Take Me out to the Holosuite

This episode is completely intended as a comedy, and it absolutely works. It's cheesy, yeah, but it's a whole lot of fun. Worf is comic gold here, too; once you watch it, you'll see what I mean.

To anyone who is not American this episode is not interesting. Mostly, cause hardly any one outside the USA plays this game, and therefor does not understand the rules. It was boring.

The only interesting thing is that we see the cast interact with each other.

I know many people trash Take Me Out To The Holosuite but it was a nice break from the Dominion War. The only downside was Rom. They could have made him the best player instead of him being the comic relief. Max Grodenchik was the best baseball player of the cast but the producers and writers made him left handed so he would be horrible. I would have loved if they allowed Rom to shine.

Nothing more, well maybe a little. I will start off saying that there is nothing in this episode that has to do with the main story arc whatsoever. Some will review on the fact that Vulcans don't act emotional, yet we have seen that some do to an extent. Remember, they suppress their emotions, it's not that they don't have any. I have seen plenty of times where Spock himself and Tuvok have shown annoyance with others and arrogance as well even if ever so slightly. So having a Vulcan Starfleet captain of an all Vulcan crew showing a bit of arrogance over a human captain is not out of the realm of possibilities. There are a lot of lighthearted moments and funny moments. All in all I enjoyed it.

In this episode we take a break from the war for a game of baseball against some Vulcan's. Let's have a meeting about the game.

Worf Zinger #1: "We will destroy them."

And now we will take a moment to watch the crew learn the rules and say silly things. Oh look, Rom and Lita want to play, but Quark is being a party pooper.

Okay! Time for practice! We've got a very different side of Sisko here. He's all business, but in a fun way. Looks like we've got a lot of work to do.

Reluctant Umpire Odo is reluctant. Ouch everyone is hurt. Sisko is still excited though so he recruits his girl friend. Hey hey! Things are looking much better. Except for Rom, he's having struggles.

Frustrated Sisko is frustrated. Rebellion is fomenting. Scotch infused gum is Scotch infused. And now we get the story behind Sisko's rivalry with Solak. Its pretty funny. Sisko makes Cassidy promise not to tell the rest of the team. She promises. Cut to Cassidy telling the team.

Oh good! That game is starting! Let's hear some chatter 9ers!

Worf Zinger #2: "Death to the opposition!"

Fhew, this game is tense. The Vulcan's are playing to win today, that's for sure. Odo is killing it as an umpire. Hotheaded Sisko just got thrown out leaving O'Brien to take the reigns. Lita pulls a Fancy Dan! What a game!

Quark fields, throws to Worf at first! Worf throws home! He didn't touch the plate! Unbelievable!! Nog doesn't know what to do! I've never seen anything like this before!

Worf Zinger #3: "Find him and kill him!"

He's out!

New inning. Nog's on third, the 9ers could score! What's this, Rom is pinch hitting for Jake?! Unbelievable! Are you inspired? I'm inspired! He's got the crowd on his side that's for sure, let's see if he can deliver. Ouch, two strikes. The team wants him to bunt but he doesn't seem to understand. Its a hit! Nog might make it home! Vulcan scoops it up! Nog slides! Safe! The 9ers brought home a run! He did it! Rom did it! And now Solak is getting ejected for contact with the ump! What a game! What a game!

The team throws a party to celebrate their victory. Emotional Vulcan's are emotional. Nice fade out at the end.

As filler goes this is as good as it gets. I wish the producers of Discovery would watch this one. Star Trek used to be fun. The writers were confident enough in their characters to not take themselves seriously all of the time. I miss that.

Verdict: Death to the opposition!