Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 70: Shakaar [VHS] Review
Major Kira (Nana Visitor) has another attack of divided loyalties when her former mates in a Bajoran resistance cell come under fire from the new Minister of the Bajoran Provisional Government: the loathsome Kai Winn (Louise Fletcher). Oblivious to the irony of persecuting the very people who fought Cardassian occupiers for self-rule, Winn becomes unnervingly reminiscent of Fletcher's turn as the manipulative, power-mad Nurse Ratched in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. A major problem in the first couple of seasons of DS9 was overexposure of Kira in too many episodes focused on her. Thus a Kira-centric story such as this one from the series' third year, in which she rejoins her old compatriots, really does look better with time and distance. Supporting players Duncan Regher, Dianne Salinger, and William Lucking, among others, are very good as weathered freedom fighters ready to take up arms again--this time against an internal enemy. --Tom Keogh
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