
30 Years Ago: DS9’s “The Quickening” and Voyager’s “Basics, Part I” aired on May 20th 1996
Not the end of the season for DS9, but Voyager was about to close a chapter for its first two seasons with the Kazon. The idea of the crew being stranded on the planet, with their ship having been taken over by the big antagonist is a great idea of a cliffhanger on paper. But with the Kazon, it never felt as grand. They just didn’t really pan out as a memorable antagonist. Seska was a bit more of potentially compelling case, but having her at the side of the Kazon didn’t really compliment that. Now, imagine if it was the Jem’Hadar doing something like this, that feel more believable than these people who can’t produce water.