This is going to be a shorter write up than usual, especially for a decent episode since I am barely able to keep my eyes open. I had to open the park this morning (yes, I am a park ranger in real life) which means getting up about 2 hours earlier than I am used to. I honestly don't remember this episode at all and it is interesting. The idea of two opponents who can't give up their hatred of each other despite fighting a literally eternal war is pretty classic. It also dives into Kira's history in the resistance and how despite being proud of fighting for freedom she is also ashamed of what she had to do in that fight.
The episode begins with Kai Opaka making a surprise appearance on the station. Kira and Sisko rush to greet her and it seems her only reason for visiting is that Sisko had invited her. She gazes out a window to where the wormhole is, but since there is no traffic it is invisible. Sisko can tell she wants to see it so offers to take her through in a runabout which she agrees to. When they exit in the gamma quadrant Sisko picks up a signal of unknown origin and the Kai wants to check it out. Sisko agrees and they fly to a moon with a grid of satellites and lifeforms in a small area. One of the satellites shoots down the runabout and they crash into the moon. The Kai is killed and they find themselves among a group of people who claim to be some sort of prisoners. They are all surprised when the Kai returns apparently uninjured. Apparently there are some sort of nanites that keep everyone from dying and the prisoners have a rival group on the moon as well. The rivals show up and kill a bunch of their friends but afterwards everybody gets back up unhurt.
Bashir starts trying to figure out what is going on by repairing the runabout computer. Kira and the Kai spend a lot of time together while Sisko tries to work out a peace between the two peoples. The Kai gets Kira to finally admit she feels terrible about her actions during the resistance and it is clearly cathartic. Negotiations go nowhere and the both sides kill each other again. While this is going on Bashir saves Sisko and explains that once they die here once they can never leave which is bad news for the Kai. Meanwhile O'Brien and Dax have tracked them down and O'Brien comes up with a plan to draw one of the satellites off with a probe to get enough of a hole to beam them out. The Kai explains she knew she wasn't going to leave and that it is her new mission in life to make these people stop hating each other. Kira, Sisko and Bashir all beam out and Kira is clearly still very torn up to be leaving the Kai behind.
Review: A good character episode even if it does have a fairly generic plot in many ways. I didn't remember Kai Opaka being a major character in later events and I guess this is why.
6 out of 10
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