There's a lot that goes on here. I was disappointed at the marriage plans. I've seen so many series destroyed by a fixation on an upcoming wedding. When the Bajorans get involved, it gets even worse. Fortunately, there is a wrench thrown into the mix. We also have the rescue of Worf and the sexual tension between Ezri and him. The classic Hollywoood kiss is a cliche, where the two are fighting and end up on an embrace. This leads to their being distracted and getting captured. Dukat rears his ugly head again and has his face transformed. I wonder what they did with his giant neck. And, the Founder, continuing in her human-like image is slowly deteriorating as the Vorta trie to find a cure for the thing that is destroying their realm, their very essence. I think we are rolling to a conclusion.
6 Reviews
Beginning of the Final Chapter (Spoilers)
TAEMO12 May 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Somehow I have overlooked this episode for the last 20 years. This was great and it sets up the last ten episodes. We have Damar's hate for the Dominion in its infancy, Dukat having surgery to become Bajoran, the Founders becoming more ill, we are reminded of Sisko's destiny as the Emissary and of course the Worf and Dax relationship gets sorted out with a nice callback to Jazia.
I really hope now that What We Left Behind comes out, more people watch this show and it gets remastered and maybe an 8th season gets produced.
I really hope now that What We Left Behind comes out, more people watch this show and it gets remastered and maybe an 8th season gets produced.
Ezri and Worf go camping...
planktonrules28 January 2015
Warning: Spoilers
When "Penumbra" begins, Ezri Dax gets word that Worf's ship was lost and he might have been killed. The Defiant goes in search of survivors but cannot find Worf. So, impulsively, Ezri goes in search of Worf using a runabout. Eventually she is able to locate him and life is great...until their ship is attacked by a Jem'Hadar ship. They end up crashing on a planet and Worf and Ezri now are forced to talk to each other, as they've been avoiding each other ever since Dax was implanted in her. But their interesting little camp out is cut short when the Breen find them and take them prisoner.
As the episode ends, the pair are still in custody and Sisko's mother (who is one of the Prophets) comes to him in a vision. She exhorts him to 'stay on the path' and not to marry Casidy. If he doesn't follow her advice, misery will follow.
The style of this episode and subsequent ones are almost like one long, long movie or soap opera--without and of the usual plots that are resolved by the end of the episode. As such, it's a bit hard to rate any of these shows individually.
By the way, early in the show, Ezri walks into Worf's quarters and you hear lots of dialog between Jadzia and Worf--as she relives the past. However, the dialog you hear and the captions you see (if you have the captioning on) don't match at all. They are from different past episodes. Odd, huh?
As the episode ends, the pair are still in custody and Sisko's mother (who is one of the Prophets) comes to him in a vision. She exhorts him to 'stay on the path' and not to marry Casidy. If he doesn't follow her advice, misery will follow.
The style of this episode and subsequent ones are almost like one long, long movie or soap opera--without and of the usual plots that are resolved by the end of the episode. As such, it's a bit hard to rate any of these shows individually.
By the way, early in the show, Ezri walks into Worf's quarters and you hear lots of dialog between Jadzia and Worf--as she relives the past. However, the dialog you hear and the captions you see (if you have the captioning on) don't match at all. They are from different past episodes. Odd, huh?
Okay episode that lays solid foundations
snoozejonc14 October 2023
Worf goes missing and Ezri goes after him.
This one kicks off a number of plot threads that are not bad, but for me the majority of scenes are not particularly interesting.
Sisko spends a lot of screen planning something that is fairly tedious for my own tastes, but does get better towards the end. Some of the early dialogue between Cassidy and him is full of awkward sounding exposition.
The scenes involving Worf and Ezri feel quite forced to create conflict and a predictable resolution. Michael Dorn and Nicole de Boer do their best with the material and it is not badly written, just slightly clichéd and unnecessary.
Marginally better are the Dominion and Cardassian scenes as they generate intrigue in relation to characters like Dukat, Dumar, and the female Changeling.
It is a necessary episode to watch for continuity and to prepare for what comes next.
This one kicks off a number of plot threads that are not bad, but for me the majority of scenes are not particularly interesting.
Sisko spends a lot of screen planning something that is fairly tedious for my own tastes, but does get better towards the end. Some of the early dialogue between Cassidy and him is full of awkward sounding exposition.
The scenes involving Worf and Ezri feel quite forced to create conflict and a predictable resolution. Michael Dorn and Nicole de Boer do their best with the material and it is not badly written, just slightly clichéd and unnecessary.
Marginally better are the Dominion and Cardassian scenes as they generate intrigue in relation to characters like Dukat, Dumar, and the female Changeling.
It is a necessary episode to watch for continuity and to prepare for what comes next.
