Hold on just a second, a Dax Klingon episode that I actually really like? And she is actually great in this episode since this week we get nothing but kickass Dax. As a kid Klingons were understandably my favorite of the Trek races (it may actually be the Romulans these days, but whatever) and it is episodes like that that justify how much I liked them. Also Klingon ships are super cool and that hasn't changed one bit. Instead of the pristine suburban looking Starfleet ships, they are gritting warships most reminiscent of modern submarines. The rough and tumble command structure seems like it would have issues, but I guess the vikings managed to make it for a long time...
We begin with Martok being treated for a wound by Bashir who keeps bugging him about pretty much everything. After Martok tells Worf that he has been assigned the job of tracking down a crippled Klingon ship and he wants Worf as his first mate. Worf asks Sisko for permission to go and after some convincing Sisko agrees. Worf prepares to say goodbye to Dax in the airlock but she follows him on board, she is going too as science officer. Worf accepts the crews battle record after noting the lack of victories which shames the crew. The crew are dispiritedly eating in mess hall and Dax asks about the blood wine which they inform her they lack. She raises there spirits with the news she brought a few barrels along with her from the station.
They are called away from the mess hall by the alarm signalling they have cloaked. The crew rush to the bridge, a Jem'Hadar ship has been spotted patrolling but Martok refuses to attack since it isn't their assigned mission. Later that day Dax has to shoot one of them with her phaser to stop a fight over the refusal to fight in the mess hall. She tells Worf he has a serious problem, but he refuses to turn against Martok. Finally they find the crippled ship but it is on the other side of the Cardassian border so Martok again refuses to do anything. Worf and Dax discuss challenging Martok for command, but Worf's hand is forced, the crew are preparing to mutiny. Instead Worf orders them to prepare for battle. Martok charges onto the bridge demanding to know why his orders are being ignored. Worf challenges him as a coward and they fight. Worf allows Martok to stab him in the stomach and collapses. Martok leads the ship to victory again a Jem'Hadar vessel and rescues the survivors. Back on DS9 Martok thanks Worf for what he did and invites him to join the house of Martok.
Review: There are the barest hints of a B story in this one with Bashir having to take over Worf's duties in intelligence which he finds a lot more boring than his fantasy life as a spy. Overall this is a great Klingon episode with both Dax and Worf at their very best.
7 out of 10
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
DS9: Ferengi Love Songs
I really love episodes where both the A and B stories are about Ferengi learning to care about something other than money. Well, Quark still cares plenty about money, he just also cares about his mother and the broader Ferengi economy. Rom on the other hand just cares about Leeta. Ishka is at her best which is one of the greatest things to ever happen to Trek. I also appreciate the foreshadowing that she is going to upset the Ferengi gender balance as soon as she can which pays off in the next few seasons. Sure the Dominion war has disappeared again, but hey, Ferengi!
We open with a sad Quark. Not just sad because his bar is closed due to Cardassian vole infestation, but more general ennui caused by his inability to practice business as a Ferengi. To cheer Quark up Rom announces he and Leeta are getting married, but that only depresses Quark more. Rom suggests he visit moogie on Ferenginar and Quark decides that is the right thing to do. Rom though manages to make it only a few hours before Miles points out that he is doing stuff to fit in with her culture but she isn't doing that for him and he starts getting cold feet. Quark arrives and his mother is surprised to see him. He goes to his room to look for his Marauder Mo action figures and finds Grand Nagus Zeck in his closet and is quite shocked to learn his mother and the Nagus are in love!
Back on the station Rom tells Miles he is going to have Leeta sign a Ferengi marriage contract which will force her to give up all her assets to him and surrender the ability to earn profit. Miles recommends he not do that, but he insists. On Ferenginar Ishka, Quark and Zeck are having dinner but Zeck refuses to return Quark's business license. Quark goes back to his room only to find Brunt in his closet now. Brunt knows that Ishka is in love with the Nagus and offers to give Quark his license back if Quark can get the two to break up. Quark quickly talks to Zeck and convinces him that Ishka is planning a revolution of females and it is indecent for her to wear clothes and then bails while the fireworks happen. Rom's demand of the contract to Leeta goes about as well and she rejects marrying him but is still clearly in love.
