YMMV / Star Trek Deep Space Nine S 05 E 02 The Ship

• Alternative Character Interpretation: With previous episodes having indicated that Klingons saw dead bodies as nothing more than empty shells (and would presumably see no point in holding vigil over a corpse), some believe that Worf realised how much of a jerkass he had been towards O'Brien and the dying Muñiz, and made up the ak'voh so that he'd have an excuse to join O'Brien in mourning and make up for his earlier actions.
  • Given the funeral that T'Kuvma holds for a fallen comrade in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Discovery, it's also possible that some Klingon houses might practice something similar to ak'voh, even if most others don't.
  • It's also worth noting that this wouldn't be the first time Worf has made up a Klingon practice for the sake of a colleague.
• Aluminum Christmas Trees: Muñiz is skeptical when O'Brien talks about mountains in Ireland. Presumably all the mountains that are in Ireland in the 20th Century, such as Carrauntoohil and Knocknapeasta, will still be there in the 24th Century.
• Broken Aesop: The episode insists that the casualties on both sides could've been avoided if they had all just trusted each other. However, Sisko invokes the runabout crew (who were destroyed the moment Kilana's Jem'Hadar arrived), and T'Lor and Muñiz (killed and mortally wounded, respectively, before any negotiations had begun). It may be taken, however, that Sisko at least partially meant that the second Jem'Hadar ship opening fire upon arrival (and the Jem'Hadar warriors assaulting the crew on the ground) had soured any potential negotiations afterward.
• Tearjerker: Much of the episode.