That Federation-Dominion War finally kicks off.
It’s the end of the season, so we’re going to get a cliffhanger. But abandoning the station to the Dominion and Cardassians is a pretty good one. As always with the cliffhanger, it’ll come down to the resolution of course – but as setups go you’d have to look back to [*Best of Both Worlds*](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2010/04/trekathon-181-the-best-of-both-worlds-tng/) as a setup.
One change is that the special effects must be getting a lot cheaper, as we’re finally escaping from the ‘tell don’t show’ bias of the show historically. This is also about the fifth change in setup for this show – maybe this time the writers will finally find consistently good stories to tell.
480 down, 257 to go.