Show Notes
This week, Alice and Skyler are back to discuss DS9 season five, episode eleven, "The Darkness and the Light." Topics include the career of Bryan Fuller, the songwriting skills having cats leads to, smoky transporter skeletons, having a low-key birthday with some low-key vegan Italian food and bad service, loving the song "My Hometown" from Eurovision Song Contest, Kira's Bajoran terrorism background coming back to haunt her, and much, much more! They also confuse Rom for Nog!! Listen!!!
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Links to some other fun things mentioned in the episode:
A Site Where You Can Generate Your Own Episode Title Images: https://trek.epicrandomness.com/
"Jaja Ding Dong" From Eurovision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlBUH8zMZng
The "My Hometown" Performance From The Train Station Oscars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UamELF1MyN0
The "He's An Insurgent Now" Hurt Locker Beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhjRW-j139k
Manhunter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunter_(film)
Faces of Death (2026): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faces_of_Death_(2026_film)
Episode Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Darkness_and_the_Light_(episode)
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