SEASON 5 FINALE! STAR TREK DS9 5x25/5x26 In the Cards + Call to Arms REACTION!!

[@RolyPolyOllieReactions]

TWO THINGS: 1. Sorry about the image quality for the finale. The video has been blocked about 6 times now for different reasons so this was the best I could do. 2. Check out the first 6 episodes of SEASON 6 on Patreon now!!!

[@woogha]

@@RolyPolyOllieReactions I'm here for YOUR reactions not for what the episode looks like. :)

[@jasontoutges7270]

In all fairness, we've already seen these episodes, your reaction is what's important

[@themotleycollector]

I'm REALLY hoping you can reduce that watermark or do something to get it out of the way in future reactions. Too bad it distracted from one of the best reaction videos yet.

I wish I could go back to this point in the series, watching it for the first time again. I won't spoil anything, but season 6 might very well be the best season of Trek ever, including any season from TNG. It's just amazing and represents Trek at its absolute peak.

[@jonbolton3376]

Season 6 has several of my favourite ST episodes in it. Obviously I won't specify which ones, but i'm sure you can guess a few i love.

[@jordanbridges]

6&7 best trek finale ever.

[@silikon2]

There are numerous warts though. Don’t overhype it.

@@silikon2 It's not perfect, but it's pretty close. Season 7 is where the warts start to appear.

[@BrianD0313]

Season 6 also has one of the top franchise episode ever!

[@jackdubz4247]

In The Cards is one of my favourite DS9 episodes ever. A Call To Arms is masterclass in how you do season finales.

[@okankyoto]

Man, DS9 really deserves a remaster so bad!

[@librarianists]

At least they remastered a few scenes for the recent-ish documentary. They look absolutely stunning! It has major spoilers for those who haven't finished the series yet, of course, but IMO it's essential viewing for those who loved the show.

[@tomsamper4345]

Unfortunately they can’t remaster it so much, at least not the typical ways. When it came to TOS and TNG everything that was put in the episodes, even the special effects that were rendered were recorded on physical film which could be scanned and adjusted and fine tuned for an upscale because it is a photo, but a lot of the effects that were used in DS9 involved the very early days of computer rendered effects and as happens with a lot of things when they are just beginning to be used in their early days, the digital assets that were used to make the effects simply weren’t saved they were discarded to make room for new things when they had served their purpose, so the process to upscale DS9 would require either A: extensive digital interpolation and animation to replace existing effects, B: finding the original uncut footage (much of which was itself likely destroyed) and re-editing everything exactly to footage and making new effects for all of their shots, or C the use of AI models to create some form of upscale but these models are themselves only partly reliable and create many fragments or artifacts that are undesired from the final product. Any option to make it look good would be INCREDIBLY expensive and labor intensive for a relatively small audience with negligible financial windfall so getting a remaster of the series is very unlikely.

[@CrimsonRevenant666]

The Dominion War has begun, welcome to the most epic part of DS9.

[@wayneronnie7402]

Move Along Home is the most epic part

[@Tylerpierre99]

​@@wayneronnie7402 alamaraine!

[@Calzaki]

The Wadi work for the Dominion as torture specialists. Remember, Weyoun loves games!

[@darthroden]

The Dominion War has officially begun. Some of the absolute best storylines of the series are coming up. Get ready for a wild ride.

[@emptyempty8310]

22:37 One of my favorite little touches is that Jake and Nogs journey to do something for Sisko not only helps his friends on the station but also those who would be their enemies. I always crack up when I see Weyoun absolutely giddy with excitement in the cellular entertainment pod.

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

And O'Brien's obsession with beating that white water river program dates back to TNG!

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

A Call To Arms: SO many amazing scenes! Rom's speech to Leeta is very much from Casablanca....and really, Casablanca has always been the template for DS9. SO, Kira, Odo, Jake, Rom, Quark and Morn remain on the station while... Sisko, Dax, Miles, Julian, Nog and Garak will be with Starfleet! Worf and Martok will be with the Klingons! This episode had, by far, the most Federation ships ever seen onscreen at the end...but just for now. Soon, Ollie- soon you'll be blown away by space battles like you've never seen! By ground combat grim enough to shake you, losses that will break you and heroism so epic, you'll be surprised Luke Skywalker isn't at the Defiant 's helm!

[@kenjisparks]

WELL SAID, Jason! 👊🏾

[@ciaranconlon84]

"It's so weird seeing a Dominion ship here" Yeah, about that...