Zeck is pleased and Ishka is super upset. Zeck hires Quark to be his advisor and Quark quickly learns Zeck's memory is just about gone. The Ferengi economy starts collapsing and Brunt shows up to gloat that now he will get to be Grand Nagus. But Quark isn't going to let that happen and convinces Zeck to give Ishka another chance and the two get back together and save the economy. Quark returns to the station with his license. And back on the station Rom has donated all his money to Bajoran orphans so he doesn't need Leeta to sign the contract anymore and the two of them can get married!
Review: An episode with lots of touching character moments and some awesome Ferengi hilarity. I recall being annoyed by these episodes a bit since they again pulled the story away from the Dominion war the first time through, but now I am loving them.
8 out of 10
We open with a sad Quark. Not just sad because his bar is closed due to Cardassian vole infestation, but more general ennui caused by his inability to practice business as a Ferengi. To cheer Quark up Rom announces he and Leeta are getting married, but that only depresses Quark more. Rom suggests he visit moogie on Ferenginar and Quark decides that is the right thing to do. Rom though manages to make it only a few hours before Miles points out that he is doing stuff to fit in with her culture but she isn't doing that for him and he starts getting cold feet. Quark arrives and his mother is surprised to see him. He goes to his room to look for his Marauder Mo action figures and finds Grand Nagus Zeck in his closet and is quite shocked to learn his mother and the Nagus are in love!
Back on the station Rom tells Miles he is going to have Leeta sign a Ferengi marriage contract which will force her to give up all her assets to him and surrender the ability to earn profit. Miles recommends he not do that, but he insists. On Ferenginar Ishka, Quark and Zeck are having dinner but Zeck refuses to return Quark's business license. Quark goes back to his room only to find Brunt in his closet now. Brunt knows that Ishka is in love with the Nagus and offers to give Quark his license back if Quark can get the two to break up. Quark quickly talks to Zeck and convinces him that Ishka is planning a revolution of females and it is indecent for her to wear clothes and then bails while the fireworks happen. Rom's demand of the contract to Leeta goes about as well and she rejects marrying him but is still clearly in love.
Zeck is pleased and Ishka is super upset. Zeck hires Quark to be his advisor and Quark quickly learns Zeck's memory is just about gone. The Ferengi economy starts collapsing and Brunt shows up to gloat that now he will get to be Grand Nagus. But Quark isn't going to let that happen and convinces Zeck to give Ishka another chance and the two get back together and save the economy. Quark returns to the station with his license. And back on the station Rom has donated all his money to Bajoran orphans so he doesn't need Leeta to sign the contract anymore and the two of them can get married!
Review: An episode with lots of touching character moments and some awesome Ferengi hilarity. I recall being annoyed by these episodes a bit since they again pulled the story away from the Dominion war the first time through, but now I am loving them.
8 out of 10
DS9: Ties of Blood and Water
The question I have about this episode is why Sisko ever let Dukat and Weyoun onto the station in the first place. It wasn't like he had any plans to give Dukat what he wanted and it wasn't even like Dukat had much to offer, but I guess Sisko wanted to tell him no to his face. It also opened up the chance for Dukat to murder Ghemor's assassination and sure, his kanar plot failed, but he ran DS9 for years, maybe he knows something about the station Sisko doesn't and he could use that to murder his enemy.
The episode begins with Worf, Dax and Kira waiting to greet Kira's kinda father Tekeny Ghemor, the Cardassian who was her father when she was kidnapped and made to look Cardassian. Kira tries to talk him into helping lead a resistance of Cardassians against the Dominion but he tells her he is dying. He has a terminal illness and all he wants is to talk to her and tell her all his secrets before he dies. Dukat gets word of it somehow and tells Sisko he must extradite Ghemor, but Sisko isn't interested. Kira starts taking care of Ghemor with some help from Bashir and sure enough he starts telling her Dukat's secrets and other valuable information about how the Cardassian government works.
