Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) explore the “Fascination” of the Bajoran Gratitude Festival. We debate the effectiveness of silly/playful episodes in Star Trek, we analyze the depiction of marriage in this episode and we defend how Lwaxana Troi was unfairly treated in this episode. Matthew asks how Miles survived drinking five cups of coffee in twenty minutes and Jo celebrates Bashir’s slutty little outfit. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor.Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com