DS9: Behind the Lines

         The war is effecting everyone in different ways. The character most changed is clearly Odo right now. He seems to be buying into the changelings being a totally different and superior form of life compared to the solids.  Even before he starts linking with the female changeling Odo is finding it hard to be part of the resistance since his nature fundamentally yearns for order. Sisko meanwhile has actually lost his command of the Defiant to Dax, which seems pretty unreasonable. He is an excellent commander and tactician, but I guess maybe that is the reason he has been promoted. 
         We begin on the Defiant celebrating the emptying of a power cell from the phaser array with a ceremony where it is put on a rack with the other emptied cells. An admiral pulls Sisko out to brief him on a powerful sensor array that has been discovered that is allowing the Dominion to out maneuver Starfleet, but no more, the Defiant is to destroy the array and Sisko has to come up with a plan to do it. On the station Kira and Rom have set up the second in command of the station, a Cardassian named Damar, but letting his plan to kill all the Jem'Hadar, fall into the hands of the Jem'Hadar. They understandably are upset and a fight breaks out in Quark's. Weyoun and Dukat fight about who is responsible, but don't really make any progress. Odo confronts Kira about the fight, they had discussed doing it but he thought it was a bad idea, but left the meeting and the others decided to do it any way. They are interrupted by the arrival in Odo's office of the female changeling. 
         She has arrived at the station to put the pressure on the destroy the minefield but also to try and recruit Odo. Back on the Defiant Sisko is relieved of command to take over as tactical coordinator or something and Dax goes on the dangerous mission and Sisko is hella tense the entire time, but they make it back just fine. Odo gives in to the other changeling and links with her which upsets Kira when she finds out. But there is worse news. Damar has figured out how to destroy the minefield which Quark gets out of him by getting him drunk. They come up with a plan for Rom to disable the part of the station that will be used, but it relies on Odo to turn on a diagnostic at just the right moment. But when the time comes he is too busy linking and doesn't think it is important. Rom is captured and interogated and we end with Odo telling Kira he doesn't care any more. 

         Review: A kinda weak episode compared to what surrounds it. Sure, the war is still going on, but this one is mostly about Odo deciding to betray his friends. Which is interesting, but not what I was looking for in a trek episode tonight I guess.

4 out of 10