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Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7, Episode 11 - "Prodigal Daughter"

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

Roddenberry Entertainment

Arts, Performing Arts, Tv Reviews, Tv & Film

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "Prodigal Daughter," Ezri Dax returns home only to find she can't go home again. There's her overbearing mother, her artistic brother and the other one. Oh hi, Chief O'Brien. Also, there's murder. 

Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao

Welcome to Mission Log, a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast, where we explore the Star Trek universe one episode at a time. Each week, Mission Log examines a single episode of Star Trek, diving into its ethical subtext, metaphors, and cultural significance. From the show's most iconic moments to its hidden gems, we analyze what makes Star Trek one of the greatest science fiction sagas of all time.

In this Episode of Mission Log we'll...

  • Recap the story and analyze key moments.
  • Discuss the moral dilemmas presented.
  • Debate whether the episode holds up and if the messages are still relevant.

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You're listening to a Roddenberry Podcast.

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This episode of Mission Log is brought to you by listeners like you supporters on Patreon.

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Join today at patreon.com slash mission log.

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Mission log a rodenberry Star Trek Podcast, episode 422, prodigal daughter. The Welcome into another episode of Mission Log, a Rotenberry Star Trek podcast.

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I'm John Champion.

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And I'm Norman Lough.

0:55.5

Each week on Mission Log, we examine an episode of Star Trek,

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one by one, picking it apart for morals, meanings, and messages and seeing if we can really go home again.

1:07.0

This week, Ersry Dax goes home again.

1:11.6

For better or for worse. We might side toward worse. I don't know. Let's see how it plays out.

1:16.7

And we'll meet the Teagans, minus Chrissy, in a moment, but first a word on how you can reach us. Mission Log is a conversation about Star Trek

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and that's why we want to hear from you. Use Mission Log Pod to give us a like and a share on Facebook and

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41. Send us an email at Missionlog at Rodinberry.com

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and remember we may use your comments on an upcoming episode

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of Mission Log.

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And once again, the Dapperist man upcoming episode of Mission Log.

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And once again, the Dapperist man in the history of trivia,

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here is John Champion.

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Well, thank you for that.

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