Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 8: Dax [VHS] Review
Jadzia Dax, Deep Space Nine's Trill science officer, is kidnapped by an armed "extradition" party charging Curzon Dax (Jadzia's previous incarnation) with treason and the murder of a Klaestron war hero, who was a national icon and the father of the gung-ho prosecutor and platoon leader (guest star Gregory Itzin). The extradition hearing is a tepid courtroom drama, but it helpfully sifts through the secrets of the Trill race, the unique symbiotic marriage of mortal humanoid and long-living sluglike beings that were introduced in the Next Generation episode "The Host." While Sisko wrestles with law and ethics (can an entity formed of two sentient beings be held responsible for the past actions committed by one of the pair?), Constable Odo investigates the murder and uncovers a carefully preserved secret that even Dax refuses to unleash in her own defense. Director David Carson, who piloted the DS9 pilot and the feature Star Trek: Generations, can't turn the static script (cowritten by longtime Trek writer D.C. Fontana) into space-age excitement, but he lets Sisko's cocky control have a field day as a sly, smiling courtroom defender. --Sean Axmaker
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