DS9: Strange Bedfellows

         Things keep racing towards the end at this point. Not a lot of episodes left to conclude it all, but I know they will get there. As much as I dislike Kai Winn I do appreciate that she didn't immediately embrace the pah-wraiths, but when she learned that the only way she was going to make things right with the Prophets was to step down as Kai we see her real feelings emerge. She would prefer to have power and be in contact with the Prophets, but she would rather stay in power if forced to choose. Damar starting to take control of his own fate is also good to see. The Cardassians are now the old new allies and therefore less interesting than the Breen. I am going to separate out the storylines again to try and keep things straight.
         First the Worf/Ezri storyline which today fairly heavily overlaps with the Damar/Weyoun story. We begin with Worf and Ezri still in prison. Weyoun tells them if they don't help him sort out the information extracted from their minds he will have the Cardassians execute them. Worf kills Weyoun which really amuses Damar. It seems Damar is being pushed aside in favor of the Breen. He is now to report to the head of the Breen instead of Weyoun and is ignored as a half million Cardassian soldiers are slaughtered by the Klingons. Worf and Ezri meanwhile finally work out their difference and agree to be friends just before they are to be executed. But as they are lead out by Jem'Hadar soldiers Damar kills the Jem'Hadar and lets them escape after having a change of heart. Weyoun is furious, but Damar can't stop laughing about the death of his predecessor.
         Back on the station Kai Winn and Dukat are all lovey dovey when the Kai finally realizes she doesn't know anything about the so called Bajoran she is sleeping with. She asks him and instead receives another vision but this time the pah-wraiths reveal themselves to her and she rejects them. She throws Dukat out when he says he has been with them the whole time and calls for the orb of prophesy. But even with the orb open in front of her the prophets are silent. She calls for Kira next but although Kira is sympathetic, she insists the only way to make things right is to step down as Kai and Winn isn't doing that. So instead she calls for Dukat again and together they decide to walk the path of the pah-wraiths and destroy the prophets.

         Review: Things keep moving but there isn't much of an episode to review. I am not opposed to their idea of telling the story without breaks, but it does make it hard to review individual episodes.

6 out of 10