The Delta Flyers - DS9 Melora 206 Video
Added 2024-06-03 04:00:05 +0000 UTCThe Delta Flyers is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell & Armin Shimerman. In each podcast release, they will recap and discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
This week’s episode, Melora, is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, and Terry Farrell.
Melora: Melora Pazlar, a new arrival on DS9 with a special gravity-based disability, finds an admirer in Bashir. Meanwhile, an old associate of Quark's comes to the station to kill the bartender.
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Comments
Love the brief tangent about how Robbie won Rebecca's heart 😁 Edited to add: I liked this episode a little more than everyone else.
Dee McGee
2025-03-02 05:48:40 +0000 UTCI almost choked on my midnight snack that I’m eating rn, thanks hahahaha
Becky Messer
2024-06-16 08:03:49 +0000 UTCoooooh I didn’t even make that connection until reading your comment!
Becky Messer
2024-06-16 08:02:59 +0000 UTCActually science built and advanced based on the work of others before them! As long as you cite that earlier research and explain what novel part you contributed, you are all good and sometimes even celebrated for that novel next step! Also, there was a fascinating TNG episode where the planet prohibited building on previous scientists’ work. When a scientist dies, the next one has to start over from beginning (not quite sure what in practice that explicitly means). But it’s very silly idea. Therefore, the visiting scientist had to get his work completed before he died!
Jeffra
2024-06-11 01:02:42 +0000 UTCGarret just covered this 👍🏻
Stevie Moore
2024-06-10 14:46:50 +0000 UTCI haven’t watched this whole thing yet so apologies if this gets covered, but Jadzia’s character was originally to be an anti gravity character, too. It’s only the high cost of this per episode that made them change her to a Trill. I always wondered how it would’ve worked out so I’m glad they wrote it into this episode, instead.
Stevie Moore
2024-06-10 13:59:30 +0000 UTCI love the ferengi stories. A lot of them are ridiculous so I don't blame anyone for not liking them but I think they help to balance out the seriousness of DS9, especially as we get into the later stuff. (Don't want to spoil anything in case Robbie and Garret read these)
Wrestling With Gaming
2024-06-09 03:45:42 +0000 UTCWhat about memories, though? Assuming they're stored in the brain, wouldn't restoring an earlier pattern move the person back in time from their point of view? They would lose any memories in between storage and restoration.
Sarah Ettritch
2024-06-08 20:57:52 +0000 UTCAnd Robbie was Captain Proton!
Peggy
2024-06-08 06:27:02 +0000 UTCWhile I'm not in a wheelchair, I became permanently disabled for other things and - yes, nobody can know how it feels unless they've been there. it's a terrible place to be. For the past few years I've been trying to advocate for society to actually pay attention to us, and DO something. SSI (for the disabled and elderly) payments are capped at $943 for a single person. So, not only do we have to contend with our health problems all day - every day, we get to look forward to trying to pay rent, buy food, etc. on less than a thousand bucks. I can only afford to eat one meal a day... and that's with foodstamps ($150 a month) Sorry if I came across angry at all. I'm just so frustrated because nobody seems to give a rats butt about the fact that society's most vulnerable people have to live WELL below the Federal Poverty Line, Nobody seems to care, we just get pushed aside - in an out of sight out of mind kind of thing.) I'm not saying we should be living like kings. But it would be nice to actually know what the middle class feels like. Or even just a little above the Fed. Poverty Line. we just want some dignity...
Christopher Marshall
2024-06-08 04:45:25 +0000 UTCDo not like this episode either. Although I have seen at least five times, the only thing I remember when I see the title is "oh its the one about the mean bitchy alien Starfleet person". Kot is very similar to the Tak Tak from Voyager S3:E12 who RDM mentions but not for this reason. Both species have a ridge that comes over the mouth. Another bad guy with a gun on the station. How did that happen given the security features? I guess Quark did not need to disable security in the last episode because it must be very easy to get guns onto the station. Maybe Odo needs to be fired. Actors not knowing ahead of time about copious skin showing is not ok. However, they had the option of not doing the part. Complaining about sex on ST also happened in the Voyager podcast. I will say the same thing again: the series Chuck that RDM was a producer on shows just as much or more "titillation" than Star Trek. I don't see why that was ok, but this is not. Same thing on Resident Alien where they have a BDSM scene and talk about "ice dildos". Come on man. While giving Melora a checkup after her incident, Bashir tells her that she has "proven that the crew can depend on her". How exactly? Just by showing up? Did she save the station from some dangerous alien during the commercial break that we missed?
