Some people apparently don't like Vic Fontaine, but I gotta say, if you don't like this episode there is something wrong with you. Getting damn near the entire cast involved in an Ocean's Eleven style casino robbery heist is pure genius. I even really enjoyed the closing song which isn't something I ever really say about anything in Trek. The only disappointment about the ending song is that the best isn't actually yet to come for DS9, it has mostly happened already, but I can't let the impeding arrive of VOY put me off too much. Better to enjoy DS9 while it is still happening!
We begin in Vic's lounge where O'Brien and Bashir are trying to talk Vic into joining them at the Alamo. Vic isn't interested though and goes up on stage to sing a song about the Alamo instead. But suddenly things change and he is booed off stage in favor of showgirls. A tough looking guy with a goon in tow shows up and tells Vic to get lost, he owns the casino now. Miles tries to reset the program, but it doesn't work. Miles and Julian leave to try and figure out what happened. It turns out there is an easter egg in the program to keep things interesting. If it goes long enough the mob buys on the casino and the only choice is deal with it or reset the program and erase Vic's memories which none of them like. Kira and Odo agree to help them figure out what is going on. Odo manages to get in with the gangsters and Kira attracts the attention of the casino's new owner and gets more info from him.
Other than Sisko, who objects to a program that takes place before civil rights were a thing, the rest of the senior staff plus Kasidy all get in on it. It seems the owners boss is coming into town in a few days for his cut of the money so they come up with a complicated plan to rob the place and get the new owner taken care of by his mob boss. I am not going to spoil too much of the plan since it is super fun to watch, but of course things don't go down as smoothly as they hoped. At the last minute when they need a high roller Sisko agrees to help as well. To buy some time he starts literally throwing money around which makes enough of a distraction for Nog and Odo to steal the money just in time to save the day and Vic. Vic and Sisko sing us out with a great rendition of "The Best is Yet to Come."
Review: Super fun and enjoyable despite completely ignoring the war they are in the middle of. I am actually glad that they decided to make an episode like this instead of further stretching the pah-wraith stuff out to take up any more of the final season than it does already.
8 out of 10
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