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Julian indulges in a new (very familiar looking!) Holodeck program in which he plays a British Secret Agent (00DS9?) which Garak intrudes on. When sabotage requires the rest of the command staff to require an emergency beam out, the only place that can store their patterns is the Holodeck, which incorporates their likenesses into the program. Julian now has to find a way to keep all the characters alive lest their patterns be lost.
OK, while this is undoubtedly a completely silly episode and the science makes even less sense than normal (Eddington can't keep their physical patterns for more than 30 seconds? Scottie can manage 70+ years!), I just LOVE it. Sure, it's highly derivative (not that James Bond is exactly original), but it's just FUN. The names are ridiculous (Honey Bear? Mona Luvsit*?), the accents outrageous and no scenery goes unchewed, but it's a fun swipe at (then) contemporary spy fiction and there's plenty of Garak snark to point out just how ridiculous the whole thing is. And I love the fact that Julian saves the day by destroying the world!
* I'm amazed this name hasn't been used in one of the films already - still not as good as the Bristol Pantosoc production For Your Thighs Only which had "Titania Tosmioff"
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