Tribunal
- Episode aired Jun 5, 1994
- TV-PG
- 46m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2.1K
YOUR RATING
Chief O'Brien goes through the horrific Cardassian judicial system when he is charged for an unknown crime.Chief O'Brien goes through the horrific Cardassian judicial system when he is charged for an unknown crime.Chief O'Brien goes through the horrific Cardassian judicial system when he is charged for an unknown crime.
Alexander Siddig
- Doctor Julian Bashir
- (as Siddig El Fadil)
Cirroc Lofton
- Jake Sisko
- (credit only)
Armin Shimerman
- Quark
- (credit only)
Majel Barrett
- Computer Voice
- (voice)
Eddie Alvarez
- Cardassian
- (uncredited)
Bill Blair
- Various Aliens
- (uncredited)
Robert Ford
- Star Fleet Crew Member
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaProduction designer Herman F. Zimmerman has said he took inspiration in the set design from George Orwell's 1948 book Nineteen Eighty-Four. Of the final look of Cardassia, Zimmerman explains, "Spartan, uncompromising and merciless are all adjectives that you could use to describe Cardassia."
- ConnectionsReferences Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Wounded (1991)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy
Featured review
Think of the children!
Chief O'Brien is imprisoned and put on trial by the Cardassians.
This is a decent episode about the use of show trials with a strong performance from Colm Meaney.
O'Brien is a mainstay character of DS9, so we know that everything is going to work out by the end of this 45 minutes. How interesting is the journey towards the resolution? For me, it has some good character moments written for him and some memorable portrayals of a dictatorship.
Show trials are pretty evident throughout history, used by various autocratic and totalitarian states to persecute individuals for the sake of maintaining order and control of populations. This aspect of the regime, much like TNG episodes 'Chain Of Command' is important for the depiction of the Cardassian empire. This episode does it simply, but has the desired effect if you do not take the details too seriously.
Colm Meaney does a great job in what is one of many "O'Brien must suffer" episodes. He captures the anger, fear, vulnerability and defiance of the character wonderfully well. He is supported well by Rene Auberjonois, Rosalind Chao, and the guest actors.
Visually it has a dark, bleak, imposing quality to the scenes set on Cardassia Prime, much like a page out of a chapter of 'Ninety Eighty-Four.
This is a decent episode about the use of show trials with a strong performance from Colm Meaney.
O'Brien is a mainstay character of DS9, so we know that everything is going to work out by the end of this 45 minutes. How interesting is the journey towards the resolution? For me, it has some good character moments written for him and some memorable portrayals of a dictatorship.
Show trials are pretty evident throughout history, used by various autocratic and totalitarian states to persecute individuals for the sake of maintaining order and control of populations. This aspect of the regime, much like TNG episodes 'Chain Of Command' is important for the depiction of the Cardassian empire. This episode does it simply, but has the desired effect if you do not take the details too seriously.
Colm Meaney does a great job in what is one of many "O'Brien must suffer" episodes. He captures the anger, fear, vulnerability and defiance of the character wonderfully well. He is supported well by Rene Auberjonois, Rosalind Chao, and the guest actors.
Visually it has a dark, bleak, imposing quality to the scenes set on Cardassia Prime, much like a page out of a chapter of 'Ninety Eighty-Four.
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