Tonight's episode is the story of one obstinate dude who refused to let millions of people benefit from the energy in his moon. I think maybe they were trying to go for a parallel to Native American's being relocated, but they had lived on that land for generations, this is one guy who moved in a few years ago who thinks he is more important than anybody on Bajor. We do see Kira struggle with herself, but it isn't really clear to me why. They dude is hella rude and tries to strangle one of her subordinates for daring to try and do his job. The B story this time is much better than the A story. It is a tale of adventure and profit with Jake and Nog working together to turn a crisis into an opportunity.
The episode opens with Jake and Nog learning that one of Quark's employees accidentally ordered 5000 wrappages of yamok sauce, a Cardassian delicacy no longer in demand after they left the station. Then Kira is sent to remove three stubborn colonists so the moons core can be tapped for energy. I can summarize this entire plot in a few sentances: the leader Mullibok refuses to leave and treats Kira like a child. She apparently is so convinced by his, "you are just like the Cardassians" line that she refuses to do her job. Even after one of his friends stabs a Bajoran soldier she decides that it is time to give up her career for the guy even though they would just get removed anyway and she wouldn't have a job to go back to then. Sisko comes down and makes her listen to reason so she burns the place down and beams him out. On a more exciting note Nog gets Quark to let him have the yamok sauce since he is tired of storing it.
They find a freighter headed to Cardassian space. It turns out the captain has 100 gross of self sealing stem bolts that a Bajoran man failed to pay for. They agree to trade the sauce for bolts. They had assumed the bolts were valuable, but O'Brien has never heard of them. They eventually contact the Bajoran who wanted to bolts but he has no latnum. However he does have some land and they agree to trade the bolts for the land despite Nog insisting it is just dirt, but Jake has a good feeling about it. Later that day they hear Odo discussing how the Nogjake consortium controls a vital piece of land that the government needs for a reclamation plant and Nog suddenly perks up. He trades the land to Quark for 5 bars of latnum, PROFIT!!!
Review: I don't know how I felt about this episode as a kid, but as a guy who has to tell people they are wrong and need to follow the rules on a regular basis I can't stand the dude in this episode who refuses to move. He at least I can issue a ticket and get people like him to tell to the judge. The Nog/Jake plot is the only thing that kept this from getting a lower score.
4 out of 10
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