Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 5, Episode 13 - "For The Uniform"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2020
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "For The Uniform,"
There, out in the darkness
A fugitive running
Fallen from grace
Ben never shall yield
Till they come face to face
Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao
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| 0:14.4 | Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, |
| 0:20.4 | episode 372 for the uniform. Welcome into another episode of Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek |
| 0:47.9 | podcast. I'm John Champion. |
| 0:50.1 | And I'm Norman Lau. Each week on Mission Log, it is our mission to take a look at a story from every angle, |
| 0:56.0 | figuring out in the end who's the hero, who's the villain, and is sometimes the line that divides them gets bluer and bluer. |
| 1:05.0 | Wow, well that sounds kind of bleak. |
| 1:08.0 | Today's episode for The Uniform, |
| 1:10.0 | the one where we learn where Starfleet does its dry cleaning. |
| 1:13.3 | No, it's definitely not about that. |
| 1:17.1 | No, no, but I was trying to lighten the mood before we get into it. |
| 1:21.0 | Okay, fine, it's the one where personal vendetta and |
| 1:24.5 | principal collide and good guys become bad guys in order to become good guys that |
| 1:30.3 | maybe? There's a lot of that to unpack. We will get to that soon enough. But first, a little moment for Mission Log Station identification. Mission Log relies on your participation. |
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