After last nights disappointment I was extremely happy to run into this episode. I am sure I have seen it before, but I didn't remember any of the details so it was super fun to see it play out. Having grown up with James Bond movies as one of my favorite forms of entertainment I found the clash between Bonshir and Garak to be especially entertaining. And yes, Garak did join the wrong intelligence service. I also feel like we are getting a lot closer to the reveal that Bashir is more than meets the eye.
The episode opens with pane of frosted glass being shattered by the body of a man with an eye patch. In a garishly decorated 60's apartment we see tuxedo clad Julian Bashir take a bottle of champagne from a beautiful woman in a red dress. Bashir sees the reflection of the man in the eye patch in the bottle and pops the cork hitting him in the head knocking him out. Just as he is about to enjoy the champagne with his companion Garak walks in also in tuxedo (it bothered me a bit that he claims to not have known what the program was so how did he know how to dress, but he is Garak, maybe he saw how Julian went in to the holosuite one day and went with it). He explains that he has wondered what this new program that Bashir was so interested in was and after some convincing Bashir lets him stay. The woman in the red dress leaves as Bashir explains to a somewhat horrified Bashir that this is a program about being a spy.
Eddington is at Ops preparing for the arrival of Sisko, Dax, Kira, Worf and O'Brien. Just before they arrive their warp core overloads and destroys the shuttle. Their patterns get into the buffer but can't materialize. Eddington scrambles to save them before the patterns degrade and wipes any and all station computers to make room. The lights go out around the station and the hunt is on to figure out where the patterns were stored. But we find out first as Bashir's bar transforms into a bed with a silk dress clad Kira, but she is only Kira in appearance, she is actually Colonel Anastasia Komananov of the KGB. They are to investigate a series of artificial earthquakes together and track down a kidnapped scientist. When Bashir sees the file he sees that the scientist is Dax. They talk to Eddington at Ops and learn that he physical patterns of the missing crew are being stored in the holosuite and if they are killed there or the holosuite is disrupted in any way the actual person will be lost.
They make there way to a club where Julian talks his way into a card game with the bad guys lead henchman, Worf. He wins what he needs to get to Noah, the main baddy and Worf knocks them out with a poisoned cigar. Bashir, Garak and Kira/Ana awaken in Noah's mansion on Mount Everest. Noah explains his plan to destroy the entire surface of the earth other than Mount Everest with lasers hidden around the globe. The eye patch wearing Falcon (who I forgot to mention earlier is now O'Brien) shows up with a gun and ties Bashir and Garak to one of the lasers. Bashir flirts with Dax/Dr. Honey Bare and she gives him the handcuff key he needs to escape. He and Garak rush into the mansion but are stopped at gunpoint. Eddington lets Bashir know they are almost ready to get them out of there so Bashir destroys the planet to stall for time and just before he is about to be shot all the crew are beamed to the Defiant safely.
Review: A super fun episode with lots of action and some great humor. Garak and Julian are great together as usual and letting the rest of the cast play different roles is great when the writing is this good.
8 out of 10
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