To try and stops this Dukat arrives on a Dominion ship with a clone of Weyoun. He tries telling Ghemor that his daughter is alive and he can be with her if he comes with Dukat, but Ghemor doesn't fall for it. He then tries to poison him with kanar, but Sisko figures it out and stops him. Finally he tries convincing Kira that Ghemor was a monster who killed many Bajoran's and that is a little true, but not true enough. Kira struggles with issues she has with her feelings she abandoned her own father but eventually decides to be with Ghemor as he dies.
Review: I am super tired from a long day so the summary is a little brief, but this is an overall solid episode. Not the most outstanding this series has to offer, but a touching emotional look into Kira's past.
6 out of 10
The episode begins with Worf, Dax and Kira waiting to greet Kira's kinda father Tekeny Ghemor, the Cardassian who was her father when she was kidnapped and made to look Cardassian. Kira tries to talk him into helping lead a resistance of Cardassians against the Dominion but he tells her he is dying. He has a terminal illness and all he wants is to talk to her and tell her all his secrets before he dies. Dukat gets word of it somehow and tells Sisko he must extradite Ghemor, but Sisko isn't interested. Kira starts taking care of Ghemor with some help from Bashir and sure enough he starts telling her Dukat's secrets and other valuable information about how the Cardassian government works.
To try and stops this Dukat arrives on a Dominion ship with a clone of Weyoun. He tries telling Ghemor that his daughter is alive and he can be with her if he comes with Dukat, but Ghemor doesn't fall for it. He then tries to poison him with kanar, but Sisko figures it out and stops him. Finally he tries convincing Kira that Ghemor was a monster who killed many Bajoran's and that is a little true, but not true enough. Kira struggles with issues she has with her feelings she abandoned her own father but eventually decides to be with Ghemor as he dies.
Review: I am super tired from a long day so the summary is a little brief, but this is an overall solid episode. Not the most outstanding this series has to offer, but a touching emotional look into Kira's past.
6 out of 10
Sunday, April 3, 2016
DS9: Business as Usual
Quark has always been a character of, shall we say, somewhat questionable ethics. But that doesn't mean he is necessarily evil or particularly immoral. Just not afraid of cheating some people to make extra profit. But in this episode we learn that there are limits to what he is willing to do for money and they mostly involve the deaths of millions of people. I actually appreciate the moral ambiguity of the episode with the Bajoran government willing to take Quarks side but the Federation being unwilling to even talk to him when he gets deep into the arms trade. To the Bajorans their access to illegal weapons was the vital link to defeating the Cardassians which makes me suspect the Cardassian government would have a slightly different reaction to Mr. Hagath.
We open with Dax and Quark playing Tongo, but really Dax is just taking Quark's money, he is too busy being distracted by his mounting debt. And speaking of debt, one of his creditors walks right in, his cousin Gaila. It turns out Gaila wants to use Quark's holosuites as an arms show room for an associate of his and Quark will get to take 5% of the profit. For a change we switch to the B story second which is pretty much entirely Chief O'Brien trying to take care of his some Yoshi while Keiko is on Bajor and literally every time Yoshi is set down or in anyone's arms but Miles he starts crying. Quark meanwhile is meeting Gaila's business partner Hagath, an enthusiastic and rather antagonistic man who loves selling guns and threatening those with less power than himself.
Things go great for a while since they are only showing off holographic weapons it doesn't appear they can be touched by the law, but that is less clear when Odo drags Quark into the security office to arrest him. But Sisko and Kira show up with news that since Hagath sold guns to the Bajorans Quark isn't to be prosecuted for his crimes. Quark gets back to business preparing for a big client, the Regent of Palamar. Quark goes all out preparing a welcome for the regent and even impresses Hagath. The meeting goes great, but Quark is really upset by the news that the weapons are going to kill 28 million people. Quark comes up with a plan to let the regents enemies run into the regent in a cargo bay and it goes great. The regent is killed and a hit squad is sent after Hagath and Gaila. Sisko makes Quark pay for the repairs but is pleased Quark is out of the arms business. The episode closes with Dax and Quark again playing Tongo.
