Wow. Been awhile since I posted one of these. And whaddya know. It's a good one, because holy crap! It’s a first in Star Trek history! An entire episode dedicated to (as JMS put it) moving around the furniture.

One where the real payoff doesn’t happen for another year-and-a-half.

The mind…she boggles!

I need a moment…

I remember seeing this episode first-run many, many moons ago. I never caught it in reruns at all, so I’m watching it via the magic of DVD for the first time in *mumble mumble* years.

I remember that at the time I watched it I thought it was a pretty boring and pointless episode. Even the not-very-exciting chase scene in the middle of the episode couldn’t disguise the fact that nothing really happens.

Imagine my delight that, upon re-watching it, I realized that I was dead wrong. It’s not pointless. In fact, it’s so entirely pointy that it physically hurts.

( Episode 11: Vortex )

As I said: If you watch the episode of no knowledge of what’s to come, it’s a bit of a “meh.” But, if you’ve seen the whole series through, you’ll be jumping up and down with the sheer joy of watching it.