The tractor beam connection is lost and the Runabout flies out of control through the anomaly. The Defiant is attacked by the Jem'Hadar, who board the Defiant and take the crew prisoner before the episode's teaser is even over. Well, things of course don't go as planned. The plan is that the Defiant will tractor it back away from the anomaly after the experiment is over, returning the Runabout to its normal size. As the Runabout goes near the anomaly, it shrinks smaller and smaller. You see, the Defiant and the Runabout Rubicon-with Dax, O'Brien, and Bashir on board-are trying this new scientific experiment involving some bizarre gravitational whatcha-ma-whozit. But the funny thing is it works for most of the same reasons Xena does: it takes itself just seriously enough to be engaging, yet constantly keeps its tongue lodged firmly in cheek where it belongs.ĭo you even want to know more about the plot? What more needs to be said? Well, I'll try anyway. The premise seems more like it belongs in the 1950s, and the presentation seems more akin to the cinematic attitudes of Xena: Warrior Princess. It strikes me as one of the goofiest things in recent memory. The question wasn't whether this plot would prove ludicrous, the question was whether it would be workable in a 1990s sci-fi realm. And how it is this idea actually works also eludes me-but somehow it does. This is what they call "high concept." Or a better term might be "low concept." How an episode sold on the unfathomably ridiculous idea of "a Runabout is shrunk to about five inches long" can survive a writers staff meeting at DS9 is beyond me, but somehow it did. Just when you think it seems likely to spin out of control into an utterly laughable disaster (that is, from the point of seeing the trailers the week before), this show becomes strangely infectious and entertaining. It's fairly inconsequential but well made. This lightweight, zippy outing feels like a show that belongs in Voyager's fourth season. "One Little Ship"-also known as "Honey, I Shrunk the Runabout"-is probably the most absurd episode of DS9 you'll see this season, maybe ever. Nutshell: Totally absurd, but very amusing. Review by Jamahl Epsicokhan "I don't feel any smaller." - O'Brien Written by David Weddle & Bradley Thompson Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "One Little Ship"
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