ST Fan CB
2024-06-06 21:12:15 +0000 UTCYes but he is operating under Feringi morals for HIS planet. He knows damn well that what may be legal on his planet is not legal anywhere else but does it anyway. Therefore he IS doing something wrong. An American just cant go over to another country and break the law and then say well its not illegal in my country and expect nothing to happen to them.
ST Fan CB
2024-06-06 21:10:07 +0000 UTC“50 ways to leave your lover” - Dax has done them all! 😂
Scott Fuller
2024-06-06 15:49:16 +0000 UTCRobbie mentioned how people don't like the Ferengi stores in this podcast. I have to say that I'm appreciating the Ferengi stories more after listening to this. I always loved when Quark was on, but now when it's a stand alone Ferengi story, I find them more interesting now and I have more of an appreciation for it.
JoBud
2024-06-06 13:51:37 +0000 UTCAfter hearing RDM compare Melora's movements when she fell to a Jane Fonda exercise video, I can't help giggling now when I see that scene. Too funny. And coincidentally, I watched the 37s today, the episode in which Harry Kim has to drag Noonan to safety (also re-listened to the podcast and heard Garrett talking about how difficult it was and how the actor had to help him).
Sarah Ettritch
2024-06-06 00:49:26 +0000 UTCI find it funny that this weeks alien looks like a ballsac but noone noticed that dude from last week, who was lying about the child abuse, looked like a penis tip lmfaobs
Tashicat
2024-06-05 01:34:33 +0000 UTCQuark is operating under Forengi morality, he isn’t doing anything wrong. It might not be western morality, but it is consistent and perfectly aligned. It is why the tension with Sisko and Sisko’s assumptions are not wrong, and also why the evolution is so great between all the characters. They are truly different.
Constance
2024-06-05 00:10:24 +0000 UTCBashire is reserved. You always see the deep care in his eyes, he doesn’t over react. He always plays as genuine to me.
Constance
2024-06-04 23:54:55 +0000 UTCYay!! Thanks everyone for voting for my missing scene 😊❤️ Great point also by Mary B - even if the writers didn't want to re-visit her character or the actor just wasn't available again, it would have been nice to have an in-universe explanation for why we never see her again. Great episode this week guys xxx
Stephanie Davies
2024-06-04 23:54:43 +0000 UTCI think that can be an episode-specific question in a few years for Take Me Out to the Holosuite, if he didn’t say (and I think he might have?) when Tom explained chewing gum to Seven in The Killing Game’s podcast episode.
Jenny
2024-06-04 19:05:20 +0000 UTCTerry briefly comments about the next episode, which also has a one and done character, but in that case I think it's because most of that character's core traits were soon folded into another character more intimately associated with Quark and Rom, as anyone who has watched this series through knows.
Ja Dav
2024-06-04 18:40:12 +0000 UTCCorrect. Plus removal of gravity does not send you flying. It needs a force to push you in a direction. That force doesn’t exist in space. You impart it with muscles. Gentle force, gentle motion.
SnazzyO
2024-06-04 09:56:54 +0000 UTCI enjoyed the recap more than the actual episode. I think that if she had appeared in another episode after this I would have liked the character more but Terry is right she was too mean for most of the episode and we needed more redeeming characteristics from Melora.
Christopher Collins
2024-06-04 09:50:43 +0000 UTCI listened to an interview with the actress recently on Trek Untold channel and the reason this character did not come back was because for it’s time it was expensive to show a character floating around and it was expensive removing the lines she was hanging by.
Christopher Collins
2024-06-04 09:27:05 +0000 UTCI liked hearing the insights on the writing for this episode and how credit works on the writing.
Christopher Collins
2024-06-04 04:16:05 +0000 UTCI love the insights to eating Klingon food. I also loved Garrett’s insights on the Klingon translation.
Christopher Collins
2024-06-04 04:08:42 +0000 UTCSo re the low gravity scene - Melora isn’t pushed down any harder than anyone by “normal” gravity; it’s that her species’ skeletal system is adapted to a far lower level of gravity, so it’s exponentially more difficult for her to raise her limbs and support/move her body in higher (“normal”) gravity. The level of gravity, whether station default or her low-grav quarters, is acting equally on both Melora and Bashir. It’s that Bashir may have exaggerated/exponentially more forceful movements of his limbs, head, etc in the gravity that’s so much lower than the human body is designed and accustomed to maneuver in. So if the two of them pushed off of the floor in low-gravity with equal effort, Bashir would push off far harder against the low gravity because for his muscles it’s low gravity and for hers it’s normal gravity. But they’d naturally rise up to the same degree.
Jenny
2024-06-04 02:20:34 +0000 UTCWithout giving away spoilers, I gotta say knowing what I know now of Bashir that comes about later in the series really changes the tone of a lot of these episodes and makes me think less of him in these moments.