Review: No one in Starfleet has generally been allowed to be nearly as unethical as Quark which has kept a lot of the stories from having the kind of weight this one does. I am impressed with the fine line this episode walks and manages to stick with all the way to the end.
7 out of 10
We open with Dax and Quark playing Tongo, but really Dax is just taking Quark's money, he is too busy being distracted by his mounting debt. And speaking of debt, one of his creditors walks right in, his cousin Gaila. It turns out Gaila wants to use Quark's holosuites as an arms show room for an associate of his and Quark will get to take 5% of the profit. For a change we switch to the B story second which is pretty much entirely Chief O'Brien trying to take care of his some Yoshi while Keiko is on Bajor and literally every time Yoshi is set down or in anyone's arms but Miles he starts crying. Quark meanwhile is meeting Gaila's business partner Hagath, an enthusiastic and rather antagonistic man who loves selling guns and threatening those with less power than himself.
Things go great for a while since they are only showing off holographic weapons it doesn't appear they can be touched by the law, but that is less clear when Odo drags Quark into the security office to arrest him. But Sisko and Kira show up with news that since Hagath sold guns to the Bajorans Quark isn't to be prosecuted for his crimes. Quark gets back to business preparing for a big client, the Regent of Palamar. Quark goes all out preparing a welcome for the regent and even impresses Hagath. The meeting goes great, but Quark is really upset by the news that the weapons are going to kill 28 million people. Quark comes up with a plan to let the regents enemies run into the regent in a cargo bay and it goes great. The regent is killed and a hit squad is sent after Hagath and Gaila. Sisko makes Quark pay for the repairs but is pleased Quark is out of the arms business. The episode closes with Dax and Quark again playing Tongo.
Review: No one in Starfleet has generally been allowed to be nearly as unethical as Quark which has kept a lot of the stories from having the kind of weight this one does. I am impressed with the fine line this episode walks and manages to stick with all the way to the end.
7 out of 10
Saturday, April 2, 2016
DS9: A Simple Investigation
A really prefer how DS9 manage to tell a hard boiled detective story without resorting to setting the whole thing on the holosuite or something like TNG would insist on doing. Also no one carries around a giant Sherlock Holmes pipe which is obviously a good thing. It is also really nice to see Odo finally find some companionship, even if it is only for a short time. Also the way Kira reacts shows that even though she hasn't expressed any interest in Odo romantically so far, she is probably interested. The mysterious Orion Syndicate also makes another appearance on DS9 and honestly I am glad they were always kept (to my memory at least) as an ominous threat never really given a face, but always lurking behind the scenes.
We open with an alien man being confronted by two thugs looking for something and when the two don't find it they kill the first guy leaving a mark on the carpet. Back at Odo's Julian is getting his friends ready to play roles in his secret agent fantasy holosuite program and despite some pushing by Julian Odo isn't interested. He is however interested in a woman sitting at the bar getting hassled by Quark. He walks up to her and she assumes he is hitting on her and flirts right back, but quickly realizes this isn't exactly a casual contact when he explains he is head of security. Never the less he points out where she can find him if interested a few times before almost walking directly into a column on his way out.
Later that day she does make an appearance in his office, after being arrested for trying to break into the station computer. She eventually tells him that she is looking for her lost daughter and that the man we saw killed in the opening was trying to help her. She and Odo make their way to his quarters, but he isn't there. Not actually true, his remains are burned into the carpet and she admits she isn't looking for her daughter. She is working for the Orion Syndicate and is trying desperately to get out. Odo puts her in his quarters for safety while he continues to investigate. That night the two of them sleep together and he admits to her it is the first time he has been with a humanoid.
