![]() ![]() Grodenchik considered playing professional baseball before he got into acting, a testament to his portrayal of Rom. When Rom strikes out in batting practice while Solak is watching, he throws him off the team. Shame prevents him from revealing to his teammates why he is so invested: that Solok has been taunting him, humans, and all “inferior” and emotional species in the galaxy for decades. He is harsh and impatient with his friends despite them having learned the game of baseball in its entirety in less than a week in large part just to please him. This emotionality both reinforces Solok’s preconceived notions of human intelligence and prevents Sisko from being able to contradict them. He leaves his anger and frustration for the field, where unfortunately his teammates bear the brunt of his rage. Professionalism requires that he treat Solok with civility and ignore his haughty but deniable antagonism. One example of this is Sisko’s emotional journey. You can’t win a baseball game without a great team, and this episode is about building a team despite difficult personalities and high emotions. One thing leads to another and a challenge is wagered: a baseball game. ![]() Solok makes some snide comment about how much better Vulcans are than humans before he mentions that his crew has been playing an ancient Earth game. Sisko quotes him a timeframe in which the work can reasonably be completed. Solok has come to Deep Space Nine because it is the nearest starbase to the war’s front lines and his ship desperately needs repairs to be in fighting shape. The two men regard each other with cool suspicion. The T’Kumbra’s captain, Solok, ( Gregory Wagrowski) prides himself on the efficiency and valor of his crew of all Vulcans. Colonel Kira Nerys ( Nana Visitor) pages to inform him that the Vulcan ship T’Kumbra has docked at the station. The episode begins with Captain Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks) seated in his office. Arguably both the best use of holosuite technology and best one-off episode in all of '90s Trek, “Take Me Out” thrives because it weaves something compelling from a simple story with low stakes. Near the beginning of the show’s final season, this holosuite episode provides a welcome respite from the onslaught of the Dominion War. “Take Me Out to the Holosuite” (Season 7, Episode 4) is as much an ode to baseball as it is to good stories. Regular season baseball ends this week, but why watch the Yankees in the postseason when you can spend some time with the Niners of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine? ![]()
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