DS9: Rejoined

         I think I may understand even more now why high school me was so into Dax. Seeing her make out with her hot former wife wasn't not entertaining now, but I am quite certain high school me was totally blown away by it. But other than that this is a kinda bland episode. The B story about making an artificial wormhole is extremely weak and the A story about Dax falling in love with a Trill who has a symbiote which was in a person the Dax symbiote was married to is alright, but the tacked on, "forbidden love," angle just felt a little weak. 
         Unfortunately the episode opens with the highlight, Dax showing off her magic tricks to Quark who can't figure them out at all. She gets called away by Sisko for what seems pretty boring news, a Trill science team will be taking the Defiant try and open an artificial wormhole. The "shocking" news is that Lenara Kahn will be on the mission, but we aren't told why this is shocking. Kira, Worf and Dax greet the science team including Kahn who Dax admits to Kira was once her wife (I am going to just call her a former wife rather than jumping through hoops about how this is true via symbiotes.) It turns out it is a big taboo for former partners to associate and that it results in them being banished and therefore unable to pass on their symbiotes which also seems kinda counter productive since symbiotes are pretty rare relatively. Also it seems like there are a ton of rejected Trill hosts and it isn't like there is some magic procedure to do the transfer, Bashir has done it at least twice already.
         They go on the mission to open the fake wormhole but it doesn't work. They do however agree to go to dinner and Dax drags Bashir along to make it look less like a date, but it is clearly a date and he bails as soon as possible. They eventually kiss in Dax's quarters and Kahn's brother see them holding hands which is a problem. Dax talks about it with Sisko and he agrees that if it is how she really feels she should ignore the taboo and go for it. They go on a second mission and the wormhole plan fails again and almost destroy the Defiant. Dax saves Kahn from a plasma fire but back on the station Kahn isn't willing to go forward with the relationship. Dax is devastated and watches from the upper promenade level as Kahn leaves on a transport ship.

         Review: Not a terrible episode, but not a very interesting one either. Definitely below average for DS9, but just average for Trek as a whole so far.

5 out of 10