Holy cow, I didn't realize I was already in season 5 after Broken Link. Then I was struck with eight hard hitting episodes in a row, geez.
The first season 5 ep with them as undercover Klingons was a cool sorta mystery, even if I didn't figure out the changeling gambit (props to Odo). And this was the weakest of the eight for me.
The Ship was extremely tragic. Enrique was developing a personality and they just let him die onscreen like that? Geez.
Quark has sex?!? Jadzia has sex?!?! Worf?!?!? Kira and Miles?!?!???! Not exactly an intense episode but by golly my jaw was just dropping, haha
Jake's war story was made to real, too gritty. Dang.
The Assignment showed how Keiko's actress can be freaking terrifying. That video of her just brushing her daughter's hair was so quietly menacing. O'Brien went above and beyond when everything was stacked against him. Love it that Rom is the hero with him too.
After those two intense episodes, there was Trials and Tribble-ations. OMQ. Absolute masterpiece. Holy cow. Also Odo with a tribble, hahaha. Also Julian thinking he's pulling a Futurama Fry, hahaha.
The pleasure planet ep would have just been great fun. Unless Worf bringing it all down with his story about killing a child. Geez. Julian versus Rom was hilarious but I realize that there was no real reason for Quark to be there.
Screw that flashback of Odo in Things Past. Back to another intense episode where I was kept guessing. Great acting and atmosphere building but gosh dang, didn't want to know that about Odo. The executions at the end was chilling.
Holy cow, it was just hit after hit after hit eps. It's almost too much for me.