The next morning Odo has arranged a meeting with Starfleet Intelligence to try and resolve the situation, but before they can get much farther an agent from her government shows up, she is a covert agent with replaced memories. But at the same time she has made a deal with her old boss and meets with the two thugs from the opening. She gives them what they want but rather than let her go they pull a gun. Luckily Odo gets there first and beats up both the thugs. However once her memories are restored she realizes she has a husband and family which is crushing news to Odo. She also tells him she was/is in love with him though which honestly probably doesn't help.
Review: It is nice to see the shows least human character get a bit more human. The story of the agent with the erased memories is pretty generic Trek, but the first love aspect of it raises it above the average episode to me.
6 out of 10
We open with an alien man being confronted by two thugs looking for something and when the two don't find it they kill the first guy leaving a mark on the carpet. Back at Odo's Julian is getting his friends ready to play roles in his secret agent fantasy holosuite program and despite some pushing by Julian Odo isn't interested. He is however interested in a woman sitting at the bar getting hassled by Quark. He walks up to her and she assumes he is hitting on her and flirts right back, but quickly realizes this isn't exactly a casual contact when he explains he is head of security. Never the less he points out where she can find him if interested a few times before almost walking directly into a column on his way out.
Later that day she does make an appearance in his office, after being arrested for trying to break into the station computer. She eventually tells him that she is looking for her lost daughter and that the man we saw killed in the opening was trying to help her. She and Odo make their way to his quarters, but he isn't there. Not actually true, his remains are burned into the carpet and she admits she isn't looking for her daughter. She is working for the Orion Syndicate and is trying desperately to get out. Odo puts her in his quarters for safety while he continues to investigate. That night the two of them sleep together and he admits to her it is the first time he has been with a humanoid.
The next morning Odo has arranged a meeting with Starfleet Intelligence to try and resolve the situation, but before they can get much farther an agent from her government shows up, she is a covert agent with replaced memories. But at the same time she has made a deal with her old boss and meets with the two thugs from the opening. She gives them what they want but rather than let her go they pull a gun. Luckily Odo gets there first and beats up both the thugs. However once her memories are restored she realizes she has a husband and family which is crushing news to Odo. She also tells him she was/is in love with him though which honestly probably doesn't help.
Review: It is nice to see the shows least human character get a bit more human. The story of the agent with the erased memories is pretty generic Trek, but the first love aspect of it raises it above the average episode to me.
6 out of 10
Friday, April 1, 2016
DS9: Doctor Bashir, I Presume
I always forget that almost all of DS9 overlapped with first TNG and then VOY, but episodes like this really bring it to the forefront. In this case the arrival of Dr. Zimmerman rather than the holographic version with such a critical role on Voyager is actually a really nice little crossover. And as much as the EMH version is intended to capture his personality it is obvious that he softened some of the edges for his program that he hasn't softened in himself. But the main event in this episode is the arrival of Bashir's parents and the inevitable slip that he has been genetically enhanced which threatens to end his career. And then since it doesn't have enough going on already this is the episode where Rom finally tells Leeta that he loves her just before she leaves the station forever to go live with Dr. Zimmerman.
We begin the B story with Rom and Quark discussing how today is the day Rom is finally going to ask Leeta on a date but of course when the time comes he wimps out again. Cut to Bashir and O'Brien playing darts and discussing parenting when they are interrupted by Dr. Zimmerman, he has chosen Bashir to be the template for the new Longterm Medical Holographic Program. The thing about this is that Zimmerman will have to interview all of Julian's friends and family, and it is the family that is the sticking point. After getting started on the basic program Zimmerman asks Julian about who to interview and Julian says anybody, except his parents. Which of course means that they are the first people Zimmerman contacts.
