These two episodes share a common thread, and I can’t help wonder if “For The Uniform” was a beta test (for want of a better phrase) for “In The Pale Moonlight”, or if “Moonlight” was planned all along.

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But the point is “Moonlight” is praised for Sisko doing a lot of “un Starfleet like things” to achieve his ends, but when you look at it, he’d already crossed that line in “Uniform”, although maybe not quite to the same degree.

I am not saying “Moonlight” isn’t a very good episode – it is one of the best and is justly considered so. But I tend to think that “Uniform” is generally underrated.