One needs to take a rest from Deep Space Nine for a moment and appreciate the wonderful work of the special effects people and the production crew. When a Bajoran orb is brought on board, it becomes obvious that a villain has set about going back in time to kill James T. Kirk. Sisko and the gang become embedded on the Enterprise. There are so many people wandering the corridors, that they become relatively invisible. What we have is the episode where the tribbles appear and beautifully mastered scenes from TOS are integrated into the movements of the DS9 crew. We see them all: Kirk, McCoy, Spock, Scotty, Chekov, etc. They even speak to the new people and vice versa. One of the most endearing moments involves the fight in the commissary where a group of Klingons are throwing barbs at the Enterprise crew. Scotty becomes offended and punches the Klingon with the big mouth. What is great is that the original Klingons don't look anything like the later ones. There is no effort to explain it, but Worf point out that it is a long story. We never get to hear that story and that is fine. Meanwhile the tribbles are overwhelming the ship and once again are responsible for blowing the whistle on the Klingon operative. The closing scene is a throwaway and we get no resolution. It doesn't matter.
Review of Trials and Tribble-ations
