Rivals
- Episode aired Jan 2, 1994
- TV-PG
- 46m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
2.1K
YOUR RATING
Quark meets his match when a new rival opens a casino opposite his bar on the Promenade. Meanwhile, the station is suffering issues of high improbability.Quark meets his match when a new rival opens a casino opposite his bar on the Promenade. Meanwhile, the station is suffering issues of high improbability.Quark meets his match when a new rival opens a casino opposite his bar on the Promenade. Meanwhile, the station is suffering issues of high improbability.
Alexander Siddig
- Doctor Julian Bashir
- (as Siddig El Fadil)
Cirroc Lofton
- Jake Sisko
- (credit only)
Sam Alejan
- Starfleet Medical Officer
- (uncredited)
Brian Demonbreun
- Starfleet Science Officer
- (uncredited)
Robert Ford
- Star Fleet Crew Member
- (uncredited)
Terry Green
- Starfleet Ops Lieutenant
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMichael Piller conceived Martus Mazur to be the wayward son of Guinan. Guinan herself was to appear in the episode but Whoopi Goldberg was unavailable. All the references to Guinan were removed and only Martus's status as an El-Aurian was retained.
- GoofsWhen Jadzia Dax is trying to discover the cause of the high number of accidents happening on the station, checking the solar neutrinos she discovers something unusual "...about half of them should be spinning clockwise and the other half counter clockwise." Since she notices that over 80% of them are spinning clockwise, she concludes that something is interfering with the neutrinos. Unfortunately all three known types of neutrinos have left-handed spin (anti clockwise).
- ConnectionsFeatured in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: What You Leave Behind (1999)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy
Featured review
Sports and Business Rivalry Ignites Competition on DS9
1- One Sentence Synopsis of Episode:............
*Two sets of rivals get things all tangled up in betting, sports and relationships.
2- VIEWERS - CHECK THIS OUT!.............
*AND IN THIS CORNER!........ The two sets of "Rivals" are Dr. Bashir vs O'Brien (racquetball-type contest) and Quark vs Martus in a gambling/promoter-type rivalry.
*WHY ARE PEOPLE SO COMPETITIVE?......... Viewers may recognize Martus as Prince Humperdinck from the classic film: The Princess Bride. To make the competition with Quark even more intense, Martus also recruits Quark's brother Rom to assist him in his newly opened club. The rivalry here is obvious and the motivation would be bars of gold pressed latinum! The Bashir vs O'Brien rivalry is age vs youth and tradition vs the new style - a pretty heated and dynamic competition with betting monies, pride and winter coats for orphans all on the line.
*IT ALL STARTED WITH A TURBO LIFT DOOR BLOOPER!.......... When strange happenings begin breaking out the day before the super bowl-like-event (Bashir vs O'Brien) - Sisko says to Dax, "We've got bad luck breaking out all over the station. The hospital is treating all kinds of strange injuries, people walking into turbo lift doors before they open - that sort of thing." The reference to the turbo lift doors not opening is a direct nod and homage to the original Star Trek series first wave of bloopers where the original cast would accidentally walk into the turbo lift doors before the stage hands could open them. Those bloopers were released on reel-to-reel film and played exclusively at Star Trek conventions around the nation. Those bloopers were the "godfather" of the blooper craze that swept the entertainment world and, debatably, re-ignited interest in Star Trek and gave birth to Star Trek-The Next Generation. From there at least 4 new series arose and several movie franchises! Commander Sisko's comments seem flippant but he is speaking with his tongue firmly positioned in his mouth and the Star Trek gods - are greatly pleased.
*O'BRIEN IMITATES BASHIR........ At 11:40 O' Brien (in a conversation with his wife) imitates Dr. Bashir's accent. He is upset and in a competitive spite because Bashir had just whooped him on the ball court. His impersonation makes me laugh out loud!
3- Final Reflective Analysis & Final Grade........... *This episode is of the "stand alone" variety. Several user reviews aren't kind to this one. After the stress, heart wrenching stories and violent outbursts in the last few - this episode is a nice change of pace. I thought the casting of Prince Humperdinck was great on the part of the producers! Bashir and O'Brien have great acting chemistry together as well. Kira is almost non-existent in this story but everyone else is very well represented in this fairly light-hearted farce. The station is not in peril, no one gets killed and none of the rivals hate each other when the curtain comes down.
Final Grade: B.
2- VIEWERS - CHECK THIS OUT!.............
*AND IN THIS CORNER!........ The two sets of "Rivals" are Dr. Bashir vs O'Brien (racquetball-type contest) and Quark vs Martus in a gambling/promoter-type rivalry.
*WHY ARE PEOPLE SO COMPETITIVE?......... Viewers may recognize Martus as Prince Humperdinck from the classic film: The Princess Bride. To make the competition with Quark even more intense, Martus also recruits Quark's brother Rom to assist him in his newly opened club. The rivalry here is obvious and the motivation would be bars of gold pressed latinum! The Bashir vs O'Brien rivalry is age vs youth and tradition vs the new style - a pretty heated and dynamic competition with betting monies, pride and winter coats for orphans all on the line.
*IT ALL STARTED WITH A TURBO LIFT DOOR BLOOPER!.......... When strange happenings begin breaking out the day before the super bowl-like-event (Bashir vs O'Brien) - Sisko says to Dax, "We've got bad luck breaking out all over the station. The hospital is treating all kinds of strange injuries, people walking into turbo lift doors before they open - that sort of thing." The reference to the turbo lift doors not opening is a direct nod and homage to the original Star Trek series first wave of bloopers where the original cast would accidentally walk into the turbo lift doors before the stage hands could open them. Those bloopers were released on reel-to-reel film and played exclusively at Star Trek conventions around the nation. Those bloopers were the "godfather" of the blooper craze that swept the entertainment world and, debatably, re-ignited interest in Star Trek and gave birth to Star Trek-The Next Generation. From there at least 4 new series arose and several movie franchises! Commander Sisko's comments seem flippant but he is speaking with his tongue firmly positioned in his mouth and the Star Trek gods - are greatly pleased.
*O'BRIEN IMITATES BASHIR........ At 11:40 O' Brien (in a conversation with his wife) imitates Dr. Bashir's accent. He is upset and in a competitive spite because Bashir had just whooped him on the ball court. His impersonation makes me laugh out loud!
3- Final Reflective Analysis & Final Grade........... *This episode is of the "stand alone" variety. Several user reviews aren't kind to this one. After the stress, heart wrenching stories and violent outbursts in the last few - this episode is a nice change of pace. I thought the casting of Prince Humperdinck was great on the part of the producers! Bashir and O'Brien have great acting chemistry together as well. Kira is almost non-existent in this story but everyone else is very well represented in this fairly light-hearted farce. The station is not in peril, no one gets killed and none of the rivals hate each other when the curtain comes down.
Final Grade: B.
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