This is an episode I remember pretty clearly and it is an effective one. After waiting so long to join the great link Odo finally gets his wish, but not the way he would want. Also if I recall correctly he secretly spread a virus into the link which wrecks havoc among the other founders at least as bad as what they did to him to get him to join them in the first place. I honestly don't remember if Gowron is actually a founder or if that is just a ruse they planted in Odo's mind while in the link. I kinda think he is, but these shapeshifters are tricky.
The episode opens with Garak trying to set Odo up on a date with a Bajoran restaurant owner and he is both annoyed and into it. Unexpectedly as he prepares to leave Odo collapses on the floor appearing to be having difficulty holding his shape. Bashir examines him but other than being able to tell that something is seriously wrong he doesn't have much of a diagnosis. Kira stops by with the criminal activity report which seems to get Odo's attention, so much so that he leaves the infirmary and tries to arrest some smugglers but collapses into a puddle and wakes up in the infirmary again. Odo insists that the founder are the only ones who can help them so Sisko agrees to take him to the Dominion in the Defiant uncloaked broadcasting their plan. Before they can leave Garak talks his way onto the ship and Sisko gives him the job of keeping Odo entertained with his tales of intrigue.
They are quickly met by a fleet of Jem'Hadar ships and before they can discuss the situation a founder accompanied by Jem'Hadar guards beams onto the bridge of the Defiant. They agree to a device to block the nav computers from logging the voyage and a Jem'Hadar pilot. The changeling merges partially with Odo and he is a bit more stable. In private she tells him he will join the great link and be judged by his people for killing another changeling. They arrive and Sisko and Bashir beam down with Odo and watch as he joins the link. While Odo is being judge Garak tries to use the ships weapons to wipe out the founders but is stopped by Worf. Eventually Odo is ejected from the link a different person, a solid person. They return to the station and he is haunted by his memories of the link, there are things they tried to hide from him. His memory is jogged when he sees a video of Gowron announcing a provocation against the Cardassians, he realizes Gowron is a changeling!
Review: A pretty straight forward episode, I did leave out the subplot about Kira sneezing a lot which I don't think is a big lose. Mostly a setup for things to come, but not a bad episode never the less.
6 out of 10
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