Pynchon on the Larroquette show

[Dave Monroe]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 5, Episode 523, 
"In the Cards," Stardate 50929.4 (aired 6/09/97) ...

"As the Dominion threat to the Alpha Quadrant
intensifies, Jake notices Sisko is growing
increasingly depressed. Hearing that Quark plans to
auction off a collection of antiquities that includes
a vintage Willie Mays baseball card, he decides
obtaining the card for his father is the perfect way
to lift his spirits. Jake persuades Nog to use his
life savings to bid on the collection, but a man named
Dr. Giger outbids them, taking the card and crushing
Jake's hopes.

"Jake and Nog approach Dr. Giger with an offer to buy
the card, but he refuses. 

[...]

"After learning that Odo has no record of Giger being
on the station, Jake and Nog spot Kai Winn on the
Promemenade, talking with a man who bid against them
at the auction. Jake assumes they kidnapped Giger and
confronts Kai. This lands him and Nog in Sisko's
office where, determined to keep the baseball card a
secret, Jake tells his father they were drunk. Sisko
confines them to quarters, but on their way they are
suddenly transported to a Jem'Hadar interrogation
room.

"Jake and Nog explain their quest to obtain the
baseball card from Giger, who is being held captive,
but Weyoun believes they are plotting against him.
Desperate, Jake makes up a story about working for
Starfleet Intelligence. The tale is so preposterous
Weyoun decides he belives the first story. In fact, he
is actually interested in Giger's work! Weyoun lets
the boys take the baseball card, which, as Jake
predicted, succeeds in improving his father's mood."

http://www.psiphi.org/DS9/ep/523.html

It's available on video ...

--- Mark Wright AIA <mwaia at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Star Trek Deep Space 9 had an episode that was a
> > parody of COL49 where the baseball card collection
> > was a stand in for the stamp collection.
> 
> And OW! Consider me bitch-slapped silly!! Or are you
> serious, God help us...

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