The Reckoning
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The Reckoning
This Story: Season 6 Episode 21 (production code 545)
DS9 Overall: Episode 145
Trek Overall: Story 403, Episode 426
Airdate: 27 Apr 1998
Story: Harry Werksman & Gabrielle G. Stanton
Teleplay: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson
Director: Jesus Salvador Trevino
Notes
- The ruins seen in the episode “Rapture” are seen again here.
- Sisko’s feeling about being the Emissary are the fruit borne from the trilogy of stories “Destiny“, “Accession“, & “Rapture“).
- Jadzia Dax refers to a penance, which is foretelling her own demise in about 5 episodes.
- The first time the prophets are seen outside the wormhole.
- More bible quotes with “Eat, drink, & be merry” which references Ecclesiastes 8:15, Isaiah 22:13 & 1 Corinthians 15:32.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Deep Space Nine Ep 145 - The Reckoning - 27 Apr 1998 1/2 One of the Bajoran religious eps, although this has a different slant. We spend a bunch of time talking about the Kosst Amojan - basically the Bajoran devil - or "evil one" in their words. Given we've had almost
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) October 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Deep Space Nine Ep 145 - The Reckoning - 27 Apr 1998 2/2 6yrs talking about the "good prophets" probably time we talked about the bad ones. I liked the background to the overall story here, but the way it manifests (Jake with force lightning) was a bit of a turnoff.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) October 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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