ST:DS9, The Homecoming, Episode 201 (part 1)

You know... I feel like this is turning into more of a nitpicker's journal than anything. But really... they make it too easy.

So the computers in Star Trek can respond to things like "Computer, I want to create a holodeck program that does X," where X is something sufficiently complicated like "replicate a 1930's crime novel" or "create an opponent capable of defeating Data."

I have trouble sometimes when they have a plot point that says "We have 10 Bajoran hostages, but we can only beam up 2 at a time." Common sense tells me that you could tell the computer "beam 2 at a time until the 10 people are all beamed up." But no... instead Kira and O'Brien risk life and limb going down to the surface of Cardassia 4 to feign showing a Cardassian guard Kira's boobs in order to trick the guards into lowering a force field.

(rubs eyes)

Anyhow. All said, not a bad episode. Political intrigue. Reluctant heroism. Quark getting branded with a branding iron. Extremists, et al. Good start to the second season.