Chris Golden
2024-06-04 01:55:39 +0000 UTCThe bracelets can be like the Chandler / Joey bracelets 🤣
Heather Marsh
2024-06-03 23:45:01 +0000 UTCCurious to know what Robbie's go to flavour of gum is? Brand? 😂 Thanks guys ☺️
Heather Marsh
2024-06-03 23:33:14 +0000 UTCOh my goodness all, thank you for all the giggles in this recap. That was great fun :D
Amy Tudor
2024-06-03 20:12:44 +0000 UTCOne of my favorite Season 2 episodes! Loved the strength and character development of Melora, how her outward abrasiveness hides her insecurities of feeling like a helpless burden and that Bashir's calm honesty coaxes her out of her "walls of defense". My favorite scenes of Melora was when she was ordering food to the Klingon Chef in fluent Klingon, when she introduced Dr. Bashir to zero-gravity flying and the climax of the episode. Fallit Kot was one of the creepiest rivals Quark has ever had and sort of wished we knew what happened to him after he was apprehended in the hopes of him reappearing in a future "missing episode".
Nicole Brettell
2024-06-03 20:08:51 +0000 UTCAgreed! I was thinking the same thing.
Travis
2024-06-03 19:21:17 +0000 UTCBashir was the loser because this was the beginning of his recurring habit of using his female patients as his dating pool.
MG
2024-06-03 19:01:36 +0000 UTCThank you for shining a light on the contributions of Nathaniel Teros. Too often overlooked in the field of neurochemistry.
Richard Stone
2024-06-03 16:03:29 +0000 UTCAnother great episode, good work! Though Garrett and his dirty mind lol 😂 Btw, there is a story arch where that strong Orville character ends up in a wheelchair when she visits her planet because she's getting too used to the new gravity and then can't handle her own planet's gravity any longer. That story arch is quite similar to this DS9 Episode.
Irene Artho
2024-06-03 15:15:46 +0000 UTCFor an episode that aired in 1993, I thought it was an excellent allegory for disabled workers. Even today, though much better since ADA is now a building construction precept versus add-on accommodation, there still are barriers. Individuals still feel ‘othered.’ And her planet limited her education and opportunity. I also felt Bashir was very sincere. An acting choice shouldn’t affect the story. He was clearly infatuated and wanted to help. He may have that Frankenstein instinct but I think his motives were pure. Dax was a superstar with laying down some wisdom in the shuttle. Finally, for all the regulars we get just a little more maturation of their character traits. So I would rate this a 7.8. Also, there’s extra bonus points for Bashir’s ‘red alert’ banter to get Melora to lower her walls a bit. I was charmed, which doesn’t always happen. But as always, the podcast was a delight. I love the gushing when deserved. I love how you really explore most scenes and you dig deep when warranted. The BTS about the script was fascinating this time. Also, shout out to excellent questions!
SnazzyO
2024-06-03 14:55:03 +0000 UTCCirroc Lofton, even though he is listed as a regular cast member he only appears in 71 episodes so he is missed often during the series
Martin D
2024-06-03 13:29:46 +0000 UTCKira was seen. Terry even mentioned it in her watch-back segment?
Jonathan Beresford
2024-06-03 13:06:41 +0000 UTCWell, as a red blooded male. I liked the under boob. I have no clue what was said during that piece on screen but hey.
Jonathan Beresford
2024-06-03 13:06:12 +0000 UTCBallsack face alien. I'm dying😂I didn't see it at first but now I can't unsee it.
Phillip Grischa
2024-06-03 12:21:59 +0000 UTCGarrett is so right, that specific part of the anatomy is all I can see when looking at that alien lol
Martin D
2024-06-03 11:19:07 +0000 UTCI love that even during the video reactions for Terry when she's mentioning "isn't he lovely?" Her dog agrees too lol
Martin D
2024-06-03 11:08:01 +0000 UTCI've always felt that once the transporter was invented, it should essentially be the only device any sickbay or infirmary would need. We know it stores a person's pattern, so any disease, trauma or affliction, you just put the patient in the transporter, program their healthy pattern in, and then materialize them. The film "Elysium" kind of explored this notion. It basically restored people by atomizing and reconstituting them.
Ja Dav
2024-06-03 06:06:22 +0000 UTCLol Garrett, I too thought that alien resembled that part of the anatomy. You're not alone. There are dozens of us. Dozens! And Robbie, you're not alone either. I love ferengi stories, no matter how ridiculous they get at times.
Wrestling With Gaming
2024-06-03 04:19:00 +0000 UTCYay!!
Peggy
2024-06-03 04:00:52 +0000 UTC