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

The teddy bear Kukaloka was first mentioned in The Quickening when Julian tells Acoria about his first patient and how he sewed the bear up. It's why he decided to become a doctor.

[@jerodast]

I have watched this series like 6 times and never put those two together! Thank you :)

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

@jerodast Anytime. Us DS9 fans are there for each other. I loved that they REALLY stood on continuity on DS9- Like Miles' obsession with beating the river rapids Holodeck and hurting his shoulder. That started waaay back on TNG "Clues". We'll see Kukaloka in Julian's quarters on the shelf a couple more times.

[@randallwong7196]

Don't be a soulless minion of orthodoxy!

[@jerodast]

Probably the most underrated comedic character in Star Trek haha. Great just-a-bit-silly writing and perfect performance 🤣

[@silikon2]

That is not an expression I ever expected in my head.

[@Calzaki]

I think I heard Steve Bannon or Joe Rogan steal this line

[@dupersuper1938]

"We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity." "What does that mean?" "It means we don't need money!" "Good. Then you certainly don't need mine."

[@tofersiefken]

The mining of the wormhole is huge. We are in some peak territory now! Jeffery Combs' acting is spot on. Weyoun is such a punchable kiss-ass and the interactions between him and Sisko are like a verbal chess match descending into incivility and vitriol, but I'm here for it.

[@kuribayashi84]

Begun... the Dominion War... has.

[@nanawalks]

That feeling you have is exactly why DS9 is the best written Trek series.

[@jacksonconley5117]

Call to Arms is the best season finale we’ve had since TNG’s Best of Both Worlds.

[@markbade565]

Avery Brooks and cirroc Lofton developed a real father son bond because of this show

[@davidgorman994]

A small thing, but I absolutely love that Sisko doesn't dismiss Nog's talk of the Romulans signing a non aggression pact with the Dominion. He knows his crew

[@nisto1518]

Call to Arms is one of the greatest season finales of Star Trek. I still get goosebumps on goosebumps when I see that Federation/Klingon fleet. That is truly epic.

[@superhayes256]

Agreed. I remember watching it as a kid and thinking wait. What? They left? Then they show sisko’s calculating face and then the defiant and bop fly and form up with the fleet and that music and I was just like YEAH!!!! They bout to kick some butt! That summer was sooooo long. 😆

[@thomasherzog2172]

i remember seeing "call to arms" the first time it aired here in germany on march 25th 1997. i was 15 back then and already had my own, tiny, budget 15" TV. any ship of the federation fleet was barely more than a little smear of grey on a dark background, but man was that epic along with the music!

[@wrdreacts4247]

Amazing intro trailer from the season. Very well storied.

[@williamjackson6705]

Louise Fletcher who plays Kai Winn is an Academy Award winner for Best Actress. If you dislike her here , you'll really hate for that role. Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". Give it a watch. You'll like it. Nog & Jake aren't just friends. They're brothers from different mothers. As you said, a really relationship. Despite the CGI being decades old, I think the battle scenes in DS9 are spectacular.

[@alexejfrohlich5869]

actually DS9 was mostly miniatures, even the battles... it was basically their final masterpiece before CGI took over for real

[@craigmarriott6759]

DS9 had a lot of CGI for seasons 6+7 but the station was always a miniature until the very end.​@@alexejfrohlich5869

[@williamjackson6705]

@alexejfrohlich5869 You're correct. DS9 didn't begin using CGI until Season 6.

[@wrdreacts4247]

In The Cards is definitely one of the most fun episodes. Followed by the action.... Typing as you discuss the calm before the storm....

[@Hibbs4Prez]

Yeah, we have been waiting for you to get to Call To Arms. Did you notice the touch of Sisko standing in front of the Bajoran temple when giving his Admiral Douglas MacArthur-like promise to return? What about Dukat inheriting the station in the same state of disarray as Sisko did when he first arrived at DS9? That Rom’s speech to Leta mimicked Rick’s speech to Ilsa in “Casablanca”? So many cool details like that spread throughout.

[@ciaranconlon84]

My favourite Easter egg in DS9 is still during Paradise Lost when Sisko lists off the captains loyal to the rogue admiral and they are all the characters from the novel Catch-22!

[@anothergalaxys4780]

Call to Arms is my favourite episode of DS9. Its teleplay is just perfect and the acting, VFX... everything.

