Daedaleus is in some ways an inverted version of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE's classic and beloved episode "The Visitor." Where "The Visitor" was the struggle of Jake Sisko to recover his father at great sacrifice, to end in reunion and relief, "Daedaleus" inverts this story in more ways than one by portraying it as the struggle of a father to save his son and a struggle that is ultimately misguided and hopeless.

The episode also contains elements from such classic STAR TREK episodes as "The...

Considering that it's derivative of more Star Trek episodes than I'm going to remember to name in this review, "Daedalus" feels surprisingly fresh, even innovative. It's so nice to see the crew working on a scientific development, even if it ends up not working out. In the Augments arc they were working against the practical and ethical implications of cutting-edge science, and for most of last season scientific developments were only relevant as they applied to warfare, so even though...