Lost in the Badlands
Tweekums20 January 2010
Warning: Spoilers
As the episode opens we learn that the Klingons have suffered losses in a battle against the Dominion and that Worf is missing presumed dead, the Defiant searches the area for two or three days but eventually they have to accept that he is lost; back on DS9 Ezri refuses to accept that he is dead and helps herself to a shuttle and heads into the badlands to look for him alone. Of course this is not exactly friendly territory so even if she does manage to find him she has to get him back to Federation territory. Back on DS9 things seem to be going well for Captain Sisko as Kasidy accepts his proposal of marriage although soon after Sisko is visited by one of the prophets who tell him that if he stays with her things will not be happy for him. Away from the Federation we see that things aren't so good for the Founders, the Vorta are having no luck in finding a cure to the disease which has effected them all.
This was a pretty good episode, it was fun seeing Ezri and Worf bickering although it seems some enforced time together will help them get closer. Although it didn't say "to be continued" at the end of the episode it could have done as each of the plot lines is left open and the Ezri/Worf story had a proper cliffhanger ending.
This was a pretty good episode, it was fun seeing Ezri and Worf bickering although it seems some enforced time together will help them get closer. Although it didn't say "to be continued" at the end of the episode it could have done as each of the plot lines is left open and the Ezri/Worf story had a proper cliffhanger ending.
I don't get the love for this episode
txriverotter27 June 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I'm not a fan of Ezri Dax. I think the character was forced on us in a heavy-handed way, because of Jadzia's rapid departure in season six, due to problems with her contract and timing.
That being said, just because Jadzia's gone, does not mean we have to have a Trill character to replace her, and especially one shoved in our faces.
Worf's ship was overtaken in battle and he has gone missing. Ezri somehow interprets this as "her" husband has gone missing and she alone must act. After the Defiant searches for three days and doesn't find him, of course.
So Ezri helps herself to a shuttle, then when Sisko catches her before take-off and tells her to cut the nonsense, she stupidly makes static noises, attempting to pretend she can't understand him. Like a 90's cell phone in a tunnel. It's idiotic.
But of course Sisko lets her go, with a map from the Defiant's logs. And of course Ezri finds Worf when no one else was able. And then the Jem Ha'Dar attack and they go down, stranded somewhere else. And we get "Really Weird and Awkward Time with Worf and Ezri." And icky at times. Ezri talking about "her" wedding night with Worf. She has no boundaries or common sense and it's disturbing.
The secondary plot is about Sisko and Kasidy's coming marriage and the land he just bought on Bajor. Naturally, the Prophets don't like The Sisko getting married, so they send him a vision that if he stays with Kasidy, he'll have nothing but misery. They don't say why, of course. Oh! Those pesky Prophets!
To top off an already bad episode highlighting an annoying character, Kai Winn shows up on DS9 to help Sisko with his wedding. Great. I don't think he ever asked for her help, and I know she's not hearing from the Prophets 'cause the fact they won't communicate with her is what drives her into the cuckoo's nest.
For the life of her, Winn CANNOT figure out why all her scheming, lying, cheating, using people to their deaths and more, hasn't endeared her to the Prophets, and they that haven't welcomed her with open arms. To put it bluntly, she's now nuttier than a fruitcake. And even more dangerous.
I don't understand what happened in season seven. Seasons five and six were SO good! There were a couple of stinkers, but overall, excellent writing, acting, directing, etc. But season seven we get stinker after stinker.
That being said, just because Jadzia's gone, does not mean we have to have a Trill character to replace her, and especially one shoved in our faces.
Worf's ship was overtaken in battle and he has gone missing. Ezri somehow interprets this as "her" husband has gone missing and she alone must act. After the Defiant searches for three days and doesn't find him, of course.
So Ezri helps herself to a shuttle, then when Sisko catches her before take-off and tells her to cut the nonsense, she stupidly makes static noises, attempting to pretend she can't understand him. Like a 90's cell phone in a tunnel. It's idiotic.
But of course Sisko lets her go, with a map from the Defiant's logs. And of course Ezri finds Worf when no one else was able. And then the Jem Ha'Dar attack and they go down, stranded somewhere else. And we get "Really Weird and Awkward Time with Worf and Ezri." And icky at times. Ezri talking about "her" wedding night with Worf. She has no boundaries or common sense and it's disturbing.
The secondary plot is about Sisko and Kasidy's coming marriage and the land he just bought on Bajor. Naturally, the Prophets don't like The Sisko getting married, so they send him a vision that if he stays with Kasidy, he'll have nothing but misery. They don't say why, of course. Oh! Those pesky Prophets!
To top off an already bad episode highlighting an annoying character, Kai Winn shows up on DS9 to help Sisko with his wedding. Great. I don't think he ever asked for her help, and I know she's not hearing from the Prophets 'cause the fact they won't communicate with her is what drives her into the cuckoo's nest.
For the life of her, Winn CANNOT figure out why all her scheming, lying, cheating, using people to their deaths and more, hasn't endeared her to the Prophets, and they that haven't welcomed her with open arms. To put it bluntly, she's now nuttier than a fruitcake. And even more dangerous.
I don't understand what happened in season seven. Seasons five and six were SO good! There were a couple of stinkers, but overall, excellent writing, acting, directing, etc. But season seven we get stinker after stinker.
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