And yet, all the carts are collected and all the shelves fully stocked.

Seems bland as hell on the surface, but hiding a spicy side.

I still think there should be a show that opens with Jadzia and Shaw on the Black Mountain. Call it Star Trek: Revenants or something.

There is one small thing linking this episode to the rest - Sisko's baseball. The alien posing as Buck Bokai gives Sisko the ball that spends the rest of the series on his desk. I also actually quite like all of the interactions between Sisko and Bokai.

Seriously, Profit and Lace managed to be misogynistic, misandristic, and transphobic all at the same time.

You realize 90s Trek had a massive budget for the time and the effects were actually considered outstanding, right? It was never cheap, it's just become dated. Fanservice varies. Early TNG had TOS-style skimpy outfits, but generally avoided references to TOS. Later on they got better outfits, but also became more self-referential.

And that, "Rrrriker!" line getting on the saddle was ad-libbed right in front of him.

she sees how stranded she is and it’s posed to her as inappropriate to partner with someone under her command.

Which is a damn shame given all the looks she and Chakotay shared. And that time they thought they were going to be stuck alone together forever.

The third season has some issues if you look at the plot too closely, but the simple fun factor is high enough that I don't care.

Voyager is just a hair longer than the classic Enterprise, but it's also chonkier so it has more volume. About 150 people on an Intrepid-class, 200 on a Constitution-class.

Tendi is a medical officer; she probably has it covered.

Why settle for 9 when you can make one with a knob that goes to 11?