While walking on the promenade Zimmerman notices Leeta and talks to Bashir about how they used to date and she gets put on the list to interview. Cut to the intercut interview segments which are fun and end with Zimmerman asking Leeta on a date. That night Rom watches the two stewing from his table. He walks up at one point and demands her attention, but wimps out again and only asks about repairing her replicator or something. Julian's parents show up unannounced at Ops and he is horrified. We are led to believe it is just normal embarrassment at having over the top parents, but there seems to be something else going on as well. That night the three of them have dinner and start fighting about taking things seriously and eventually the secret they share.
The next day Zimmerman shows up with flowers at Leeta's quarters. She loves the flowers and while she changes he tells her there is a position running a cafe available on the starbase he works on and she is so excited she walks out naked. The same day Bashir's father walks into the lab to apologize to Julian for not taking seriously the secret that he was genetically modified and before Julian can say anything he walks out. But we quickly learn it wasn't Bashir, it was the hologram and O'Brien and Zimmerman heard the whole thing. Bashir is outraged, but mostly upset that he will lose his ability to practice medicine and will be thrown out of Starfleet. As Zimmerman and Leeta prepare to leave they hear a roar in the distance which turns out to be Rom running to stop them. He professes his love to Leeta and the two embrace. Bashir gets called to Sisko's office, his father has told Sisko everything and agreed to a prison sentence in exchange for Julian being allowed to stay a doctor in Starfleet.
Review: Even as the Dominion War heats up DS9 still has to keep it's characters moving forward and this pays off a lot of hinting over the last season or so that there was something different about the good doctor. Robert Picardo is great as a guest star and makes this already significant episode even more memorable.
8 out of 10
We begin the B story with Rom and Quark discussing how today is the day Rom is finally going to ask Leeta on a date but of course when the time comes he wimps out again. Cut to Bashir and O'Brien playing darts and discussing parenting when they are interrupted by Dr. Zimmerman, he has chosen Bashir to be the template for the new Longterm Medical Holographic Program. The thing about this is that Zimmerman will have to interview all of Julian's friends and family, and it is the family that is the sticking point. After getting started on the basic program Zimmerman asks Julian about who to interview and Julian says anybody, except his parents. Which of course means that they are the first people Zimmerman contacts.
While walking on the promenade Zimmerman notices Leeta and talks to Bashir about how they used to date and she gets put on the list to interview. Cut to the intercut interview segments which are fun and end with Zimmerman asking Leeta on a date. That night Rom watches the two stewing from his table. He walks up at one point and demands her attention, but wimps out again and only asks about repairing her replicator or something. Julian's parents show up unannounced at Ops and he is horrified. We are led to believe it is just normal embarrassment at having over the top parents, but there seems to be something else going on as well. That night the three of them have dinner and start fighting about taking things seriously and eventually the secret they share.
The next day Zimmerman shows up with flowers at Leeta's quarters. She loves the flowers and while she changes he tells her there is a position running a cafe available on the starbase he works on and she is so excited she walks out naked. The same day Bashir's father walks into the lab to apologize to Julian for not taking seriously the secret that he was genetically modified and before Julian can say anything he walks out. But we quickly learn it wasn't Bashir, it was the hologram and O'Brien and Zimmerman heard the whole thing. Bashir is outraged, but mostly upset that he will lose his ability to practice medicine and will be thrown out of Starfleet. As Zimmerman and Leeta prepare to leave they hear a roar in the distance which turns out to be Rom running to stop them. He professes his love to Leeta and the two embrace. Bashir gets called to Sisko's office, his father has told Sisko everything and agreed to a prison sentence in exchange for Julian being allowed to stay a doctor in Starfleet.
Review: Even as the Dominion War heats up DS9 still has to keep it's characters moving forward and this pays off a lot of hinting over the last season or so that there was something different about the good doctor. Robert Picardo is great as a guest star and makes this already significant episode even more memorable.
8 out of 10
Thursday, March 31, 2016
DS9: By Inferno's Light
The Dominion war just keeps getting wilder with the rapid switching of sides by the Cardassians. I don't remember exactly how it all goes down but I am pretty sure Sisko's revelation that Bajor must stand alone is going to end up paying off in a big way. They didn't waste any time resolving the issue with the changeling Bashir which is honestly a good thing. It looks like we will be seeing a lot more of general Martok which is also a good thing.