[@TheAtkey]

50:41 I had that same reaction when I first saw that scene 27 years ago :D

[@Shannon-pb4sw]

When Jake tells wayoun that they're working for Starfleet intelligence one of the jemhadar turns and looks at them in disbelief 😂

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

SUCH a great moments- and Weyoun giving them boys the baseball card was pure class. He's a complex villain.

[@Enchantmentofeternity]

your reaction to the ending of "Call to Arms" was the exact same reaction I had to it back in 1997 when it first came out. I could not stop talking about it for a week straight, I was so excited. So you act that way made me relive that moment. Thank you

[@robertfalcon6083]

Holy crap I was so excited for this one!!!!! Knew you’d LOVE it!!

[@empirejeff]

Weyoun is a nice guy.

[@cleekmaker00]

The ending to "In the Cards" is one of the best endings to a Trek episode there is. The love shared by Benjamin and Jake, with Nog looking on proudly is very special. So is Willie Mays' rookie baseball card; it's worth $186,000 USD today! RIP Willie! ⚾

[@JoeMama410]

When both Ollie and Sisko think Kai Wynn is right, we know things are bad.

[@jonbolton3376]

Something I've been looking forward to saying to you for 5 seasons, welcome to the Dominion War!😋

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

Remember his reaction to the Jem Hadar first showing up and destroying the Odyssey? He was so young then. So naive.

[@dustinowens9552]

A few things about "A Call to Arms." Bajor and the Station could not be defended in a war footing. It would have spread Starfleet too thin to hold it. It was outside Federation space. With Bajor out of the fighting and the Wormhole blocked it gave Starfleet time. This also calls back to a scene in a past ep where Sisko under a trance by the Prophets says Bajor can not join the Federation yet. Had Bajor joined then they would have been destroyed here as a Federation Member World. And the DS9 battle scene was full of reused fx shots. I would mention them but that could mean spoilers for you about other seasons/shows.

[@LadyBeyondTheWall]

I just absolutely adore Weyoun, lol. Especially in In the Cards. He can be.. creepy, scary, awful, etc. But there's also a lot of times when I think he's just the cutest thing and want him as a pet.

[@carthedge7736]

DS9 may never have gotten to the big screen but with episodes like Call To Arms, Way Of The Warrior and a few others it was certainly the most "cinematic" of the Star Trek TV series. Despite being a single episode, Call To Arms feels like a DS9 movie. There may be episodes that better represent what DS9 or Trek typically are... but this one is my absolute favorite Trek episode to watch.

[@j.chappel1160]

Could you imagine a reedit into movie(s) form, calling it "The Dominion War!"

[@johnm.2633]

Ooh, two 10-out-of-10 eps back to back.

[@christoperwallace6197]

These are 10 for completely different reasons too

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

Heck yeah! Both episodes are wholesome and endearing. The hug Sisko has for Jake at the end of In The Cards is almost as satisfying as the thousands of dead Jem Hadar exploding into the void of space as DS9 's weapons destroy their ships. Brings a tear to my eye.

[@carlazaz1690]

The Season of all seasons is about to begin.

[@bethanygee6939]

One of my favorite parts is when Rom tells Nog to go take his MOOGIE to the shuttle... 😭😭😭

[@rickcastaneda10]

Congratulations, you have finally arrived at the turning point, welcome to peak DS9.

[@woogha]

I envy everyone experiencing this for the first time. Its all been leading to this. The Cellular Entertainment System. Greatest invention in the history of mankind. A new era is upon us. Fear not for the soulless minions of orthodoxy for they will be but ants in our new utopia! Also the war is good storytelling too i guess.

[@tofersiefken]

I'll bet Morn's place has its walls covered in black velvet paintings. He got the bullfighter to put next to his velvet Elvis.

[@dammitspock]

Damn I'm actually jealous you are seeing this for the first time. I only saw new episodes vis vhs back in the 90s & had to wait for ages for new seasons. Great reactions

[@pauld6967]

Captain Sisko's speech is a callback to when Gen. Douglas MacArthur was ordered to abandon the Philippines. He promised the people of the Philippines that he would return and liberate them from the Japanese occupation. As we know from history, MacArthur kept that vow.

[@heather9857]

Treachery, Faith and the Great River is one of my favorite Weyoun episodes.

[@richardstarkey2247]

Damar has been Dukat's side kick since they were both on that freighter. So he's stuck with him through hauling cargo, his private war against the Klingons and now his time with the Dominion.

