Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 5, Episode 4 - "Nor the Battle to the Strong"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2020
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "Nor the Battle to the Strong," Jake Sisko gets a firsthand look at the horrors of war when he and Dr. Bashir are diverted to help out at a medical unit.
Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao
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| 0:31.2 | Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, episode 363, nor the Battle to the Strong. The Welcome into another episode of Mission Log, a Rotenberry Star Trek podcast. I'm John Champion. |
| 1:05.6 | And I'm Norman Lau. Each week on Mission Log, we take a look at every episode of Star Trek, |
| 1:11.0 | in order, and by season, diving deep to find the morals, meanings, and messages |
| 1:16.2 | contained within. |
| 1:17.7 | And in this particular episode, there are plenty. |
| 1:21.6 | This week, North of battle to the strong, where Jake Sisko struggles with coming |
| 1:26.6 | to terms from perhaps one of the most defining moments of his life. |
| 1:32.2 | But before we delve deeply into this incredibly powerful episode we'd like to let you |
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| 2:13.0 | And now, for a plethora of information which is far more entertaining than listening to Dr. Bashir's medical jargon, |
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