167: World-Building through Worm-Building

"Invasive Procedures" 30th-anniversary reflections With the station all but abandoned due to a plasma storm, a skeleton crew of Sisko, Kira, Jadzia, Bashir, Odo, O'Brien, and Quark are easily overpowered by an unjoined Trill hell-bent on sticking the Dax symbiont in his belly. This feeble man named Verad feels that he has been condemned to a life of mediocrity because he wasn't chosen for joining. If he could only have a symbiont of his own, all would be well, and his girlfriend would especially love him. Doing his research, he found that Dax was the ideal match, and so he has come to the station with the help of Klingon mercenaries to take what he thinks is rightfully his. He almost succeeds, but made one fatal mistake: "never call me Benjamin." In this episode of The Orb, hosts C Bryan Jones and Matthew Rushing continue our 30th-anniversary retrospective that will take you through all of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, one episode at a time. In this installment, we discuss "Invasive Procedures"how the intimate story sheds light on Trill society and the relationship between symbiont and host. Chapters Intro (00:00:00) A Dark and Stormy Night (00:03:23) An Intimate Story (00:07:13) Verad's Motivations (00:12:18) World-Building Trill Style (00:18:29) Characters On and Off Target (00:28:01) Quark Consequences (00:33:10) Tuvok Alert! (00:36:29) Final Thoughts and Ratings (00:40:28) Closing (00:43:02) Hosts C Bryan Jones and Matthew Rushing Production C Bryan Jones (Editor and Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer)

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167: World-Building through Worm-Building is an episode from The Orb: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast by Trek.fm.

This episode is 46:33 long.

This episode was published on May 5, 2025.

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