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Suspecting a conspiracy afoot, O'Brien finds ample evidence that a kind of Invasion of the Body Snatchers scenario may be underway, and he bolts from the station in a Runabout under a hail of fire. Searching for answers, the good chief runs smack into a cruel discovery about the nature of destiny and identity. A fine mystery from beginning to end, "Whispers" draws upon a favorite Star Trek theme, that of questionable realities and fear of madness. --Tom Keogh
| ACTORS: | Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Victor Lobl, David Carson, Gabrielle Beaumont, Robert Legato, Robert Scheerer, James L. Conway, Alexander Siddig, Avery Brooks |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 04 January, 1993 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Paramount Studio |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Television |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 097360043433 |
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The Whispering Imposter! This is not so much a review as it is a search for an answer. The episode "Whispers" in which Miles Obrien returns to DS9 to find that all is not as it should be stikes a remarkable resemblance to the movie staring Gary Sinise - IMPOSTER. I'm curious as to which story is the original. As this episode was part of DS9's second season and the movie came out much later, it appears as though there was a slight "borrowing" of a story line here. If anyone has seen both the episode and the movie and can offer some enlightenment, please do so. Thank You.
'The Spy Who Wouldn't Come In From The Cold'
Returning to DS9 after a short absence Miles O'Brien slowly finds that he has stumbled unto a potential conspiracy that the Federation may or may not be a part of. As he tries to untangle what he believes is a plot to disrupt an upcoming peace conference, the Chief is constantly diverted and encounters many peculiarities among the crew members. The conundrum becomes a full blown conspiracy when he is summoned to Odo's office where the DS9 staff officers draw weapons on him and order him to surrender! I don't want to give away the mystery any more than that, but be certain that you watch this one if you haven't yet.
Borrowing liberally from the 1956 sci-fi masterpiece "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" and mixing in a small dosage of "Blade Runner" and adding just a touch of "The Manchurian Candidate", the writers of DS9 create an exceptional mystery. The political themes and undertones so present in those classic films are retained here as well, injected occasionally building an uncomfortable amount of tension for the Chief to endure.
Flashback episodes can be cliched and pedestrian by nature but the Star Trek writers breathe new life into that tiresome vehicle here. "Whispers" is a uniquely filmed episode because O'Brien is featured in literally every shot. Every line of dialogue that is heard in this episode is a conversation that he has with another of the DS9 crew members. This technique works great for the story as we become totally convinced that O'Brien is right to suspect the crew of deception. Also, the ending of this episode is well constructed - it provides a great twist and a satisfying explanation for the strange happenings.
A few notes: In this show O'Brien is referred to as a replicant, the term used in the film "Blade Runner". Wisely, both the Trek creators and writers decided against using the term android which would have caused some small confusion considering it is so closely associated with Data. Using replicant also works effectively because in "Blade Runner" the replicants were on the run - O'Brien eventually does too toward the end of the episode. I've noticed also that O'Brien has to be DS9's most durable and put-upon crew member. After this ordeal he would suffer through worse personal trials on such episodes as the later "Tribunal" and "Hard Times".
Miles O'Brien returns to DS9 and finds the Twilight Zone
Chief O'Brien is racing to the Paradan system in the Gamma Quadrant to get the Paradans to call off a peace conference that is supposed to take place on Deep Space Nine. We then learn that O'Brien had visited the system a week earlier and had returned to DS9 to find everybody was...different. Even Keiko was treating him strangely. "Whispers" reminds me of some of those classic episodes of "The Twilight Zone" where some unfortunately character finds themself displaced from their reality. There is even a final twist to this episode worthy of the best the Zone had to offer. I especially like seeing Colm Meaney given more to do than run around doing engineering stuff providing an additional element of unease to the Chief's adventures this time around.