‘TACKING INTO THE WIND’ (DS9)
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In the sixth episode of the ‘final chapter’ arc of the ‘DS9’ series called ‘Tacking into the Wind’, there are three plot lines. The first plotline focuses upon Kira, Odo and Garak helping Damar’s rebel group.
Kira advises Damar’s group on guerrilla tactics to fight against the Dominion. But she has a tense relationship with Damar’s second-in-command, John Vickery as Ruscot, who distrusts Kira’s motives.
Ruscot is a character who appeared in the previous two episodes of the ‘final chapter’ arc of the ‘DS9’ series. His character becomes significant when he eventually causes more problems for Kira. 😐
Odo also maintains his pretence that he’s coping with the disease that’s infected him and his people whereas in fact, he’s suffering so badly. Garak spots this by chance and Kira has become aware of it.
But Kira is willing to let Odo keep up the pretence in order to maintain his dignity. How long can Odo last for though as he struggles gradually to keep himself together and let the disease overcome him?
The mission that Kira, Odo, Andrew Robinson as Garak, Casey Biggs as Damar and Ruscot undertake involves an attempt to steal a Breen energy-dampening weapon. This is aboard one Jem’Hadar ship.
En route to a Dominion space station, Damar receives word and is upset his family’s been executed by the Dominion, being led by Salome Jens as the Female Changeling and Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun.
Kira reminds Damar that the Cardassians committed similar atrocities to the Bajoran people during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor. Kira soon regrets her harsh words once Damar has left the room.
Garak however points out that Kira’s words may be what Damar needed to hear in order to dislodge his romanticised view of the Cardassian Empire. Perhaps there is hope for the Cardassians after all. 🙂
Eventually, Kira, Odo, Garak, Damar and Ruscot steal a Jem’Hadar ship that is equipped with the Breen weapon. Hiccups occur along the way, especially with the installation of the Breen weapon. 😐
Thankfully it works out alright in the end. Meanwhile, Odo collapses on the floor once the disease overtakes him. Kira attends to Odo while Ruscot tries to convince Damar to allow him kill Kira Nerys.
He wishes for him and Damar to take the Breen weapon for Cardassia alone. Damar responds by killing Ruscot, giving up his vision for restoring the old Cardassia and chooses to create a better one.
The rebel group are on their way back to DS9 to deliver information about the new Breen weapon for Starfleet and the Romulans’ benefit. Kira sits by Odo whilst he’s in a bad shape from the disease.
In the second plotline, Robert O’Reilly as Klingon Chancellor Gowron has been sending J. G. Hertzler as General Martok on doomed offensives against the Dominion. Captain Sisko isn’t happy about this.
Worf suspects Gowron’s strategies are meant to humiliate Martok, since Gowron sees Martok as a political threat. Gowron seems to let his personal agenda take over the safety of the Klingon Empire.
In the infirmary, Worf urges Martok to challenge Gowron, but Martok refuses to consider the idea. Worf later meets up with Ezri Dax as he shares his concerns about the Gowron and Martok situation.
Ezri points out to Worf that if men as honourable like himself can tolerate corruption at the highest levels, there’s no hope for the Klingon Empire. Worf will have to do something about that, won’t he?
At a meeting where Gowron presents another suicidal plan of attack, Worf challenges Gowron and calls him dishonourable. This leads to a bat’leth duel, where Gowron seems to have the upper hand.
But when Gowron is about to finish him off, Worf fatally stabs him with a piece of his broken bat’leth. By Klingon tradition, Worf is made the new Chancellor. But Worf refuses the robe of office.
He instead hands it over to Martok, reminding him that “Great men do not seek power. They have power thrust upon them.” Thus Gowron has died and Martok becomes the new Klingon Chancellor.
In the third plotline, Bashir struggles to come up with a cure for Odo’s condition. O’Brien suggests he falsely announce that he has found a cure for the disease in order to lure somebody from Section 31.
‘Tacking into the Wind’ (DS9) rating – 8/10
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