Summary[]
Sisko expects Ezri to stay as the station's counselor, but the crew have difficulties to get accustomed to the new Dax host, and vice versa. While everyone gives her at least a warm welcome, Worf avoids Ezri, believing that to be friendly to her would dishonor his wife's memory. Sisko gives Ezri the task of helping Garak when he begins to have claustrophobic attacks. When her work seems to fail, she is about to resign from Starfleet, but she eventually finds out the true reason for Garak's claustrophobia, that he feels like he is betraying his people. After talking to Worf, Ezri decides to stay, and is rewarded with a promotion to Lieutenant.
Errors and Explanations[]
Nit Central[]
- Murray Leeder on Monday, October 12, 1998 - 8:18 pm: Ezri said that only Quark and Sisko, out of Jadzia's former friends, were comfortable with her. Jake seemed pretty comfortable, though. Did he not count as a friend? Probably more of an acquantaince. CdnTim 1308 EST 18 Feb 2021 - Kid of a friend, you don't necessarily think of those as friends in their own right.
- We get a different story of the origin of Garak's claustrophobia here than in By Inferno's Light. There, he implied that it was because, on Tzenketh, he was in a room where the walls caved in. And he was talking to himself... how could he be lying? The stress could be causing his memories to become jumbled. CdnTim 1308 EST 18 Feb 2021 - He could also have been telling the truth both ways: the roots of the claustrophobia lie in his childhood, but the incident which brought them back up in adulthood was the collapsed room.
- Lars Ormberg on Monday, October 12, 1998 - 9:16 pm: Why didn't anybody think to cheer up poor Ezri by reminding her that Jadzia wasn't considered "good enough" for the Dax symbiont either? After all, Curzon himself rejected her until Jadzia was able to prove herself. That could make Ezri feel even more inadequate!
- Michael Gurwitz on Friday, October 16, 1998 - 8:46 am: In the scene where Worf storms in and pushes Bashir up against the wall. Bashir is obviously peeved, and he grabs at Worf's hand, but is unable (or seems so) to free himself. So, does this mean that Bashir is weaker than Worf? What about Bashir's enhanced strength? Ryan Whitney on Saturday, October 17, 1998 - 12:17 pm: I think that Bashir's genetic enhancements are mostly in the areas of intelligence, hand-eye coordination, and motor reflexes. He may have some genetic strength enhancement, but just as he had to go to medical school to be a great doctor, he would have to do the actual strength training to realize his genetic strength potential. I don't think we've ever seen Bashir in a weight room. CdnTim 1310 EST 18 February 2021 - I don't think anything has ever indicated that Bashir was augmented to the extend of Khan and his followers, just made a very smart human.
- Shane Tourtellotte on Saturday, October 17, 1998 - 6:26 pm: Nice of the replimat to wait patiently between Julian's order of "Two Finalian(sp?) toddies" and his long-delayed qualifier "hot." Nove Rockhoomer on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - 9:46 am: It could be that the computer requires some specification (as to variety, cooking method, temperature) before it can process the order. Like you couldn't just walk up to a replicator and say "tea" and expect to get something. Unless there's a default setting, which may negate my explanation. Maybe Bashir got the word "hot" in just before the computer was going to prompt him.
- During Garak's final attack, Ezri notifies the infirmary of a medical emergency, but neglects to inform them where the emergency is. They would most likely determine the location by tracing the emergency call.
Notes[]
- ↑ According to the startrek.com episode list, the provisional stardate for this episode is 52183.