Ok, so it happened. "Trials and Tribble-ations."
Of course, a retcon of one of the most famous TOS episodes ever is bound to have some traction. First off, big kudos to the way these guys were able to blend the new stuff into the old. Rather than using the Star Wars Special Edition approach of dropping a jarring modern effect into an otherwise vintage atmosphere, they went with "vintageizing" the DS9 crew into the classic series.
This is, after all, a "breather episode" in a very long a dark run in the show. So they could, and indeed needed to be funny. And they were. Good moments including Bashir and O'Brien's general awkwardness around females of the time period (the one in the elevator looked exactly like Kit Quinn, btw, right around e 12 minute mark), Dax being a general horn dog for everyone, especially Te Klingon captain and Spock, and best of all, the dissonance of 60's Klingons vs modern Klingons (played for laughs with the excuse "it is not discussed with outsiders!").
Other interesting bits for fun - Sisko tapping his insignia where his com badge would normally be, Dax and Spock being noted as sort of intellectual peers, and indeed the explanation of why the tribbles kept falling out of the grain bay onto Kirk's head... Dax was throwing them.
It should also be noted that this episode begins a trend of the "Lets Put Dax in a Lot of Skimpy Outfits" trope, which becomes a prevalent theme.
I shall not fret over the whole time travel paradox thing, I'm just gonna let it go. All in all, much fun was had back in the 23rd century.
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