We begin where we left off with the Dominion fleet streaming through the wormhole. The Defiant heads out to fight the fleet along with Dukat's Bird of Prey but it turns out they aren't the target, Cardassia is. Only that isn't quite right either, instead of breaking off or attacking Dukat flies his ship directly into the Dominion fleet, it turns out they are allies now. Back on the prison asteroid Garak is working on a link to the runabout when all the prisoners are summoned. With the new alliance all Cardassians are being released, except for Garak. The new head of the Cardassian government isn't a big fan of his, it is of course Dukat. While Garak gets back to work Worf is put in a ring to fight every Jem'Hadar on the station one by one from weakest to strongest. He manages to take four the first day.
Back on the station Gowron shows up with a fleet and rather than kill himself in a last attack Sisko convinces him to reform the Klingon alliance with the Federation. However other things aren't going so well. A security officer has been killed and the industrial replicator was used to make something and a changeling is suspected, but they have no idea who. Sensors indicate a Dominion fleet is inbound so they prepare for a fight but with the enemy only ten minutes out a fleet of Romulans decloaks and requests to join their fleet.
In the prison things aren't going great as Worf fights the Jem'Hadar first and isn't winning, but he refuses to quit. The Jem'Hadar surrenders to him rather than kill Worf which prompts the Vorta to order them both killed, but just at that moment Garak triggers the transporter on the runabout and they all escape. On the station they find suddenly that there is no Dominion fleet, but fake Bashir is gone and has taken a runabout with a huge bomb and is heading straight for the sun. They only just stop him from destroying the star system along with the combined triple fleet. The escaping runabout returns and Garak is reunited with Ziyal and Miles is horrified to learn he has been hanging out with a founder for a few weeks.
Review: A mostly plot episode with a bit of good character stuff along the way. They aren't wasting time figuring out who is on which side which I appreciate. Can't wait to keep watching!
8 out of 10
We begin where we left off with the Dominion fleet streaming through the wormhole. The Defiant heads out to fight the fleet along with Dukat's Bird of Prey but it turns out they aren't the target, Cardassia is. Only that isn't quite right either, instead of breaking off or attacking Dukat flies his ship directly into the Dominion fleet, it turns out they are allies now. Back on the prison asteroid Garak is working on a link to the runabout when all the prisoners are summoned. With the new alliance all Cardassians are being released, except for Garak. The new head of the Cardassian government isn't a big fan of his, it is of course Dukat. While Garak gets back to work Worf is put in a ring to fight every Jem'Hadar on the station one by one from weakest to strongest. He manages to take four the first day.
Back on the station Gowron shows up with a fleet and rather than kill himself in a last attack Sisko convinces him to reform the Klingon alliance with the Federation. However other things aren't going so well. A security officer has been killed and the industrial replicator was used to make something and a changeling is suspected, but they have no idea who. Sensors indicate a Dominion fleet is inbound so they prepare for a fight but with the enemy only ten minutes out a fleet of Romulans decloaks and requests to join their fleet.
In the prison things aren't going great as Worf fights the Jem'Hadar first and isn't winning, but he refuses to quit. The Jem'Hadar surrenders to him rather than kill Worf which prompts the Vorta to order them both killed, but just at that moment Garak triggers the transporter on the runabout and they all escape. On the station they find suddenly that there is no Dominion fleet, but fake Bashir is gone and has taken a runabout with a huge bomb and is heading straight for the sun. They only just stop him from destroying the star system along with the combined triple fleet. The escaping runabout returns and Garak is reunited with Ziyal and Miles is horrified to learn he has been hanging out with a founder for a few weeks.
Review: A mostly plot episode with a bit of good character stuff along the way. They aren't wasting time figuring out who is on which side which I appreciate. Can't wait to keep watching!
8 out of 10
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