Paradise
- Episode aired Feb 13, 1994
- TV-PG
- 46m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.3K
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Sisko and Chief O'Brien discover a colony which lives without technology.Sisko and Chief O'Brien discover a colony which lives without technology.Sisko and Chief O'Brien discover a colony which lives without technology.
Rene Auberjonois
- Constable Odo
- (credit only)
Alexander Siddig
- Doctor Julian Bashir
- (as Siddig El Fadil)
- (credit only)
Cirroc Lofton
- Jake Sisko
- (credit only)
Armin Shimerman
- Quark
- (credit only)
Michael B. Silver
- Vinod
- (as Michael Buchman Silver)
Majel Barrett
- Computer Voice
- (voice)
Robert Ford
- Star Fleet Crew Member
- (uncredited)
Lisa Madigan
- Meg
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJim Trombetta based his original idea for the episode on the anti-technology philosophy of the Khmer Rouge of Southeast Asia.
- GoofsWhen Joseph introduces Miles and Ben to his wife, Alixus, she addresses Miles correctly, even though Joseph doesn't say who is Miles and who is Ben.
- Quotes
Chief O'Brien: It wasn't until I got to the Cardassian Front I found out I had talents I never knew I had... It was a matter of figuring out how to get a field transporter operational in ten minutes, or wind up being a Cardassian prisoner of war. Now, I didn't know a transporter from a turbolift in those days; but somehow, in 9min 53sec, I got that thing to work.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Inglorious Treksperts: Visiting Hours: Going Deep (2020)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy
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Great study of religious cults
Firstly, brilliant acting by Gail Strickland.
She is perfect in the role.
Some people have complained that the inhabitants of the paradise were too passive, but that discounts ten years of anti-technology brain washing and brutal dictatorial abuse by the Alixus character.
To be perfectly clear, Alixus, the head of this Luddite cult, is quite possibly one of the more evil characters in all of Star Trek. I consider the Borg Queen to be less evil.
The episode is brilliant because it perfectly describes what goes on in many religious cults. You do not need to fly to a remote planet in a distant part of the galaxy to find people behaving like this. There are eerily similar cults all over the place that are doing the exact same sort of things right now.
Although I acknowledge it to be a great episode, I hope that I never watch it again.
She is perfect in the role.
Some people have complained that the inhabitants of the paradise were too passive, but that discounts ten years of anti-technology brain washing and brutal dictatorial abuse by the Alixus character.
To be perfectly clear, Alixus, the head of this Luddite cult, is quite possibly one of the more evil characters in all of Star Trek. I consider the Borg Queen to be less evil.
The episode is brilliant because it perfectly describes what goes on in many religious cults. You do not need to fly to a remote planet in a distant part of the galaxy to find people behaving like this. There are eerily similar cults all over the place that are doing the exact same sort of things right now.
Although I acknowledge it to be a great episode, I hope that I never watch it again.
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- Mar 18, 2020
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