At this point in the series it didn't seem as crazy as it might have a few seasons ago for Odo to decide to maybe leave the station forever and go wander among the stars with his new found changeling friend. It was actually really interesting to see the perspective of a changeling who like Odo grew up among solids rather than being a product of the great link. I also very much enjoyed seeing the diversity of shapes and forms he was capable of becoming. Odo, as much for budgetary reasons as anything else, has largely been limited to his humanoid form almost the entire series. It seems like even if he wasn't going to join Laas on his journey of discovery it might not hurt to pick up a few pointers including that badass warp capable form we met Laas as.
We begin with Odo and O'Brien returning from a conference when they encounter a strange, possibly biological ship. It disappears and after some bumping about an odd looking changeling comes pouring out of a vent and introduces himself. Miles doesn't trust him, but Odo believes that he isn't a founder at least partially because he doesn't have the disease that has spread through the great link. It seems Laas, like Odo, was one of the 100 changeling sent out by the link to explore the galaxy, only have has never encountered another changeling before. They return to the station and after some initial distrust Sisko agrees to release Laas into Odo's custody. They hit it off rather well including Laas first linking, but it is also clear Laas distrusts solids much more than Odo.
Laas is also very disdainful of Odo's lack of shapeshifting and tries to convince him to do so publicly. He is also disdainful of Odo's love for Kira. Laas takes the form of a fog on the promenade which O'Brien and some Klingons find disturbing. Laas confronts the Klingons and kills one of them when he goes for a disruptor. Sisko insists he be held for trial by the Klingons, but Odo, rightly in my view, doesn't believe he will get a fair trial. Laas has been trying to convince Odo to leave the station with him to go out across the galaxy to look for others like them, but Odo wants to stay with Kira. But he is also having problems with his relationship since Kira can tell he is sad the two of them can't link. Kira helps Laas escape and tells him where to meet Odo. Odo goes to him, but tells Laas he is going to stay on DS9. Laas is disappointed, but they both wish each other luck and Odo returns to Kira,
Review: The most interesting changeling storyline in the show so far. It makes me with the effects weren't so expensive so we could see stuff like this more often. Sure Laas comes across as a bit of a jerk, but he also has some damn good points about the way we humanoids see the world.
7 out of 10
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