It’s Only a Paper Moon
Joe Siegler
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It’s Only a Paper Moon
This Story: Season 7 Episode 10 (production code 560)
DS9 Overall: Episode 160
Trek Overall: Story 417, Episode 441
Airdate: 28 Dec 1998
Story: David Mack & John J. Ordover
Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore
Director: Anson Williams
Notes
- This episode is directed by Anson Williams. Williams is probably most famous for playing Potsie Weber on the TV series Happy Days. It is the final of two DS9 episodes he directed (the other was “Statistical Probabilities“). He also directed four episodes of Voyager.
- It is unique that in that focuses nearly all on non regular characters.
- James Darren’s singing parts were actually recorded at Capitol Records HQ.
- There is a flashback to “The Siege of AR-558“, which wasn’t actually in the broadcast version of that episode. It was filmed, but not used until here. It has to do with Bashir putting on the Vic recording of “I’ll Be Seeing You”.
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[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Deep Space Nine Ep 160 - It's Only a Paper Moon - 28 Dec 1998 1/2 A VERY heavy Nog ep. A sequel to AR-558, showing where Nog is mentally after losing his leg. While physically he's fine (got a prosthesis), mentally he is not. He loses himself in the holodeck, he spends
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) October 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Deep Space Nine Ep 160 - It's Only a Paper Moon - 28 Dec 1998 2/2 all of his time with Vic, who ends up being the hero by forcing Nog to face himself. It's easily Aaron Eisenberg's (RIP) best performance on DS9. From what I can gather his PTSD experience is accurate. 🔥🔥🔥
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) October 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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