#Deep space nine sacrifice of angels full

I think it helps the Founders overall since it makes their priorities so fundamentally different as to make them a more interesting adversary.

I will say that I like that they laid the groundwork in previous episodes that the Female Changeling rates Odo's return over winning the war, since that's exactly what she chose her. Then the question would be if will he go if he thinks there really is nothing here for him, and will he find out in time. Kevin:В I said this in the podcast, but it would have been fun if she had lied and said that she was already dead. Odo had abandoned his friends, now he didn't. And so it all just ends of being dramatically inert. How could she possibly think this is a good move? She should have known instantly that he would do exactly what he did, turn coat and try to foil their plans. This woman has melded with Odo, read and shared his innermost feelings. The event precipitating his return, the Founder's threatened execution of Kira, made no sense. Prior episodes did not do enough to explore either his identification with the Founder and his removal from humanoid concerns, or his eventual return to care. Matthew: The Odo story, which had the chance to be the big linchpin of this story arc, ended on a really anticlimactic note. There was a great ambiguity with her scene with Odo after he rescues her that I just loved. In none of the scenes did we get Shouty Kira, and everything felt taut, not overdone. I would much rather have had a story of them being on the run, hiding on the station, something more tense and action oriented.

#Deep space nine sacrifice of angels full

They scheme in a bar in full view and earshot of Cardassians, Vorta, and Jem'Hadar, they carry out operations that imply clear knowledge of the station. It strained my credulity beyond the breaking point that any of them were free, especially after Rom was caught in an act of sabotage. Most of all I like that they were put in jail, finally. I liked that they failed to save the minefield, since that was a pretty weak story element, anyway. That said, the scenes with Leeta and Rom were generally bogged down by their presence, and Quark's rescue strategy strains credulity quite a bit. I enjoyed her scenes of scheming, and definitely liked Quark's machinations in securing her release. I will say that three seasons into them as The Big Bad, and six episodes into the war arc, I feel comfortable saying that as a villain, the Dominion succeeds, and it's largely because of both the large scale and small scale dialogue coming from these two. There's a lot of support for the two positions and outlooks in the story, and together they serve to both give the Dominion menace, but an obvious flaw to exploit. The scenes with Dukat and Weyoun continue to be the best. That said, and particularly because his failure was actually out of nowhere (more on that later), I really bought his breakdown both plotwise and actingwise. He could have had the same 'Noooo!' breakdown, but it would have been more in keeping with his character. Kevin: I forget where i first heard it, but someone suggested that Dukat should have killed Ziyal. Is he insubordinate, insane, or does he think this is truly best? He knows how much Dukat loves his daughter - how could he see this as working in Dukat's interests, then? Although I quite agree with the thought that she was not going to see much development, I just don't grok Damar's logic. But I was a bit baffled by Damar killing Ziyal. On the other Dukat thread, I enjoyed his breakdown immensely, and found his various monologues to be enlightening of the character and entertaining. Any scene with Weyoun was basically gangbusters. Things reach their climax here, when Weyoun basically warns Dukat against his hubris, and then has his warnings realized in spectacular fashion. In these scenes, we get to enjoy Dukat's posturing and Weyoun's wily, wry observations. I'll start with what I think is the best - Weyoun and Dukat sparring over control of the war effort. Some of these threads see better development and resolution than others. These story threads are: Odo and the Founder Dukat and Ziyal Kira and the resistance on DS9 Sisko and the Federation fleet Weyoun and the Dominion command structure. We have criticized or praised them in past episodes, and this is the one that wraps them up.

Matthew: So this story arc has had a lot of balls in the air.