We have new arrived at the beginning of the end. And it really feels more like a prologue than an actual story which is kinda too bad for this episode. I also have to say that the Ezri/Worf sudden romance came across as rather forced from a storytelling perspective. Worf has clearly not wanted this and Ezri certainly shouldn't want it, but maybe it is what she wants. Who knows. Also to set Sisko up to get married and have the prophets tell him it is wrong after literally everybody knows about it seems like a real dick move, but that's just the prophets I guess. Lots happens in this episode, but it is pretty much all set up and feels kinda contradictory in tone at times.
We begin with Ben telling Kasidy about the land he purchased on Bajor to build his house there (remember, the prophets told him he would never be at home on Bajor). Then we find out that Worf's ship has been destroyed and they don't know if he made it. Cut to Damar getting plastered first thing in the morning with Weyoun. Damar barely gets the order that he is to have a special secure comm station installed in the founders quarters. Cut to Ezri having flashbacks of being Jadzia after she breaks into Worf's quarters. After learning the Defiant has given up the search for Worf she sets off on her own to find him in a runabout. Sisko doesn't chase her and she makes it to the badlands and drifts where his pod was ejected until she runs into it (not clear how she moved faster than him since her ship has more mass and is just drifting, but whatever). She rescues Worf but of course he isn't exactly pleased to see her.
Lots of cut to's this episode, and another, we see the founder telling Weyoun to have all the Vorta working on a cure killed and replaced with their clones, and while he is obedient, he is also clearly disturbed by this order. I missed a cut to earlier, Sisko asked Kasidy to marry him and she said yes, back to this cut to: he asks Jake to be his best man which he is happy about. Cut back to Worf and Ezri who are bickering about pretty much everything until they get shot down by a Dominion ship and barely make it out with the transporter. But without a comm system. Somewhere in there Damar gets a visit from Dukat and the newly betrothed couple learns everybody on Bajor already knows about their wedding.
Worf and Ezri keep fighting on the planet until they kinda out of nowhere start kissing and sleep together only to get shot and captured by the Breen. Damar gets called away from Weyoun who clearly knows about Dukat, but Damar is too drunk to notice. He visits Dukat who has been surgically altered to look Bajor. Also heavy side of foreshadowing that Dukat will die this way. Cut to Sisko prophet vision being told this marriage is wrong and will end it sadness. He doesn't want to give it up and it isn't clear what will happen.
Review: I guess the rest of the series has enough character stuff to make a strictly actions (not action) episode not feel the worst, and they certainly have been taking their time on some of this. But it does feel like they maybe decided to mess around half the season and are now in a rush to get it all done.
5 out of 10
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