The big thing about this episode is that it introduces the character of Garak. He is a former Cardassian spy that had worked for one of the most feared groups in the Cardassian intelligence community ... and now he owns a clothing store. That is sort of dumb, but it doesn't matter because Andrew Robinson does such a good job. Garak is a fun and mysterious character and it adds a well needed element to the somewhat drab crew.
The rest of this episode revolves around Kira questioning her allegiance when a Bajoran defector (and fellow former terrorist) seeks asylum on DS9. The Cardassians are hot on his trail. Meanwhile the Duras Sisters arrive on the station and Garak (along with a little help from Dr. Bashir) uncover a plot for the two Klingons to sell a bomb to the Bajoran defector. His plan is to destroy the wormhole, but Sisko and O'Brien set up a sting operation and capture him. It was like Miami Vice except with a darker Tubbs and a human troll doll instead of Crockett.
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I love kim Cardassian
Early on, DS9 went a little heavy on the character development. By that I mean, it wasn't always organic, but that every story development revealed this huge things about the characters. It was a bit of a change from NExt Gen, where each character got one big reveal per season, if that.
Anyway, I don't remember this episode, but Garak is on my list of the top ten best Trek characters ever.
I can already see the difference between Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. This series already seems much darker. It is a good change
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