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Ziyal deep space nine8/12/2023 ![]() “I’m sure that Benjamin could arrange for some quarters.”įorget Dukat. “Well, why don’t you stay here?” Dax asks. That is not the only thread Dukat’s refusal to kill Ziyal in Indiscretion essentially enables the character arc that spins out of Sacrifice of Angels and which plays a significant role in the show’s end game. This leads Dukat to make his deal with the devil in In Purgatory’s Shadow and By Inferno’s Light, which drives a major part of the rest of the show’s narrative. Dukat’s decision to spare Ziyal in Indiscretion leads to the collapse of his career, which leads to his situation in Return to Grace. It is easy enough to trace out the arc as it flows from Indiscretion. Indiscretion arguably has a greater impact on the future of Deep Space Nine in a nuts-and-bolts cause-and-effect sort of way than The Way of the Warrior. In a way, there is a very clear causal link between Kira’s refusal to let Dukat murder Ziyal and the Dominion War that consumes the Alpha Quadrant in the sixth and seventh seasons. The episode sets Dukat on a fairly clear character arc that has massive repercussions across the remainder of the show. In hindsight, so much of the show’s future hinges on the plot developments in Indiscretion. Indiscretion works very well as forty-five minutes of television. Watching Nana Visitor and Marc Alaimo interact is worth the price of admission alone, and Indiscretion throws a fairly heated personal conflict into the mix to create some tense and compelling drama. It throws together two of the show’s more fascinating a well-defined characters, putting Major Kira and Gul Dukat on a road trip from hell that inevitably throws them headfirst into conflict with one another. Indiscretion works very well on its own terms. ![]() As with Hippocratic Oath, a heavy two-hander a-plot is paired with a lighter b-plot that explores the day-to-day life on the eponymous space station, a structure that allows for world-building with sacrificing momentum. While The Way of the Warrior and The Visitor were ambitious deviations from form, Hippocratic Oath and Indiscretion offer a much clearer vision of what the show will look like from this point forward. Much like Hippocratic Oath before it, Indiscretion serves to set the baseline of quality for the fourth season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Check back daily Tuesday through Friday for the latest review. ![]() This February and March, we’re taking a look at the 1995 to 1996 season of Star Trek, including Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. ![]()
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