it is not one that can really work on a rewatch when you know how it finishes.

All actors do a great job, particularly Colm Meaney and Rosalind Chao.

The production values are very good, with great atmosphere created by the cinematography and editing from the perspective of the lead character.

This is one of the better episodes of "Star Trek: Deep Space 9". Much of it is because the tone is very dark and paranoid--just the sort of thing I love!!

The show begins with O'Brien alone on a runabout--fleeing from Deep Space 9! He then sits down and begins to dictate his log--at which time you see a lengthy flashback. Here in the flashback, O'Brien starts to see how strangely everyone is acting on the space station. While nothing is concrete, he KNOWS that everyone is behaving strangely and some plot is obviously brewing. But what?!

I could say more, but frankly don't want to spoil the show. The bottom line is that the answer is very inventive and the show really is creative and strange. Well worth seeing.

This episode of DS9 is told in flashback by Chief O'Brien as he is fleeing a posse from his fellow space station staffers. He narrates into the log of the runabout he is fleeing on how these events have come about.

Basically after he has come back from the planet Parada checking their security systems for a planned Federation sponsored peace conference, Colm Meaney is treated like a pariah by the staff and even his wife and daughter are acting strange toward him. He suspects some kind of plot to sabotage the conference.

I confess this one had me baffled. I reached a wrong conclusion here. The explanation for it all was both logical and simple. This episode belongs to Colm Meaney.

An episode that kept me on the edge, with a feeling of something wrong. Just could not point a finger at it. The solution was weird but only logical. The suspence is strong in this one.