[@tofersiefken]

Five bars of Gold pressed Latinum? Do you realize how many self-sealing stem bolts that could buy?

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

This is one of the top episodes for sure, I can't believe we don't have a blue ray option yet for this series!

[@esclad]

It was so painful having to wait nearly a year for season 6.

[@Hibbs4Prez]

Nearly a year? What country were you living in?

[@esclad]

@@Hibbs4Prez UK.

[@Calzaki]

I refuse to stop commenting until someone agrees with me that the official nickname for Wynn should be Kai Karen... "I demand to speak to your emmisary!"

[@siesonaladventures]

I love how Ollie reacts like a kid in a candy store...from 43:02 It's amazing to watch these episodes like the it's first time vicariously through him!🎉

[@theowarner]

Yes… that’s exactly how I felt at the end of Season 5 🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽

[@benlinus1310]

Glory to you and your house!!

[@SteveHARDWATER]

Wait wait wait wait the mirrordorn are part of the dominion? that is so crazy. amazing power Ref; the mirrordorn are the ones who live as twin parts of a personality for life. Imagine what the Vorta are cooking up. They have already assimilated the genetics of the Cardassians, and if you realize all the things the Vorta are about, they are the most interesting species in Star Trek.

[@redemption2]

"Garak kissing someone? Crazy." Garak kissing DUCAT'S DAUGHTER tho?

[@superzentredi]

The Sisko shall return to his throne Those of us who watched back in the 90s had to wait the summer for the continuation.

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

Ollie, that "guy" with Dukat is Glinn *Damar,* Dukat's Adjutant and former first officer from his freighter and Bird of Prey. He's just a toady. A silly person who won't amount to much. Though oddly competent.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Oliver! 🖖 Since you're just learning the word kismet, I recommend the musical/fairy-tale/romance/adventure KISMET (1955) directed by the great Vincente Minnelli.

[@ImAmirus]

The beginning is the kind of DS9 edit that we needed on youtube. There is a sever lack of good DS9 edits

[@reggiebrown9508]

At least you get to watch the next episode quickly and not have to wait 3 months.

[@RailfanJason]

The end of that finale, I acted pretty much just like you did. What REALLY sucked was waiting 3 or 4 months to find out what happens next. Then FINALLY when 6 started... oof.

[@v8matey]

Great work on that intro. Really good editing. Wish you did more of it

[@Calzaki]

You should keep an eye on Demar (the other Cardassian you noticed with Dukut) we first saw him in season 4 when Dukut was captain of that cargo ship and then took the bird of prey... So really he came on board "team Dukut" at his lowest point and watched him rise up... He's a true believer. Where that takes things is really interesting

[@Calzaki]

43:30 get used to Weyoun pulling your leasg Dukut. You're the Dominion's little puppy dog now. Smell what you left on the rug

[@BrianD0313]

Sadly I never got to have this reaction because I came into DS9 while Season 6 was airing. Episode 25 was so wholesome and fun. Episode 26 was so great. The tensions! I really like everything in this episode, the music was spot on. I like that Jake stayed behind and that Sisko put the crew above his own personal feelings. I'm sure Riker would have gone back and gotten the crew killed :P The other Cardassian is Dumar. (Doo-mar) Season 6 and 7 are my favorites in the series.

[@find2hard]

The soulless minions of orthodoxy are without honor!

[@toddsmitts]

If you look closely at the fleet at the end, you can see a couple of other Defiant-class ships. This is the first confirmation that since the DS9 crew worked out the Defiant's flaws, so Starfleet built more of them.

[@jpwphoenix1701]

This season finale is one of the best ever! The gradually-building tension really adds to the excitement, so that when the battle finally arrives, you can’t help but be on the edge of your seat. It’s such a rarity to see the station use its weapons, that it’s extra-special when it does. The final shot of the episode is the icing on the cake as, by this point in time, we’d never seen that many Starfleet ships together before.👏😎

[@matthewburger2801]

Your reaction to this episode is just what I was hoping for.

[@markwhalley9835]

Absolutely love your trek reaction vids. You excitement is so fun to see 😁 never stop ur singing of star trek deep space 9. Ds9 wasn't my fav series when it was first out but re watching it being able to binge it made me see how amazing it was.

[@wrorchestra1]

Bashir's Teddy bear has been mentioned before. It was his first patient.

[@-M0LE]

Your love for Winn makes my won when I watched this first now I see her different but yh I get you war over her

[@VolrinSeth]

Welcome to one of the best if not the best seasons of ST.

