Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7, Episode 9 - "Covenant"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "Covenant," Kira is kidnapped to Empok Nor where she find the cult of the Pah-wraiths have an unlikely new leader: Gul Dukat. Faith becomes the battleground when Kira challenges his real motivations and the hold he has over his followers.
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| 0:29.7 | Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, episode 420, Covenant. The Welcome children to another episode of Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek |
| 1:00.7 | podcast. I'm John Champion. |
| 1:03.0 | And I'm Norman Lough. |
| 1:05.0 | Each week on Mission Log, we examine an episode of Star Trek, |
| 1:08.0 | and we have faith in each other and in you, dear followers, |
| 1:12.0 | that we will examine it for its moral lessons, deeper meanings, |
| 1:16.7 | and thought-provoking messages. |
| 1:18.8 | This week, Covenant, the one where... |
| 1:21.8 | Hang on, let me check my notes, |
| 1:24.0 | uh, okay, I've got it. |
| 1:26.0 | Gul-de-cut becomes a cult leader. |
| 1:29.0 | Yeah, that tracks. |
| 1:30.0 | Norman, why don't you tell people where to find us and I'll come right back with trivia. |
| 1:36.0 | Mission Log is a conversation about Star Trek and that's why we want to hear from you. |
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