Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 4, Episode 25 - "Body Parts"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2020
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "Body Parts," the bad news is that Quark thinks he's dying. The good news is that there's an opportunity for profit! The tragedy of it all comes when Quark realizes he's not dying and considers the ultimate taboo: breaking a Ferengi contract.
Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao
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| 0:00.0 | RPN, the Rotenberry Podcast Network. |
| 0:06.0 | This episode of Mission Log is sponsored by Mint Mobile. |
| 0:10.0 | Cut your wireless bill to as little as 15 bucks a month at mint mobile.com slash |
| 0:16.2 | Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast, episode 358, body parts. Welcome to another episode of Mission Log, a Rotenberry Star Trek podcast. |
| 0:46.6 | I'm Norman Lau. |
| 0:47.9 | And I'm John Champion. |
| 0:49.2 | Each week on Mission Log, we take a look at each and every episode of Star Trek and try to discover the |
| 0:54.5 | morals, meanings, and financial implications that lie within. This week body |
| 1:00.0 | parts. Hang on just second, Norman. |
| 1:02.7 | I just need a moment to delete this eBay listing. |
| 1:07.8 | Oh, by the way, I have good news. |
| 1:09.6 | So speaking to EBBA, I put a huge bid on this one-of-a-kind Flash Gordon prop. |
| 1:16.0 | I don't know the seller. |
| 1:18.0 | I mean, he has a pretty good rating, I guess, but someone named Slowmo Gentlemen, |
| 1:22.0 | so dude, the bid was a steal. |
| 1:25.0 | Oh, yeah, so about that. |
| 1:30.0 | I'm switching screens so I don't get outbid by a sniper. So while I'm doing that, why don't |
| 1:37.7 | you hit up this week's trivia before I get sniped. |
| 1:40.9 | Oh, hey, sorry, I just finishing up, I had a counterbit on someone named lounge lizard on a, |
| 1:48.0 | it was another eBay auction. Hey, while I'm doing that and definitely not sniping, Norman, can you tell people how to reach us? |
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