[@actor_jim]

Well, now that the first 6 Season 6 episodes are on Patreon, and we can talk about them without spoiling, you know why that tease of the first 6 episodes being over there is ESPECIALLY tempting, haha.

[@jerodast]

SPOIL:ERS - I still like to tag this for people who may also be watching for the first time. It's not like Ollie is the last person in the universe to watch the show! But yeah I had the same thought - it had to be EXACTLY six episodes haha.

[@danielfinn2190]

I’m soo happy and excited for you and this journey kiddo ❤️🍻

[@MI-hz1cp]

Deep space 9. In my opinion, was some of the very best of Star Trek.

[@Tylerpierre99]

Ah, yes. The season 6 where we split the crew up between DS9 and the front lines of the war. It was a nice change of pace and frankly the pinnacle of DS9 as a show. 👌

[@axelfirestorm2080]

In the words of Shang Tsung in the first Mortal Kombat movie: "IT HAS BEGUN!"

[@furtherback6131]

Ollie, you're adorable

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

We finally see the Dukat-Weyoun-Damar love triangle in earnest! Peak Trek!

[@Bobishkisan]

Fantastic reaction Ollie. I know you had to cut the dramatic music due to the copyright issues, but can I suggest that you and viewers hum the music next time your significant other tells you a dramatic story, the reaction you will get is priceless and definitely adds to the gravitas

[@ajlynch123]

I had to wait months for season 6 to start back in 90s. It was a long summer lol

[@mikeclemens795]

6:25 I think you were actually on key there! 😉🎶

[@MrDeathpilot]

I wonder how many "takes" that took. 😁

[@-M0LE]

As for weyoun they explain they are stuck basically serving the dominion they explain the vorta are super intelligent but somehow have got ruled by the changelinks but mainly only because they control the Jen hadar

[@dupersuper1938]

Bashir mentioned his teddy bear once before.

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

Back in the day, one had to wait from Spring into Autumn for the resolution of season ends -and what's next,....now, one doesn't, it's all there on disc or streaming to view. Less anxiety for fans. DS-9 is "epic"!!

[@rueeggerme]

I like your season compilations - thanks ❤

[@RolyPolyOllieReactions]

Thank you so much!!!

[@alcor4670]

Ah yes, the "Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy" episode. Written by the creator of BSG, directed by Worf. One of the funniest episodes in all of Trek.

[@_bulenty]

The next season is beyond epic!

[@ryangates3992]

You made it Ollie! This was our Infinity War. Trek rarely gets better than this.

[@SeeliaVachon]

Anyone ever think about some of the most powerful aliens in this universe going head to head? Who is more powerful? The Prohets from the Wormhole, how about the Travelers from TNG? Then there's the Q Continuum!

[@ThomasReeves-s7u]

The Dowd, spelling?, are up there. Kevin wiped out an entire species of billions with his mind and he indicated he was not a one off entity but of a species.

[@beyonderbill3409]

I LOVE In The Cards... Return of the No-Jay Consortium!!!

[@j.chappel1160]

Love the intro video!

[@maxgremln]

A lot of Star Trek fans regard best of both worlds part one as the best season finale. And to be fair it’s really good. But I rank a call to arms right up there with it. It’s not a cliffhanger per se. But it is a.MAJOR shake up of the status quo. Season six is a lot of fun!

[@geraldpatterson3903]

And as awesome as this final scene was...Sacrifice of Angel's cranks it up to Trekgasm levels with the march of the Galaxys

[@ericrinehart477]

Really wish at the end of season 5 after it showed captain sisko it shows the fleet then face of captain Pickard as one of the ships captins

[@defiantno10]

Nice montage

[@chet8682]

well... if that opening doesn't get you pumped up, i don't know what will! lol

[@silikon2]

This is the second time The Sisko’s Kid has shown an arguably pathological obsession towards his father.

[@jerodast]

I object more to "The Visitor" than this haha. In the end he's just doing nice things for people in this one :)

[@silikon2]

@ It could have been interesting to see The Sisko’s reaction to learning the lengths Jake went to here, in light of The Visitor. However, obviously this meant to be a fun ep.

[@jamesMarjan]

The Kai is interesting because her interests may sometimes be in conflict with Starfleet and/or Deep Space Nine operations, yet are often in the best interest of Bejor. Particularly when the problems are unknown.

[@SteveHARDWATER]

I just noticed your crystalline entity motif on your headrest😅